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tobacco stories: 57 news summaries

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Clove Cigarettes Banned: Enter Clove 'Small Cigars'

FDA, importer disagree over definition of a cigarette

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

OPINION

 Flavored Cig Ban Is Silly: 
 Kids Don't Smoke Them 

What's more, FDA's claims about teen smoking are preposterous: Chapman

Sep 29, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FDA is all over the map—and all wrong—with its ban on flavored cigarettes, writes Steve Chapman. The agency touts the move against the “gateway” tobacco products, saying it will break the cycle of addiction “for the more than 3,600 young people who start smoking... More »

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FDA • tobacco • addiction • ban • teenager • 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

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

(Newser) - A falloff in demand and an end to subsidies has tobacco farmers across the country turning to the vino, the Wall Street Journal reports—farming grapes and making wine, that is. “The small-plot tobacco farmer is a thing of the past,” says a North Carolina wine official,... More »

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farming • tobacco • crops • wine industry • vineyard • winery

(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

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

Pentagon Mulls Smoking Ban
for Troops

Military smoking, especially common in combat, costly for VA

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

(Newser) - The recession—coupled with a historic increase in the federal tobacco tax—is hitting smokers pretty hard, MSNBC reports. “We had a light bill that needed to be paid, so we paid a third of it so we could have cigarette money,” said one who’s tried to... More »

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tobacco • recession • addiction • smoking cessation • cigarette • Obama administration

(AP) - President Barack Obama cited his own long struggle to quit the cigarettes he took up as a teenager as he signed the strongest-ever US anti-smoking bill today and praised it for providing needed protections for future generations. "It is a law that will save American lives," Obama said.... More »

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Congress • FDA • tobacco • legislation • nicotine • cigarette • Food and Drug Administration • anti-smoking • President Obama

OPINION

Tobacco Bill's Winners: Philip Morris, Lawyers

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

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

(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

 Senate Poised to Pass
 Tough New Tobacco Law

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

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

(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

 SF Smokers May 
 Have to Cough Up 
 for Butt Cleanup 

Mayor proposes hefty tax hike to make smokers cover litter removal

May 19, 09 5:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco's mayor believes non-smokers shouldn't have to cover the costs of cleaning up cigarette butts, the New York Times reports. Gavin Newsom has proposed a 33-cent tax on each pack of cigarettes sold, which he says will cover the $10 million a year it costs to pick up after... More »

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California • San Francisco • tobacco • littering • Gavin Newsom • cigarette tax • cigarette • cigarette sales

(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

Urine Test Predicts
Smokers' Lung Cancer Risk

Detectable chemical IDs smokers with lots to lose

Apr 20, 09 3:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A chemical detectable in urine can help predict which smokers are prone to lung cancer, NPR reports. A 10-year study of 500 smokers found that those with the highest levels of nicotine and NNAL—created as the body metabolizes tobacco—were 8.5 times more likely to develop cancer. Researchers... More »

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study • lung cancer • tobacco • nicotine • urine test • NNAL

 Consumer Prices Dip in March 

Prices drop 0.1%, despite tobacco hike

Apr 15, 09 1:18 PM CDT
(AP) - Consumer prices dipped unexpectedly in March, leaving prices over the past year falling at the fastest clip in more than a half-century. The recession is expected to keep a lid on inflation as widespread layoffs dampen wage pressures and weak demand keeps companies from raising prices. Consumer prices edged down... More »

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inflation • tobacco • price • deflation • economy • consumer price index

'Lost' Child in Anti-Smoking Ad Really Cried

Filmmakers let kid lose sight of mom to make spot more effective

Apr 3, 09 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new anti-smoking ad that shows a child crying after he loses his mother in a crowded train station portrays genuine distress, MSNBC reports. The 4-year-old—acting with his real mother—was allowed to lose sight of her for "a very brief moment," said an exec with the... More »

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child actors • tobacco • child abuse • advertisements • crying • anti-smoking • tears

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