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PRESIDENTIAL WAISTLINE DEPT.

 Drudge Alarmed 
 Over Skinny Obama 

Prez not chain-smoking, but does skip some meals

Drudge Report Nov 2, 09 8:00 PM CST
(Newser) - In a post today headlined “Barack ‘N Bones,” the Drudge Report sounds the alarm over President Obama’s gaunt appearance over the weekend. An intense, hoops-heavy exercise regimen is behind what the conservative site calls “dramatic” weight loss. “No, he’s not chain smoking,”... More »

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basketball • smoking • Drudge Report • weight loss • workout • President Obama

Clove Cigarettes Banned: Enter Clove 'Small Cigars'

FDA, importer disagree over definition of a cigarette

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Oct 27, 09 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - For one California importer of smokes, an awful lot has come to rest on the precise definition of a cigar. After a ban on clove cigarettes went into effect last month, Kretek International slyly began importing Djarum-brand clove “small cigars." They're quite similar to Djarum’s clove cigarettes,... More »

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FDA • smoking • tobacco • anti-smoking • cigars • flavored cigarettes

Man Jailed for Encouraging 3-Year-Old
to Smoke

Dumb joke in UK
earns him 18 months

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Oct 15, 09 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - A UK man received 18 months in prison today for handing a 3-year-old girl a lit cigarette and encouraging her to smoke it—and inhale. He then asked a 14-year-old girl to record the event with her camera phone. In the video, the 31-year-old man can be heard laughing, “... More »

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smoking • toddler • cigarette • child endangerment

OPINION

Smoke Breaks Bad for Health, Good for Business


Financial Times (UK) Financial Times (UK) Sep 29, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s a good thing that smokers have been banished to huddle outside or in special smoking rooms at work, writes Michael Skapinker of the Financial Times. Not just because it keeps their second-hand smoke away from the rest of us, but because it brings them closer together. Sure,... More »

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smoking • smoking ban • anti-smoking • workplace

analysis

 Smoking Ban Health Hype 
 Going Up in Smoke 

Studies linking smoke-free laws to heart health appear weak

Spiked Spiked Sep 25, 09 5:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Reporters are covering stories that link smoking bans to lower heart attack rates—which would be terrific news if it were true, Christopher Snowdon writes on Spiked. Even the anti-smoking group Action on Smoking and Health stood up to a Sunday Times report of a "10% heart attack drop,... More »

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study • smoking • research • heart attack • smoking ban • anti-smoking

 US Ban on Flavored 
 Cigarettes Kicks In 

FDA measure aimed at curbing 'gateway' brands that get teens hooked

Associated Press Associated Press Sep 22, 09 7:22 PM CDT
(AP) - The new federal ban on flavored cigarettes took effect today, marking one of the first visible signs of the Food and Drug Administration's new authority to regulate tobacco. The ban on manufacturing, importing, marketing and distribution includes candy-, fruit- and clove-flavored cigarettes, which health authorities say are more appealing to... More »

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smoking • ban • Food and Drug Administration • teen smoking • flavored cigarettes

It's Not Too Late to Extend Your Lifespan

Abandon unhealthy habits and you may live 10 years longer: docs

BBC BBC Sep 18, 09 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - You knew smoking and fatty foods were bad for you, but thanks to a huge 40-year study, we now know exactly how bad. Researchers followed 19,000 men, starting in the late 1960s. Those who were still smoking, had high blood pressure, and had high cholesterol—the three top killers... More »

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smoking • tobacco • medical research • heart health • health study • high cholesterol • high blood pressure • early death

 NYC Seeks Smoking Ban for Parks, Beaches

Smokers grumble over plan to make outdoors virtually smoke-free

New York Times New York Times Sep 15, 09 5:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Smokers banished outdoors by New York City's 2003 smoking ban may soon find much of the outdoors off-limits for lighting up as well, the New York Times reports. The city's health commissioner said yesterday that he plans to push for a full smoking ban in all the city's parks and... More »

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smoking • beach • Michael Bloomberg • smoking ban • parks • cigarette

Smoking Prince Harry
Turns to Celeb Hypnotist

Paul McKenna has also helped Ronnie Wood, Guy Ritchie

News of the World (UK) News of the World (UK) Sep 6, 09 4:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Prince Harry is reading celebrity therapist Paul McKenna’s Quit Smoking Now in a bid to finally swear off cigarettes, the News of the World reports. After quitting for a year, Harry recently smoked at a friend’s wedding, and apparently got hooked again after RAF training and breaking with... More »

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Prince Harry • smoking • cigarettes • Royal Family • quitting

 Job Loss 
 Anxiety Hurts 
 More Than 
 No Job at All 

Smoking, hypertension worse than unemployment fear

Ann Arbor News Aug 29, 09 5:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Worried about your job? It may be better for your health if you just quit, new research suggests. Looking at studies of nearly 2,000 adults, scientists at the University of Michigan have found job loss anxiety can be more harmful to your health than unemployment, hypertension, or even smoking,... More »

