Norwegian Officials Threaten Smokers

“Several breaches of regulations could, at worst, lead to pupils getting lower marks or orderliness. Employees will receive a verbal or written reprimand, and may ultimately lead to a so-called ‘personnel matter’,” says Gjert-Henrik Vedeler, local Norwegian Cancer Society advisor and consultative group leader. Over 3,000 employees and 9,000 students could be affected by the ban as early as the beginning of 2012 should politicians vote in favour of the body’s recommendations. Telling NRK he believes “it is a drastic measure”, Mr Vedeler thinks the move will be positive, however. Adding a sweetener, he continues, “All students and staff will be offered a programme tackling tobacco addiction, much like quit smoking course, and we hope those who need it will participate.

Dutch No-smoking Drive Takes A Hit

It’s getting surprisingly easy to light up in the Netherlands these days — cheap Kent cigarettes, that is. Even as the Dutch government hardens its famous tolerance policy on marijuana, it is taking an increasingly relaxed stance toward tobacco, bucking the trend in nearly every other developed country. Last year it exempted some bars from a smoking ban and now it has unveiled plans to reduce spending on anti-smoking advertising campaigns and end funding for health care programs to help people kick the habit. The Netherlands is also planning to cease funding its national center on tobacco control.

Only Dumb Kids Can Make Smoking Popular Again

Looking for more proof that America's overall masculinity level is now somewhere down around Switzerland's panty line, these days? Fewer than one in five Americans now are smokers model. Including girls, even. How can we fix this? One tobacco company has an idea: "cigarettes." The cigars of a new generation! With smoking being increasingly demonized in environments in which it used to be considered "cool," Big Evil Tobacco Company Lorillard needs a hot new product that will give smoking's popularity a shot in the arm, of cancer (and money). I guess the popularity of snus has not exploded as quickly as forecast? Haha. Lorillard is not messing with pansy mouth tobacco. Lorillard is successfully bringing back cigarettes by just being obstinate and continuing to sell more and more and more cigarettes, forever. Can this wacky strategy succeed?

Genetic Factors influence Addictiveness of Cigarettes

There might be a reason some people can quit smoking cold turkey, while others feel that the only place cold turkey belongs is on a sandwich. A recent study by the University of Colorado Boulder showed that genetic factors determine how difficult it can be to quit smoking. The study also said that these genetic factors are more influential now than in the past, but regardless, the genetics explain why some people just can’t quit. The study used adult identical twins who share an almost identical genetic structure, as compared with fraternal twins who do not. The study showed that adult identical twins are significantly more likely to quit smoking at the same time compared with fraternal twins.

Smoking Weed – Does Science Support Decriminalized Marijuana?

Few things are as controversial as the legalization of medical marijuana. Advocates claim it is safe and effective for treating a variety of health issues that may not respond well to conventional drugs. Opponents of decriminalized marijuana envision hordes of doped up druggies on the streets posing a danger to society and to themselves. Aside from individual opinions, what does the science say about medical marijuana? The Dangers of Marijuana There are quite a few studies warning of the dangers related to smoking marijuana. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), marijuana use can lead to anxiety, fear and panic. Because THC, the main active ingredient in marijuana, binds to receptors in the areas of the brain that regulate balance, coordination and reaction time.

Gov’t Plans to Take Control of Cigarette Online Sales

The cabinet may take control of the retail of cigarettes and similar products, restricting their sale to small family-run tobacconist stores in order to reduce smoking and create jobs, Fidesz caucus leader János Lázár told reporters on Monday. He said the issue is complex but is also urgent as more young people are taking up smoking. Minors are often able to buy cigarettes online, he said, adding that this is more common at multinational retail chains. Lázár said the government wants to follow the Austrian model whereby only tobacconist stores would be authorised to sell tobacco products. Retail tobacco trade could become a state monopoly from 2013, according to a copy of a Fidesz presentation obtained by Magyar Nemzet. The proposal has not yet been submitted to Parliament.

