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Foundation's money would serve Ohio best by fighting tobacco
Jan 12, 2010
During the more than 25 years that I smoked, the New Year always presented an opportunity to begin anew and try to be smoke-free. Like many smokers, I struggled before finally quitting for good --...
No more lighting up when you're eating out
Jan 5, 2010
Starting Saturday in North Carolina - where tobacco was once king - Eric Althof can no longer fire up his Camel cigarettes while eating out or drinking with friends.
A new law takes...
Story of the Decade: The smoking ban
Dec 28, 2009
Springfield smokers accustomed to lighting up virtually wherever they wanted were dealt a one-two punch by the city of Springfield and the state of Illinois during the second half of the decade. ...
New Jersey Politicians Reject Public Health Care Authorities, Approve E Cigarette Restrictions
Dec 21, 2009
Prominent public health care authorities are ignored by politicians on what one anti-smoking professional called 'A potential public health disaster.'
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Dec. 18...
Bureau wants penalties for TV smoking scenes
Dec 15, 2009
The Bureau of Health Promotion said yesterday it would ask the National Communications Commission (NCC) to look into the option of penalizing stations that broadcast cartoons with regular scenes of...
Nearly any lifetime smoking ups breast cancer risk
Dec 11, 2009
NEW YORK - Women taking the next puff of a cigarette might consider this: smoking 100 or more cigarettes may substantially increase their odds of developing breast cancer, researchers report.
Litter lout smokers under fire
Dec 8, 2009 Wigan-based Keep Britain Tidy campaigners urged the cigarette industry to act to educate smokers on the impact of litter.
The call comes as the charity releases a internet ad highlighting the... Secondhand smoke exposure in childhood increases lung cancer risk later in life
Dec 4, 2009 Children exposed to secondhand cigarette smoke have an increased risk of developing lung cancer in adulthood, even if they never smoked.
City team to study link between virus, smoking
Nov 30, 2009 WINNIPEG researchers will test to see whether smokers or children exposed to secondhand smoke are at an increased risk of falling severely ill from H1N1.Dr. Sat Sharma, director of respiratory labs... Nov 27, 2009 In what appears to be an about face, we will get the opportunity to vote on HB 1240. This piece of legislation expanded South Dakota’s smoking ban statute and repealed exemptions for liquor... Nov 24, 2009 Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama recently told the Diet that an increase in the tobacco tax should be considered from the viewpoint of improving people's health. He has instructed the government's Tax... Nov 17, 2009 DAR-ES-SALAAM - Taxation is the most powerful weapon governments have at their disposal to control tobacco consumption and ultimately decrease deaths, Dr Yussuf Saloojee of the National Council... Nov 13, 2009 Public health advocates accuse Yushchenko of doing tobacco industry’s bidding.
Roll your own smokes popular but no safer, research finds
Nov 10, 2009 The number of tobacco smokers currently in Thailand has reached 14.3 million, the latest Global Adult Tobacco Survey revealed yesterday.
A nicotine patch to help your wounds heal faster and how almonds can cut cholesterol levels
Nov 5, 2009 Health stories from around the world this week include a German study that found nicotine patches used just four weeks before surgery can help wounds heal faster. Also, patients who ate a handful... Blawnox High-Rise Fire Caused By Smoking
Nov 2, 2009 BLAWNOX (KDKA) ― Investigators say a fire in Blawnox that forced dozens of elderly residents of a high-rise to evacuate was caused by smoking.
Doctor presses the case against tobacco scholarships
Oct 30, 2009 A San Luis Obispo doctor is continuing to speak out against Cal Poly for allowing students to accept scholarships from the smokeless tobacco industry as prize awards in collegiate rodeo events.
... Man says he was fired for complaining about judge smoking
Oct 26, 2009 A former Bucks County employee said he was fired from his job last year because he complained about a county judge smoking in his courthouse office, a federal lawsuit alleges.
Strip resort sued over second-hand smoke
Oct 22, 2009 A second Las Vegas Strip casino is being sued over allegations that the health of employees is being affected by second-hand smoke.
St. Louis City Alderman Postpones Smoking Ban Vote
Oct 19, 2009 A vote by St. Louis Aldermen on the city-wide smoking ban has been put off until next week.
‘What are these kids breathing?’
Oct 14, 2009 OTTAWA-A decade ago, Dr. Thomas Kovesi, a lung disease specialist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, didn’t know much about Baffin Island.
