Showing posts with label tobacco products. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tobacco products. Show all posts
Oct 18, 2011
Pictorial Warnings Fail to Deter Tobacco Use
Sep 19, 2011
Smoking Products must have Graphic Health Warnings
Mar 14, 2011
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.
Nov 22, 2010
Smoke-Free Ban on Marion Technical Institute
Marion Technical Institute is now a tobacco-free campus, and administrators are watching staff and parents closely to make sure they are not using tobacco products like Lucky Strike in front of students.
Nov 16, 2010
Cigarette Butts No. 2 Pollutant
Two citizens' groups called as 'sheer hypocrisy' a drive against Viceroy cigarette butt littering launched by a cigarette maker, Philip Morris, last Friday.The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Alliance, Philippines (FCAP) and the EcoWaste Coalition said the said campaign to distribute cigarette butt receptacles is "below the line advertising gimmick" offering a false solution to the toxic by-product of smoking.
Nov 8, 2010
Smoke Shops Should Be Forced to Cigarettes Out Of Customers Sight
Leading doctors are urging the government to press ahead with controversial plans to force shops to put Pall Mall cigarettes out of customers' sight and only sell them from under the counter.
Nov 2, 2010
Cigarettes Taxes Continue to Raise
With cigarette prices already running as much as $6 or $7 a pack, there is a push in Columbus to add even more to what smokers are paying.The American Lung Association is now pressing Ohio lawmakers to double the amount of state taxes on Doina cigarettes, increasing what smokers now pay up to $25 per carton, not counting other taxes and fees.
Jun 25, 2010
New Hike on Tobacco Taxes in New York City
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.
Jun 16, 2010
Gas Station Penalized for Selling Cigarettes to Minors
A local gas station won’t be able to sell tobacco products over the July 4th holiday weekend after being caught selling cigarettes to a minor during sting. Selectmen, acting as the town’s Board of Health, voted unanimously Monday to suspend the license of the Sunoco gas station at 157 S. Main St., from July 3 to July 5, following a public hearing where Health Officer Jeanne Spalding said Marlboro, Pall Mall cigarettes were sold to a minor at the station during a sting operation on May 6.
Jun 2, 2010
Police Crack Down on Tobacco Sellers
Are teenagers studying at schools in the city increasingly succumbing to smocking these days? The police action against illegal sale of tobacco near many schools indicates towards this worrying trend. On the World No Smoking Day on Monday, the police found business of tobacco products like Kent, Bond etc sale near schools flourishing for many people.In a crackdown on the illegal sale of tobacco products near public places especially schools and hospitals in Jaipur district, 66 people were arrested by the police when the World No Smoking Day was being celebrated on Monday.
The police seized tobacco items from these people.
According to police, special teams were constituted to put a check on the sale of tobacco products. "It was seen that tobacco was being sold at pushcarts and places after encroaching on public land near schools and hospitals," said IGP (Jaipur Range -1) B L Soni.
He said the police had identified these sellers and cracked down on them on Monday. "Over 50 people were arrested for selling tobacco products near schools and hospitals," said the officer.
In Vidhyadhar Nagar, Shyam Nagar, Jhotwara, Banipark, Karni Vihar, Kardhani, Vaishali Nagar, Malviya Nagar and Adarsh Nagar police station areas, people were found to be selling tobacco products near over 15 schools on Monday. The schools near which the police took action against these sellers include Bright School in Shyam Nagar, School Happy Point and Gyan Gyoti Sr Secondary School in Vidhyadhar Nagar, Bhawani Niketan in Jhotwara, SSVM School in Karni Vihar, Kaushik School in Kardhani, DAV School in Vaishali Nagar and Spring Dales School, Seedling College and St Anselm School in Malviya Nagar. Sellers were arrested from SMS Hospital, JK Lon Hospital, Pardia Hospital and many others.
