Friday, February 13 2009
MMWR: Marlboro top choice of regular teen smokers
Friday, February 13 2009 - Youth
Marlboro top choice of regular teen smokers - The Associated PressFebruary 13, 2009Martha IrvineMarlboro, the cigarette favored by adults, is also the runaway favorite of teens who regularly smoke, according to a new federal report released Thursday.The results led anti-smoking advocates to complain...
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US: TX: Smoking in science class? One teacher says it could keep students from picking up the habit
Friday, February 13 2009 - Youth
Smoking in science class? One teacher says it could keep students from picking up the habit - The Beaumont EnterpriseFebruary 13, 2009Emily Guevara[Photo cutline]: Miguel Deanda, a student in Mr. John Capozzoli's science class, watches his "smoking pump" collect smoke from a burning cigarette into a...
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Israel: Taxmen smoke out cigarette counterfeiters
Friday, February 13 2009 - Smuggling
Taxmen smoke out cigarette counterfeiters - HaaretzFebruary 13, 2009Fadi EyadatCustoms officials this week uncovered a gang suspected of manufacturing counterfeit cigarettes in the Kanot Industrial Zone near Gedera. The gang, whose members come from the center of the country, are suspected of manufa...
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BMJ: Passive smoking linked to dementia
Friday, February 13 2009 - Secondhand Smoke
Passive smoking linked to dementia - Courier MailFebruary 13, 2009Exposure to second-hand smoke boosts the risk of dementia and other cognitive problems, even among people who have never smoked, the largest study of its kind said.Ill effects on non-smokers of constant exposure to tobacco smoke inclu...
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Addiction: Smokers Putting Their Loved Ones At Risk Of Heart Attacks
Friday, February 13 2009 - Secondhand Smoke
Smokers Putting Their Loved Ones At Risk Of Heart Attacks - Science DailyFebruary 13, 2009Researchers at University College London and St George's, University of London measured recent exposure to tobacco smoke in non-smoking middle-aged men taking part in the British Regional Heart Study by measuri...
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US: VA: Editorial: A Breath of Fresh Air
Friday, February 13 2009 - Legislation & Politics
A Breath of Fresh Air - The Washington PostFebruary 13, 2009Virginia lawmakers approve a landmark smoking ban.Nearly 400 years ago, John Rolfe sailed to London as an evangelist for Virginia tobacco, sparking a craving for the leaf in Europe that helped establish the crop as a mainstay of the mid-Atl...
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Australia: WA: Ban smoking in all prisons: AMA
Friday, February 13 2009 - Legislation & Politics
Ban smoking in all prisons: AMA - ABC NewsFebruary 13, 2009The West Australian branch of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) wants the state government to speed up the introduction of a smoking ban in prisons. Greenough regional prison is the only jail in the state which has a ban on prisoners ...
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US: RI: Cigarette tax hike put on hold in House
Friday, February 13 2009 - Legislation & Politics
Cigarette tax hike put on hold in House - The Providence Journal February 13, 2009Katherine GreggA House vote to raise the state's cigarette tax by $1 a pack ? to what would be the highest level in the nation ? was aborted at the last minute yesterday after Republican Governor Carcieri yanked his su...
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US: FL: Jury finds against tobacco company in smoker death
Friday, February 13 2009 - Lawsuits
Jury finds against tobacco company in smoker death - The Associated PressFebruary 13, 2009Curt AndersonA jury decided Thursday that a longtime chain-smoker's death from lung cancer was caused by nicotine addiction, a potentially costly loss for tobacco giant Philip Morris and an important test case ...
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US: FL: Tobacco Debate Heats Up As Cigarette Makers Look To Smokeless Products
Friday, February 13 2009 - Industry & Products
Tobacco Debate Heats Up As Cigarette Makers Look To Smokeless Products - AHNFebruary 13, 2009David GoodhueU.S. cigarette companies, dogged by indoor smoking bans sweeping the country and ever-increasing taxes on their products, are looking toward smokeless tobacco as an alternative to make up for la...