Government faces backbench rebellion over cigarette display ban in shops
Oct 12, 2009 Labour MPs will tomorrow rebel against a government anti-smoking initiative that they fear will drive many small shops out of business.
Air in smoky Ada County bars is 36 times more polluted than air outside, group says
Oct 8, 2009 A new study on pollution in Boise, Meridian and Garden City bars is the latest chapter in Smokefree Idaho’s 18-month-long campaign to protect workers and patrons.
Cuba slashes tobacco acreage amid flagging demand
Oct 6, 2009 HAVANA (Reuters) - Cash-short Cuba is slashing the amount of land devoted to growing its famous tobacco by more than 30 percent as the global recession and worldwide spread of smoking bans bite... Users love 'e-cigarettes,' but FDA wants to take closer look
Oct 2, 2009 Julie Woessner puffs on an electronic cigarette and feels a vapor full of nicotine wafting deep into her lungs.
Anti-smoking proposal could push D.C. smokers into the streets
Sep 29, 2009 The D.C. Council is eyeing an extension of the city's anti-tobacco prohibitions into public space, allowing all private property owners to ban smoking outside their buildings -- including the... DOH Approves Warning Signs For Tobacco Sellers
Sep 24, 2009 The Department of Health unanimously approved a measure Tuesday that will require all retailers selling tobacco to post health warning signs in stores.
Sting cracks cigarette smuggling ring
Sep 21, 2009 A sting operation snuffed out a cigarette smuggling operation and led to the arrests of 21 people who cheated the state out of millions in tax dollars, authorities said Friday.
Cigarette Ads Violate Human Rights: YLKI
Sep 18, 2009 VIVAnews - The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) stated that the broadcast of cigarette advertisements violates human rights due to the fact that Cigarette ads have been manipulative.
Group pushing for smoking ban in new Kansas casinos, arguing ADA problem looms for state
Sep 14, 2009 TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An advocacy group wants Kansas to ban smoking at its new casinos.
Sep 11, 2009 HAMPTON— A local legislator said one way to deal with the ongoing problem of cigarette butts at Hampton Beach is simply to ban smoking there.
Parents Play Key Role In Whether Teen Tobacco Use Becomes A Daily Habit
Sep 9, 2009 Researchers have found new evidence showing that parents play a key role in whether or not their adolescent children who experiment with tobacco progress to become daily smokers before they... New Innovation Could Soon Free Non-Smokers from the Fog
Sep 1, 2009 LUCERNE, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A Swiss innovation is flying in the face of the economic recession and proving that a rethink is necessary even in difficult times. A Swiss company is seeking... Oregon Sues Electronic Cigarette Maker
Aug 28, 2009 Weeks after reaching a settlement with three retailers to block sale of the electronic cigarette NJOY, the state of Oregon is taking another e-cigarette maker to court.
92-year-old tobacco plaintiff wins $5.3 million
Aug 24, 2009 In the latest individual tobacco case to make it to trial in Florida, a six-person jury in Ft. Lauderdale awarded a 92-year-old man $5.3 million for his wife’s death from smoking.
Marlboro to unveil first new cigarette brand in two years
Aug 18, 2009 LONDON - Cigarette brand Marlboro is set to launch a new brand in the UK.
92-Year-Old Wins $1.9 Million Tobacco Judgment Over Wife’s Death
Aug 14, 2009 A Florida jury awarded a 92-year-old man $1.9 million in compensatory damages for the death of his wife, a former two-pack-a-day Marlboro smoker who started when she was 16 and died in her 70s,... Aug 7, 2009 If e-cigarettes are found to be tobacco products, here are some ways the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act could pose some issues for Smoking Everywhere:
Mr. Antitobacco, Henry Waxman, a Reformed Smoker
Jul 31, 2009 Now we know why Rep. Henry Waxman is such an archenemy of Big Tobacco. He's a reformed smoker. In his new how-to book, The Waxman Report: How Congress Really Works, the congressman who's led the... Doctors to drive anti-smoking initiative
Jul 29, 2009 Chinese doctors will join the country's anti-smoking campaign and become role models for the country's 350 million smokers under a recent initiative launched in Beijing by the Ministry of Health,... Smoking banned in Mansfield? Not really
Jul 27, 2009 MANSFIELD -- Altoids tins have become the ashtrays of choice at local watering holes.