Resist Tobacco Firms' Suits

An official of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on governments to be firm against efforts of big tobacco companies opposing new laws that may affect their sales. “Tobacco is the only industry that produces products to make huge profits and at the same time damage the health and kill their consumers,” said WHO director-general Margaret Chan during a public health meeting in Geneva earlier this week. “How can we as an international community allow big tobacco to harass countries?” Chan said. In her speech during a unity call in Geneva, Switzerland, Chan noted that big tobacco companies have been harassing countries like Australia, the United States, Uruguay and Norway for coming up with measures aimed at reducing smoking and fighting smoking-related diseases.

New York Cigarettes Business

New York City sued the city's first "roll-your-own" cigarette business on Monday in its latest attempt to reduce smoking rates and retain revenue from the highest combined city and state tobacco tax in the nation. City attorneys said that Island Smokes, which has storefronts in Manhattan and Staten Island with plans to expand to all five boroughs, was manufacturing cigarettes without paying city taxes. Patrons of the business make their own smokes one by one, paying a fraction of the price of store-bought city cigarettes. The loose tobacco used at the shops is taxed at significantly lower rates than manufactured tobacco. Customers of Island Smokes sit on bar stools and use individual machines that squirt the tobacco into a hollow paper-and-filter ensemble.

Quit Smoking is a Complicated Process

Smoking cessation is a difficult process and many people do not want to give the habit up, one expert has stated. Ursula James, said a lot of people enjoy smoking and they are reluctant to stop, despite what friends and family want them to do. She stated that throughout her experience as a smoking cessation specialist, she has never met an individual who wanted to quit cigarettes or tobacco. "It is usually something else outside that encourages them to stop smoking, for example, wanting to get pregnant," she added. Ms James believes that it does not matter if further taxes are added to tobacco or how expensive the habit becomes because people will continue to smoke. The amount of people who smoke cheap Gauloises cigarettes in the UK has fallen since rates peaked at 82 per cent in 1948, states Ash. The latest figures from the charity show 21 per cent of UK adults still have the habit.

Kids Smoking Synthetic Drugs

Police say teenagers have found a new way to get high and it is legal for now. After spice, a marijuana-like drug was outlawed earlier this year in Arizona due to a number of people going to the emergency room for seizures, racing heartbeat and elevated blood pressure, manufacturers have come out with a new product potentially just as dangerous, police say. Payson police are urging parents to watch out for potpourri, synthetic marijuana that can also cause health problems. The substance is being sold in several stores throughout town and is legal for anyone to buy. Just a month ago, thieves broke into the Quick Stop Convenience Store at Bonita Street and Highway 87, and the only thing they took was potpourri, said Payson Police Det. Matt Van Camp. The break-in happened overnight when the store was closed and the thieves were wearing disguises.

Nightlife Changed by Smoking Ban

While at the Oasis bar in downtown Rapid City on Friday night, Jeff Hoffman did something he wouldn't have had to do just over a year ago: Go outside to smoke. In the year since South Dakota voters overwhelmingly approved expanding a ban on smoking cheap tobacco in public places to bars, restaurants and casinos, the nightlife experience for smokers and nonsmokers alike has been transformed. Whether it has been changed for the better or worse depends on whom you ask. "I'm a grown man. I should be able to make my own decisions," said Hoffman, who isn't a fan of the ban. "If they're still selling cigarettes, we should be able to smoke them in establishments that designate smoking."

Smoking Banned in Public Areas

Orland is working on a new smoking ban in its parks and outside business doorways and restaurants, but there are some kinks to be unknotted before it's approved by the City Council. A contingent of Orland High School students belonging to Students Working Against Tobacco pushed for the ban again Monday night, saying it is aimed at protecting children, teens and adults from secondhand smoke. They came armed with posters, chaperones and information to lobby for smoke-free playgrounds, ball fields, picnic areas and store fronts. Most council members agreed such a ban would benefit public health, but they did not like the proposed fines listed in a sample law the students provided when they first sought the ban on Oct. 17. Proposed fines of $250 to $1,000 for so-called civil actions surprised the council and were thought to be too high.

