Retail stores at Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand at Foxwoods may be among the first in the state to sell electronic cigarettes, devices that have been making inroads with the public despite questions about whether they’re safe. Read more
Cigarettes are still being marketed in Timaru at cut-price rates and tobacco companies are standing by the decision to do so in the wake of excise tax hikes aimed at curbing smoking rates.
Tobacco taxes were increased last week, with 10 per cent rises planned for next year and the year after, while anti-smoking lobby groups have called for a total ban by 2020. Read more
Nairobi — A war of words has broken out between the Kenya Tobacco Control Board and British American Tobacco (BAT) over a crop insurance policy.
The State agency says the cover violates the law barring promotion of cigarettes. Read more
Smoking:
Joe Boswell writes: Re. “Trademark attorney: the tobacco companies have no case on plain packaging” (yesterday, item 11). Good analysis by Glen Gordon of the tobacco industry’s concerns about the government’s intention to require plain packaging of cigarettes. Read more
The D.C. Council is set to vote Tuesday on legalizing medical marijuana, thereby allowing the chronically ill — including those with HIV, glaucoma or cancer — to buy pot from dispensaries in Washington.
Yet marijuana is already ubiquitous in many parts of the city, as demonstrated by federal surveys showing that Washingtonians’ fondness for weed is among the strongest in the country — and growing. Read more
Prenatal nicotine exposure may increase the risk of sleep problems in children through adolescence, whereas prenatal exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may increase the risk of behavior problems at the age of 3 years, although the risk may be moderated by the serotonin transporter promoter gene, SLC6A4. Read more
There is nothing worse than being stuck in an enclosed space, such as a car, when it stinks of cigarette smoke – especially if you are not a smoker yourself. Unfortunately, many smokers don’t realise how the smell lingers behind them, often for an unbelievably long period of time. Thankfully, there are a number of ways that you can remove the smell of cigarettes from your car without having to mask it with air fresheners. Read more
Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo has dismissed claims that his team’s cars carry subliminal tobacco advertising as “ridiculous.”
Reports last week quoted several health professionals as suggesting the red, white and black barcode on Ferrari’s Formula One cars and Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso’s overalls were a link to Marlboro cigarettes. Read more
Where there’s smoke, there isn’t always fire.
So don’t be confused when someone drags off a cigarette without ever lighting up.
It’s probably just another smoker gone digital, using an E-cig, or electronic cigarette, which was developed in April 2003. Read more
This November, California voters will vote on a ballot measure that is designed to legalize marijuana. But “legalization” is not being emphasized because of all the baggage and implications that it carries. Instead, the measure is comfortably couched in the politically correct idea of fiscal responsibility for state and local governments; a way for them to balance their budgets. Read more