"It was very alarming that people who were rounded up on Monday for selling tobacco products were making good profits out of selling tobacco to schoolchildren," said the officer. He added that such action taken against sellers from time to time, but special crack down had been planned for No Smoking Day on Monday.
He said administration of schools in the city should be informing the nearby police station if they come across with people selling tobacco products near their premises so that police can take action against them. The 66 people were booked under Rajasthan Prohibition of Smoking and Non Smokers' Health Protection Act. As the crime is bailable, these people were released soon after the arrest. Even after this action against tobacco sellers, one can see people selling tobacco products near almost every school in the city.
Feb 1, 2010
Puffers fuming over planned ban
Sure, it may be legal, healthy, even inevitable, but to many smokers in South Boston’s Old Colony development, a ban on cigarettes is positively un-American.
“It’s against your rights,” said resident Wayne Pemberton, 58, as he puffed on a Marlboro at the entrance of his building. “I’ve been smoking for a long time and lived here too long. This is America. If I can’t smoke in my house, it’s wrong. This is a free world, I thought.”
The Boston Housing Authority plans to open more than 100 smoke-free public housing units in a rebuilt section of Old Colony slated for completion in 2012, in keeping with a vow by Mayor Thomas M. Menino to have entirely smoke-free public housing by 2014.
But Southie smokers have a message for the mayor: You can pry those cigarettes out of our cold, dead hands.
“I try to quit somewhat for my health,” Matthew Tilton, 21, told the Herald, leaning out of his building’s window after stubbing out a Newport. “But if they force it to, ‘If you’re gonna smoke, you can’t live here,’ then that’s not right.”
Yet, not all smokers were feeling the hate. Some ruefully embrace the ban.
“I’d go for a new unit,” said Veronica Szwanke, 27, of Old Colony where, she said, people chain-smoke in the hallways. “I’d quit if I had to,” the Newport smoker said.
Five-year resident and 13-year smoker Benito Diaz, 56, said he’d welcome the ban, too - for safety and olfactory reasons.
“Some people, they could smoke and fall asleep with the cigarette or something,” Diaz said. “It’s bad, and I don’t like the smell.”
But those concerns mean nothing to those defending what they regard as a fundamental right.
“They’re taking our freedom,” Tilton said. “You should be able to smoke in the house. If I’m paying an arm and a leg (for rent), I expect to smoke.”
“It’s against your rights,” said resident Wayne Pemberton, 58, as he puffed on a Marlboro at the entrance of his building. “I’ve been smoking for a long time and lived here too long. This is America. If I can’t smoke in my house, it’s wrong. This is a free world, I thought.”
The Boston Housing Authority plans to open more than 100 smoke-free public housing units in a rebuilt section of Old Colony slated for completion in 2012, in keeping with a vow by Mayor Thomas M. Menino to have entirely smoke-free public housing by 2014.
But Southie smokers have a message for the mayor: You can pry those cigarettes out of our cold, dead hands.
“I try to quit somewhat for my health,” Matthew Tilton, 21, told the Herald, leaning out of his building’s window after stubbing out a Newport. “But if they force it to, ‘If you’re gonna smoke, you can’t live here,’ then that’s not right.”
Yet, not all smokers were feeling the hate. Some ruefully embrace the ban.
“I’d go for a new unit,” said Veronica Szwanke, 27, of Old Colony where, she said, people chain-smoke in the hallways. “I’d quit if I had to,” the Newport smoker said.
Five-year resident and 13-year smoker Benito Diaz, 56, said he’d welcome the ban, too - for safety and olfactory reasons.
“Some people, they could smoke and fall asleep with the cigarette or something,” Diaz said. “It’s bad, and I don’t like the smell.”
But those concerns mean nothing to those defending what they regard as a fundamental right.
“They’re taking our freedom,” Tilton said. “You should be able to smoke in the house. If I’m paying an arm and a leg (for rent), I expect to smoke.”
