Abu Dhabi Police urges motorists to gear up for ban on smoking

Abu Dhabi: Motorists and passengers have been urged to uphold the new law that prohibits smoking in private vehicles in the presence of children under the age of 12, the Higher Commission of Child Protection in the Ministry of Interior said today.

Although the ban will come into effect within six months from its date of issuance, that is January 21 2014, authorities are pushing parents and caretakers to gear up for the change or face a fine of Dh100,000 to Dh1 million.

Maj Gen Nasser Likhraibani Al Nuaimi, Secretary-General of the Office of Lieutenant General Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, said that different sectors of society must come together to ensure the safety of the country’s children.

“The habit of smoking is a personal decision as long as it does not affect the health of those surrounding you. Protecting children is a responsibility that lies on the shoulders of all members of society, especially since the Ministry of Health is supporting this cause,” he added. Camel cigarettes.

The official also warned drivers that the habit of smoking occupies their mind and may divert their attention from focusing on the road, leading to traffic accidents.

Lieutenant Colonel Faisal Mohammad Al Shammari, Director of the Child Protection Centre at the Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters, said that when adults smoke they are presenting a negative role model to their children as many teenagers who currently smoke learn this habit from their parents.

Earlier, Gulf News reported that a study carried out in Abu Dhabi showed that 28 per cent of children aged 15 years and younger are smokers, while 30 per cent of people aged 18 and above and are smokers.

The law also mandates that large warning labels be placed on cigarette products in order not to mislead their users. The labels can currently be seen on some packets in the capital. The fine will also be doubled in case violators repeat the offence.

Tobacco products cannot be displayed near items marketed for children, or sportswear, health, food and electronic products in stores. Tobacco products are also forbidden from being sold in locations that are 100 metres away from places of worship, and 15 metres away from kindergartens, schools, universities and colleges.

Cheap cigarettes hindering health agenda

Cheaper illegal cigarettes are hindering the government's health agenda of encouraging people to stop smoking.
The Confederation of Malaysian Tobacco Manufacturers (CMTM) chief executive Shahrul Abdullah said many of these illegal brands are sold at relatively low prices, far below the limits set by the government.
He said these cigarettes are easily available and is appealing to schoolchildren who can afford them.
"Schoolchildren are able to buy these illegal cigarettes for about RM3 per pack which is far below the tax threshold of RM4.80 set by the government," he added. Pall Mall cigarettes.
Shahrul said the Illegal Cigarettes Study (ICS) commissioned by CMTM and conducted this year between March to May, showed that even though the number of smuggled illegal cigarettes has declined from 2009 to this year, sales of local illegal brands have increased since the beginning of 2011.
"The top five illegal brands are Gudang Garam, John, Canyon, Era and League. The survey revealed that local illegal brands have increased to a total of 6.2% within a period of three years," said Shahrul
He believed that the illegal brands sold could even be more hazardous due to the lack of regulations that were being followed.
On clamping down on sales of illegal cigarettes, Shahrul said a holistic approach was needed.
"We need to look at better enforcement and making penalties more severe for starters," he said, adding smugglers will continue to be involved in the illegal trade as it was lucrative for them.
The ICS was carried out for a period of three months between March and May this year with a sample size of 44,000 consumed cigarette packets.

British American Tobacco stumbles into new e-cigarette row as advert appears on children's computer game

A tobacco giant has apologised after an advert for an electronic cigarette appeared in an online computer game aimed at children.

British American Tobacco, which owns Lucky Strike and Dunhill brands as well as Vype e-cigarettes, said the advert had been placed by mistake by a third party and was removed as soon as it knew of the problem.
BAT said: ‘We pulled all our online advertising while we investigated. We found that a third party used by one of our suppliers had not adhered to the full protocol required when placing Vype adverts.’ Glamour cigarettes.

Many employers have taken initiative to ban smoking in their workplaces in order to reduce second-hand smoke and to encourage their employees to stop smoking. A new study suggests that let alone prohibiting smoking habits at work will not ensure the reduction or quitting of smoking because smokers may be influenced by another smoker at home.
"De-normalizing smoking in any environment is likely to make it easier to be successful at quitting," Laurent Huber, MS, executive director of Action on Smoking and Health in Washington, DC, said in a news release. "This study demonstrates how important it is to ban smoking in all workplaces and public spaces."
Huber added, "People have a right to their health, and should not have to choose between a job and being able to breathe clean air."
For the study, researchers surveyed 627 current or former smokers. Researchers asked the participants if they worked with fellow smokers or lived with a smoker.
Researchers found that those who worked with smokers and lived with one increased the odds that the participant was a current smoker.
"Working with a smoker was linked to almost three times greater odds of smoking, whereas living with a smoker was linked to more than six-fold greater odds of smoking," reported the Health Behavior News Service. "For those people living with a smoker, their smoking was unrelated to whether or not their work colleagues smoked."
Lead author Carole K. Holahan, Ph.D., professor of kinesiology and health education at the University of Texas, Austin said, "Our findings suggest that worksite smoking interventions could be made more effective if they included a focus on educating workers' families about the health effects of smoking and the benefits of home smoking bans."

