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 Quit Smoking? Yes We Can! 

President-elect's struggle with nicotine could help others kick the habit

Dec 29, 08 10:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is about to become the nation's smoker-in-chief, and anti-smoking advocates are hopeful he'll become a powerful example for other smokers if he finally manages to kick the habit. He has quit several times but so far has always gone back to smoking up to eight cigarettes a day,... More »

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lung cancer • White House • heart disease • smoking • cigarettes • dopamine • smoking cessation • nicotine patch • Nicorette • President Obama • Smoking Cessation Leadership Center • nicotine addiction • tobacco smoke

 Duuude, Willie's in Town! 

Singer uses bus for marijuana breaks

Dec 12, 08 10:52 AM CST
(Newser) - It’s as though the '60s (and the '70s, and the '80s) never ended. The scent of marijuana pouring out of a tour bus in Manhattan can be blamed on Willie Nelson, the New York Post reports. Savvy passers-by have realized the bus, parked outside Manny’s Music all week,... More »

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smoking • marijuana • country music • Willie Nelson • singer

opinion

 Maybe Cigarettes 
 Make Him Better: 
 Let Obama Smoke 

Obama's trouble with cigs proves he's fallible, after all

Dec 11, 08 5:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Snooty media-types are giving Barack Obama a hard time for his dodges and weaves about trying to quit smoking. But we should all leave the poor addict alone, writes Ron Rosenbaum in Slate. Do we really want a nervous, edgy president dying for a cigarette while he's got his finger... More »

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Barack Obama • White House • smoking • President Obama

(Newser) - Cancer will surpass heart disease as the world’s preeminent killer by 2010, Reuters reports. A WHO study concluded that cancer cases will double between 2000 and 2020, and almost triple by 2030, largely because of increased tobacco use in developing countries. In men, who are more likely to contract... More »

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cancer • United Nations • breast cancer • lung cancer • heart disease • smoking • World Health Organization • Third World • medical study

'I Won't Smoke in White House,' Obama Vows

Obama working to stay on the wagon

Dec 8, 08 2:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama promised the nation yesterday that he won't be sneaking smokes at the White House. The president-elect, who has been trying to kick his habit, told Meet the Press that he'll respect the mansion's smoke-free policy. He admits having "fallen off the wagon" in the past, but seemed... More »

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Barack Obama • White House • smoking • smoking cessation • cigarette • President Obama

ANALYSIS

In Court, Philip Morris Uses Civil-Rights Smokescreen

Tobacco giant plays civil-rights card in battle with Oregon court over $79M judgment

Dec 5, 08 3:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Philip Morris has cast itself as a civil-rights victim being denied due process, Stephanie Mencimer writes for Mother Jones. The tobacco giant, ordered by an Oregon jury in 1999 to pay $79 million in punitive damages to a woman whose husband died of lung cancer, has been fighting the award... More »

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cancer • smoking • Oregon • habeas corpus • Philip Morris • NAACP • tobacco companies • US Supreme Court

US Health Ranking Puts Vermont First, Louisiana Last 

Southern states plagued by high obesity, smoking rates

Dec 4, 08 4:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Move over, Mississippi: Louisiana is now America’s unhealthiest state, Reuters reports. An annual state-by-state report that measures factors like smoking, obesity, and health insurance coverage also put Vermont at the top for the second year in a row. The five healthiest states are:
  1. Vermont
  2. Hawaii
  3. New Hampshire
  4. Minnesota
... More »

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obesity • health care • health • Texas • New Hampshire • South Carolina • smoking • Vermont • Louisiana • Utah • Tennessee • Minnesota • Mississippi • Hawaii

 Bad Bosses May Be Deadly 

Crummy leaders linked to workers' heart attacks

Nov 26, 08 5:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Your incompetent boss could give you a heart attack, the Boston Globe reports. New research shows workers whose bosses are inconsiderate, uncommunicative and poor advocates for their employees are about 60% more likely to suffer a heart attack or other serious cardiac issues. Employees whose bosses have solid leadership skills... More »

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smoking • stress • heart attack • exercise • leadership • bosses • employees • Brigham and Women's Hospital • workload

 Cancer Cases, Deaths Drop 

Trend, ongoing since beginning of decade, linked to less smoking

Nov 25, 08 6:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Cancer researchers reported a good-news milestone today: Both the number of new cases and the number of cancer deaths are declining for the first time, USA Today reports. Scientists gave most of the credit to a drop in the number of smokers. “By preventing smoking, you can give someone... More »

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cancer • American Cancer Society • lung cancer • smoking • medical research • National Cancer Institute • scientific study • death rates

OPINION

Someone Get the President- Elect a Cigarette

Obama probably still smokes—and we should be OK with that

Nov 20, 08 1:19 PM CST
(Newser) - America has elected a member of a hated minority as president. That’s right, Barack Obama is a smoker. Oh, sure, he claims to have quit, but Michael Kinsley of the Washington Post isn’t convinced. Obama admitted falling off the wagon in June, yet no reporter has asked... More »

