Greece aims to extinguish its addiction to smoking
September 05, 2010
Source: The Independent (uk)
Date: 2010-09-02
Author: Menelaos Tzafalias In Athens And Archie Bland
A fresh crackdown on smoking started in Greece yesterday, with
the government outlawing cigarettes in enclosed public spaces and
placing new limits on tobacco advertising.
Under new regulations, anyone who breaks the rules by lighting up
indoors in public will face fines of between €50 and
€400. Business owners could be fined up to €10,000 or
lose their licences.
It is the secon...
Women and tobacco: a fatal attraction
August 31, 2010
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Date: 2010-08-01
Author: Margaretha Haglund A,
Almost the same marketing techniques that have been used to
promote smoking among women in developed countries are now being
applied to women and girls in developing countries who don’t
have a history of cigarette smoking. The overall objective of any
campaign from the tobacco industry targeting women is to make
cigarettes more attractive. . . .
The cigaret...
Nicotine may directly promote development of breast cancer
August 29, 2010
Source: Medical News TODAY(UK)
Date: 2010-08-25
Scientists have discovered that when nicotine binds to nAchRs
(nicotinic acetylcholine receptors), it may not only promote
addiction, but breast cancer as well. We know that non-nicotine
components of smoking are carcinogens, however, very little is
known about how nicotine acts on cells to encourage cancer
growth, the scientists explain.
While previous studies have linked smoking to increased breast
cancer risk, they have not been accompanied by ...
Williams-green: beware! e-cigarettes are dangerous
August 26, 2010
Source: Jamaica Gleaner (jm)
Date: 2010-08-25
Author: Dr Pauline Williams-Green,
People who market the e-cigarette, claim that it can be used to
break the habit of smoking \'real\' cigarettes. Unfortunately,
there is no scientific evidence to support this claim. These
substances contain nicotine of varying levels of potency. There
is no evidence that using the e-cigarette will help to break the
addiction to tobacco. Instead, this might be a gateway to
nicotine addiction.
Further, there is reas...
giving up smoking gives sex lives a lift, study finds
August 26, 2010
Source: Sify.com (in)
Date: 2010-08-25, 998-2010
Giving up smoking can dramatically improve flagging sex lives,
according to a study conducted by a Hong Kong university.
The University of Hong Kong study found 53.8 percent of smokers
being treated for impotence said that their problems eased within
six months of stubbing out their nicotine habits.
That figure compared to just 28.1 percent of men treated for
erectile dysfunction who continued smoking, meaning quitters have
a 91.5 percent great...
Bloomberg mulling over smoking ban at nyc parks, beaches
August 22, 2010
Source: CBS New York - Ch. 2
Date: 2010-08-22
Mayor Bloomberg’s anti-smoking crusade could be coming to a
city park or public beach near you, a plan plenty of people say
crosses the line, reports CBS 2′s Dave Carlin.
CBS 2 has learned that Mayor Bloomberg is looking at a possible
smoking ban for all city parks and public beaches.
“Now you’re gonna stop me from smoking in the park? Where am
I gonna smoke at?” West Side resident Anthony Cintron said.
“What&...
Finland adopts new tobacco act to completely ban smoking
August 21, 2010
Source: Xinhua Newswire
Date: 2010-08-20,
Finnish President Tarja Halonen approved Friday a new tobacco act
proposed by the Finnish government on Aug. 18, aiming to totally
end smoking in Finland, the first country to write the aim of
completely banning smoking in a law.
The purpose of a new tobacco act is to prevent in particular
children and youngsters from smoking. The new act restricts
selling and supplying tobacco especially to children and
youngsters under 18 years old. Neither shops nor ...
Air force surgeon general issues warning about safety of electronic cigarettes.
August 21, 2010
Source: Airman
Date: 2010-08-20
The Air Force surgeon general has issued a memo alerting all
Airmen about safety concerns regarding electronic cigarettes, a
new type of nicotine product.
Also known as "e-cigs," electronic cigarettes are
battery-operated devices that look like conventional cigarettes.
The e-cig contains a cartridge filled with nicotine, which is
delivered to the user as a vapor. Water vapor is emitted from the
end of the device to mimic the appearance of smoke.
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President ratifies tobacco control bill
August 20, 2010
Source: Haveeru Daily (mv)
Date: 2010-08-19
President Mohamed Nasheed Wednesday ratified Tobacco Control Bill
passed by the parliament on August 2.
The bill submitted by the government on July 22, 2009 prohibited
public smoking. However, the parliamentary committee that studied
the bill amended the article allowing smoking in public places
such as parks and halls.
The Act states measures to control tobacco use including
prohibition of growing and advertising tobacco and tobacco
products, how...
Nhs helps record 370,000 smokers to quit... at a cost of £224 each
August 20, 2010
Source: The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
Date: 2010-08-20
Author: Daily Mail Reporter
The NHS spent nearly £84million on helping smokers to quit, but
campaigners say the habit costs taxpayers nearly £2.7 billion a
year
The NHS has helped a record number of people to successfully give
up smoking, according to new figures.