No Smoking In Vehicles With Kids.

A lawmaker wants to limit the use of tobacco products in motor vehicles in Michigan when children are present.

Legislation announced Wednesday by Democratic state Rep. Sam Singh of East Lansing would make it illegal for any tobacco product to be lit in a vehicle when a person under the age of 18 is inside.

As proposed, a violation could result in a $500 fine. Singh says he wants a yearlong grace period so people can get used to the change.

Singh told MLive.com that the bill would amend the Michigan Vehicle Code to make smoking in the presence of a minor a primary offense, meaning an officer could pull over a motorist if they spot a violation. A number of other states have similar laws.

Tobacco company Reynolds American 3Q profit up 9 percent on higher prices, lower legal costs

Reynolds American's third-quarter profit rose about 9 percent as higher prices and lower expenses from a legal settlement offset a decline in cigarette sales.
The nation's second-biggest tobacco company owns the Camel  cigarettes and Pall Mall brands. Reynolds American Inc. and other tobacco companies are also focusing on cigarette alternatives such as snuff, chewing tobacco and electronic cigarettes as tax hikes, smoking bans, health concerns and social stigma make the cigarette business tougher.
CEO Dan Delen said the company made progress in a highly competitive marketplace and a tough economic environment.
Its financial results matched Wall Street estimates. But its shares slipped 91 cents, or 1.8 percent, to $49.90 in midday trading.
Reynolds earned $457 million, or 84 cents per share, for the quarter ended September 30, up from $420 million, or 74 cents per share, a year ago. Adjusted earnings were 86 cents per share, matching Wall Street expectations, according to FactSet. That excludes a benefit from credits for disputed payments under the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement in which some cigarette makers are paying states for smoking-related health care costs.
Its revenue, excluding excise taxes, increased about 1 percent to $2.14 billion, also matching expectations.
The number of cigarettes sold by its R.J. Reynolds Tobacco subsidiary fell about 4 percent during the quarter to 16.7 billion. When adjusting for trade inventory changes, the company estimates that industry cigarette volumes fell 3.5 percent.
Volumes for Camel rose 4 percent and volumes for Pall Mall fell more than 2 percent. The brands now account for almost 70 percent of the company's total cigarette volume. Shipments of its other brands, which include Winston, Kool, Doral and Salem, fell about 13 percent.
Camel's market share increased 0.4 percentage points to 8.9 percent of the U.S. market, while Pall Mall's market share grew 0.3 percentage points to 8.9 percent. The company has promoted Pall Mall as a longer-lasting and more affordable cigarette as smokers weather the weak economy and high unemployment.
The number of Natural American Spirit cigarettes it sold grew nearly 22 percent to about 1 billion cigarettes.
Volume for its smokeless tobacco brands that include Grizzly and Kodiak rose 7 percent compared with a year ago. The brands had a 33.4 percent share of the U.S. retail market, which is tiny compared with cigarettes.
The company launched a revamped version of its Vuse-brand electronic cigarette in Colorado in July, with its sights set on expanding nationally. In a conference call with investors, Delen said early results of the test market are "significantly exceeding expectations," with the brand taking market-leading position in the state and seeing high levels of repeat purchase.
It's also moving ahead with its nicotine gum under the Zonnic brand, which is meant to help people stop smoking. In 2009, Reynolds bought the Swedish company Niconovum AB, which makes nicotine gum, pouches and spray products.

Youth say plain cigarette boxes will discourage smoking

A new survey claims that children are attracted to branded cigarette packaging

Young people say glamorous cigarette branding would encourage them to start smoking while plain packaging has the opposite effect.
A new survey of 15 and 16-year-olds also found that children believe that cigarettes communicate "fun" and "style" and make the smoker "look and feel better" about themselves.
The findings show that although the price of cigarettes, currently at €9.40 for a pack of 20, prevent teenagers from purchasing premium brands, appealing packaging has the power to generate buzz, provide the incentive to purchase and can communicate perceived benefits of smoking one brand over another.
Teenagers were shown cigarettes that are currently being sold on the Irish market and categorised them into rejected, acceptable and aspirational brands. Speaking about the super-slim cigarettes which come in lipstick-shaped boxes, one girl said: "They look really cool, I think they would look classy if you had them on the table".
The research was backed by the Irish Heart Foundation and Irish Cancer Society who support legislation that will make it illegal for cigarette companies to use colour, text and packet size to market cigarettes. The legislation could be enacted by early next year.
The HSE's National Office of Tobacco Control claims the tobacco industry needs to recruit 50 new smokers a day to replace those their products kill, or those who manage to quit.
Launching the research, Minister James Reilly said we must stop marketing "gimmicks" being used to "lure our children into a deadly addiction that will ultimately kill half of those who become addicted.
"It is not acceptable that a product that kills 5,200 Irish people every year is packaged in a slim, pink container that strongly resembles perfume or lipstick."
Chris Macey from the Irish Heart Foundation explained why some cigarette packaging is appealing to young people:

What’s an E-Cigarette?