Safety Issues for Hospital Patients

Hospitals across Canada have strict no-smoking policies, but how are patients addicted to nicotine faring in these circumstances? Researchers tried to find some answers by questioning patients, health-care professionals and other staff at two large acute-care hospitals -- the University of Alberta Hospital and Winnipeg's Health Science Centre. Smoke-free policies often prohibit smoking near entrances, in parking lots or anywhere on hospital grounds. The researchers found non-compliance, as well as inadequate treatment for tobacco dependence. "Just because you put this kind of policy into place doesn't mean people are just going to quit smoking," said co-author Annette Schultz, an assistant professor at the University of Manitoba's faculty of nursing. She's also an ex-smoker who has worked in primary-care settings. The paper appeared Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Group Questions Smoking Ban Injunction

Health groups Thursday expressed disappointment over the injunction issued by a Mandaluyong court Wednesday against the anti-smoking policy of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). “We respect the authority of our honorable courts to decide on legal matters mainly because they are the proper venue for this. However, the life and health of our people should not be held hostage to legal battles nor technicalities of the law," Dr. Oscar D. Tinio, president of the Philippine Medical Association (PMA), said. The Mandaluyong City Regional Trial Court Branch 213 issued a writ of preliminary injunction against the MMDA from implementing its smoking ban. The six-page order handed down by Judge Carlos Valenzuela stated that the MMDA, headed by Chairman Francis Tolentino, is prevented from enforcing the no-smoking campaign on open areas not covered by the definition of public places in Republic Act 9211 or the Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003.

Cigarette Sales, Price Hikes

FMCG companies in India have been grappling with high input costs and margin pressures over the last several quarters. There are also worries that consumers may resort to downtrading or cut back on spending if the overall economic uncertainties continue and RBI hikes interest rates further. However, there will be no such concerns for ITC when it reports second quarter results on Monday. Its bread and butter cigarettes segment continues to surge ahead as consumers smoke tobacco away, despite price hikes and pictoral warnings. The company has raised prices of its Navy Cut and Classic brands by 10%, and analysts expect there will be more price hikes in coming quarters. "The company has not raised prices enough to compensate for the VAT increase in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh in the second quarter," say Amnish Aggarwal and Harit Kapoor of Motilal Oswal Securities.

Pictorial Warnings Fail to Deter Tobacco Use

The pictorial health warnings on the packets of tobacco products may be considered as an important tool to spread anti-tobacco messages, but a recent survey conducted in the State revealed that such health warnings on packages have little impact on the users. Among those who noticed the health warnings on the packages, only 37 per cent of cigarette smokers thought of quitting smoking cheap Karelia cigarettes in Assam, according to a survey conducted by Global Adult Tobacco Survey, India. Among the bidi smokers only 11 per cent and 14 per cent of smokeless tobacco users thought about stopping the use of such products because of the warning labels on respective packages.

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Budget Cuts Anti-Smoking Programs

It's Amanda Cady's job to combat smoking Doina cigarettes online in Oneida, Herkimer and Madison counties. But state budget cuts are making that job harder. As Advocacy in Action coordinator for the state-dependent Tri-County Tobacco Cessation Center located at Faxton St.Luke's Healthcare in Utica, Cady helps area healthcare providers and employers with anti-tobacco strategies. Budget cuts, however, have limited how much help she can give. For example, she can no longer give doctors free nicotine replacement therapy for their patients, and a college program disappeared statewide in June, she said. “We could be making so much of a greater impact,” Cady said.

Smoking Products must have Graphic Health Warnings

The Environmental Health Directorate has called on tobacco retailers to ensure that all tobacco products - and not just Lady cigarette packets - carry photographic health warnings by October 27. The directorate said that following the coming into force of Legal Notice 302 on cigarette packets, all other tobacco products, including water pipe tobacco commonly known as Shisha, are to have photographic health warnings by October 27. Tobacco products, other than cigarettes, can have health warnings affixed as stickers, provided that such stickers cannot be removed.