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Barack Obama • smoking • cigarette • Nicorette • President Obama

 Kiefer Had to 
 Kick Butts 
 in Slammer 

Star spent 48 days in big house without smoking

Nov 18, 08 10:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Not surprisingly, Kiefer Sutherland didn’t find prison a pleasant experience. “There’s no smoking,” the actor tells Vogue. Though he made it 48 days without cigarettes, the 24 star still hasn’t quit. Sutherland, 41, went on to complain about the lack of privacy, made worse by... More »

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television • prison • smoking • DUI • celebrity • jail • Kiefer Sutherland

Fewer Than 20% of US Adults Smoke, a First

Rate drops, though 43M still light up; 443K die yearly as result

Nov 13, 08 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Smoking in the US is at its lowest since cigarettes became widespread after World War I, Reuters reports, with fewer than 20% of adults in the country lighting up—the lowest figure on record. Observers credit the gradual decline to awareness, bans on smoking in public places, and prohibitive taxation.... More »

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American Cancer Society • lung cancer • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • smoking • tobacco • smoking cessation • World War I • cigarette • decline

'Ex' Smoker Obama Still Lights Up

He 'fesses to bumming cigs when pressure trumps fight to stay fit

Oct 9, 08 2:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's not easy staying healthy during a grueling campaign, admits Barack Obama, who even fesses up to bumming a few cigarettes. He still manages to squeeze in six 45-minute workouts per week—but the ex-smoker admits giving in to temptation and sucking down the  occasional coffin nail, Obama tells Men's ... More »

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Barack Obama • smoking • smoking cessation • Election 2008 • cigarette

 Vintage Stars 
 Got Big Bucks to Smoke 

Big tobacco paid a fortune for promotion in Hollywood's golden age

Sep 25, 08 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Almost all of Hollywood's big names from the '30s, '40s, and '50s were on the payroll of tobacco companies, the BBC reports. Documents released as part of anti-smoking lawsuits reveal that stars like Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, and Joan Crawford got up to $10,000 each from Lucky Strike in... More »

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Hollywood • smoking • tobacco companies • actor • movies • Clark Gable

 E-Cigs Not Safe: WHO 

Devices sold as smoking treatment

Sep 20, 08 7:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Electronic cigarettes are untested and possibly unsafe, the WHO said today. The device—a mock cigarette that releases a fine mist of nicotine, sans fire—has been sold over the internet as a smoking cessation aid, Reuters reports. The problem is that it could release, besides nicotine, “many other... More »

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smoking • World Health Organization • regulation • smoking cessation • cigarette • electronic cigarette

Boston Bans Drugstore Cigarette Sales

Also outlawed
at college campus
convenience shops

Sep 5, 08 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Boston's health honchos have approved some of the country's toughest anti-tobacco rules by banning sales at some stores, the Boston Globe reports. The new rules forbid pharmacies and campus convenience stores from selling cigarettes. They also ban smoking on bar and restaurant patios. The city's cigar parlors, previously exempt, will... More »

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Boston • smoking • tobacco • convenience stores • pharmacy • cigarette • cigarette sales • cigar

 Cancer-Stricken
 Swayze Busted
 With Butt 

Actor reportedly lights up on set

Aug 18, 08 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite fighting pancreatic cancer, actor Patrick Swayze is still smoking, the Sun reports. The Dirty Dancing star, who turns 56 today, was spotted lighting up between scenes of his upcoming A&E crime drama The Beast, the tabloid reports. The self-described “miracle man” was reportedly given weeks to live... More »

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smoking • cigarettes • celebrity • pancreatic cancer • Patrick Swayze

Some Runners Leave a Cloud of More Than Dust

Poll finds serious athletes may still light up—on the sly

Aug 4, 08 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Though many athletes prefer to keep it hush-hush, a number of devout runners are also devout smokers. The LA Times takes a look at the unlikely phenomenon, moved to investigate by a recent Runner’s World poll which found that 2% of responders smoked without their running friends’ knowledge, while... More »

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smoking • cigarettes • athlete • runner

Smokers' Spouses Face Higher Stroke Risk

Threat further heightened for former smokers

Jul 29, 08 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Having a spouse who smokes significantly increases a nonsmoker’s risk of stroke—especially if the nonsmoker used to light up, a US study shows. The stroke risk for those whose spouse smokes but who never have themselves is raised 42%, while the risk for those who are former smokers... More »

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smoking • cigarettes • secondhand smoke • spouse

Menthol Debate Splits Black Caucus

Tobacco row erupts over exemption from
cigarette flavoring ban

Jul 25, 08 2:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The exemption of menthol from a bill banning flavored cigarettes is causing a rift in the Black Congressional Caucus, the New York Times reports. Some members of the caucus, which has strong financial ties to tobacco companies, argue that menthol cigarettes cause disproportionate harm to blacks and are pushing for... More »

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Congress • smoking • Philip Morris • tobacco companies • cigarette • African-Americans • menthol • Lorillard

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