The electronic cigarette, introduced to the U.S. market in 2007, is an increasingly popular alternative to smoking tobacco for nicotine intake.
From the outside, most e-cigarettes look like regular cigarettes, but the inside is very different: E-cigarettes do not contain tobacco. Also, they do not need to be lit by fire. They are battery operated, and a mechanism vaporizes a liquid formula, which includes nicotine, when the smoker inhales.
Manufacturers report many advantages of e-cigarettes, but regulatory agencies and some health experts are unsure. The hundreds of companies in the United States that make and sell e-cigarettes often do not make specific health or safety claims. The FDA and other health experts are concerned that the side effects of inhaling pure nicotine have not yet been sufficiently studied.

Anti-smoking battle moves outdoors; bans increase

First it was bars, restaurants and office buildings. Now the front lines of the "No Smoking" battle have moved outdoors.
City parks, public beaches, college campuses and other outdoor venues across the country are putting up signs telling smokers they can't light up. Outdoor smoking bans have nearly doubled in the last five years, with the tally now at nearly 2,600 and more are in the works.
But some experts question the main rationale for the bans, saying there's not good medical evidence that cigarette smoke outdoors can harm the health of children and other passers-by.
Whether it is a long-term health issue for a lot of people "is still up in the air," said Neil Klepeis, a Stanford University researcher whose work is cited by advocates of outdoor bans. Bomond cigarettes.

NY indoor smoking ban has changed much in 10 years

Smoky restaurants and offices and even smoke-filled bars, buses and trains are mostly a historical image in New York as the state marks the 10th anniversary of its landmark indoor smoking ban, which advocates say saved thousands of lives while most of its opponents' worst fears blew away.
Few measures in Albany changed life in New York more.
The law relegated most smokers outdoors while relieving nonsmokers from facing secondhand smoke every day at work. Cheapest Hilton cigarettes.

New study shows effects of smoking on employee wages

It is better to have smoked and stopped than never to have smoked at all, according to new research by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Those who quit smoking for at least a year, according to the study, earned higher wages than smokers and people who never picked up the habit.
In fact, nonsmokers earn roughly 5 percent less than former smokers in the workplace.
But why?

Cigarette packaging: the corporate smokescreen

It's a victory for the hidden persuaders, the astroturfers, sock puppets, purchased scholars and corporate moles. On Friday the government announced that it will not oblige tobacco companies to sell cigarettes in plain packaging. How did it happen? The public was overwhelmingly in favour. The evidence that plain packets will discourage young people from smoking is powerful. But it fell victim to a lobbying campaign that was anything but plainly packaged.
Tobacco companies are not allowed to advertise their products. Nor, as they are so unpopular, can they appeal directly to the public. So they spend their cash on astroturfing (fake grassroots campaigns) and front groups. There is plenty of money to be made by people unscrupulous enough to take it.
Much of the anger about this decision has been focused on Lynton Crosby. Crosby is David Cameron's election co-ordinator. He also runs a lobbying company that works for the cigarette firms Philip Morris and British American Tobacco. He personifies the new dispensation, in which men and women glide between corporations and politics, and appear to act as agents for big business within

Cool factor of non quitting cigarettes

Ninety-three percent of Indonesian children are exposed to cigarette ads on television, while 50 percent regularly see cigarette ads on outdoor billboards and banners, according to a survey conducted by the National Commission on Children Protection (Komnas Anak).
Tjandra Yoga Aditama, the Indonesian Health Ministry’s director general for disease control and environmental health, says the ads are designed to give impresionable youths the impression that smokers is “cool and confident.”
“While we believe that most children start smoking because of peer pressure, the process actually starts long before that, because our children are constantly exposed to cigarette ads. It’s just a matter of time before they take up smoking,” he says.
The WHO says that although most countries have tobacco control laws, a ban on advertising of tobacco products needs to be enforced. Glamour cigarettes.
“Statistics show that banning tobacco advertising and sponsorship is one of the most cost-effective ways to reduce tobacco demand,” says Samlee Plianbangchang, the WHO’s regional director.
“A comprehensive ban on all tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship could cut consumption by an average of about 7 percent, with some countries experiencing a decline in consumption of up to 16

French Researchers Recommend Stopping E-Cigarette Use in Public

Use of electronic cigarettes in public spaces such as restaurants should be forbidden, French researchers wrote in a government-commissioned report.

Use of the devices, electronic tubes that simulate the effect of smoking by producing nicotine vapor, should be regulated, and forbidden to pregnant women and people younger than 18, wrote the researchers, led by Bertrand Dautzenberg, a professor of pneumology and the president of the French Office for Smoking Prevention, also known as OFT.

13 Tips to End Your Addiction

No 1. Know why you want to quit.

So you have taken the decision to stop smoking, but do you know the reason why? “Because it represents harm for you” is not such a good reason and is not enough. In order to get motivated you have to have a very strong personal reason. Maybe you want to protect your family from second hand smoke. Or maybe you are scared of lung cancer. Maybe you would like to look younger and feel healthy. So choose a reason that is so strong that will help you pass the urge to light up.

