New cigarette warnings 'working'
Graphic new warnings on cigarette packs have triggered a big increase in calls to the NHS Smoking Helpline. Over 10,000 people said they were driven to call by the new labels during the first four months of 2003 - an increase of 12% in helpline call levels. The new warnings were introduced in January following a European Union directive which stipulated health warning messages should cover 3...
Tobacco sales to children banned
Youngsters in Alderney will no longer be able to buy cigarettes. Under-18s have been banned from purchasing tobacco products after a vote in the States. It has been against the law in Jersey and Guernsey for decades, but the island's States only voted on Wednesday to stop tobacco sales to children. The General Services Committee believes although Alderney does not have a major underage sm...
Tobacco's young addicts
Many young smokers cannot get through the day without a cigarette New research shows British children as young as 11 are becoming addicted to cigarettes. More than one in four - around 26% - of 15-year-olds are now regular smokers. Half of all those questioned said they would find it difficult to get through the day without smoking. About 37% of 11-15 year olds said their favourite bra...
Low tar cigs just as bad for you
New research has shown that low tar 'lite' cigarettes can damage the heart as much as regular cigarettes. A study in the journal Heart has indicated that low tar cigarettes impair blood flow through the heart as severely as regular higher tar cigarettes. The study looked at 62 people in their mid-20s, with no evidence of coronary artery disease. Twenty had smoked low tar, low nicotine cig...
Ring around the hookah
Why would anyone suck air through a bowl of water for the sole purpose of filling his or her lungs with tobacco smoke? For Anwar Aljabaly, 18, of Dearborn the answer is as simple as lighting the charcoal in a hookah, or water pipe: enjoyment wrapped up in his Middle Eastern culture and heritage. Dr. Raja Rabah of Children's Hospital in Detroit says there is another answer: addiction. People ...
Silly Parents, Meth is For Kids: Drug Dealers Try Their Hand at Marketing
Candy drugs. Drugs that taste like candy. Anyone else see a problem? Recently, producers of methamphetamines released a brand new version of their already popular product. They are going after a decidedly younger audience with new and improved flavors such as peanut butter, strawberry and chocolate. And why shouldn't they? It's no different than marketing to adults, except that now the drugs...
Cigarettes linked to arthritis
A team at the Menzies Research Institute are the first to demonstrate the harmful effects of cigarette smoking on knee osteoarthritis (OA), primarily with a person with a family history of knee OA. It is common knowledge that cigarette smoking is associated with an increased risk of common diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, stroke, and rheumatoid arthritis,...
Smoking menthol cigarettes may make butting out for good harder: study
TORONTO (CP) - Menthol and regular cigarettes appear to be equally harmful to the cardiovascular system and lungs, but smokers of menthols may have a harder time butting out for good, new research suggests. In a study that followed more than 1,500 smokers over 15 years, U.S. researchers found that those who smoked menthol cigarettes in 1985 were more likely to still be smoking in 2000: almost 7...
Payment processing firm to stop servicing unlawful online tobacco retailers
New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo Wednesday announced an agreement in which Creative Cash Flow Solutions, Inc. will stop providing electronic payment processing services to online tobacco retailers, which illegally sell cigarettes over the internet. When the unlawful nature of online tobacco sales was brought to their attention, Long Island-based CCFS immediately agreed to cease prov...
Tobacco Companies Cut Marketing Spending
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After setting a record high in 2003, tobacco companies spent less money marketing and advertising their products in 2004 and 2005, a federal agency said Thursday. Promotional spending by the five largest U.S. cigarette makers dropped to $14.15 billion in 2004, down from $15.15 billion in the previous year, and fell further to $13.1 billion in 2005, according to a report issue...
