A recent report on fire safety in the Garden State revealed the number of fires caused by cigarettes has been reduced and lawmakers attribute this to a 2007 law that requires all cigarettes sold in...
Restrictions such as those in a North Carolina law prohibiting smoking in bars and restaurants are changing the landscape of tobacco cultivation in Pitt County.
The Restaurant Smoke...
Number of Fires Caused by Cigarettes Down in New Jersey
Jan 12, 2010
A recent report on fire safety in the Garden State revealed the number of fires caused by cigarettes has been reduced and lawmakers attribute this to a 2007 law that requires all cigarettes sold in...
Crop losing ground in historically tobacco-rich North Carolina
Jan 5, 2010
Restrictions such as those in a North Carolina law prohibiting smoking in bars and restaurants are changing the landscape of tobacco cultivation in Pitt County.
The Restaurant Smoke...
Restaurant, bar owners expect no downside
Dec 28, 2009
John Goci received some ‘help’ from an unanticipated source recently in his quest to stop smoking: the Michigan Legislature.
After years of putting off a smoking ban in the...
Smoking ban helps reduce number of smokers by 300,000
Dec 21, 2009
Taipei, (CNA) There are 300,000 fewer people in Taiwan who smoke since the implementation of a smoking ban early this year, which helped create an anti-smoking mood in society, according to a...
Tobacco companies claim Ottawa played equal role developing cigarettes
Dec 15, 2009
VANCOUVER, B.C. — In the waning days of the cigarette's cool cache in the late 1960s, as the dangers of lighting up were becoming more and more apparent, the federal government invested its...
State ranks 28th in smoking prevention
Dec 11, 2009
Connecticut ranks 28th in the nation when it comes to funding programs that prevent youths from smoking and help smokers quit the habit, according to a national report released Wednesday.
Cigarette smuggling rises in Canada
Dec 8, 2009 TORONTO, Canada — Some years ago, in the heyday of cigarette smuggling, I found myself in a speedboat bouncing on the St. Lawrence River at 65 mph, heading to the Akwesasne Indian reserve that... Increased nicotine levels detected in those who light-up earlier
Dec 4, 2009 People who smoke their first cigarette within minutes after waking up have much higher levels of cotinine, a by-product of nicotine when processed by the body, than those who wait to smoke,... Removal of government controls impact peanut and tobacco markets
Nov 30, 2009 An article in the December 2009 Amber Waves e-magazine produced by the USDA Economic Research Service got my attention. This article is entitled, ?Removal of Government Controls Opens Peanut and... Smokeout sparks debate on no smoking legislation
Nov 27, 2009 Almost 1,000 people in Kentucky will die this year as the result of smoking. Not because they smoke themselves, but because they live or work with people who do.
Why you should avoid the smoke
Nov 24, 2009 The facts are there -- smoking will cause several health risks and problems to the human body.
Stop-smoking efforts among nation's best
Nov 17, 2009 BUCYRUS -- Randy Myers can offer a testimonial to the smoking cessation program at Bucyrus Community Hospital.
US adult smoking rate rises slightly
Nov 13, 2009 ATLANTA — Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials' hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20 percent.
Cigarette Butts Toxic to Marine Life
Nov 10, 2009 Everyone knows smoking cigarettes is hazardous to their health, but a new study shows that cigarette butts can be just as dangerous for the environment. SDSU public health researcher Richard... Entering a New Era in Tobacco Control Research
Nov 5, 2009 With the enactment of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act on June 22, the United States entered a new era in tobacco control and prevention. The act, which gives the FDA the... Federer fires up anti-smoking emotions
Nov 2, 2009 As Roger Federer sets out to win his fourth consecutive Swiss Indoors title in Basel, a debate has reignited over tobacco sponsorship in sport.
New smoking ban a bit hazy on Flathead Reservation
Oct 30, 2009 RONAN - Rick and Vicki Wheeler recently got their first letter from the Lake County Health Department saying someone had complained that people were still lighting up in their Ronan bar, The Club,... Smoking rate soars up to one third despite ban
Oct 26, 2009 A THIRD of the Irish population now smokes, a new survey reveals.