No2. Do not go cold Turkey.

It might seem simple to leave your cigarettes and say that you have quit. But going cold turkey is not easy at all to do. Among those smokers who have tried this method without therapy or medication, 95% end up relapsing. And all of these happen because smoking is an addiction. The brain depends on nicotine. The symptoms of nicotine withdrawal appear when the nicotine is in its absence.

No3 Try nicotine-replacement therapy

When you stop smoking, nicotine withdrawal can cause you frustration; you might feel depressed, angry or restless. The craving for “just one drag” may be overwhelming.  But nicotine replacement can reduce all of these feelings. Studies suggest lozenges, nicotine gum, patches which can help in quitting easier smoking. They have to be used with an intensive behavioral program. It is not recommended to use these products while you are smoking.

No4. Ask about prescription pills

To ease the nicotine withdrawal, without using products that contain nicotine, you have to ask your doctor for medications. There exist pills which reduce the cravings by altering the areas of the brain affected by the usage of nicotine. Other drugs can help reduce the troubles that you might have while quitting smoking. There can appear problems like inability to concentrate or depression.

No5. Don’t do it alone.

Tell you family members, friends and co-workers that you are trying to quit and this is your goal now. If they encourage you then you may see the difference. You may also like to talk with a counselor or join to a support group. There exists behavioral therapy which is a type of counseling that helps identify and stick to your quit-smoking strategies. Try to combine the nicotine-replacement with behavioral therapy.

No6 Manage stress

An important reason why people smoke is because nicotine helps them relax. Once you quit you need another way to deal with stress. Try to listen to the music, to get regular massages, to learn yoga or tai chi. Avoid stressful situations, if it is possible during the first few weeks after you stopped smoking.

No7 Avoid alcohol & other triggers.

There are certain activities which may boost your urge to smoke. Alcohol represents one of the most common triggers, so you have to try to drink less when you first quit. If for you coffee is a trigger than try to switch it to tea for a couple of weeks. If you habit was to usually smoke after meals, find something else to do instead, like chewing gum or brushing teeth.

No8  Clean house

Once you have smoked your last cigarette, toss all of your lighters and ashtrays. Clean your draperies, carpets and wash any clothes that smell like smoke. You don’t want anything to remind you of smoking habit that is why use an air freshener to get rid of that familiar scent.

No9  Try and try again

It is very common to have a relapse. It happens many times. Many smokers try many times to quit until they definitely give up smoking that is why you have to analyze your emotions and see what circumstances lead you to relapse. Use this opportunity to reaffirm the commitment to quitting. Once you have made the decision to try again, set a “quit day” within the next month.

Actress Maria Bello has started smoking

Actress Maria Bello has started smoking again, just months after kicking her longtime nicotine addiction. The health-conscious "Coyote Ugly" star, 43, thought she had managed to quit for good in November 2009 after undergoing a series of hypnotherapy sessions. 

She said, "I quit for a year, started again for a month, and then... I went to a hypnotist - and now I'm not smoking. It's my one horrible addiction. You can't believe it's working because you think, 'This is ridiculous, it's not going to work...' And then it works." 

But Bello admits she has since slipped back into her old routine and now the bad habit is costing her big - because she agreed to pay her nine-year-old son Jack cash every time she is caught with a cigarette, or whenever she swears. She says, "I started smoking a little bit again. I quit and now it's like four or five (cigarettes) a day. And I owe Jack money for that - every time he sees a cigarette in my purse and everytime I curse. I owe him like, $300 (200 pound sterling)!" 

The BMA: modern-day prohibitionists

In the past, attempts by the state to prevent the consumption of alcohol were known as prohibition. Now they’re called ‘promoting public health’. The ultimate goal is the same though: the diminution of our rights in the name of ‘the public good’.

Fresh from browsing George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four for tips on good government, the British Medical Association (BMA) last week issued a series of demands following its annual conference. These included the introduction by the government of restricted licensing hours, a ban on alcohol advertisements, and a minimum price per unit of alcohol.

Tobacco haters, kick your filthy habit

by Nathalie Rothschild 
Seven years have passed since Massachusetts became the sixth US state to introduce a state-wide indoor smoking ban. But officials there still haven’t kicked the habit of lifestyle engineering. Now they are going after electronic cigarettes, devices that smokers have so far been able to use in places where real cigarettes are prohibited, or even as an aide to quitting tobacco.

Motorcycle made in Marlboro cigarettes is a killer on road

One man’s trash is another's treasure. It nowhere better suited than to this man who has created motorcycle out of Marlborough cigarette packs. And in order to make a bike like this, one needs to collect, of course, a lot of empty Marlborough cigarette packs, but not to smoke all of them for that matter. Other than a herculean task of many hours to fit in well all those Marlborough cigarette packs, one needs skillful hands, and above all a good imagination.  Great motorcycle made out of Marlboro cigarettes.

