| Title |
Intro |
Date |
| Smoking Levels In The WHO European Region Have Stabilized, But Greater Focus Needs To Be Placed On Young People, Women And Marginalized Groups |
The European tobacco control report 2007, now published, presents an overview of tobacco use and tobacco-related harm in the Region, and reports progress in tobacco control at national and international levels since 2002 when the European Strategy for |
03/06/07 |
| California Anti-Smoking Laws Save Thousands Of Lives, New Study Finds |
More than 50,000 lives
will have been saved by the year 2010 in California because of statewide
tobacco control policies. That's according to a new study that also
estimates smoking rates among Californians dropped by 25 percent due to
high |
03/06/07 |
| UK Coalition Joins EU Pledge To Fight Fire With Fire Safer Cigarettes |
Fire fighters, fire victims and campaigners from across Europe have come together to form a powerful coalition. Their objective is to drive through new measures to prevent much of the avoidable death and disfigurement arising from fires caused by cigaret |
03/01/07 |
| Mom, Thank You For Not Smoking |
Worldwide, over 300 million people are affected with asthma. It is known that both genetic and environmental factors influence who will suffer from asthma. Researchers from Michigan State University in the USA and The David Hide Asthma and Allergy Resear |
03/01/07 |
| Australian Medical Association Calls For Ban On Duty-free Cigarettes |
AMA President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, said today the AMA is seeking a total ban on the sale of duty-free cigarettes in Australia. |
02/27/07 |
| Tobacco Companies Obstructed Science, History Professor Says |
"Doubt is our product," stated a tobacco industry memo from 1969. For half a century, the tobacco industry tried to muddy the link between smoking and cancer. Now, with that effort long since failed, cigarette producers facing dozens of potentially ruino |
02/26/07 |
| Reynolds New Cigarette Aimed At Women Smokers 'Another Cynical Blow To Public Health,' Editorial Says |
Although R.J. Reynolds Tobacco executives think "they have hit on an innovative marketing strategy" by planning to launch a new cigarette brand, called Camel No. 9 aimed at adult female smokers, "this new attempt to woo women smokers can |
02/26/07 |
| Ohio Dental Association Continues Its Efforts To Discourage Tobacco Use |
Millions of teens
across the nation use smokeless tobacco -- often referred to as spit, chew
or dip -- with the misconception that it is less dangerous and less
addictive than the tobacco used in cigarettes. The Ohio Dental Association
continues |
02/26/07 |
| Understanding Genetic Factors Could Contribute To Better Smoking-Cessation Therapies |
Americans are bombarded with antismoking messages, yet at least 65 million of us continue to light up. Genetic factors play an important role in this continuing addiction to cigarettes, suggest scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St |
02/21/07 |
| Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers Reintroduces Legislation That Would Give FDA Authority Over Tobacco Products |
A bipartisan group of Senate and House members on Thursday introduced a bill that would allow FDA to regulate tobacco products, the Los Angeles Times reports (Alonso-Zaldivar, Los Angeles Times, 2/16). In previous years, similar legislation has failed |
02/21/07 |
| Reynolds To Introduce Cigarette Brand Aimed At Women Smokers, New York Times Reports |
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco is planning to launch a new cigarette brand, called Camel No. 9, that is aimed at female adult smokers, the New York Times reports. According to the Times, about half of all smokers are women. Reynolds' Capri and Misty, Philli |
02/21/07 |
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