Cancer survivors may not be getting the help they need to stop smoking
Oct 22, 2009 More than a quarter of cancer survivors who still smoke have not been advised to quit smoking by their health care providers in the last year, according to a study published by researchers at Fox... Continued smoking in reservation bars, casinos boosts business, raises questions
Oct 19, 2009 ROCKY BOY — Smoking and gambling have gone hand in hand for Deanna Standing Rock for years.
Teen smoking curbed by phone counseling
Oct 14, 2009 A Seattle-based study has found an improved way to trim teen smoking.
Officials to strengthen penalties for smoking ban
Oct 12, 2009 The Nevada Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act has the Nevada State Division of Health preparing to strengthen penalties for the ban on smoking in bars.
Smoking killing Aborigines, says Calma
Oct 8, 2009 Smoking is a "scourge" that is killing thousands of indigenous Australians every year, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma says.
Schools taking steps to curb young student smokers
Oct 6, 2009 When Laura Buchta started to smoke cigarettes this past March, she didn't think she would get addicted. She said she was only dabbling.
Oct 2, 2009 Many group benefits brokers looking for ways to help their clients lower healthcare costs are overlooking low-hanging fruit: programs that help employees quit smoking.
Patricia Henley: Won Landmark Judgments Against Tobacco Companies
Sep 29, 2009 Using her voice and personality, Patricia Henley was entertaining people from a piano top in North Beach, San Francisco when she was just a child. Decades later Patricia’s gumption, and her... Lewes bans smoking in parks, playground
Sep 24, 2009 Following a 3-to-1 vote, the City Council has banned smoking in the city's nine parks and playgrounds. Smoking has not yet been banned on the beach, but officials said they believe that could be... The Oneida Indian Nation is making its own tax-free smokes.
Sep 21, 2009 By manufacturing cigarettes, the tribe is taking another step to avoid placing taxes on cigarettes it sells at its Turning Stone casino and chain of 12 SavOn convenience stores.
Shops 'flout cigarette sales law'
Sep 18, 2009 A fifth of corner shops in England flout the law and sell cigarettes to teenagers and young children, trading standards officers have said.
Coalition seeking support for smoke-free city
Sep 14, 2009 As more cities move toward smoking bans in all buildings, the Richland County Tobacco Free Coalition is following suit. While Wilkin County went smoke free with the statewide Minnesota Freedom to... Sep 11, 2009 PITTSBURG — The saying goes that nothing in the world is free. But if a Pittsburg group has its way, bars and restaurants would be free, of smoke that is.
Cathy Newby, chairwoman of the... Sep 9, 2009 CITY lawyers have come up with a novel way around Al bany's refusal to enforce state cigarette-tax law on New York's Indian reservations: Ask a federal judge to do the job.
Switch to fire-safe cigarettes delayed until 2011
Sep 1, 2009 JEFFERSON CITY — Although dozens of laws passed by Missouri lawmakers took effect at midnight Thursday, there's one law that will be delayed for a couple of years — fire-safe cigarettes.
E-cigarettes not recommended for quitting smoking
Aug 28, 2009 Though many smokers believe electronic cigarettes are designed to help them quit, such an assumption may be untrue, federal officials said.
Users still ‘lighting up’ e-cigs despite warnings
Aug 24, 2009 It takes one fluid motion for James Sykes Jr. to display the main reasons users swear by electronic cigarettes.
Chewing Tobacco No Safer Than Smoking
Aug 18, 2009 MONDAY, Aug. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Tobacco users who think it's safer to dip snuff or chew tobacco than smoke are dead wrong, researchers say.
Aug 14, 2009 New York construction sites are smokin' hot -- and that's bad.
Brazil enforces smoking ban in São Paulo
Aug 7, 2009 A smoking ban comes into force in the Brazilian state of São Paulo on Friday, adding to what has become one of the world’s toughest anti-smoking campaigns.
Tough Anti-Smoking Law Puts Consumers' Health First
Jul 31, 2009 Pick up a pack of cigarettes in Brazil, and you'll see a photograph of a tiny fetus, a gangrene-infected foot, a cadaver with a hole in the throat, or one of several other images warning of... Fewer 'planning to quit smoking'
Jul 30, 2009 The proportion of smokers who say they would like to give up smoking has fallen in recent years, figures from the Office of National Statistics show.