Why Marlboro are the Most Popular Cigarettes in the World?

For a moment put Marlboro, Winston or any top selling cigarettes in the back burner and think why is any photo copying machine in the world known and called as Xerox as if Xerox is the machine's generic name? Fine, why only Marlboro does always strike to both smokers and non smokers at the mention of cigarettes? Simple, and there can be only one answer to this set of questions. Marlboro is the best selling cigarette of this world and it is so ever since. If you aren't in agreement with me, spare a moment and search for the simple keyword ‘cheap cigarettes' in ‘video.google.com' for instance and I am sure you will see images of cheap Marlboro cigarettes prominently displayed. I would like to think that this is a kind of unsolicited acknowledgement for the brand, perhaps unintentional also, by a world renowned open knowledge source project. 

Tobacco producers excluded from the Government Pension Fund Global

The decision is based on a recommendation from the Council on Ethics for the Fund.

The Council on Ethics gave this recommendation to the Ministry of Finance on 24th January 2013. Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc. and Huabao International Holdings are involved in the production of reconstituted tobacco leaf (RTL).

According to the guidelines for observation and exclusion of companies from the Pension Fund Global, Section 2 (1) b), “The assets in the Fund shall not be invested in companies which themselves or through entities they control: [...] produce tobacco”. As the Council on Ethics points out in its recommendation, the Ministry of Finance gave a further definition of this in the National Budget for 2010, section 5.4.4, stating that producers of products that contain tobacco shall be excluded from the GPFG. The Council underlines that RTL primarily is made from the tobacco plant and therefore must be regarded as a tobacco product. The two companies concerned state in their annual reports and investor presentations that they produce RTL. The Council on Ethics has based its recommendation on this information.

The Ministry of Finance has decided to exclude Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc. and Huabao International Holdings Limited based on the recommendation from the Council on Ethics. In accordance with the guidelines, the decision to exclude is made public once the shares are sold.

Winston classic cigarettes

Production began in Winston 1954 RJReynolds Tobacco Company packages their cigarettes differently. Unlike some other brands Winston, does not contain any additional components. Winston cigarettes on the 6th of the 10 best-selling cigarettes in the United States. For over 50 years, this brand cheap but high quality cigarettes is one of the best selling ones that are not only in the U.S. but in Europe and Latin America.

Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee Purpose

The Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC) advises the Commissioner or designee in discharging responsibilities as they relate to the regulation of tobacco products.
The Committee reviews and evaluates safety, dependence, and health issues relating to tobacco products and provides appropriate advice, information and recommendations to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs.
Specifically, the Committee will submit reports or recommendations on tobacco-related topics, including:

• The impact of the use of menthol in cigarettes on the public health, including such use among children, African Americans, Hispanics and other racial and ethnic minorities
• The nature and impact of the use of dissolvable tobacco products on the public health, including such use on children
• The effects of the alteration of nicotine yields from tobacco products and whether there is a threshold level below which nicotine yields do not produce dependence on the tobacco product involved
• Any application submitted by a manufacturer for a modified risk tobacco product

The Committee may provide recommendations to the Secretary regarding any regulations to be promulgated under the act and may review any applications for new tobacco products or petitions for exemption under Section 906(e) of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.  The Committee may consider and provide recommendations on any other matter as provided in the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.

Committee Membership

The Committee shall consist of 12 members including the Chair.  Members and the Chair are selected by the Commissioner or designee from among individuals knowledgeable in the fields of medicine, medical ethics, science, or technology involving the manufacture, evaluation, or use of tobacco products.  Members will be invited to serve for overlapping terms of up to fours years.  Almost all non-Federal members of this committee serve as Special Government Employees.  The Committee shall include nine technically qualified voting members, selected by the Commissioner or designee.  The nine voting members shall be physicians, dentists, scientists, or health care professionals practicing in the area of oncology, pulmonology, cardiology, toxicology, pharmacology, addiction, or any other relevant specialty.  One member shall be an officer or employee of a state or local government or of the Federal Government.  The final voting member shall be a representative of the general public.  In addition to the voting members, the Committee shall include 3 non-voting members who are identified with industry interests.  These members shall include one representative of the tobacco manufacturing industry, one representative of the interests of tobacco growers, and one representative of the interests of the small business tobacco manufacturing industry.  This final position can be filled on a rotating, sequential basis by representatives of different small business tobacco manufacturers based on areas of expertise relevant to the topics being considered by the committee.

Catch Up The Style Flow With Harley Davidson and Marlboro Man Leather Motorcycle Jacket

Harley Davidson is a word that gives an instant imagination of a rough and tough motor biker, wearing rugged attire, riding a stylish motorbike. Movies could not escape the Harley Davidson wave too, and year 1991 saw Harley Davidson and The Marlboro man hitting the screens. The movie acclaimed for bringing up a "unique culture" to the frontiers, and fashion industry could not escape from its influence too. The audience simply loved the bold apparel carried on by the movie stars. From the rebellious youth to professional bikers, every man on this planet wanted to look like Harley Davidson. Out of all the stylish clothing that the actors sported in the movie; the most prominent and influential piece of fashion wear was the Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man Jacket.

