Tobacco News

Four of the six candidates in the race for the premier’s office support tougher laws and higher taxes to curb the province’s rising rate of teen smoking.

Results of a survey conducted by the Campaign for a Smoke Free Alberta show Doug Griffiths, Doug Horner, Gary Mar and Alison Redford favour provincial legislation to restrict sales to minors, a ban on candy flavourings and higher levies on tobacco products.

While representatives for two other leadership hopefuls, Ted Morton and Rick Orman, met with the anti-smoking coalition, neither completed the survey sent to them in July.
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Smokers’ rights advocates have one more battle to fight. The war against cigarette consumption has moved from bars, restaurants and any enclosed United States workplace to an open-air animal park in Malaysia. For years, any visitor at the Johor Zoo with the nerve to toss a lit cigarette into the monkey pen has been rewarded by the spectacle of an orangutan named Shirley satisfying her craving for nicotine.
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Members of a local anti-tobacco coalition were on hand Wednesday at Chisholm High School to recognize the school for its 24/7 tobacco-free policy.

Mary Anna Evans, Garfield County Tobacco Free Coalition chairwoman, said she and her fellow coalition members were at Chisholm to recognize the school for promoting healthy, tobacco-free lifestyles among its students and employees. Ream more »

Smoking Statistics and Tobacco statistics discussed here are those of the whole world, the United States and England. They give the smoking statistics among the adult population, statistics of smoking in teenagers and statistics of deaths caused by smoking.

Though the smoking statistics or the tobacco statistics look quite discouraging to the reader, the fact remains that they compare favorably to the smoking stats of 25 to 30 years ago. This is especially true of the developed countries, where the literacy rate is high. Ream more »

Depending on up to 70 percent of its foreign exchange earnings on tobacco, Malawi has launched a five-year strategic plan for the leaf to insulate the market against negative forces.

Dr. Bruce Munthali, CEO for Tobacco Control Commission, told the official news agency MANA that the plan–which will cover production to marketing–was to “identify new areas to resuscitate the industry.”
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Pittsburgh police said a Steubenville Pike cigarette shop was robbed Sunday for the second time in less than three months.
About 5 p.m., Robinson Township police said a man wearing a ski mask went inside the Smoker Friendly store with a gun and demanded cash and two cartons of cigarettes.
“My employee called me about five minutes after closing time to let me know she was robbed,” Smoker Friendly manager Tami Schuck said. Ream more »

The public fight over tobacco is taking new shapes, literally, as Colorado becomes a testing ground for nicotine in the form of toothpicks, breath mints and strips that dissolve on the tongue.
The new forms of tobacco — potentially attractive to kids and a crutch for smokers whom health officials say should quit nicotine altogether — prompted public hearings and a scramble by regulators.
Tobacco critics condemn the products as dangerous “candy” and a cynical move by Big Tobacco to boost sales. Ream more »

Australian smokers will be forced to patronise cheap cigars from China and Indonesia if the federal government would not allow deadline extension of the plain packaging measures for tobacco products in the country, which takes effect on July next year.
Meeting the July 1 deadline, according to British American Tobacco Australia (BATA) chief executive David Crow, is next to impossible, who also warned on Thursday that Aussie smokers will be left to buy illegal cigarettes that could inundate the local market once a supply shortage ensues. Ream more »

Calhoun County supervisors agreed Monday to look into the feasibility of supplementing the new county courthouse with solar energy and to make all courthouse property tobacco-free.
Norman Griffin, of Calhoun City, spoke to the board about the possibility of installing a Solar Electric Generation System for the new courthouse.
Griffin said his company Blue Spectra Solar installs the largest system approved by TVA. Ream more »

When you arrive at Lafayette County Elementary School you may notice a bright new sign welcoming visitors to the tobacco free campus.

On Thursday, July 28 Lafayette County Elementary School had their “Tobacco Free School Grounds” sign installed. Tobacco Free Lafayette Partnership which was sponsored by Lafayette County Health Department and local community citizens have partnered throughout the past two years to bring awareness and education to the community on Tobacco related issues.
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