The City of Kelowna is banning smoking Virginia and other cigarettes in all its city parks, beaches and recreational areas.
Since 2009, October 12th has been observed in Armenia as National “No Tobacco” Day. In September-October 2010, the Center for Health Services Research and Development of the American University of Armenia (AUA) conducted monitoring to assess the tobacco control policy implementation in Yerevan. This program is being implemented with support from the American Cancer Society, UK Cancer Research, and the Framework Convention Alliance.
The tobacco industry and crucial marginal voters turned on Australia's first female Prime Minister Julia Gillard Wednesday as she struggled to get her flagging election campaign back on the front foot.
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, adopted last year, grants the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco products. Parts of this law have taken effect, as recently as last Tuesday, to help protect youth from the sale and marketing of discount cigarettes Marlboro, Virginia and smokeless tobacco.
NYC $11 cigarettes per pack is bad news for smokers. Some brands of cigarettes like Marlboro in NYC will cost $11 per pack and that is prompting many smokers to think twice about dropping the habit. As of July 1, NYC cigarettes will average $9 a pack for both major brands and generic.