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health • hypertension • work • smoking • stress • University of Michigan • jobless

 Neurotic People 
 Die Earlier 

Increased likelihood of smoking increases mortality risk of nervous nellies

LiveScience LiveScience Aug 19, 09 6:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Neurotics are more likely to die prematurely than their mellower peers, LiveScience reports. A new study that followed nearly 1,800 men for 30 years found that those who fit self-descriptive criteria for neuroticism—constantly worried or anxious—were more likely to die early, in large part because they were... More »

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alcohol • mental health • smoking • drinking • neuroticism • nervous breakdowns

 Iraqi Tempers Ablaze 
 Over Smoking Ban 


Washington Post Washington Post Aug 7, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Smoking is rampant across the Middle East, and in Iraq nicotine fuels everything from high-level government meetings to weddings and funerals. That's why a new anti-tobacco law making its way through parliament is causing huge public outcry, reports the Washington Post. "We all have to deal with anger issues... More »

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Iraq • Middle East • Baghdad • smoking • tobacco • smoking ban

Gates Refuses to Ban Smoking in War Zones

Defense secretary rejects Pentagon study's recommendation

CNN CNN Jul 16, 09 1:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - American troops in war zones won't have to battle the enemy while suffering nicotine withdrawal, CNN reports. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is willing to consider some of the recommendations in a Pentagon-commissioned report calling for a totally tobacco-free military, but he has no intention of ordering stressed-out troops in combat... More »

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Robert Gates • smoking • tobacco • US military • Department of Defense • smoking ban • anti-smoking

Health Bill Has
a Big Carrot for the Healthy

Senate measure would let employers cut premiums up to 50%

Boston Globe Boston Globe Jul 15, 09 12:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - A measure slipped into the Senate’s health care reform bill could cut workers’ insurance costs by up to half if they eat well, lose weight, and quit smoking, the Boston Globe reports. The measure may be key to encouraging Americans to stay healthy without too much government imposition, a... More »

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health care • health care costs • health insurance • Senate • smoking • weight loss • diet • Chris Dodd • healthy habits • discounts • incentives • Obama administration • Judd Gregg

Pentagon Mulls Smoking Ban
for Troops

Military smoking, especially common in combat, costly for VA

USA Today USA Today Jul 10, 09 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pentagon health experts are pushing for the military to ban tobacco, a move that would upend a traditionally smoky culture, the USA Today reports. Tobacco use is rising among troops, many of whom turn to cigarettes to relieve combat zone stress, and that winds up costing the Pentagon and Veteran's... More »

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military • Pentagon • smoking • tobacco • Department of Defense • smoking ban • anti-smoking

(Newser) - Australians may be coughing up $20 for a pack of cigarettes if officials approve a new anti-smoking plan, the Age reports. The proposal, designed to cut Aussie smoking by a third, would ban all tobacco sponsorship and online sales, devote 95% of cigarette packaging to graphic health warnings, and tax... More »

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Australia • smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • Philip Morris • tobacco companies • cigarette tax

Obama Admits He Still
Sneaks Occasional Cigarette


ABC News ABC News Jun 23, 09 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - He wasn't all that happy to be asked about it—again—but President Obama admitted during his news conference today that, yes, he still lights up the occasional cigarette, reports ABC News. “Have I fallen off the wagon sometimes? Yes.” Obama said he’s not a “daily... More »

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Barack Obama • smoking • cigarettes • smoking cessation • President Obama • Big Tobacco

OPINION

Tobacco Bill's Winners: Philip Morris, Lawyers

We're smoking less because it's dumb, not because of policy: Will

Washington Post Washington Post Jun 18, 09 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama might have praised Congress' tobacco bill, but for George F. Will, the new legislation gives just two muscular groups reason to celebrate: Philip Morris and "the Democratic Party's fountain of funds, the trial bar." New restrictions on cigarette advertising will help Philip Morris vault over competitors,... More »

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smoking • tobacco • Philip Morris • tobacco companies • cigarette tax • trial lawyers • cigarette

(Newser) - President Obama praised the passage of a bill allowing the FDA to regulate tobacco products as “a long time coming," the Hill reports. The legislation, which sailed through the House this morning, grants the agency new power to regulate tobacco ingredients and marketing. "After a decade of... More »

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Barack Obama • health care costs • advertising • marketing • smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • regulation • Food and Drug Administration

 Senate Poised to Pass
 Tough New Tobacco Law

Bill will give FDA authority to regulate marketing, content of tobacco products

USA Today USA Today Jun 9, 09 2:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate is expected this week to pass sweeping new legislation to regulate tobacco, reports USA Today. The bill, which may go to a vote as soon as today, gives the FDA the authority to regulate tobacco and will require larger health warnings on packets, end the use of claims... More »

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FDA • Senate • smoking • tobacco • cigarette • Food and Drug Administration • anti-smoking

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