FDA considers ways to short-circuit electronic cigarettes
Jul 24, 2009 The Food and Drug Administration, recently granted the authority to regulate tobacco as a drug, is taking aim at electronic cigarettes — battery-powered cigarette look-alikes that deliver... Counties Can Pass Smoking Rules
Jul 22, 2009 The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that counties can put more stringent anti-smoking rules in place than state lawmakers.
Majority Favors Ban on Tobacco Ads
Jul 20, 2009 Whatever qualms they may have about Big Government, people in business are more strongly averse to Big Tobacco. So we can infer, at any rate, from the results of a poll conducted for AdweekMedia... Tobacco lawsuit freezes $258 million in state budget for human-services programs
Jul 17, 2009 Columbus -- The new state budget relies in part on $258 million to pay for human-services programs, but the money is frozen because of a Franklin County court case.
Home Smoking Rules Tend to Vary by Race
Jul 15, 2009 Newswise — Prohibiting tobacco use at home could reduce adolescent smoking rates, but the practice might be less common in black families than in white ones, a new study found.
Study: New products may not curb smokers’ cravings
Jul 13, 2009 Some of the newer smokeless products that tobacco companies are betting on may not be as good at helping smokers quit as the industry hopes, a new federally funded study by Virginia Commonwealth... Anti-smoking program takes kids into time machine
Jul 10, 2009 In-school suspension may be used by Palmyra Area School District as a punishment instead of Saturday detention for student tobacco violations on school property, according to a policy revision... Governments losing $40 billion yearly due to cigarette smuggling
Jul 8, 2009 MANILA, Philippines – Governments worldwide are losing some $40.5 billion in revenues annually due to tobacco smuggling, a report by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease... Factory ciggies better than rollies - study NZPA
Jul 6, 2009 A new study has shown that factory-rolled cigarettes maybe the lesser of two evils.
Oregon Legislature Passes Smokeless Tobacco Product Tax Increase (H.B. 2672)
Jul 3, 2009 PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Tobacco Free Coalition of Oregon (TOFCO) applauds House Speaker Dave Hunt (D – Oregon City) and Representative Sara Gelser (D – Corvallis) for their... Antony Worral Thompson leads campaign to overturn smoking ban
Jul 1, 2009 Antony Worrall Thompson, the celebrity chef, is spearheading a campaign to overturn the ban on smoking in British pubs.
Cuepacs told to remember non-smokers
Jun 29, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR: Cuepacs is ignoring the rights of non-smokers when it opposed the Public Service Department's stand on no-smoking at government departments and agencies.
Jun 26, 2009 Regarding the article "Congress: Regulate Tobacco" [June 12, front page], stopping the use of tobacco once you are addicted is unbelievably difficult. It may be even harder than killing a drug... Inspired by a Children’s Game, Santa Monica Fights Smoking
Jun 24, 2009 Not so long ago, pitches for cigarettes were practically everywhere. It was difficult to miss -- or avoid -- radio and television commercials, print advertisements, billboards, signs in stores,... PRESS BRIEFING BY PRESS SECRETARY ROBERT GIBBS
Jun 22, 2009 MR. GIBBS: Good afternoon. Let me take 10 seconds to get organized. Let me quickly go through a week ahead for your planning.
Canada Seeks Ban on Virginia Burley Tobacco
Jun 19, 2009 Bill pending in Canadian Parliament would curtail burley exports
FDA law could affect punitive and equitable tobacco claims
Jun 17, 2009 A bill that will give the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco products could make it harder for plaintiffs to obtain punitive and equitable remedies in tobacco cases.
... Jun 15, 2009 WASHINGTON — The 17 senators who voted against allowing the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco included some of the top recipients of campaign contributions from tobacco... Jun 12, 2009 Newswise — Smokers who have tried to kick their habit may have used gum, patches or even the “cold turkey” method but probably not a computer. It may seem unusual but Dr. Scott Strayer,... Jun 10, 2009 A survey conducted by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has indicated that 50 out of 1000 pupils surveyed smoke cigarette every day, a Principal Health Research Officer of GHS, Mrs Edith Wellington,... Jun 8, 2009 Four cigarette distribution and manufacturing companies have been raided, including one in north Mississippi, in the last two months as authorities continue a two-year investigation into an alleged... Jun 5, 2009 In 92 pages last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit dug into one of the largest civil racketeering cases the Justice Department has ever brought, the mail and wire fraud suit... Jun 3, 2009 The Food and Drug Administration would be able to regulate tobacco products under a bill the Senate is expected to take up as soon as today and which Sen. Richard Burr hopes to rewrite before it... Florida Gov. Charlie Crist signs $1-per-pack cigarette tax hike into law
Jun 1, 2009 TALLAHASSEE - Gov. Charlie Crist signed into law a $1-per-pack cigarette tax hike Wednesday the biggest of its kind in Florida history -- saying he hopes to kill the habit that results in thousands... Belmar tightens beach smoking rules even further
May 29, 2009 BELMAR — Cigarette breaks on the beach here are about to get more complicated.
