Cigarettes and alcohol caused cancer: Douglas
Veteran actor Michael Douglas has blamed years of drinking and smoking for causing his throat cancer. “I smoked cigarettes and I drank alcohol a lot and this particular type of cancer is caused by alcohol…but it’s been a long year and I do think this is stress related,” contactmusic.com quoted him as saying.
September 2, 2010
Stout becomes first tobacco-free campus in UW-System
Menomonie (WQOW) – UW-Stout is now at the head of the class when it comes to smoking. The university is the first tobacco-free university in the UW-System. Last April, students passed a referendum to ban all tobacco products on campus. That referendum went into effect Wednesday. University officials says there won’t be a fine for using tobacco on campus, but believe that students will follow the ban. Still, some students wish the ban carried some sort of penalty.
September 2, 2010
Tobacco dollars, public health: Ask candidates what they’ll do
In the coming weeks, incumbent and prospective state legislators will begin canvassing Nevada neighborhoods for our support (and votes) later this fall. When those folks knock on my door, I will have only two questions for them: Do you plan to return Master Settlement Agreement or “tobacco dollars” to their intended use? If not, how do you intend to protect and promote the public’s health in Nevada?
September 1, 2010
Tobacco signs still target city’s poorer areas
The signs, wrought in soothing italics, beckon with promises of tobacco “pleasure!’’ at low, low prices. Across Dorchester, Mattapan, and other city neighborhoods, big signs and little signs, vertical signs and horizontal signs trumpet the availability of cigarettes at corner stores and gas stations. They are plastered on façades and propped against windows, affixed to light poles and gas pumps.
September 1, 2010
Roll-Your-Own Cigarette Machines Help Evade Steep Tax
WOOD DALE, Ill.—Scores of tobacco retailers in the U.S. are taking advantage of a federal tax loophole to offer deep discounts on roll-your-own cigarettes. But the practice is attracting scrutiny from regulators and cigarette manufacturers. At Smoke Zone, a store in this Chicago suburb, customers one recent afternoon flocked to two high-speed rolling machines that produce a carton of cigarettes in eight minutes. The price: $21—less than half the cost of a carton of Marlboro cigarettes.
August 30, 2010
Paterson Predicts “Uprising” Over Cigarette Tax Collection
With Bloomberg already besieged by protests and angry letters calling for an apology over his offensive “cowboys and Indians” statement, Governor Paterson says he is worried about possible “violence and death” over the state’s plan to collect taxes on cigarettes sold on Indian reservations. Paterson said, “There will be quite an uprising and protest to this, but I am going to maintain this policy…The state police tell us over and over again that there could be violence and death as a result of some of the measures we’re taking.”
August 30, 2010
Electronic Cigarettes Too Easy To Get?
Smoking has been banned in most public places, and die-hard smokers are looking for new ways to feed their nicotine habit. One product, growing in popularity, is raising concerns with the FDA, but those looking to kick the habit say it has helped them. More on page 4941
August 26, 2010
Cuba’s subsidized cigarettes going up in smoke
Cuba is phasing out its longstanding monthly allotments of subsidized cigarettes as President Raul Castro works to jump-start the island’s sputtering economy. Beginning next month, some 2.5 million Cubans over the age of 54 no longer will get their four packs of cigarettes as part of the country’s ration program, the government announced on Wednesday.
August 26, 2010
New tobacco products ignite debate
As states make it tougher to light up in public, tobacco manufacturers are rolling out new smokeless tobacco lines — some flavored, some spitless, prompting worries from public health officials about potentially unknown risks of these new products and their appeal to underage users. Among the new offerings in Michigan is Snus — tiny tea-bag-like pouches of tobacco that don’t require spitting.
August 25, 2010
Retailers ‘concerned’ over tobacco display ban
New laws banning shop tobacco displays in Scotland will increase black market trade, an industry survey has claimed. The Tobacco Retailers Alliance study said 56% of shopkeepers believed the move would increase contraband sales. The study by the alliance, which has 26,000 UK members, came after MSPs passed the law in January.
August 25, 2010
‘Smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette!’
This phrase from the popular Phil Harris song back in the 50’s and 60’s lamented cigarettes and the health problem they caused. The second line to that song is “Puff, puff, puff and if you puff yourself to death, tell St. Peter at the Golden Gate that you just hated to make him wait!”
August 24, 2010
Reduced Smoking in Hollywood Movies
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a government agency, has listed cigarettes in movies as a key factor in teen smoking. The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences has said that studies show a clear link showing that kids who watch movies with smoking are more likely to smoke.
August 24, 2010
