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For the New Year, Cost-Effective Options to Stop Smoking

Jan 12, 2010

LIKE many ex-smokers, Tonya Guess, 33, of Chesapeake, Va., tried just about everything to quit. There were hundreds of nicotine patches, an online support group, a prescription for an...

For tobacco states, a change is in the air

Jan 5, 2010

Reporting from Arlington, Va. - The changing face of the Old Dominion can be seen in the stuff Jimmy Cirrito sweeps up off the floor of his bar every night. It used to be cigarette butts -- now...

New trial denied in tobacco patent lawsuit

Dec 28, 2009

A federal judge in Maryland has denied Star Scientific Inc.'s request for a new trial after the company lost a patent infringement case against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

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Smoking continues gradual decline among U.S. teens, smokeless tobacco threatens a comeback

Dec 15, 2009

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Teen smoking reached its recent peak levels around 1996 and 1997, followed by a sharp decline for about six years and a continued more gradual decline ever since, according to...

Smoking ban for all city parks

Dec 11, 2009

The Peterborough County- City Health Unit is ready to approach city council with its plan to have the city's non-smoking bylaw expanded to all city parks.

The first phase of the plan...

Safety concerns prompt park rule changes

Dec 8, 2009

STOCKTON — Clearing the way to ban smoking in county-run parks and requiring life vests for children in public waterways are among proposed changes to the rules governing San Joaquin County Parks...

North Carolina prods obese workers, smokers toward healthier lifestyles

Dec 4, 2009

North Carolina is offering teachers and state employees cheaper and easier access to medication aimed at helping them lose weight and quit smoking.

The aid is a carrot that goes...

Tobacco growers likely to lose a market

Nov 30, 2009

Burley tobacco growers, a dwindling breed in the mountains, likely will be able to sell their crop at just one local market this year.

Warren Anders, along with his sons, will...

Cigarette May Have Started Fire at Apartments

Nov 27, 2009

(Springfield, MO) -- It was an abrupt wake-up this morning for residents of a south Springfield apartment complex.

People who live in ten apartments in the Chardonney Apartments in...

Smoking can make H1N1 effects worse

Nov 24, 2009

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has named groups of people at a high risk of developing serious complications from H1N1 Influenza.

In keeping with the last...

For Some Smokers, Even Home Is Off Limits

Nov 17, 2009

The movement to ban smoking in New York City has grown so quickly that no place seems immune — certainly not restaurants or bars, and public beaches and parks may not be far behind. Now the...

Notary Questioned About Seal In Smoking Ban Trial

Nov 13, 2009

South Dakota's smoking ban faces one burning question. Did the notaries who verified the petitions do enough to make them official?

A two-day trial started Thursday in Pierre. The...

Smoking has a direct negative impact on postoperative outcomes

Nov 10, 2009

With the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout Challenge just a week away, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) is giving smokers yet another reason to quit. The scientific...

Lawsuits Against the Tobacco Industry - About Much More Than Money

Nov 5, 2009

Across Canada, provinces are taking steps to hold the tobacco industry accountable for decades of destructive behaviour through health care cost-recovery lawsuits. Eight provinces have already...

A Soldier in the War on Smoking

Nov 2, 2009

Hopkins Kicks Butts has been doing a lot of kicking lately. Kicking and screaming that is. They have been clamoring to the administration trying to get ashtrays moved farther away from buildings....

New Web Site Provides Info On Upcoming Smoking Ban

Oct 30, 2009

A new government Web site has been launched to ease the transition with a new law that requires restaurants, bars and lodging establishments that serve food and drink to go smoke-free as of January...

Is Smoking Tougher on Women?

Oct 26, 2009

SUNDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Women may be more vulnerable than men to the carcinogens and other noxious substances in cigarette smoke, a growing body of research suggests.

In...

University Senate discusses Fruesday, smoking ban

Oct 22, 2009

Monday morning, the University Senate Agenda Committee discussed reforms that will affect student life.

