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Smoking Prince Harry
Turns to Celeb Hypnotist

Paul McKenna has also helped Ronnie Wood, Guy Ritchie

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

OPINION

Let's Do to Big Food
What We Did to Big Tobacco

'Big Food' and 'Big Tobacco' have a lot in common

Jul 24, 09 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - After decades of anti-smoking campaigns, Big Tobacco has been brought low and ashtrays have “gone the way of spittoons,” writes Ellen Goodman of the Boston Globe. It’s high time we gave Big Food the same treatment. “Now that two-thirds of Americans are overweight, the lethal... More »

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obesity • food • obesity epidemic • cigarettes • fast food industry • food industry • Big Tobacco

(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

(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

(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

(AP) - Congress struck the US government's strongest anti-smoking blow in decades today with a Senate vote to give regulators new power to limit nicotine in cigarettes, drastically curtail ads, and ban candied tobacco products aimed at young people. Cigarette foes say the changes could cut into the 400,000 deaths every... More »

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Congress • FDA • cigarettes • tobacco • public health • regulation • Big Tobacco

(Newser) - Tobacco companies engaged in “deceits” and knowingly marketed cigarettes without regard for consumers’ health, violating civil racketeering laws, a federal appeals court ruled today. In upholding the verdict in a landmark case brought by the Clinton Justice Department in 1999, the court refused to overturn a district judge’s... More »

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crime • cigarettes • tobacco • racketeering • Altria • Philip Morris • federal • tobacco companies • cigarette • Big Tobacco

(Newser) - Seeking to stem the flow of cigarettes over the border and bolster the local tobacco industry, a Chinese county has ordered local officials to puff only local cigarettes, the Times of London reports. In March, Gongan county mandated that civil servants on its payroll smoke 230,000 packs of... More »

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China • smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • civil service • Hunan • employee • Gongan

Supreme Court Refuses Philip Morris Appeal

$79.5M case was seen as way to clamp down on punitive damages

Mar 31, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Big business once hoped that the Supreme Court would use a tobacco lawsuit bouncing around the court system since 1999 to clamp down on the awarding of punitive damages. Instead, the AP reports, the Supreme Court gave a one-sentence order refusing to hear an appeal of a $79.5 million... More »

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lung cancer • cigarettes • Oregon • Philip Morris • US Supreme Court

OBITUARY

'Winston Man' Dies of Cancer Amidst Trial

Actor was set to testify against tobacco giant RJ Reynolds

Mar 3, 09 1:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Alan Landers, the one-time face of Winston cigarettes, has died at 68 of lung and throat cancer in the middle of a multi-million dollar legal action against his former employers, the Guardian reports. Landers, who was to testify next month, was among about 9,000 Florida smokers suing cigarette companies... More »

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Florida • advertising • lung cancer • smoking • cigarettes • class action • RJ Reynolds • Winston • throat cancer • Alan Landers • Big Tobacco

 NYC Cigs 
 Hit a Smokin' 
 $10 a Pack 

Advocates hope 62-cent federal tax will reduce deaths, costs

Feb 8, 09 1:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Smokers in New York City will soon be shelling out $10 for a pack of cigarettes, the New York Post reports. Lawmakers plan to pay for the new Children’s Health Insurance Program law with a 62-cent federal tax on cigarettes, pushing the NYC price to a 10-spot—the nation’... More »

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New York City • smoking • cigarettes • children's health care • State Children's Health Insurance Program • cigarette tax

 Brad: Angie's No Homewrecker 

Star addresses rumors in interview

Jan 7, 09 12:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie didn't engage in a “dastardly affair,” Pitt tells W magazine: “What people don’t understand is that we were still filming Mr and Mrs Smith after Jen and I split up.” More from the wide-ranging interview:
  • On Jennifer Aniston’s
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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • cigarettes • celebrity • Jennifer Aniston • Election 2008 • celebrity divorces

 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

Tobacco Crackdown Aims to Douse Smuggling Efforts

Making supply chain more transparent among goals of international talks

Oct 29, 08 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Negotiators from over 150 countries are working with the World Health Organization to shape a proposal intended to combat the global trade in illegal cigarettes, Portfolio reports. Anti-tobacco advocates say current measures are insufficient to stem the illicit production or smuggling that accounts for 11% of worldwide tobacco sales, and... More »

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cigarettes • tobacco • counterfeit • smuggler • World Health Organization • cigarette • counterfeiters • bar codes

High Court Appears Cool
to Smokers' Suit

Marlboro ads make people really inhale, lawyers tell high court

Oct 6, 08 6:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical over a lawsuit against Philip Morris cigarette ads today, McClatchy reports. A group of Maine smokers claim that ads for Marlboro Lights are deceptive, saying the company knew smokers would inhale more deeply on them and draw in more chemicals. At stake is the power... More »

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advertising • cigarettes • tobacco • Maine • tobacco companies • US Supreme Court • false advertising

 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

 House Votes to Let FDA
 Regulate Tobacco

Cigarettes would be controlled by FDA

Jul 31, 08 3:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The House passed landmark legislation yesterday to bring the tobacco industry under the regulatory control of the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA wouldn't have the power to ban cigarettes under the bill, but it could order nicotine levels in cigarettes reduced and restrict other harmful ingredients, reports the New ... More »

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Senate • White House • cigarettes • tobacco • House of Representatives • American Lung Association • nicotine • Philip Morris • American Heart Association • tobacco companies • presidential veto • Food and Drug Administration • Lorillard • Newport

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

Bloomberg, Gates Take On Smoking

Billionaires donate $375M to global anti-tobacco campaign

Jul 23, 08 1:20 PM CDT
(AP) - Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money and pouring $375 million into a global effort to cut smoking. The two philanthropists—who have a combined worth of more than $70 billion—say the new effort will target developing countries where tobacco... More »

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philanthropy • Bill Gates • smoking • cigarettes • Michael Bloomberg • billionaire • anti-smoking

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