Tobacco News

World No-Tobacco Day 2010 themes “Gender and Tobacco, with an emphasis on marketing to Women” will be nationally commerated in Namibia on May 31, this year, the Namibian Press Agency (NAMPA).
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Kahijoro Kahuure said this year’s theme is selected in recognition of the effects of tobacco on the health of women, and will also be part of a global movement to make people’s bodies free from tobacco smoke. Read more

Beyonce is renown for putting out super HOT video clips, and ‘Why Don’t You Love Me’ is certainly no exception!
Beyonce plays a suffering house wife who sings “Why don’t you need me” through out the video whilst smoking cigarettes, drinking martinis and crying the mascara down her face. Read more

Nine tobacco producing regencies in Central Java are lobbying the government to influence proposed anti-smoking regulations, according to Temanggung Regent Hasyim Afandi.
“It’s not a political move. We just want to protect tobacco farmers. I’ve talked to Magelang and Wonosobo Regents. They agreed. The others will follow,” Hasyim said after joining a mass prayer attended by about 10,000 tobacco farmers at Temanggung Square on Saturday. Read more

The National debate concerning the legalization of marijuana and, especially, of medical marijuana, continues to rage not just within the general public, but also including special groups of people like mothers and Baby Boomers. Within the Facebook community the groups such as “Moms for Marijuana” and “Baby Boomers for Medical Marijuana” have as their primary goal educating people, challenging the preconceived ideas and battling ignorance with the only effective weapon against it – Knowledge. Read more

Cigarette maker, British American Tobacco (BAT), will on Monday afternoon know its fate as the control board meets to determine what action to take on the firm over a crop insurance policy that the State agency says is illegal. Read more

A new fad is threatening to undercut the hard-fought gains of laws that have placed strict limits on smoking in public, experts say.
The smoking of hookahs — waterpipes evocative of Cairo’s Kasbah or a Saharan oasis — is surging in popularity among young adults, research suggests. Read more

Clark Kent’s post-office box in Dublin was routinely filled with envelopes containing money – reportedly thousands of dollars.
Kent took the money, used some of it to buy tobacco and smuggled it into the Pickaway Correctional Institution near Orient, southwest of Columbus. Tobacco is banned in all state prisons, making it the top contraband item – above even marijuana and other drugs. Read more

Pale-blue “FDA Compliant” signs with big, red check marks are being taken off machines at Philip Morris USA’s plant in South Richmond.
Philip Morris USA had been phasing in new packaging that complies with a U.S. Food and Drug Administration ban on terms like “light” or “mild” on cigarettes. The ban takes effect June 22. Read more

I have never taken even one puff of a cigarette, which is how I’ve always known that smoking is cool. However, my faith in that assumption is weakened every time I walk by an office building. All those people shivering outside in their little smoking leper colony replaces the James Dean-era image of motorcycle freedom with one of Henry Ford-era dirty workers taking their elevenses with bourbon from the factory store. Read more

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) earlier this week published a Notice of Proposed Rule to implement the provisions of the PACT Act, which prohibits the mailing of cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco, according to a report by the National Association of Tobacco Outlets (NATO). Read more