Jarred Egnew has few memories of his father. He died from a smoking-related disease when Jarred was 4.
It’s too late for Jarred, now 16, to save his father, but he and a group of his peers are hoping his story will urge lawmakers to make changes in the way the tobacco industry markets its products to teens, so that they might save others from the fate Jarred and his family suffered.
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In a recent op/ed column featured in the Saratogian, there was strong support for the FDA-proposed new packaging for cigarettes and enhanced warnings on cigarette ads. The Southern Adirondack Tobacco Free Coalition adds its support for any and all marketing policies that diminish the appeal of cigarettes and presents the reality of devastating disease and early death that is brought upon the user.
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The war continues on tobacco products sold in the City of Buffalo. A local lawmaker is crafting a proposal to crack down on the marketing of tobacco products in the city. It’s a tough measure that, if approved, would be one of the most rigorous laws of its kind in the United States. Buffalo Common Council member Demone Smith took verbal aim recently at ads that, he said, are so prominently displayed outside and inside stores that sell tobacco products. They are ads that, he contends, are aimed specifically at young people. Smith’s proposed legislation calls on the tobacco industry to provide funds so the city can hire inspectors to monitor the tobacco advertising. Read more
As cigarette sales have plummeted, the two biggest makers have bought companies that have 90% of the smokeless market. Snus and other forms of tobacco are popular because they’re not as obtrusive, costly and harmful as cigarettes.
Ron Carroll prefers to smoke cigars and pipes. But when he can’t do that, he says he manages to unobtrusively get his nicotine fix by slipping a packet of tobacco, about the size of a tea bag, under his upper lip. Ream more »
Nevadans and tourists are drinking less beer but are continuing to gulp down hard liquor, wine and cordials.
And cigarette smoking is declining in the state but there’s an increase in the use of cigars and smokeless tobacco.
Those are the findings of financial experts in predicting part of the state’s tax collections in the next two years.
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City officials may be indifferent to certain kinds of smoke in the Haight, but not so when it comes to marketing cigarettes using pictures of the iconic neighborhood.
City Attorney Dennis Herrera and Public Health Director Mitch Katz sent a letter Monday to R.J. Reynolds asking the tobacco company to cancel its “Break Free Adventure” marketing campaign for Camel cigarettes, saying the ads are geared toward children in violation of a 1998 settlement agreement between state governments and six tobacco companies.
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By the start of this year, I had smoked tobacco in many of its forms. Starting with bumming cigarettes from kind (if reluctant) people in pubs, I soon moved on to the humble, but superior, rolly. I had enjoyed many water-soothed lungfuls of the famous hookah. I had endured poor-quality cigars and cigarillos. It was when a friend and I spent the early morning after a party enjoying a fine Cuban cigar that I realised what I had been missing the whole time: something which is enjoyable to smoke. Ream more »
A recently conducted study by researchers at the University of Otago has stated that bigger warning signs on the pack of cigarettes can drastically help in reducing the number of smokers in the country. The study witnessed the participation of 292 smokers from the age of 18-years old to 30-years old.
Apart from suggesting bigger warning lables, the study has noted that a simpler packaging would also help in deterring youngsters from taking up smoking. Ream more »
Healis Sekhsaria Institute of Public Health, an anti-tobacco advocacy group, vehemently opposed the upcoming four-day industrial Global Tobacco Networking Forum (GTNF) summit, which is scheduled to be held between October 4 and October 9 in Bangalore’s ITC Royal Gardenia, stating that the event is in violation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to which India is a signatory nation.
Dr P C Gupta, Director of Healis Sekhsaria Institute of Public Health pointed out that the FCTC policy that India had signed includes a restriction on tobacco advertising, trade, sponsorship and promotion. The FCTC has stringent restrictions to protect people from exposure to smoking and consumption of other tobacco products. He said by being one of the official sponsors of the event, Tobacco Board of India has clearly violated the FCTC framework and demanded that the board immediately withdraw its sponsorship and cancel the event forthwith.
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UAE. A major promotion involving a partnership between Imperial Tobacco and Dubai Duty Free culminated in a recent prize draw, won by a Dubai-based Indian national.
The Davidoff Black & White ‘Journey of a Lifetime’ campaign, which ran throughout the Middle East during 2009, allowed participants to tailor-make their own dream holidays. The prize was won by Mr Zaakesh Mulla.
Mulla, whose prize was a one-week trip to Venice for two, was presented with his ‘ticket’ by Dubai Duty Free Managing Director Colm McLoughlin and Deputy Managing Director George Horan, plus Imperial Tobacco officials headed by Duty Free Area Manager Gulf & Horn Africa Countries Ioackim Gavalas, Trade Marketing & Development Manager Nigel Boonyong, Premium Brand Manager Gotje Rogall and NTDE Tobacco Division Director Ebad Ahmadi.
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