The committee talked about doing away with Fruesday classes, using Cardinal...

Petition locations released

Oct 19, 2009

Supporters of a petition drive to overturn the smoking ban the Topeka City Council approved last month released a list Saturday of 14 businesses that have volunteered to make copies of the petition...

Smoking ban sparks shooting threat

Oct 12, 2009

YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) Police have turned a case over to prosecutors on an Ehime Prefecture man who allegedly threatened to shoot Kanagawa Gov. Shigefumi Matsuzawa for setting Japan's first local...

Tobacco companies using social networking to target young

Oct 8, 2009

TOBACCO companies are using legal loopholes to market products on social networking sites including Facebook and MySpace targetting young smokers.

Advertising restrictions on...

The Real Meaning of the FDA's Anti E-Cigarette Report

Oct 6, 2009

NEW YORK, NY, October 05, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- On February this year, the FDA got sued by two of the most popular E-cigarette companies in the US- Njoy & Smoking everywhere. They sued for...

Pregnant smoking 'psychosis link'

Oct 2, 2009

Mothers who smoke during pregnancy put their children at greater risk of psychotic symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations, a study suggests.

A UK survey of 12-year-olds found...

Bingo fight lights up over smoking ban

Sep 29, 2009

Bingo parlors on opposite ends of Richland County are suing each other, claiming their competitors are ignoring a county law that prohibits smoking.

The two - Carolina Gold Bingo on...

Clove cigarette withdrawal worse for some

Sep 24, 2009

Before Tuesday, specialty flavored cigarettes like Djarum and Sweet Dreams "flew off the shelves" of Specs liquor and gourmet foods store, said floor manager Scott Lee.

"Shoot yeah!"...

Bar files new lawsuit against state's smoking ban

Sep 21, 2009

COLUMBUS -- Ohio's workplace smoking ban is unconstitutional because it is not equally enforced throughout the state, a bar owner claims in a lawsuit against the state's top law official.

Certain Cigarette Flavoring a No-No

Sep 18, 2009

WASHINGTON – On Monday, U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products sent an open letter to the tobacco industry reminding them that cigarettes “containing certain...

Just kick its butt

Sep 14, 2009

THOSE of you who smoke tobacco will know what the American writer Mark Twain meant when he said, "Giving up smoking is easy ... I've done it thousands of times".

Tobacco was once...

City council seeks input on smoking ban

Sep 11, 2009

Nearly a month after the Stephenville City Council heard from citizens for and against a city-wide smoking ban, the council will once again open the floor during a public hearing on a smoking...

Smoking in Washington at lowest level ever

Sep 9, 2009

A new report by the state Health Department shows that 15.3 percent of adults smoke. It's a record low for the sixth consecutive year and down from 16.5 percent from a year earlier. (The rate fell...

Three million patients 'should be receiving lung treatment'

Sep 1, 2009

Only 900,000 of the estimated 3.7 million people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), an umbrella term for conditions such as emphysema and bronchitis, have been diagnosed with the...

FACTBOX-Tobacco could kill 1 billion this century-report

Aug 28, 2009

Tobacco could kill one billion people this century if current trends hold, global health experts said in a report issued on Tuesday.

Following are some of the main findings in the...

The Taliban diversify into tobacco

Aug 24, 2009

The smuggling of tobacco is helping to fuel the Taliban insurgency in Pakistan, according to analysts and officials. While the poppy trade still contributes nearly half of the funds funnelled to...

Spain eyes total smoking ban in public places

Aug 18, 2009

MADRID (AFP) - Spain's Socialist government said Monday it wants to introduce a total ban on smoking in public places.

Health authorities "would like to take the decision to totally...

State to appeal tobacco ruling

Aug 14, 2009

COLUMBUS -- Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland says the state will appeal a county judge's decision barring the use of tobacco foundation funds to help balance the budget.

"This judge has in...

