Cigarettes News
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Atlanta -
The U.S. the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that cigarette smoking rate for U.S. adults fell from around 21 percent (in 2005) to around 18 percent in 2013.
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Washington -
With the “Great American Smoke Out on November 20”, an article in the New England Journal of Medicine calls on insurers across the U.S. to comply with the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Digital Journal finds out more.
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A new report has indicated that the electronic cigarettes currently flooding the smoking market could be proving tempting to youngsters looking to start the practice, lending evidence to the argument that "e-cigs" encourage youth smoking.
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In January 2012, Australia introduced plain cigarette packaging in a bid to lower smoking rates.
It was the first nation to do so.
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Earlier this year the U.S. Surgeon-General reported that cigarettes are deadlier and more addictive than ever, and now a report issued Tuesday outlines how tobacco companies have made design changes and put in more additives to achieve that.
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A study has appeared to show than e-cigarettes are more effective than nicotine patches and gum in helping people to quit smoking.
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New York -
As of Sunday, those who are 18 to 20 years old can no longer buy cigarettes in New York City. A measure has taken effect, and those under 21 are no longer permitted to buy cigarettes.
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A recent study indicates that drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes can actually protect the consumer against Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC).
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A new website from Finland is a reminder to us all of what smoking can do to our bodies and our health. Created by the Cancer Society of Finland, it gives the viewer both visuals and text on how each part of the body is affected by smoking.
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Warning labels on alcoholic beverages are required in more than two dozen countries across the globe, including the U.S. and U.K. Not as big or explicit in the warnings as those found on cigarette packages, they are a reminder of its harmful effects.
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It sounded like a good idea, at first, as a way to wean smokers off cigarettes by just making them pay more for health care under the new Affordable Care Act. But it seems the plan may have backfired as sky-high premiums are scaring smokers away.
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Emerging tobacco products like e-cigarettes and hookahs are gaining popularity among U.S. middle- and high-school students, according to a report from the CDC.
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Pregnant women who smoke can affect the development of the immune system in their children, on molecular level. New research indicates that this can affect gene regulation.
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Smoking is a habit we should all kick, say doctors and health professionals. But some people (entrepreneurs) have created something slightly less dangerous than the actual tobacco for all of us to enjoy: the e-cigarette.
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One reason why ex-smokers gain weight is because they eat more. However, weight gain is not necessarily due to an increased calorie intake, it also relates to a change in the composition of the intestinal microorganisms.
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A study suggests plain cigarette packs discourage smoking. Opponents say results are biased, that evidence doesn't support study findings, and neither pack sales nor smoking have slowed. Analysis shows study flaws, and smokers consider the results.
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How would you like the government to tell you what you can feed your kids, and what you can't? No, this is not Soviet Russia or North Korea, but modern Britain.
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Beginning June 1, Starbucks will implement a smoking ban of 25 feet around their stores in the U.S. and Canada. This ban won't affect major metropolitan areas where smoking is already banned in public spaces.
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New York -
Officials in New York City are proposing to raise the age to buy cigarettes from 18 to 21. The measure would give New York the strictest limits on tobacco sales of any major American city, The New York Times reports.
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Republican representative Andy Harris has expressed concern with an NIH funded science project which allegedly included tracing the Tea Party's origins to groups supported by tobacco companies.
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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.
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Washington -
A federal judge has ruled that major tobacco companies in the United States must publicly admit they intentionally deceived the public about the dangers of cigarettes.
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According to researchers at King's College London, smoking can "rot" the brain by damaging learning, reasoning and memory.
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Shisha, hookah, nargila, bong, water pipe, whatever you call it, it's still bad for your health. Smokers, especially in the Middle East, think they're doing themselves a favour by using a water pipe but new research says it's just as bad as cigarettes.
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Chinese researchers have recently come out with a unique recommendation to help you get over the nicotine urge – drink green tea. This recommendation now gets better with medical practitioners in Kerala, India reacting positively to the recommendation.
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The results of the largest ever tobacco study are in and it reveals worrying trends in many developing countries. Amid allegations that tobacco companies are targetting the least fortunate in society, tobacco is now on pace to kill 1 billion people.
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The US Center for Disease Control (CDC) has reported that although cigarette use has fallen in the US, there has been an increase in adult use of tobacco used for pipes or self-rolled cigarettes.
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Marseille -
A recent Surfrider Foundation cleanup, at Prado beaches, near the city of Marseille on France’s Mediterranean coast was designed to highlight the insidious effects of one particular source of pollution – cigarette butts.
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A new psychological study from the U.S. indicates that having health warnings on cigarette cartons helps to make smokers more aware of the ill-health effects associated with smoking.
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The good news: there has been no increase in teen smoking. The bad news: that's because they're choosing pot instead, a new report finds.
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Two old smokers enjoy a cigarette outside a local bar in my neighborhood of Normal Heights in San Diego, CA Enrique Bosquet
Breckenridge, Colorado liquor store. David Shankbone
This is the third series of cigarette warning labels to be used in Brazil. They are far more explicit than the labels being used in Canada and the U.S. Brazilian Health Ministry (MS) - Instituto Nacional do Câncer (INCA)
Electronic cigarettes are manufactured in nicotine and non-nicotine varities as well as flavored varities, which include mint, candy and fruit flavors, and are being sold as an alternative to tobacco products. Wikipedia SafeSmokes
Tobacco, tubes and cigarette maker
How cigarette butts are recycled at Terra Cycle lemballageecologique
A person smoking a cigarette Roman Pavlyuk
"TerraCycle and the City of Vancouver launched a new pilot program today to recycle cigarette butts, which will help keep Vancouver's downtown clean and move the City closer to its Greenest City 2020 Action Plan goals." Mayor Gregor Robertson on Nov. 12, 2013. Vancouver Mayor's Office
Pile of cigarette butts KOMUnews
A man smoking a cigarette lanier67
Hot Dog picture from American Cancer Institute
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