State illegally took funds from anti-tobacco program
Jul 27, 2009 PHOENIX — State legislators and the governor acted illegally in taking $7 million from a 2006 tobacco-tax initiative to balance the state budget, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday.
FDA and Public Health Experts Warn About Electronic Cigarettes
Jul 24, 2009 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that a laboratory analysis of electronic cigarette samples has found that they contain carcinogens and toxic chemicals such as diethylene... College students' exposure to secondhand smoke
Jul 22, 2009 Introduction: Exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) is associated with morbidity and mortality from coronary heart disease, lung cancer, respiratory infections, asthma, sudden infant death syndrome,... Jul 20, 2009 The ban on using tobacco products in city parks begins Thursday. We're in favor of a healthy environment but don't think the ban is enforceable. It's like the relatively new state law on giving... Is a society with smokers profitable?
Jul 17, 2009 The latest rise in the indirect taxation on tobacco and alcohol took place in June. The most popular brand of cigarettes went up in price from 3.10 euros to 3.30 euros per packet. Are these taxes a... Tri-State asks Nitro to help overcome smoking ban
Jul 15, 2009 NITRO, W.Va. -- Owners of Tri-State Racetrack & Gaming Center are planning an end run around Kanawha County's indoor smoking ban.
$5-a-pack cigarettes helping push smokers to quit
Jul 13, 2009 Jacksonville resident Sheris Fogarty enjoyed one of her last Marlboro Lights on the Fourth of July. Between the $1.34 per pack state tax increase that went into effect July 1 and rising health... Jul 10, 2009 Effective July 1, Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas (PCCUA) has become a tobacco-free institution. Last September, the PCCUA Board of Visitors unanimously approved a... Tobacco Stocks May Thrive Despite FDA Regulation
Jul 8, 2009 Cars, alcohol and fatty foods also kill a lot of people every year, but Washington reserves its real wrath for cigarette makers.
Public Backs New Plans To Protect Children From Tobacco
Jul 6, 2009 New research shows that 70 per cent of adults in the UK back proposals to protect children from tobacco by putting it out of sight in shops and 76 per cent support abolishing cigarette vending... Panel suggests eliminating tobacco from military within 20 years
Jul 3, 2009 A complete ban on tobacco in the military is needed but would likely take about 20 years, according to a new Institute of Medicine study commissioned by the departments of Defense and Veterans... Ukraine’s ‘Lost’ Cigarettes Flood Europe
Jul 1, 2009 Big Tobacco’s Overproduction Fuels $2 Billion Black Market
Hookah lounges serve up culture, controversy
Jun 29, 2009 Walking through the door of Sky Hookah Lounge is like entering another world.
Public Opinion Sought For Graphic Anti-Smoking Measure
Jun 26, 2009 The new Health Code amendment would require tobacco retailers to put graphic warnings in their stores
Jun 24, 2009 Abstract
Smoking-ban foes play game of delay
Jun 22, 2009 Opponents of a statewide ban on smoking in bars and restaurants say they have collected enough signatures to put the law on hold for at least 17 months and send the issue to voters in November... FDA wrinkles its nose at electric cigs
Jun 19, 2009 As the government tightens regulations on tobacco and smoking, some people have found a new way to get their nicotine fix without smoke and ash: electronic cigarettes.
Not enough done to prevent smoking, RCSI report finds
Jun 17, 2009 IRELAND HAS become complacent about its smoking cessation achievements, with evidence that advice on giving up smoking was offered to just half of smokers who were seen by a primary care health... H.R. 1256, the Family Smoking and Tobacco Control Act
Jun 15, 2009 CBO released a cost estimate yesterday for H.R. 1256, the Family Smoking and Tobacco Control Act. This bill would authorize the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate tobacco products and... Jun 12, 2009 Smoking costs the NHS five times as much as previously thought, researchers have calculated.
Jun 10, 2009 WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Lois Capps and other public health advocates have a hard time understanding why it has taken so long to convince the federal government that tobacco should be regulated... Jun 8, 2009 Italian Mafia and Balkan State Leader Accused of Playing Role in Billion-Dollar Operation
Jun 5, 2009 While trying to quit smoking, Betty Ainsworth tried nicotine gum, patches and lollipops. Nothing worked until she discovered a little-known product: The electronic cigarette.
