E-Cigarettes are Safer Than Smoking Cigarettes, Study Shows

In a report that bucks the concerns raised by the FDA, a Boston University researcher concludes that electronic cigarettes are much safer than real cigarettes and show promise in the fight against tobacco-related diseases and death. Cigarette smokers are constantly being asked to stop. PrimeVapor reports that there is now a safer alternative to tobacco use. Dr. Micheal Siegel is an authority in the area of tobacco control, focusing on secondhand smoke health effects, exposure, and policies, cigarette advertising and marketing practices and their effects on youths, and evaluation of tobacco control policies and their impact on youth and adult smoking behavior.

Tobacco Price Rise Today

The price of tobacco goes up again today. It's the third in a series of hikes aimed at pricing people out of the smoking habit. The cost of a packet of Cosmos cigarettes 20 will go past $15 for some smokers, but the most popular brand will be $13.80 a pack. Quitline chief Paula Snowden says price hikes do encourage people to quit. She says 80 percent of smokers wish they hadn't started, and 70% would like to quit. Ms Snowden says most people want to stop because they're concerned about their health or their family, but price is the trigger.

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?