NJ man pleads to smuggling 16 million cigarettes
May 27, 2009 ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A New Jersey man pleaded guilty Tuesday to smuggling nearly 16 million cigarettes he bought from undercover federal agents in Virginia to sell in New York and New Jersey.
... May 25, 2009 The owners of The Virginian Saloon and three nonprofit groups filed a lawsuit Friday opposing the Teton Health District’s Smokefree Air Rule, which is set to go into effect Saturday.
Statewide smoking ban is dead, bill authors say
May 19, 2009 The authors of a proposed statewide indoor smoking ban declared the measure extinguished Tuesday, and one blamed the tobacco lobby.
"Big Tobacco is a powerful interest group to go up against,"... Parental Guidelines, Consequences May be Why Fewer Black Teens Smoke than Whites
May 15, 2009 Newswise — It’s a curious paradox. Black adults are more likely to smoke than white adults and most smokers start as teenagers. But statistics show that fewer black youths than whites begin... May 13, 2009 The fight to stomp out the smoking ban has hit a road block. A coalition of bar owners that had banded together challenging the ban's constitutionality has dropped their lawsuit. Arguments were... Ash calls for cigarettes to be excluded from FTAs
May 11, 2009 An anti-smoking group is calling for tobacco to be excluded from free trade agreements (FTAs).
Kennedy again proposes a bill to regulate the tobacco industry
May 8, 2009 The debate over whether to have federal oversight of the tobacco industry has resurfaced with the reintroduction of a bill in the U.S. Senate.
Corporate Accountability International: Tobacco Giant Leads in Profits, Addicting Youth
May 6, 2009 First Shareholder Meeting Since Split Draws Global Protest
Lawmakers scramble to resolve tobacco issue
May 4, 2009 By BRIAN DUGGAN
Bismarck Tribune
Displaying their ignorance on smoking
Apr 30, 2009 In December 2008, the health secretary for England, Alan Johnson, announced that the government would proceed with legislation banning the display of tobacco products in shops. According to... All Texans Should Have the Right to Breathe Smoke-Free Air
Apr 28, 2009 AUSTIN, Texas - As a Texas House committee prepares to consider comprehensive smoke-free workplace legislation this week, a coalition of public health organizations is launching a radio advertising... Health insurance rises for smoking MTSU employees
Apr 23, 2009 Members of the MTSU faculty, staff and administration will undergo a massive increase in the premium of their health care if they do not quit smoking by the first of July.
Smokers need the facts on alternatives
Apr 21, 2009 The U.S. House of Representatives already has passed and the Senate this week will debate legislation that would give the FDA regulatory authority over all tobacco products. That will be a mistake.... Officials Probe E-Cigarettes' Health Claims
Apr 14, 2009 Entrepreneurs are always trying to come up with new products for smokers: a nicotine lollipop or a bottle of Nico Water to give you that fix when you can't light up.
Those products didn't pass... Apr 13, 2009 BMA Scotland called on MSPs to support measures to crack down on tobacco promotions and not to be swayed by the 'scaremongering' tactics of the tobacco industry and retailers. The calls came as the... 'Canadian' gangs behind smuggling Let Mohawks regulate sales
Apr 10, 2009 The Gazette stories on tobacco, Mohawks and organized crime were interesting reading. They gave some factual information and quotes from various sources. However, they did not tell the whole story.... Area smokers fuming over cigarette tax
Apr 9, 2009 Local smokers and tobacco retailers are burning mad over the latest federal cigarette tax increase - the largest ever - which went into effect last Wednesday.
The federal government now collects... Going undercover: Inside Baltic Tobacco’s smuggling empire
Apr 8, 2009 By Stefan Candea, Duncan Campbell, Vlad Lavrov, and Roman Shleynov of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
Higher Cigarette Tax Hurting Smokers, Retailers
Apr 7, 2009 Smoking cigarettes is more expensive this month. With recent federal and state tax increases, a pack of cigarettes in Wisconsin can go for around six dollars.
