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.