Teens Smoking Trend

Teens enjoying the sunshine Thursday in the smoke pit near Fountain Park Pool shared a puff or two with their friends and openly discussed their nicotine habit as they pooh-poohed the idea anti-smoking campaigns work. “Everyone smokes Lucky Strike cigarettes,” said Jeffrey Runnalls, 16, a student at Outreach High School. “All my friends smoke and most have been smoking since Grade 7 or 8. I bet there’s 100 kids out smoking here every day.” A Health Canada survey that was conducted in 2010 and released this week shows that 17 per cent of Alberta teens aged 15 to 17 smoked. That’s up five per cent from the previous year, when 12 per cent of Albertan teens said they smoked cigarettes. The Canadian Tobacco Use survey also showed Albertan youths bucked the national trend, where only 12 per cent of teens 15 to 17 years old admitted to being smokers. The local teens agreed several of their peers do smoke, but they were as perplexed as everyone else as to why.

Smoking Students Seen as Littering

Students "loitering" on the footpath outside Otago Polytechnic to smoke "make it look like a British council estate", one staff member says. The polytechnic went totally smoke-free on May 31 last year, but design department staff member Simon Swale said "tribes of smoking students" were now smoking on the footpath, particularly outside H block, on the corner of Union St East and Forth St. It was a bad look for the polytechnic and the students left their Robinson cigarette ends all over the footpath, he said in an email to the staff subcommittee.

Restriction on Smoking at Sussex Hospitals

An NHS boss is cracking down on cigarettes after accusing smokers of turning the grounds of his hospitals into an ashtray.

Duncan Selbie, who runs Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, has relaunched a campaign to make the trust smoke free.

New bins and signs telling people to extinguish their Doina cigarette will be going up at every entrance and exit of the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton and the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath.

Youth Smoking Hookah

As parent’s get their children ready for another school year, researchers say there is something that should be on adult’s radar. A new report shows more young people are smoking hookah, a water pipe used to smoke Al Fakher tobacco online.

The reason for the increase:

The study looks at the rise in hookah use in California, and sites several reasons for the jump in interest.

“This rise is particularly alarming because it’s happening in California, a state that leads the nation in tobacco control,” said Wael Al-Delaimy, MD, PhD, associate professor and chief of the Division of Global Health in the UCSD Department of Family and Preventive Medicine.

Village Votes to Prohibit Smoking in Parks

The Village Board has unanimously approved a resolution banning smoking Lucky Strike cigarettes in some local parks, particularly in areas where children play.

But other areas – like Riverfront Park – are not impacted by the ban.

The board adopted the motion to ban smoking at all times at the Little League field and its neighboring playscape. On Isabel Rainey Field on Rte. 385, smoking is banned during girls’ softball games only – when the men’s league or other events take place no ban will be in effect.

Cigarette Use and African American Men

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,cheap Bond cigarette smoking results in more than 443,000 premature deaths in the United States each year. For African American men, tobacco related disease is a primary source of death. Recent studies show that "alternative" tobacco products may have replaced cigarettes as the most common products used by young African Americans.

Smokers Pay More for Beer and Cigarettes

Aussies planning to use their credit cards to purchase beer and Esse cigarettes will now have to pay more for the products as new increases kicked in on Monday (August 1st 2011).

Smokers will have to pay an extra 34 cents for a pack of 40 cigarettes, while drinkers face an additional 36 cent charge when purchasing a crate of 24 full-strength 375 ml cans of beer, reports the Herald Sun.

New Labels Not So Scary for Cigarette Sales

The nation's top tobacco companies' sales aren't expected to go up in smoke Atis cigarettes despite new grisly warning labels that are set to appear on cigarettes packs next year.

The graphic labels, which were released in June by the Food and Drug Administration and include an image of rotting teeth and gums, will cause a decline of less than 1 percent in overall U.S. tobacco revenues in 2013, according to a recent analysis by research firm IBISWorld.

