Tobacco News

The Department of Public Health and Human Services Montana Tobacco Quit Line has expanded its cessation benefits to help Montanans quit using tobacco.

For a limited time only, DPHHS has added a second choice to its Nicotine Replacement Therapy to include a two-week supply of nicotine gum or lozenges. This offer will complement the four week supply of nicotine patches already provided to Quit Line clients.
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Anti-smoking activists are angry at the controversial designation of Shanghai’s China Tobacco Museum as a “patriotic education base”. Analysts say the row highlights the ongoing battle between the nation’s tobacco industry and its opponents.

The designation was made in June on the basis that one exhibit shows how tobacco factory workers joined anti-imperialism activities in the 1930s and ’40s.
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Starting New Year’s Day, Altoona Regional Health System will not hire tobacco users nor allow tobacco use anywhere on its properties.

The hospital board approved the policy change as part of a “comprehensive approach to health and wellness” – given the damage inflicted by tobacco to users and through secondhand smoke even to non-users, according to the hospital.
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Henrico County public schools and school-sponsored events soon will be entirely tobacco-free, following the School Board’s 4-1 vote Sept. 27 to enact a tobacco-free policy.

The policy likely will not take effect officially for a period of at least a few months, so that staff members and visitors who smoke or use tobacco have time to become adjusted to it. Ream more »

On Monday night, San Rafael city officials approved Marin County’s toughest anti-smoking ordinance, which prohibits smoking tobacco or marijuana in 40 percent of the city’s private residences and while sitting or standing on any sidewalk downtown.
As The Bay Citizen’s Jennifer Gollan reported earlier this week, the measure applies to any multifamily residential unit, condominium or apartment, as well as at public events, playgrounds and outdoor dining areas.
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The smoking ban forbids the use of all tobacco products on grounds owned or controlled by the University. It includes all buildings, athletic/entertainment facilities (such as Autzen Stadium), sidewalks, roadways, and parking lots.
The University of Oregon revealed their goal of becoming smoke- and tobacco-free during the fall of 2010. Nearly two years later, the University achieved its goal by enacting a smoking ban that began the September 1, 2012. Ream more »

The City Council on Tuesday agreed to work toward a smoking ban for all new apartment units, and eventually, creating smoke-free sections for existing multi-unit buildings.

With several new developments in the pipeline for downtown, more than 1,200 new units could be affected by the ban. Ream more »

Rising prices and growing public awareness are resulting in large numbers of Rotorua smokers trying to quit.

“It is really hard to quit smoking,” Lakes District Health Board Smokefree project manager Pip King said.

About 5000 New Zealanders die annually from smoking-related illnesses.
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As many as 24.3 million adults in India are hardcore smokers, who are simply not interested in quitting despite knowing that the diseases associated with smoking.
These estimates have been given by the scientists from the Public Health Foundation of India and Maulana Azad Medical College.
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A lawmaker from the Golkar Party said that a new law on tobacco control could do little to improve the health of the country’s population.

Poempida Hidayatullah said given that many organizations had come up with anti-smoking messages, it would be redundant to pass a law banning smoking.
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