Chemotherapy is far more toxic than smoking cigarettes

Smoking toxic chemicals is about as idiotic as injecting them, and yet an entire medical industry now exists around the idea of injecting far deadlier chemicals than what you'll find in cigarette smoke. It's called chemotherapy, and it will kill you even faster than smoking an entire case of cigarettes a day.

Notice that the FDA does not require graphic warnings about chemotherapy? People vomiting, their muscles wasting away, their hair falling out and eyes looking hollow... that's the true face of chemo, and those who undergo it and somehow manage to come out alive are actually "chemo survivors" more than "cancer survivors."

FDA unfairly maligns tobacco plant with graphic new cigarette warning labels

The FDA has released nine new graphic warning labels that will be required on U.S. cigarettes, offering grotesque visual images designed to dissuade smokers from purchasing cigarettes. At first glance, this might seem like a clever and effective strategy for reducing deaths from smoking cigarettes. After all, there's a lot of scientific evidence that says smoking cigarettes is bad for you. But there's something missing in this whole debate that neither the FDA nor health authorities dare talk about: there is a huge difference between smoking chemically-laced "processed" cigarettes versus natural tobacco leaves.

In the minds of most people, "cigarettes" and "tobacco" are synonymous. If cigarettes are bad for you, then so is tobacco, they believe. In fact, we've all been trained to use the terms interchangeably.<br />
&nbsp;If someone is "addicted to cigarettes," we also say, without even thinking about it, that they are "addicted to tobacco." But as you'll learn here, tobacco is a plant while cigarettes are a highly processed product laced with a recipe of deadly synthetic chemicals.

"Tobacco" is not equivalent to "cigarettes" any more than an ear of corn is equivalent to a can of soda sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup.

98 percent of Big Tobacco settlement money being used to fund something other than smoking prevention programs

The vast majority of the $246 billion rolling settlement awarded to all 50 U.S. states as part of the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement is apparently being spent on things other than the anti-smoking cigarette programs and campaigns for which the money was intended, according to a new report. Entitled Broken Promises to Our Children, the new report highlights the fact that, 14 years later, as little as two percent of the settlement money is actually going towards smoking prevention programs, while the other 98 percent is being funneled elsewhere into the unknown.

Each year, states are given varying amounts of the settlement money specifically to develop programs aimed at curbing tobacco use among citizens, and particularly among children. For the 2013 fiscal year, the states will collectively be given $25.7 billion in settlement revenues for the purpose of fighting smoking. But according to this latest report, which was issued by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, only about $460 million of this extremely large sum will actually be used for anti-tobacco purposes.

"This year, our report finds that states continue to spend only a miniscule portion of their tobacco revenues to fight tobacco use," says the

Japan Tobacco, the first half of the domestic and international cigarette shipments growth

Japan Tobacco Inc. from April 2012 to September 6 domestic cigarette sales of 59.6 billion, to be adversely affected after the earthquake in March 2011 than the company from April 2011 to September cigarette sales increased by 17 %. Japan Tobacco Company's core income from domestic cigarette sales grew by 16.8%, to 335 billion yen, adjusted EBITDA grew by 24.4%, to 154.2 billion yen.

 At the same time, Japan Tobacco International, Inc. in the six months from January to June, the total cigarette shipments of 212.4 billion, an increase of 3.7%, more than the total cigarette shipments from January 2011 to June. The total cigarette shipments grew partly because the company acquired Haggar cigarette and tobacco factories. Total cigarette shipments, the international flagship brand shipments grew 7.2%, to 130.8 billion. Japan Tobacco International's total core income increased by 3.7%, to 457 billion yen, its adjusted EBITDA grew 6.6%, to 172.9 billion yen.

 According to consolidated financial results announced on October 30, the results of operations to include other business, Japan Tobacco International, the company's total income increased 6%, to ¥ 10574000000000000 adjusted EBITDA grew 151%, to ¥ 329.1 .


Many persons love to smoke Pall Mall cigarettes,  Kent cigarettes, Parliament cigarettes 

Greece: tobacco companies from the controversial due to trademark applications

British American Tobacco Company (Brand) with a distinctive attitude to the the trademark management committee of the Greek and Trademark Office proposed objections the the Kent cigarettes trademarks with the Community trademark containing a common trapezoidal composition, and components The Community trademark former Philip Morris products in Greece two trademark applications was questioned on the ground. British American Tobacco said that if the The trapezoidal composition trademarks of Philip Morris Products Company almost BAT trademarks trapezoidal, may cause confusion and dilution of its famous trademark.

The BAT also submitted a market survey to support his argument - which is rare in the Property Management Committee happening. Greece trademark management committee rejected all two oppose. About possible confusion, Greece trademarks Management Committee accepted the view of Philip Morris mentioned earlier Administrative Court jurisprudence, and believe in the word part of the trademark correlation biggest problem for consumers of tobacco products.

How Does a Cigar Hygrometer Work?