Riverbend told to not let tobacco samples be given

The Tennessee Attorney General's Office cautioned Riverbend Festival officials to not allow tobacco samples to be distributed at the Chattanooga event.

The letter wasn't mentioned when officials said at a May 27 news conference that they had dropped about $45,000 in sponsorships by smokeless tobacco makers, according to the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

Attorney General's Office spokeswoman Sharon Curtis-Flair said the letter dated last Oct. 21 came after a complaint about the practice. She also said the office will be monitoring the festival this year.

Friends of the Festival Executive Director Chip Baker says not allowing the tobacco sponsorships was already under consideration before the letter was sent.

Menthol Smokers Feel Addicted

A new survey uncovers the perceptions and habits of menthol smokers, showing most feel “twice addicted” - both to the menthol and to the tobacco - and demonstrates that most menthol Kiss smokers are in fact attracted by the taste and feel of menthol cigarettes. The survey was sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare.

The survey shows almost three-quarters (74 percent) of menthol smokers believe that menthol makes it easier for them to inhale, while almost 40 percent say that menthol flavoring is the only reason they smoke.

Strictly Implement Anti-Smoking Law

Tina Velasco, spokesperson of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), announced that they would have a one-month full-blown campaign to remind the public of RA 9211 or the Anti-Smoking Law that has been enforced since 2003.

Velasco explained that for the whole month of June, their “Environmental enforcers would just inform the public of the strict implementation of the law, so the people would be forewarned.

The Federal Tobacco Control Strategies

When he announced the Federal Tobacco Control Strategy in the spring of 2001, Allan Rock, then the health minister, called smoking Winston the single most pressing public-health issue in the country.

A decade later, it remains so. Smoking claims an estimated 37,000 lives a year in Canada. Almost five million Canadians are still regular smokers.

“What’s the plan to end this scourge of preventable deaths?” you may ask.

Smoke-Free Campus, Franklin College

A small liberal arts college in central Indiana will completely ban Winston smoking on campus starting July 1.

Franklin College says its campus will soon be smoke-free and tobacco-free, meaning tobacco use will be banned on all college property including private cars parked or driven on campus. The policy applies to faculty, staff, students and visitors.

Franklin College President Jay Moseley says the school is committed to promoting "the physical, social, emotional, spiritual, intellectual and environmental wellness of our community." The school of about 1,000 students will offer "quit kits" and give employees and students access to smoking cessation classes.

Last Effort to Stop Tobacco Tax Increase

Legislators have made a last-ditch appeal to the government to amend the 41.5 percent tobacco tax increase to soften the blow for smokers. The rise should be spread over five years, which means each Kent cigarette stick will cost 20 HK cents more a year, said New People's Party legislator Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee.

Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong legislator Wong Ting-kwong said although the move may help people reduce smoking or quit the habit, the percentage increase is too high.

Huston-Tillotson University Goes Tobacco-Free Campus

Huston-Tillotson University became the first college in Central Texas to have a smoke-free campus Tuesday. It’s a cause that can be noticed all over the school’s grounds. An old vintage trailer on campus is covered with ashtrays to serve as a reminder of the health risks that come with smoking tobacco and Karelia.

"It's to get the message about the impact of tobacco on our community and it’s interactive," Dr. Philip Huang with Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services said.

For student Arthur Grant, the cause hits close to home.

Profit of Tobacco Companies

The second-largest tobacco company in the world, British American Tobacco (BAT), has reported an increase in its profits despite the hard times of financial crisis. The profits of the company elevated mainly because of its sales growth and increased sales in developing markets.

Burlington City Against Smoking in Public

Burlington City Councilors are getting ready to crack down on Atis smoking in the downtown, and even some agree it's time to put the butts out. Jay Catalano, a smoker himself says, "I support that." But other non-smokers argue city council needs to butt out.