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Malawi: Child Labour Threatens Tobacco Market
Friday, February 13 2009 - Industry & Products
Child Labour Threatens Tobacco Market - AllAfricaFebruary 13, 2009Singayazi KaminjoloAuction Holdings Limited Malawi, has called on tobacco farmers to stop using children in their farms.The company's General Manager Evance Matabwa said this practice of using children to work in tobacco estates is ag...
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Electronic cigarettes: A safe substitute?
Friday, February 13 2009 - Industry & Products
Electronic cigarettes: A safe substitute? - New ScientistFebruary 13, 2009Helen ThomsonI have never been a smoker, so as I sit at the bar, chin resting on one hand, I try to remember how Audrey Hepburn did it. I take a gentle drag and exhale. A white mist wafts around my face as I wait for the rush ...
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NEJM: Cash bribes 'help smokers quit'
Friday, February 13 2009 - Cessation
Cash bribes 'help smokers quit' - BBC NewsFebruary 13, 2009Bribing smokers with cash incentives helps them stop, US research suggests.Smokers are three times more likely to kick the habit for at least six months when they are paid up to $750 (£520), a new study has found.Nearly 900 General Electric ...
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Jordan: King Hussein Cancer Center adopts a number of smoking cessation treatments
Friday, February 13 2009 - Cessation
King Hussein Cancer Center adopts a number of smoking cessation treatments - ZawyaFebruary 13, 2009In an effort to fight the smoking epidemic, and due to the increasing number of smokers in Jordanian that has now reached to 50% males and 18% females, King Hussein Cancer Center's Smoking Cessation Cl...
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Northern Ireland: Opinion: Any attempt to tackle tobacco is worth it
Friday, February 13 2009 - Advertising & Sponsorship
Any attempt to tackle tobacco is worth it - Belfast MediaFebruary 13, 2009Smoking is the single greatest preventable cause of premature death and avoidable illness in Northern Ireland, claiming some 2,300 lives here each year. Our smoke-free legislation and the rise in the age of sale to 18 have bee...
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Wednesday, February 11 2009
US/Canada: Tobacco tax may help clip smuggling
Wednesday, February 11 2009 - Smuggling
Tobacco tax may help clip smuggling - National PostFebruary 11, 2009John Ivison One Saturday evening late last month, Warren Allen, a 35-year-old from Rooseveltown, N. Y., was driving his Ford Expedition out of Cornwall when he was stopped by an OPP RIDE program. Mr. Allen was arrested, police said,...
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Psychopharm: First brain study reveals benefits of exercise on quitting smoking
Wednesday, February 11 2009 - Cessation
First brain study reveals benefits of exercise on quitting smoking - EurekAlert!February 11, 2009Research from the University of Exeter reveals for the first time, that changes in brain activity, triggered by physical exercise, may help reduce cigarette cravings. Published in the journal Psychopharm...
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UK: Children, 10, offered Body Shop vouchers to quit smoking
Wednesday, February 11 2009 - Youth
Children, 10, offered Body Shop vouchers to quit smoking - TelegraphFebruary 11, 2009Matthew MooreChildren as young as ten are being offered WHSmith and Body Shop shopping vouchers on the NHS to give up smoking. The £15 rewards are available to young people under 18 who can prove that they have g...
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Australia: WA: Enforcing smoking ban not a police core function: Commissioner
Wednesday, February 11 2009 - Secondhand Smoke
Enforcing smoking ban not a police core function: Commissioner - ABC NewsFebruary 11, 2009The police service says it does not have the resources to monitor a ban on smoking in cars with children. The Police Commissioner, Karl O'Callaghan, today addressed a parliamentary inquiry into proposed legisla...
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China: Smoking butted out of workplace
Wednesday, February 11 2009 - Secondhand Smoke
Smoking butted out of workplace - China DailyFebruary 11, 2009Local health authorities have extended smoking bans from public venues to all indoor workplaces as measures to clear the city's air of cigarette smoke by 2011 are ratcheted up.Part of a three-year campaign to eradicate passive smoking and...
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