A cigar hygrometer can work in various different ways, but the two most common types use a synthetic hair, or two separate metal plates that use water to produce electricity, to control when the humidor turns on and off. The humidor is a component within most cigar cases that maintain the level of humidity within the enclosed structure at the optimal levels that allow the cigar to retain its original air dried flavor. One common problem associated with cigars is that they dry out very easily, which changes their flavor and smoothness. The humidor ensures that the cigar is fresh, and the cigar hygrometer acts as an on and off switch for the mechanisms that work the specific humidor.

Roxon Gazes Down Big Tobacco

Health Minister Nicola Roxon has weathered an attack over her attempt to solicit funds from big tobacco in 2005 and vowed to push ahead with plans to introduce plain packaging for Hilton cigarettes. Ms. Roxon says even if cigarette makers win compensation for the loss of trademark rights, the commonwealth would be ahead because plain packs would cut smoking rates and therefore health spending.

Marijuana Smoke in MediLeaf Legal Fight

More than two years after a Gilroy medical marijuana dispensary was shut down for operating without a city business license, a state appellate court has ruled that city officials were in the right by declaring it a “public nuisance” despite prolonged objections by the club’s operators. In a 36-page opinion filed Tuesday by California’s Sixth District Court of Appeals, Associate Justice Wendy Clark Duffy wrote that the City of Gilroy acted within its power and broke no laws when it ordered MediLeaf to close its doors in August 2010. City officials are confident the decision is the final nail in the coffin for MediLeaf’s fight, with City Attorney Andrew Faber calling the ruling “a complete judicial victory” in an email sent to Gilroy City Council members Tuesday. Berliner Cohen, the city’s hired legal firm, is still compiling the final financial tally for Gilroy’s battle to close the dispensary, City Finance Director Christina Turner said. The city spent $202,500 in legal fees as of July, according to attorney bills obtained by the Dispatch, though City Councilman and attorney Perry Woodward predicts the total could approach $300,000 when all is counted. Though Council members weren’t smiling over the price tag, there were still cheers for the city’s apparent victory.
There are so many smokers who love marijuana and  in the same time love their Lucky Strike cigarettes or Parliament cigarettes.

Smoking Young Women Up

More and more young Cameroonian women are taking up discount Chesterfield cigarette smoking. But they are usually doing it out of the sight of their parents. Some in Cameroon society regard tobacco consumption as a sign of emancipation; others see it as a bad sign of the times. In Cameroon, men rarely accept the company of smoking women. Patrick, a 25 year-old student, even goes as far as calling them "bad girls". "When a girl has lived under parental supervision, it's very unlikely that she will become a smoker. A girl who smokes is a loose girl or one with bad friends," says Patrick. Patrick would probably not get along with Alice, a student at the Teacher's Training School in Yaoundé. This 23 year-old smoker acknowledges that her ex-boyfriends all share distaste for cigarettes.

Smoking Bans and Less Alcohol Drinkers

A research conducted by the Yale School of Medicine has found that states with smoking bans in bars may also have higher recovery rates from alcohol use disorder, or AUD. Past data have shown that smokers are four times as likely as non-smokers to have AUD, and almost 35 per cent of individuals with AUD are nicotine-dependent. However, the Yale study was the first in the country to observe the relationship between smoking bans in bars and AUD remission rates. The study’s findings were published in the journal “Drug and Alcohol Dependence” in late September.
Using information collected by the National Epidemiological Study on Alcohol and Related Conditions, scientists analyzed data that investigated 19,763 inhabitants in 49 states from 2001-’02 and 2004-’05. Almost 85 per cent of the study’s participants came from states that do not have smoke-free bar policies. The other 15 percent came from the eight states in the country that do — Delaware, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.
“Smoking cheap Winston cigs and drinking are considered complements, so if smoking becomes more difficult, use of alcohol may decreased,” argued Jody Sindelar, one of the study’s lead authors and a professor at both the Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine. “This would be likely to occur in bars in which smoking tobacco is prohibited.”
Professor Kurt Ribisl of the University Of North Carolina Gillings School Of Public Health said the findings were intriguing. Smoking bans, he said, were originally created to drop tobacco smoke in public places and private establishments, but this finding adds a new boon to a long-fought public health campaign. Yet ordinance recommendations related to smoking bans in bars may not necessarily result from this research.

Village of Albion Opts for Tobacco-Free Policy

The village of Albion has announced the first tobacco free park and recreation policy in Orleans County. With the adoption of the policy on June 28 and the delivery of the signs by Virginia Cigarette Smoke Free NOW, residents will enjoy cleaner air and reduced litter while visiting any one of the five village parks, said Kevin Keenan, coordinator for the Smoke Free NOW program. Village trustees voted to pass the policy after John Grillo, chairman of the recreation committee, and other committee members unanimously recommended the initiative to the board at their bi-monthly meeting. Fred Miller, village trustee for the parks, praised the board’s decision. “Quitting smoking is the smartest thing I ever did,” said Miller, who kicked the habit in 1990. “I hope the adoption of the tobacco free parks initiative will inspire others to quit.” The tobacco free parks and playgrounds initiative is part of a campaign sponsored by the tobacco control prevention program of New York State. Smoke Free NOW continues to assist other municipalities throughout Genesee, Wyoming and Orleans counties to adopt similar policies.

