Tobacco News

Of late, smokers are being exposed to a variety of methods to help quit their habit, one of them being electronic cigarettes. Now, a study conducted by experts from the Cancer Research U.K has disclosed that the nicotine substitute cytisine which is commercially sold as Tabex could raise the chances of a person giving up the habit of smoking by 3 folds for a minimum of 1 year.
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In response to a monumental shift in Maine policy since 2009, medical marijuana is on the University of Maine campus.

However, university officials haven’t seen that firsthand. Police and the person charged with managing disability accommodations say they haven’t been approached to deal with any conflicts regarding the federally illegal, state-authorized plant that is used to treat medical conditions.
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Cigarette smugglers, up to now mainly confined to South Africa’s border with Zimbabwe, have run into their nemesis in the form of SA Army soldiers on the Mozambique border.

In a major bust last week a 3 SA Infantry Battalion patrol in the vicinity of the Lebombo border post intercepted a gang of more than 40 suspects carrying boxes, said Capt ZG Sithole of the SA National Defence Force’s joint operations division.
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Nampa and Caldwell city officials are on the right track when they say they aren’t considering a ban on smoking in the cities’ bars and parks and have no intention of doing so. Good for them.
The Boise City Council last week said it would respond to what it calls the wishes of the majority of Boise residents and consider two ordinances that would place restrictions on smoking in bars, sidewalk cafes on public property, private clubs, retail tobacco businesses, employee break rooms, within 10 feet of bus stops, Ream more »

The new “cancer comedy” 50 / 50 takes its name from the survival odds delivered to its protagonist as he’s diagnosed with cancer.

Your chance of not gagging when you see the new cigarette warning labels introduced this week by Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq? Far less. Companies have until June to get their art departments on the horror show, which will see 75 per cent of cigarette packaging plastered with diseased and rotting tongues, bloody urine in a toilet bowl and the gaping hole where a smoker named Leroy had his larynx removed.
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