Jan 18, 2010
Smuggled cigarettes and ammunition seized in Strazhitsa
Police have seized smuggled cigarettes and ammunition in Strazhitsa, the Regional Directorate of Interior Ministry of Veliko Tarnovo reported. On Friday the police carried out raid in two homes on the territory of the Regional Management of MI - Strazhitsa where found and seized: 2 g of cannabis, two amphetamine pills, 3 cartridges of Kalashnikov rifles, 4 cartridges with shot from the front, a cartridge 22 c., 8 - mm pistol and 11 boxes of cigarettes without excise labels.
Oct 30, 2009
Suspected heroin just tobacco at Columbia Point Marina
A specially packaged bundle of suspected heroin found in a bathroom at Columbia Point Marina turned out to be a block of chewing tobacco.
The package was found Tuesday when a maintenance worker bumped into the ventilation screen inside the bathroom, Richland police Capt. Mike Cobb said.
Officers initially thought the package had six, 1-ounce bindles of heroin and speculated it was left there for someone on a state Department of Corrections work crew to pick up, he said.
About 90 seconds after it was found, a van of inmates from Coyote Ridge Corrections Center pulled into the marina for a break, Cobb said. The inmates had been picking up litter along Highway 240.
Further testing showed the package contained a block of chewing tobacco that has the same consistency and appearance of black tar heroin, Cobb said.
Investigators still have no proof the package was left for a Coyote Ridge work crew inmate, but Cobb suspects it was.
"Who else would treat that as contraband other than someone in the penal system?" Cobb said. "It's the only reasonable explanation I can think of."
The package was found Tuesday when a maintenance worker bumped into the ventilation screen inside the bathroom, Richland police Capt. Mike Cobb said.
Officers initially thought the package had six, 1-ounce bindles of heroin and speculated it was left there for someone on a state Department of Corrections work crew to pick up, he said.
About 90 seconds after it was found, a van of inmates from Coyote Ridge Corrections Center pulled into the marina for a break, Cobb said. The inmates had been picking up litter along Highway 240.
Further testing showed the package contained a block of chewing tobacco that has the same consistency and appearance of black tar heroin, Cobb said.
Investigators still have no proof the package was left for a Coyote Ridge work crew inmate, but Cobb suspects it was.
"Who else would treat that as contraband other than someone in the penal system?" Cobb said. "It's the only reasonable explanation I can think of."
Oct 28, 2009
Tobacco seized at city ferry port
CUSTOMS officials are investigating an alleged attempt to smuggle around 400 kilos of tobacco into Plymouth.
A 46-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman, both from the Durham area, were arrested at Plymouth ferry port on Saturday.
They were subsequently interviewed by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) investigators.
UK Border Agency officers say they uncovered the haul in a people-carrier vehicle disembarking a ferry from Roscoff, France.
The tobacco was enough to make 800,000 cigarettes.Both people have been released on police bail until January 26, 2010.
The case is being handled by HMRC criminal investigators and inquiries are ongoing.The revenue allegedly evaded is estimated at around £46,000.
A 46-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman, both from the Durham area, were arrested at Plymouth ferry port on Saturday.
They were subsequently interviewed by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) investigators.
UK Border Agency officers say they uncovered the haul in a people-carrier vehicle disembarking a ferry from Roscoff, France.
The tobacco was enough to make 800,000 cigarettes.Both people have been released on police bail until January 26, 2010.
The case is being handled by HMRC criminal investigators and inquiries are ongoing.The revenue allegedly evaded is estimated at around £46,000.
Oct 19, 2009
Bill McKewin: The outrageous tax on tobacco
So there's a proposal in the Wisconsin State Senate to raise the liquor tax 50 cents per liter.
Wow! That's a drop in the shot glass compared to the tobacco tax that amounts to more than the product itself is worth. Of course, we're well aware of all the problems tobacco causes. Just ask the police, especially the overnight shift, how many tobacco related calls they answer and how many vehicle crashes were due to someone smoking too many cigarettes.