Jun 3, 2009 A jury awarded $30 million to a Pensacola widow who won a lawsuit against tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds.
Smoking Ban May Not Be All That Ails Illinois Casinos
Jun 1, 2009 Tom Swoik, executive director of the Illinois Casino Gaming Association, points to the public smoking ban that went into effect on January 1, 2008 as the primary reason for the dramatic drop in... Which Movie Studios Will Cause the Most Youth to Start Smoking This Summer?
May 29, 2009 Youth, Health Groups to Take Studios to Task -- Online and on the Streets -- for Smoking in This Summer's Youth-Rated Films
Mich. House OKs smoking ban, but not in casinos
May 27, 2009 LANSING – The Michigan House voted today to ban smoking in workplaces including bars and restaurants, but allow it on gambling floors at Detroit’s three casinos, cigar bars and specialty smoke... Omaha pool hall sues state over smoking ban
May 25, 2009 An Omaha pool hall filed a lawsuit against the state of Nebraska this week over the statewide smoking ban that is soon to go into effect.
Nicotine Patches Reduce Agitation in Smokers With Schizophrenia
May 19, 2009 Nicotine replacement therapy — specifically 21-mg/day transdermal patches — can decrease agitation and aggressive behavior in hospitalized patients with schizophrenia, according to a randomized... Smokes: First you'll feel green, and then you'll die
May 15, 2009 Cigarette company touts environmental package
CIG WAR BURNS OUT CITY, STATE EASE OFF BOOTLEGGED SMOKES
May 13, 2009 Despite its having been touted as a way to close budget gaps, city and state officials have backed off plans to crack down on the $1.6 billion black market for cigarettes.
Smoking debate leaves a few burning questions
May 11, 2009 Arguments aside, the way leading lawmakers handled the issue of a potential statewide smoking ban in taverns and restaurants this week was not in the spirit of a more transparent government.
... Class action suit filed over menthol cigarettes
May 8, 2009 What is being described as the world's first class action lawsuit on behalf of people who developed lung cancer from smoking menthol cigarettes has been initiated by Israel's leading anti-tobacco... Comedian may be charged for smoking at Bismarck show
May 6, 2009 By JENNY MICHAEL
Bismarck Tribune
Women More Vulnerable To Tobacco Carcinogens, New Results Show
May 4, 2009 ScienceDaily (May 3, 2009) — Women may be more vulnerable than men to the cancer-causing effects of smoking tobacco, according to new results reported this week at the European Multidisciplinary... Tobacco tax rejected by House panel
Apr 30, 2009 BATON ROUGE -- A proposal for a $1-per-pack cigarette tax increase was snuffed out by the House Ways & Means Committee in an 11-7 vote Tuesday, signaling probable doom for any proposals to generate... Panel Sees Role for Smoking in Breast Cancer
Apr 28, 2009 Smoking causes lung cancer and is implicated in a dozen other cancers, but scientists have generally dismissed its importance in breast cancer, saying it plays little role, if any.
Cancer risk of nicotine gum and lozenges higher than thought
Apr 23, 2009 Nicotine chewing gum, lozenges and inhalers designed to help people to give up smoking may have the potential to cause cancer, research has suggested.
Watch out for smokescreen in cigarette tax arguments
Apr 21, 2009 Florida is considering a $1 increase in the cigarette tax, fueled by a heated debate. As a board member for the American Heart Association, I strongly support this increase because of its proven... Foundation slams firms that sell ‘cute’ cigarettes
Apr 14, 2009 Tobacco companies that sell cigarettes in cute or fashionable packaging in an attempt to attract young ladies may be violating new tobacco rules, a foundation said yesterday.
Swedes accuse European Union of snuffing out smokeless tobacco
Apr 13, 2009 STOCKHOLM — Few things get Swedish snus users more riled up than the European Union's ban on oral snuff, and Trade Minister Ewa Bjorling is no exception.
Minister talks tough, but he's blowing smoke
Apr 10, 2009 F ederal Revenue Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn closed the barn door Tuesday, but the horse was already out of the barn - and no doubt hard at work somewhere toting illicit cigarettes.