Contraband easy to buy, put in the mail
Apr 6, 2009 OTTAWA — The Chronicle Herald purchased a 200-cigarette baggie of Kahnawake brown tips as a research aide for this article at L&M Discounts, a tobacco shop on the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, for... Sacramento-area tobacco sales appear slow on first day of big federal tax hike
Apr 3, 2009 The cost of smoking has gotten more expensive at the Cheap Cigarette Store – and at other retail outlets selling cigarettes, cigars and loose tobacco.
Tobacco maker UST moves to Altria's Virginia HQ
Apr 2, 2009 Smokeless tobacco company UST Inc. has finished moving its operations from Connecticut to Richmond, where its new parent company, Altria Group Inc., is based.
Apr 1, 2009 Are you Tweeting while Rome burns? The news last week was full of stories about how the Web phenom Twitter might make a buck as the rest of the economy goes up in smoke, from charging for Tweet... Federal tobacco taxes to make biggest jump Wednesday
Mar 31, 2009 However they satisfy their nicotine cravings, tobacco users are facing a big hit as the single largest federal tobacco tax increase ever takes effect tomorrow.
All of the buzz, none of the smoke
Mar 30, 2009 A slim salesman leaned back against a Westfield Annapolis mall kiosk last week, took a draw on what looked to be a cigarette and exhaled a plume toward the rafters.That's the sales pitch: Smoke... Boston's ban on blunt wraps stands
Mar 27, 2009 A Suffolk Superior Court judge ruled today that Boston has the legal authority to ban blunt wraps, tobacco-based rolling papers, from all store shelves across the city. Blunt wrap makers had sued... Imperial Tobacco Says Performance Meets Forecasts
Mar 26, 2009 Imperial Tobacco Group Plc, Europe’s second-largest traded cigarette maker, said business so far this fiscal year is meeting company forecasts due to gains in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.... Are Big Tobacco and Big Food equals?
Mar 25, 2009 We've been posting an increasing number of law- and litigation-related items on Fat City. Whether that's simply because legislatures are in session, or due to a busy new administration or several... Sen. Lautenberg wants to snuff out electronic cigarettes
Mar 24, 2009 Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) wants to ban a smoking device that several House Republicans have trumpeted for helping them quit smoking.
Lorillard Lights Up - Barron's
Mar 23, 2009 Lorillard (LO) is an appealing takeover target on the strength of its Newport cigarette brand, writes Barron's Andrew Bary, but even without a deal, Lorillard is a cheap stock that deserves to... Editorial: Hagan and Burr craft wispy tobacco shield
Mar 20, 2009 North Carolina's senators agree that a little more tobacco regulation is better than too much. Their effort to protect a home-state industry, though, may be overpowered in Washington's strongly... Mar 19, 2009 Regarding the March 14 article "Burr, Hagan join on tobacco": It is unconscionable that our senators and representatives believe they should continue to support the tobacco industry. The death toll... Mar 18, 2009 Steady, sensible and conciliatory are the words used to describe Jan du Plessis, the mild-mannered South African named on Tuesday as chairman of Rio Tinto.
Lancashire pubs warned over under-18s buying cigarettes from machines
Mar 17, 2009 A CRACKDOWN is being launched amid fears that underage smokers are buying from cigarette machines in pubs, social clubs and restaurants.
Results of this study are published in Cancer...
Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko, citing concern for the tobacco industry and fears of cigarette...
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A suit seeking class action status to represent...
The vote was postponed after an Alderman's family member unexpectedly passed away. The...
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Smoke-Free Gaming, based in the Denver area, argues Kansas will violate the federal Americans...
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It is the first NPD launch for Philip Morris Ltd since 2007, when it announced Marlboro Silver.
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They've replaced all those old, cheap glass ashtrays that departed more than two years ago after...
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The Christchurch-based study compared people smoking factory-rolled cigarettes to those smoking...
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The President will spend the weekend in Washington and has...
RICHMOND, Va., June 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A discriminatory bill currently pending in the Canadian Parliament...
Already known as the first beach in the continental United States to limit smoking to designated areas...
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Former Labour MP Mark Peck, now spokesman for Action on Smoking and Health (Ash), told...
The bill, sponsored by Sen. Ted Kennedy,...
NEW YORK, May 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With global tobacco deaths climbing above 5.4 million a year, Philip Morris...
The brouhaha over the anti-smoking Measure 3 continued Friday while lawmakers looked for ways to come to a compromise and a proposed constitutional...
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