It's common knowledge, family violence and divorce are directly linked to tobacco misuse. There's no question, nursing homes are full of 80- and 90-year-old smokers collecting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Scientific evidence suggests that tobacco, not vehicle emissions and coal fired industrial plants, are causing severe environmental damage.
Destroyed friendships, impaired thinking, poor job performance and even termination - yup, not alcohol, that's all on tobacco. Vandalism, burglary, rape and murder, in many cases, could be prevented if people weren't messed up on tobacco. And how many tax dollars go to rehab centers treating tobacco addiction?
BUTT - Bureaucrats for Universal Tobacco Taxation - recommends taxing tobacco users to the point of cessation because they can no longer afford the product. That will cause the pool of tobacco users to shrink and, in turn, will cause a shortfall in tax revenue, which will have to be made up by increasing the tax on those remaining users.
Eventually, because of financial hardship, the pool of tobacco users will be reduced to a single smoker who will be responsible for all the revenue. Of course, with only one smoker left on earth, the egregious problems caused by tobacco will have been all but eliminated and the complaints will be a barely audible squawk in the night - ingenious!
Wow! That's a drop in the shot glass compared to the tobacco tax that amounts to more than the product itself is worth. Of course, we're well aware of all the problems tobacco causes. Just ask the police, especially the overnight shift, how many tobacco related calls they answer and how many vehicle crashes were due to someone smoking too many cigarettes.
It's common knowledge, family violence and divorce are directly linked to tobacco misuse. There's no question, nursing homes are full of 80- and 90-year-old smokers collecting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Scientific evidence suggests that tobacco, not vehicle emissions and coal fired industrial plants, are causing severe environmental damage.
Destroyed friendships, impaired thinking, poor job performance and even termination - yup, not alcohol, that's all on tobacco. Vandalism, burglary, rape and murder, in many cases, could be prevented if people weren't messed up on tobacco. And how many tax dollars go to rehab centers treating tobacco addiction?
BUTT - Bureaucrats for Universal Tobacco Taxation - recommends taxing tobacco users to the point of cessation because they can no longer afford the product. That will cause the pool of tobacco users to shrink and, in turn, will cause a shortfall in tax revenue, which will have to be made up by increasing the tax on those remaining users.
Eventually, because of financial hardship, the pool of tobacco users will be reduced to a single smoker who will be responsible for all the revenue. Of course, with only one smoker left on earth, the egregious problems caused by tobacco will have been all but eliminated and the complaints will be a barely audible squawk in the night - ingenious!
Sep 25, 2009
Four million cigarettes uncovered
A Hungarian lorry driver has been arrested after more than four million cigarettes were found at Dover.
Customs officers who stopped a Hungarian-registered lorry at the Kent port on Thursday found an estimated £708,000 worth of cigarettes.
The 35-year-old driver from Wekerle near Budapest, was arrested, questioned and bailed pending further inquiries.
Bob Gaiger of HM Revenue & Customs said: "We take a very serious view of cigarette and tobacco smuggling."
Customs officers who stopped a Hungarian-registered lorry at the Kent port on Thursday found an estimated £708,000 worth of cigarettes.
The 35-year-old driver from Wekerle near Budapest, was arrested, questioned and bailed pending further inquiries.
Bob Gaiger of HM Revenue & Customs said: "We take a very serious view of cigarette and tobacco smuggling."
Sep 21, 2009
Rome woman charged with using stolen credit cards
A 29-year-old Rome woman is facing several charges after she allegedly used a stolen credit card to purchase cigarettes at Walmart earlier this month, New Hartford police said.
Scarlet Gies was charged Thursday with fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property and second-degree forgery, both felonies, as well as misdemeanor petit larceny, Officer Shane Yoxall said.
According to police, Gies entered the Walmart store in Consumer Square on Sept. 3 and attempted to purchase two carts of Newport cigarettes using three different credit cards, Yoxall said. Gies was wearing a hooded sweatshirt and a baseball cap.