Female Famous Smokers

This is a partial list of famous people, for whom smoking is clearly a recognized part of their public image, or who are known for some unusual aspect of smoking. Smoking is a part of history, of culture and life. This was and is one of most practiced way of expressing self personality. Lightening of tobacco always gain a high demand in art and cinematography, but not only. It is smoked in movies, it is smoked on theatre’ stages, because this occupation express that what cannot be said in words. Imagine how will look Casablanca if there wouldn’t be smoke. Same is for Scarlet and other great films. Identical situation is for theatres.

For many personalities smoking became a self expression of persona. List of renowned personalities who smoke is very large. Tobacco was used by people of different professions: beginning with singers, designers, actors, authors, scientists, writers, politicians and others.

Lucille Ball - Her image was used to advertise Philip Morris cigarettes from the 1950s until the 1970s. She was an American comedienne, film, television, stage and radio actress, model, film and television executive, and star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show and Here’s Lucy. One of the most popular and influential stars in America during her lifetime, with one of Hollywood’s longest careers, especially on television, Ball was acting in the 1930s, becoming a B-movie star in the 1940s and a television star in the 1950s. She was still making films in the 1960s and 1970s. She was a radio actress during the 1940s, as well.

Drew Barrymore of the famous Barrymore family smokes Marlboro Reds, about 2-3 packs a day. She started smoking cigarettes at age 9 1/2. Barrymore was named Ambassador Against Hunger for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). Since then, she has donate dover $1 million to the program. In 2007, she became both CoverGirl’s newest model and spokeswoman for the cosmetic and the face for Gucci’s newest jewelry line.

Bette Davis – American film actress who was never without a cigarette. She starred in Now, Voyager (1942), which has the famous scene in which Paul Henreid places two cigarettes in his mouth, lights them, and then passes one to Bette Davis. She was an American actress of film, television and theatre. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres; from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, though her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas.

Kate Moss - Model; smokes four packs of Marlboro Lights per day and has been smoking cigarettes since the age of 12. She is an English model. She went to Riddlesdown high school. She has appeared on over 300 magazine covers. She is known for her waifish figure, uncommonly short height for a fashion model, and appearances in many advertising campaigns. She is also notorious for her high-profile relationships and party lifestyle. In 2007, she came 2nd on the Forbes top-earning models list, estimated to have earned $9 million in one year.

And this can be completed with other personality’s names that used to smoke as expression of personal style and nature. In the end can be concluded that cigarette and art are two things that always time together and complete each other.

Citizens urge efficacious implementation of anti-tobacco laws

ISLAMABAD - Citizens stressed the need for efficacious implementation of tobacco control laws across the country and to curtail the sale of smuggled and non-compliant tobacco products.
They also asked the authorities to make a proper strategy to prevent sale of tobacco to minors.
Expressing dismay over the flagrant disregard of anti-tobacco laws, citizens said effective implementation of regulations will only serve the purpose of tobacco control.
They said sincere efforts were needed, as smoking in public spaces, tobacco advertising and promotion, availability of duty-evaded and attractive looking smuggled brands in the market were still widespread.
According to available data, more than 15 billion smuggled cigarettes are sold annually in the country.

Cigarette smoking is injurious to health

Statutory Warning: Cigarette smoking is injurious to health. This is not the first time we are reading this and definitely not the last time either. Cigarettes are very simple in their making, tobacco folded between a piece of paper that produces a smoke when it burns. However, it has very complex outcomes on consumption. Tobacco smoke contains alarmingly high concentrations of carcinogens (substances that are directly involved in causing cancer). Interestingly though what makes cigarettes so addictive is nicotine – an ingredient of tobacco which makes up around 0.6-3% of its dry weight. Nicotine is a substance that raises levels of nervous activity in the body, which is the main factor responsible for the addictive properties of tobacco smoking. Nicotine is not regarded as a carcinogen, it’s primarily because of tar, smoke particles and other chemicals present in the smoke of traditional cigarettes that they bear extremely high economic costs.

Whiff of desperation as tobacco lobby loses its puff over packaging

Australia's historic plain packaging became law on December 1, with the quinella seeing us graduate to also have the world's largest graphic health warnings. Sixty-four nations have now made the unforgettable pictures law and six (New Zealand, Britain, France, Norway, Turkey and India) are already showing strong interest in following our lead on plain packs.

The bad news about smoking and disease trickled in from the first decades of last century. With three major studies on smoking and lung cancer published in the early 1950s, in 1957, Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council wrote to the minister for health urging that the government should "warn non-smokers against acquiring the habit of smoking".
But in the face of industry opposition, it would take another 16 years before the first timid warning appeared in tiny lettering at the base of Australian packs. Since then, there have been four further generations of warnings, culminating with plain packaging in 2012.