The NHS Information Centre revealed 373,954 had quit cigarettes
in 2009/10 - nearly half of those who had used the service.
It marked an impressive 11 pe...
Smokers occupy one-third of hospital beds: study
August 17, 2010
Source: CBC News (ca)
Date: 2010-08-17
A study commissioned by the Quebec Coalition for Tobacco Control
suggests that smokers are taking up beds and costing the Quebec
health-care system millions a year.
Researchers found that those who smoke, or used to smoke heavily,
occupy 32.6 per cent of hospital beds in the province. The report
concludes that caring for smokers in hospital costs Quebec\'s
health-care system $930 million a year.
"[Quebec is] certainly lagging behind other provinces,...
Hospitals will offer tobacco cessation
August 16, 2010
Assistance will be available to patients admitted to private
health-care facilities
Source: Winston-Salem (NC) Journal
Date: 2010-08-16
Author: Richard Craver * Journal Reporter,
Patients who use tobacco and enter North Carolina private
hospitals will soon get more than medical assistance.
They\'ll also get advice on how to quit and -- if they ask for it
-- a follow-up inquiry a month after being discharged.
The program is being overseen by the foundation of the N.C.
Hospital ...
Pot and tobacco smoking bad combination: b.c. study
August 15, 2010
Those who smoke or smoked both cigarettes and marijuana were
2.9 times more likely to have chronic obstructive lung disease.
Source: Vancouver (BC) Sun (ca)
Date: 2010-03-10
Author: [item Undated] Pamela Fayerman , Canwest News Service
People who habitually smoke both tobacco and marijuana are about
three times more likely than non-smokers to develop serious lung
disease, according to results of a British Columbia study.
That affects a lot of people because nearly 20 per cent of
Vancouverites...
Point-of-sale advertising major cause of teen smoking, study shows
August 13, 2010
Source: physorg.com
Date: 2010-07-18
Point-of-sale tobacco advertising works impressively well on
teens -- so well that federal regulators should consider barring
such marketing efforts from convenience stores, gas stations and
small groceries, a Stanford University School of Medicine
researcher said.
A study to be published in the August issue of Pediatrics led by
Lisa Henriksen, PhD, senior research scientist at the Stanford
Prevention Research Center, reports that teens\' exposure to
cigare...
Vancouver man walking to support abolition of tobacco industry
August 11, 2010
Source: Daily Graphic/Central Plains Herald-Leader (ca)
Date: 2010-08-10
Author: Posted By The Daily Graphic Staff,
While most people are currently hiding in their air-conditioned
homes, Errol Povah is running across the country to support his
goal of a tobacco-free world.
Povah, 57, left Victoria May 31, which was the World Health
Organization\'s 23rd annual World No Tobacco Day and is walking
toward Montreal and, if he has time and the resources, possibly
onto New York.
Povah chose ...
Australians of the year stand up for plain packaging of cigarettes
August 11, 2010
Source: Crikey (au)
Date: 2010-08-11
Author: Croakey
Prominent Australians of the Year have joined forces to sign
an open letter calling on “all political parties” (IE read
the Federal Opposition) to commit to supporting plain packaging
of cigarettes.
Their letter follows a tobacco-industry funded campaign against
the Federal Government’s plans to introduce plain packaging
(which was was one of a raft of tobacco control measures
recommended by the National Preventative Health...
Swiss indoors forced to drop tobacco sponsor
August 10, 2010
Source: Associated Press (AP)
Date: 2010-08-10
One of world sport\'s last tobacco sponsorships is ending, at the
Swiss Indoors tennis event in Roger Federer\'s hometown of Basel.
Tournament organizers say the 2010 event in November is the last
of a 17-year partnership with tobacco brand Davidoff.
Swiss Indoors said in a statement that the ATP World Tour told
the tournament in June the existing sponsorship could not be
extended because of worldwide laws restricting tobacco
advertising on telev...
No smoking in public soon
August 09, 2010
In less than two months, it will be illegal to smoke in public in
Barbados, but it’s not just defiant smokers who will face fines or prison
time.
Source: Caribbean360 (bb)
Date: 2010-08-06
A ban on smoking in public in Barbados takes effect on October
1st, with fines and imprisonment chosen as punishment for illegal
smokers. Proprietors of buildings who allow people to smoke won\'t
be getting off the hook, either, because they too will be
prosecuted.
The announcement came yesterday fro...
Smoking in the car is child abuse, gp steve field warns
August 09, 2010
Source: BBC Online
Date: 2010-08-07
Parents who smoke in cars in front of small children are
"committing a form of child abuse", a leading GP has said.
Professor Steve Field, chairman of the Royal College of General
Practitioners, has condemned society\'s attitudes to food, alcohol
and cigarettes.
In a letter to the Observer newspaper, he said parents had to
take more responsibility for their children\'s health - and set a
good example. . . .
Professor Field, who represents 42,00...