Mother's smoking increases daughter's pancreatic cancer risk

Aug 7, 2009

A woman who smokes during pregnancy and motherhood appears to boost her daughter's odds of developing pancreatic cancer, the deadly disease that will strike an estimated 21,420 women (and 21,050...

Getting mixed smoke signals on campus

Jul 31, 2009

A survey conducted by college students at a Zhejiang university revealed that 25 percent of students smoke, most classifying themselves as “social smokers,” Today Morning Express reported...

US Food and Drug Administration Jurisdiction Over Tobacco Products

Jul 29, 2009

Citation: Glantz SA, Barnes R, Eubanks SY (2009) Compromise or Capitulation? US Food and Drug Administration Jurisdiction Over Tobacco Products. PLoS Med 6(7): e1000118....

Big Tobacco Sets Its Sights on Africa

Jul 27, 2009

It's easy enough to buy a smoke at Isa Yakubu's grocery store on a busy street in Lagos, Nigeria. Never mind if you don't have much money. Most local merchants are happy to break open a pack and...

Altria Group 2Q profit up, co. boosts forecast

Jul 24, 2009

RICHMOND, Va. – Even though Americans bought fewer cigarettes in the second quarter, profit rose 9 percent at Altria Group Inc., owner of the nation's biggest cigarette maker, Philip Morris USA,...

Next regulatory step: the Center for Tobacco Products

Jul 22, 2009

WASHINGTON

It took more than a decade for Congress to grant the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate tobacco products.

Now that the FDA has been...

Ohio budget leans on frozen tobacco funds

Jul 20, 2009

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 17 (UPI) -- The Ohio budget includes $258 million for human services from the settlement with tobacco companies that has been frozen by a court challenge.

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State lawmakers look at tobacco settlement spending

Jul 17, 2009

A panel of state lawmakers is taking a look at how the state spends its share of a federal tobacco settlement with the possibility of slight changes to the spending program early next year.

Blazing a New Tobacco Road

Jul 15, 2009

Tobacco. It has been called a "sunset" category, described as past its prime and in some cases, been given the boot by retailers in other trade channels. But for all the challenges it faces --...

EDITORIAL: Tobacco law makes smoking less alluring

Jul 13, 2009

In a triumph of marketing over public health and common sense, tobacco companies sell a product that causes 400,000 deaths a year and accounts for $100 billion in annual health care costs.

Judge dismisses Nisqually cigarette sale lawsuit

Jul 10, 2009

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TACOMA, Wash. -- A federal court judge has upheld an arrangement between Washington state and the Squaxin Island Tribe that allows cigarette sales at Frank's...

Influence of Movie Smoking Exposure and Team Sports Participation on Established Smoking

Jul 8, 2009

Objective To examine the joint effects of movie smoking exposure and team sports participation on established smoking.

Design Longitudinal study.

Setting School-...

Sports fields, smokes don't mix, says anti-smoking group

Jul 6, 2009

Belleville could join other Ontario municipalities who have banned smoking on and near sports fields following a request from a local youth anti-tobacco group.

Members of Unfiltered,...

Renewed push to ban cigarette branding on packs

Jul 3, 2009

PRESSURE is mounting for brand labels to be removed from cigarette packets - a move that the tobacco industry bluffed a previous Labor government out of pursuing, according to anti-tobacco...

MELVINDALE: 'No smoking' signs might be put up at public park

Jul 1, 2009

MELVINDALE — In an effort to clear the air, “no smoking” signs might be going up in Deluca Field.

Councilwoman Stacey Striz suggested the signage earlier this month in response...

Last-minute reprieve for offices ahead of Greek smoking ban

Jun 29, 2009

Athens - Greece's health minister Friday announced last- minute exemptions for some offices and casinos, ahead of a public smoking ban to due come into force next week. The Greeks are considered...

Langley RCMP hand out first ticket to man smoking in car with a child

Jun 26, 2009

METRO VANCOUVER — Langley RCMP handed out their first ticket recently to a driver caught smoking with a child in the car.

The man was pulled over while he was smoking with a...