A letter of protest arrived. It was signed by the shaky hands of 16 or so cigarette-smoking residents of Hampton Care Center, a skilled-nursing facility in midtown Stockton.
“This concerns a possible violation of patients’ rights,” it began.
A new director has enforced strict rules, the letter said. Smoking is allowed only at designated times, in one designated place, for a designated duration.
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Kentucky’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control will be addressing the marketing practices of tobacco retailers, and has been awarded a federal contract to do so.
The Food and Drug Administration has given the ABC a $428,278 contract to make sure tobacco retailers in the state are observing the new marketing and sales rules under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009. Ream more »
GROUPS challenged President Benigno Aquino III to include in his State of the Nation Address (Sona) the junking of all forms of gambling operations in the country and push for more concrete actions against smoking.
Retired Archbishop Oscar Cruz, chairperson of the Krusadang Bayan Laban sa Sugal, said in a statement Sunday that Aquino should choose to yank out gambling operations since it is one of the foremost forms of corruption known. Ream more »
PMFTC Inc., a venture between Philip Morris and Fortune Tobacco, yesterday lashed out at a directive of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) banning cigarette smoking in public places beginning July 1.
PMMFTC said the ban is inconsistent with the provisions of a law which prescribed the areas where smoking is allowed. PMFTC also questioned the authority of the MMDA to issue such a regulation. Chris Nelson, managing director of PMFTC, said the MMDA needs to publish and clarify its ordinance, especially as it relates to the Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003, which specifically allowed “smoking in public places” under Section 5. The section further defines what these public places are. Ream more »
Lorillard (NYSE:LO) has hired one of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s own to help the tobacco giant comply with federal tobacco regulation.
Neil Wilcox, a former FDA science policy analyst, has been named Lorillard’s senior vice president and chief compliance officer, a new position for the Greensboro, North Carolina-based company. Lorillard is the third-largest cigarette manufacturer in the United States and the market leader in menthol cigarettes with an estimated 35 percent market share. Ream more »
Beginning on 1 May, smoking in public places will not be allowed in China’s cities and towns.
According to the Health Ministry, the new regulation will disallow smoking in buses, restaurants and bars, but it will be permitted in workplaces.
Data from the World Health Organisation showed that almost a quarter of China’s population smoke and one million die every year from smoking-related illnesses.
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The Department of Health is tightening its grip on tobacco use through the newly approved implementing rules and regulations of a law that gave more teeth to its regulatory arm, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
In a briefing on Monday, FDA director Dr. Suzette Lazo announced the recent approval of the IRR of the Food and Drug Administration Act of 2009, which gave the agency the power to regulate tobacco products in the country, among other supplementary mandates.
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Federal Judge Jed Rakoff of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan has held that the New York City Health Department cannot adopt a rule which would require that gruesome photographs of smokers suffering from various forms of cancer be placed beside cash registers in more than 11,000 bodegas and convenience stores in the city. “Even merchants of morbidity are entitled to the full protection of the law, for our sake as well as theirs,” the judge ruled — although he agreed with the harm of tobacco, noting, “Within New York City, roughly 7,500 people die from smoking annually — more than from AIDS, homicide and suicide combined.”
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I’m a smoker. These days, the guilt carried with saying those words is embarrassing, like admitting to wetting the bed, perhaps, or acknowledging that you used to steal bikes as a child. But I’m a smoker nonetheless.
When I first heard about the Food and Drug Administration’s new proposed changes to cigarette packs, I was appalled. The changes involve covering the top half of cigarette packs with pictures of diseased lungs and corpses. That’s right: pictures of actual corpses.
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I would like to clarify that Smokefree Natrona County is not campaigning to “ban” smoking. We have asked the Board of Health to regulate smoking, in all indoor work environments in Natrona County. We are not asking anyone to quit smoking — that is a choice that should be left up to an individual. Ream more »