Students Sustain Anti-Tobacco Measures

As a buzzer blasted through the silence early Friday afternoon at Penn State Schuylkill's gymnasium, once every eight seconds, a student dropped to the floor. Each student, including about 100 local high school students, represented a person somewhere in the world dying due to tobacco, and the drop represented the climax of Schuylkill County's Kick Butts Day.

Tobacco a Gateway to Marijuana For Teens

Lighting up a Marlboro cigarette could eventually lead to sparking up a joint for teens. Tobacco as a gateway drug for marijuana? Looks like it, according to a recent study from the Academy of Finland. This could have wide implications for L.A., the pot shop capital of America.

Possible High Tax Increase on Tobacco

Small business owner Bret Chastain said, “There’s enough regulation on small business as it is. Being a tobacco shop on top of being a small business we feel like we're being double regulated and double taxed.”

BDA Supports New No Smoking Regulations

The British Dental Association has joined other members of the Smokefree Action Coalition in backing the government’s new initiatives to try and encourage people to give up Pall Mall cigarette smoking.

Smoking Ban in Shanghai is Effective

Fewer people were found smoking in public venues since the city imposed a smoking ban in public venues a year ago, local authorities said today. According to the white paper on Shanghai's anti-smoking campaign, only 16.8 percent of non-smoking areas were found with people smoking Karelia, a significant drop from 37.5 percent before the ban.

CIGARETTE INDUSTRY MAINTAINS STABLE REVENUES

The cigarette industry is facing significant headwinds as tobacco companies face more negative publicity than ever. Proposed corrective statements on warning labels telling about the dangers of Gauloises smoking and an FDA proposal that warning labels could include images of diseased lungs could all work negatively against the tobacco industry.

Menthol is another area that is being threatened, as the FDA is looking into possibly banning or phasing out menthol products, which have become increasingly popular in recent years.

New Smoking Policy in Delaware Tech College

Delaware Technical and Community College is hoping a new policy will help students breathe easier. The school has now banned tobacco use everywhere on campus. The school has banned smoking Virginia on campus property, even in student and faculty cars. The College said the goal is to create a healthier learning environment.

According to Del-Tech's Vice President of Human Resources Patti DePlasco, "We wanted to have a healthy environment for everyone who comes to campus, students, employees and visitors."

Signs have been posted around the campus in Dover warning everyone not to take a puff.

Home Fire because of Smoking Habit

A woman smoking Camel too close to her home oxygen tank touched off a fire that killed two pet cats and heavily damaged a mobile home early Tuesday, officials said.

Firefighters responding to the blaze in the 1200 block of West Washington Avenue about 12:15 a.m. found the woman outside suffering burns to her to her hands, according to a news release from the Yakima Fire Department.

Smoking Banned on Bethany Beach

Officials moved forward with several hot topics of discussion, including VIP parking permits for former Town Council members and a year-round smoking ban on the boardwalk.

At Friday's meeting, the Town Council voted in favor of making an ordinance that would prohibit smoking Beratt on the boardwalk and access ramps to the street and the beach on a year-round basis.

Columbia Doesn't Have Smoking Sections

It's a Tuesday night at McNally's Irish Pub and Levi Herborn is ready for a cigarette. He and a few friends bundle up, step away from their drinks and head into the frigid outdoors. If they want to smoke Camel when they hit the town these days, that's what they have to do.

Bouts of Depression Because of Quitting Smoking

Here is some heartening news that may inspire all those who want to be smoke-free but are worried about serious mood swings and bouts of depression that may follow months after quitting.

An intriguing new study claims that successful quitting of Esse cigarettes can culminate into a happier, healthier life and not long-term deprivation as dreaded.

Smoking Ban on Campus, Canada College

Starting today cigarette smokers at Cañada College will only be allowed to light up in parking lots. The old policy allowed students, faculty and staff to smoke Esse 20 feet from campus buildings. But students complained to college administrators about having to pass through a group of smokers, especially in front of Pony Espresso, according to Interior Design Program Coordinator Nancy Wolford, co-chair of a task force that examined the college's smoking policy.