After the first two credit cards were declined, Gies then used a third card to complete the transaction, Yoxall said. When Gies left the store, the Walmart employee followed Gies into the parking lot and wrote down her vehicle’s license plate number. The employee then reported the suspicious incident to New Hartford police.
Following a joint investigation by the New Hartford police, Rome police, and the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office, it was later determined that the credit card Gies used to buy the cigarettes had been stolen earlier that day from a vehicle in the outer district of Rome, Yoxall said.
Gies was arraigned and released, and she is due to appear in New Hartford Town Court on Oct. 1 to answer the charges.
Scarlet Gies was charged Thursday with fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property and second-degree forgery, both felonies, as well as misdemeanor petit larceny, Officer Shane Yoxall said.
According to police, Gies entered the Walmart store in Consumer Square on Sept. 3 and attempted to purchase two carts of Newport cigarettes using three different credit cards, Yoxall said. Gies was wearing a hooded sweatshirt and a baseball cap.
After the first two credit cards were declined, Gies then used a third card to complete the transaction, Yoxall said. When Gies left the store, the Walmart employee followed Gies into the parking lot and wrote down her vehicle’s license plate number. The employee then reported the suspicious incident to New Hartford police.
Following a joint investigation by the New Hartford police, Rome police, and the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office, it was later determined that the credit card Gies used to buy the cigarettes had been stolen earlier that day from a vehicle in the outer district of Rome, Yoxall said.
Gies was arraigned and released, and she is due to appear in New Hartford Town Court on Oct. 1 to answer the charges.
Sep 17, 2009
Campus smoking ban eliminates student rights
Another smoking ban? Here we go again. Enough is enough. First came taxes, then came designated areas, and now here comes Bellarmine University with a smoking ban.
Nobody in their right mind denies the risks of smoking tobacco products. Smoking cigarettes undoubtedly causes lung cancer and other health problems. For this reason, I absolutely agree that this health risk should be combated with the full force of education.
In the same vein, secondhand smoke absolutely remains a considerable health risk for non-smokers. Given the risk of second-hand smoke, designated areas for smoking makes sense for the protection of non-smokers. But a campus-wide smoking ban is frankly ridiculous.
Are we supposed to believe that non-smokers do not have the sense to protect their own health by staying away from non-smoking areas? Do they have the sense to come out of the rain?
A campus-wide smoking ban takes a good idea and makes it oppressive. Smokers make up 25% of the population, which is the quarter of the American people whose rights no longer seem to be of any importance to the remaining 75% of our society*.
Already society regulates smokers to separate areas, and taxes them an arm and a leg for their cigarettes. Society has done enough to stop the effects of smoking. Now is the time to draw the line.
Smoking 15 feet away from the exits of all Bellarmine buildings does no one any harm except the smokers themselves.
When it comes to smokers' health as far as the University is concerned, if they are over 18 that is their business. To ban smoking from the entire campus implies the act of smoking is sinful.
Smoking cigarettes hurts health, but give me a break. We live in a society founded on the basis of individual rights.
The ability to smoke cigarettes is not a privilege it is a right. Citizens have the right to choose whether they want to smoke or not, and the University should not interfere so long as no innocents are hurt. The ban is excessive and I disagree with the University's decision to enact it.
Nobody in their right mind denies the risks of smoking tobacco products. Smoking cigarettes undoubtedly causes lung cancer and other health problems. For this reason, I absolutely agree that this health risk should be combated with the full force of education.
In the same vein, secondhand smoke absolutely remains a considerable health risk for non-smokers. Given the risk of second-hand smoke, designated areas for smoking makes sense for the protection of non-smokers. But a campus-wide smoking ban is frankly ridiculous.
Are we supposed to believe that non-smokers do not have the sense to protect their own health by staying away from non-smoking areas? Do they have the sense to come out of the rain?
A campus-wide smoking ban takes a good idea and makes it oppressive. Smokers make up 25% of the population, which is the quarter of the American people whose rights no longer seem to be of any importance to the remaining 75% of our society*.
