Cigarette News

Plain cigarette packaging 'reduces appeal for female smokers'

A new study suggests that the introduction of plain cigarette packaging could be an effective means of discouraging young women from taking up smoking.

In the Media by Tim Sandle - 2 comments

Photo: Syrian rebel's son Ahmed, 7, wields AK-47, puffs cigarette

Aleppo - A little Syrian boy has become the face of the civil war in Syria. A photo shows Ahmed, 7, son of a Syrian rebel, manning a barricade in Aleppo. He carries an AK-47 and puffs smoke nonchalantly from a cigarette held in the fingers of his left hand.

In the Media by JohnThomas Didymus - 2 comments

One in five U.S. smokers has tried an electronic cigarette

Data from the U.S. indicates that the proportion of cigarette smokers in the U.S. who have used an electronic cigarette has doubled over a 12-month period.

In the Media by Tim Sandle - 2 comments

Video: Surreal & 'acrobatic' cigarette smoking trick

In a video uploaded onto World Star Hip-Hop, a man decides to do a very "interesting trick" that takes up a pack's work of cigarettes before swallowing them all.

In the Media by Can Tran

Link between diabetes and passive smoking

Some new research suggests that there is a link between exposure to passive smoking and both a risk of obesity and Type 2 diabetes in adults.

In the Media by Tim Sandle - 2 comments

Video: Woman strips naked at Denver International Airport

Denver - There was some confusion at Denver International Airport on Tuesday morning when a woman caught illegally smoking a cigarette at the departure gate stripped naked in the full view of everyone, as though she thought officials had asked for a strip search.

In the Media by JohnThomas Didymus - 2 comments

E-cigarette explodes in man's mouth causing severe injuries

Niceville - A Florida man is recovering at a burn center after an electronic cigarette he was smoking exploded in his mouth, blowing out his teeth and part of his tongue, and starting a fire inside his home.

In the Media by Kim I. Hartman - 1 comment

Toronto: Cigarette, hoarder caused Welleley Street fire last year

Toronto - A single cigarette started one of the largest fires of 2010 in Toronto that left 1,200 people homeless. While no one died from the flames 17 people including five children had to be treated in hospital due to injuries.

In the Media by KJ Mullins - 1 comment

FDA unveils nine new graphic cigarette labels required in 2012

Washington - The FDA has unveiled nine new graphic warning labels that must appear on all cigarette packaging and advertising in the US beginning in the fall of 2012, in the most dramatic change to cigarette packs since the Surgeon General's warning was added in 1965.

In the Media by Kim I. Hartman - 5 comments

RAF servicemen jailed for cigarette smuggling

Bristol - Three RAF servicemen, who were involved in smuggling cigarettes into the UK from the Middle East on military flights, were sentenced to time in jail.

In the Media by Lynn Curwin

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