From now... Florida cigar makers could be spared state tobacco tax
Apr 9, 2009 TALLAHASSEE -- As legislators signed off on rival spending plans Tuesday, the Senate showed its determination to force Gov. Charlie Crist to accept a tax on smokers -- or risk a budget flameout.
... Worker injured in chemical explosion at Carroll plant
Apr 8, 2009 A 27-year-old male employee of a Carroll County firm that produces tobacco flavoring was injured Monday when the lid of a tank containing boiling methylene chloride under high pressure blew off,... Online cigarette sales target of New York City politicians
Apr 7, 2009 The city is losing $150 million a year in taxes because of illegal Internet cigarette sales, officials said Sunday.
Youth easy targets for illegal smokes
Apr 6, 2009 SYDNEY — Emilie Howell is 16 but looks about two years younger. No one could ever legally sell cigarettes to this girl, but somehow she’s got one between her lips, puffing away with two teens... Tobacco tax hike puts damper on Florida cigars
Apr 3, 2009 MIAMI — Inside the rolling room of El Credito Cigar Company, the air is earthy and fragrant, a mix of coffee and nuts tinged with caramel and leather.
Former UST Inc.—now U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co—operating its business from the Richmond area
Apr 2, 2009 The nation's largest maker of smokeless tobacco products is now operating its business from Altria Group Inc.'s Henrico County headquarters campus.
Rally aimed at RI gas, cigarette tax proposals
Apr 1, 2009 Dozens of Rhode Island convenience store owners and workers rallied Tuesday against proposals to raise the state's cigarette and gasoline taxes, saying any increase would cripple their businesses... Up in smoke: Taxes on rolling tobacco increasing by 2,200 percent
Mar 31, 2009 Chris Thomas has been rolling her way around steep cigarette taxes for years -- until now.
Physician: Evidence clear on secondhand smoke's consequences
Mar 30, 2009 MANITOWOC — When state Rep. Ted Zigmunt, D-Francis Creek, campaigned last fall, he wasn't in favor of a smoking ban in all Wisconsin workplaces, unless bars and taverns were exempted.
Mar 27, 2009 Secondhand smoke is a problem and the goal should be toward smoke-free casinos in Connecticut. But the General Assembly's attempt to legislate clean air on the reservations is a mistake.
... REFILE-UPDATE 1-Imperial Tobacco says 2009 trading as expected
Mar 26, 2009 (Refiles to correct day to Wednesday)
Japan Tobacco Declines After NHK Reports Smoking Ban
Mar 25, 2009 Japan Tobacco Inc., the world’s third-largest publicly traded cigarette maker, fell the most in three weeks in Tokyo trading after NHK reported the nation may ban smoking in hospitals, schools... BAT Malaysia to aid tobacco leaf farmers
Mar 24, 2009 KOTA BHARU: British American Tobacco Malaysia (BAT Malaysia) has pledged to help tobacco leaf farmers in Kelantan and Terengganu to replant their crops, which were devastated by flash floods... Smokers forgo cartons as cigarette taxes soar
Mar 23, 2009 ROGERS - Smokers have all but stopped purchasing cigarettes by the carton in this city, retailers say.
Instead, they buy packs of cigarettes in Rogers with which to get by until they can drive... Associated Students Votes For Smoke-Free Campus
Mar 20, 2009 The Associated Students approved a resolution Monday to make PCC a "smoke-free campus with designated smoking areas."
Revised Seneca law requires ‘fire-safe’ cigarettes
Mar 19, 2009 The Seneca Nation of Indians Tuesday announced a change in law to make sure all cigarettes sold on Nation territories are "fire-safe" and that all are tested, certified and marked as such before... Du Plessis must sell Rio China deal to sceptics
Mar 18, 2009 His predecessor is leaving under a cloud. His predecessor-designate lasted only three weeks in the job. If Paul Skinner and Jim Leng – both managers with years of experience in mining and... Americas Watchdog Warns The World About Chinese Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals & Cigarettes
Mar 17, 2009 Americas Watchdog's Global Piracy & Counterfeiting Consultants is the most quoted source in the world on pharmaceutical and cigarette counterfeiting. The group is warning all US and global...
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A nearly yearlong crackdown on smoking at construction sites around the city by the Buildings Department has resulted...
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