Already society regulates smokers to separate areas, and taxes them an arm and a leg for their cigarettes. Society has done enough to stop the effects of smoking. Now is the time to draw the line.
Smoking 15 feet away from the exits of all Bellarmine buildings does no one any harm except the smokers themselves.
When it comes to smokers' health as far as the University is concerned, if they are over 18 that is their business. To ban smoking from the entire campus implies the act of smoking is sinful.
Smoking cigarettes hurts health, but give me a break. We live in a society founded on the basis of individual rights.
The ability to smoke cigarettes is not a privilege it is a right. Citizens have the right to choose whether they want to smoke or not, and the University should not interfere so long as no innocents are hurt. The ban is excessive and I disagree with the University's decision to enact it.
Sep 9, 2009
Class offered to help smokers kick the butts
Fond du Lac Area Businesses On Health (FABOH) wants to help its members kick tobacco addiction by reimbursing those who complete a local cessation class.A pack of cigarettes will go up an additional 75 cents in Wisconsin for a total tax of $2.52 per pack starting Sept. 1. The increase makes Wisconsin's cigarette tax the fifth highest in the nation.
With the increase, the average price for a pack of cigarettes could be anywhere from $6 to $8.
"With the tobacco tax increase this September and Wisconsin going smoke-free in 2010, FABOH understands the importance of providing cessation services," said Jeff Butz, FABOH wellness director, in a press release. "For FABOH member company employees (or covered spouses) who are interested in quitting, the cost for the eight sessions is $125."
FABOH, he said, will reimburse the first 20 employees provided they attend a minimum of seven out of the eight classes and submit proof of attendance within 30 days of completing the class.
The class is also open to all community members who are interested, but reimbursement is only offered to FABOH members.
With the increase, the average price for a pack of cigarettes could be anywhere from $6 to $8.
"With the tobacco tax increase this September and Wisconsin going smoke-free in 2010, FABOH understands the importance of providing cessation services," said Jeff Butz, FABOH wellness director, in a press release. "For FABOH member company employees (or covered spouses) who are interested in quitting, the cost for the eight sessions is $125."
FABOH, he said, will reimburse the first 20 employees provided they attend a minimum of seven out of the eight classes and submit proof of attendance within 30 days of completing the class.
The class is also open to all community members who are interested, but reimbursement is only offered to FABOH members.
Class offered to help smokers kick the butts
Fond du Lac Area Businesses On Health (FABOH) wants to help its members kick tobacco addiction by reimbursing those who complete a local cessation class.A pack of cigarettes will go up an additional 75 cents in Wisconsin for a total tax of $2.52 per pack starting Sept. 1. The increase makes Wisconsin's cigarette tax the fifth highest in the nation.
With the increase, the average price for a pack of cigarettes could be anywhere from $6 to $8.
"With the tobacco tax increase this September and Wisconsin going smoke-free in 2010, FABOH understands the importance of providing cessation services," said Jeff Butz, FABOH wellness director, in a press release. "For FABOH member company employees (or covered spouses) who are interested in quitting, the cost for the eight sessions is $125."
FABOH, he said, will reimburse the first 20 employees provided they attend a minimum of seven out of the eight classes and submit proof of attendance within 30 days of completing the class.
The class is also open to all community members who are interested, but reimbursement is only offered to FABOH members.
With the increase, the average price for a pack of cigarettes could be anywhere from $6 to $8.
"With the tobacco tax increase this September and Wisconsin going smoke-free in 2010, FABOH understands the importance of providing cessation services," said Jeff Butz, FABOH wellness director, in a press release. "For FABOH member company employees (or covered spouses) who are interested in quitting, the cost for the eight sessions is $125."
FABOH, he said, will reimburse the first 20 employees provided they attend a minimum of seven out of the eight classes and submit proof of attendance within 30 days of completing the class.
The class is also open to all community members who are interested, but reimbursement is only offered to FABOH members.
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