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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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OPINION

To Court Blue-Collar
Vote, Light Up

Fellow Nicorette user urges Obama to take up smoking again

Jun 17, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Everyone has ideas about how Barack Obama can attract the working-class white voters that eluded him in the primaries. Author Tony Horwitz goes for the throat: Start smoking again. West Virginia and Kentucky, where Hillary Clinton clobbered Obama, lead the nation in cigarette consumption among whites, and lighting up could... More »

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Barack Obama • smoking • tobacco • working class • cigarette • working-class vote • white voters

Smoking Deaths Rocket in India

Study predicts 1 million will die annually from tobacco-related illnesses

Feb 14, 08 11:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Tobacco use is the smoking gun in 900,000 deaths annually in India, and the numbers are on the rise as the nation grapples with its epidemic-scale cigarette addiction, reports the BBC. At least 1 million Indians will die annually from smoking-related illnesses in the next decade unless the nation... More »

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India • smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • public health • smoking cessation

WHO Pushes Governments to Battle Smoking

Developing countries most at risk, can least afford measures

Feb 7, 08 4:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Aiming to slash the 5.4 million tobacco-related deaths worldwide per year, the World Health Organization today called on governments everywhere to discourage smoking, the Wall Street Journal reports. As it stands, only 5% of countries have programs working to curb the habit, such as advertising bans and warning labels.... More »

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smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • public health • nicotine • smoking ban • World Health Organization • international governments

Smoking Pot Rots Your Teeth

On the plus side, you'll feel pretty mellow about it

Feb 6, 08 8:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Smoking pot might give you the munchies—and then take away the pearly whites you need to satisfy them, a new study finds. New Zealand researchers have found that regularly smoking marijuana causes increasingly severe gum disease, with one in four heavy smokers with chronic periodontal disease by the age... More »

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drugs • smoking • tobacco • marijuana • cannabis • teeth • gum disease • periodontal disease

Germans to Ex-Chancellor: Yes, We Mind

Schmidt, 89, defies
new smoking ban,
lights up in public

Jan 25, 08 3:30 PM CST
(Newser) - German anti-smoking groups are fuming over photos of ex-chancellor Helmut Schmidt lighting up in a Hamburg theater in defiance of a ban on smoking in public places. Schmidt and his wife—"aged a lung-cancer-defying 89 and 88, respectively," Der Spiegel reports— face an investigation after an anti-smoking group... More »

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Germany • smoking • tobacco • smoking ban • Helmut Schmidt • Loki Schmidt

Anti-Smoking Poster Boy Still Lights Up

'I'm afraid to quit' despite amputation, heart attacks, stroke

Jan 12, 08 7:26 PM CST
(Newser) - New Yorkers have grown to know Skip Legault's face well from anti-smoking ads in the subway and on TV over the past few weeks. A smoker since he was eight, Legault has lost a leg to blood clots, suffered two heart attacks in his twenties, and had a debilitating stroke.... More »

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health • heart disease • smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • smoking cessation • amputation

Smoking Linked to Diabetes Risk

Heavy puffers saw
61% risk increase

Dec 12, 07 1:13 PM CST
(Newser) - The list of ways smoking can kill you got a bit longer today, reports the BBC. Smokers have a 44% higher chance of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study shows, and that risk rises yet higher for heavy smokers, up to 61%. “The relevant question should no longer... More »

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diabetes • smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • research • type 2 diabetes

Joe Camel Ads Look Bad for Tobacco Giant

8 states sue over Rolling Stone insert;
RJ Reynolds faces $100M in fines

Dec 4, 07 5:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Eight states are suing RJ Reynolds, alleging that an ad for Camel cigarettes in Rolling Stone last month violates a 1998 agreement not to use cartoons in advertising cigarettes. The states seek $100 for every magazine distributed and for every hit on the tobacco giant's associated website, the AP reports.... More »

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California • tobacco • Rolling Stone • Pennsylvania • lawsuit • advertisements • tobacco companies • RJ Reynolds • Camel

Smoking Rate No Longer Falling

Activists say White House is asleep at the switch

Nov 8, 07 5:35 PM CST
(Newser) - After falling steadily for more than 40 years, smoking rates have steadied since 2004, according to CDC data released today. About 20% of Americans currently smoke, and experts are concerned. "Smoking is the biggest cause of preventable disease we have, and we need to bring down the rates as... More »

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smoking • tobacco

Cancer Society Takes on Health Care Policy

Ads will focus on inadequate insurance, effect on prevention

Aug 31, 07 1:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The American Cancer Society’s next ad campaign won’t tackle the tobacco wars or advocate mammograms, the Times reports. Instead, the group will devote its entire $15 million ad budget to the nation’s health care crisis. The move follows recent research linking detection delays with lack of... More »

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cancer • health care • health • American Cancer Society • tobacco • mammogram • American Heart Association • American Diabetes Association • Alzheimers Association • American Medical Association

Tobacco Giant Plans Spinoff of Overseas Arm

Philip Morris unit, less vulnerable to lawsuits, can focus on growth

Aug 29, 07 4:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Altria, the world's largest tobacco company, wants to break its Philip Morris International unit off from its US counterpart, Bloomberg reports, to pursue greater overseas growth while insulating it from health-related US lawsuits. "Tobacco is growing overseas, while in the US it's in decline, making a reasonable argument for... More »

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smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • Altria • Philip Morris • Marlboro

Smoking Clouds Workplace Productivity

Lighting up means poorer health, poorer work, researchers say

Aug 16, 07 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Employees who smoke also call in sick more frequently and demonstrate poorer productivity, to the tune of $92 billion in annual losses, a Swedish researcher says. All that huddling by the loading dock translates to startling hard numbers, CareerBuilder.com reports: In a study of 14,000 workers, smokers took,... More »

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health • work • smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • employment

House Passes Health Plan for 4M More Kids

Dems take step toward universal coverage over GOP objections

Aug 2, 07 4:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The House has passed a sweeping expansion of the Children’s Health Insurance Program that will extend covered to 4 million uninsured kids using revenue from cigarette taxes and cuts in subsidies to private Medicare plans. The bill, which was approved 225-204, is a step toward universal coverage over Republican... More »

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Congress • Democrats • Republican • health insurance • taxes • Medicare • cigarettes • tobacco • children • House of Representatives • Jim McDermott

Tobacco Used in Cancer Vaccine

Scientists who developed HPV vaccine work on a cheaper version—±±

Jul 30, 07 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - The same researchers who developed Gardasil—the vaccine that can prevent cervical cancer—have genetically engineered tobacco plants to produce a cheaper version of the vaccine. The new drug, designed for distribution in India and other poor countries, would cost $3 for three doses, as opposed to $360 for Gardasil,... More »

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cancer • cancer vaccine • HPV • cervical cancer • Gardasil • tobacco • vaccine

FDA to Regulate Cigarettes

Congress set to pass law to give feds power over toxic ingredients

Jul 26, 07 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Congress is set to pass a law today that will give the federal FDA the same power over tobacco it has over drugs and medical devices. Identical bills in both houses, hailed by the American Lung Association as a "win for public health," would allow the government to... More »

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FDA • cigarettes • tobacco • Phillip Morris • American Lung Association • medical devices • tar • nicotine • American Medical Association

England Douses Public Smoking

New law clears the air in enclosed spaces

Jul 1, 07 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The English ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces, including bars, workplaces, and public buildings, went into effect at 6am today. The effort to improve indoor air quality and inconvenience some smokers into quitting will cause grumbling, says the country's chief medical officer, but "on the whole, the majority... More »

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health • United Kingdom • smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • England • David Hockney • secondhand smoke • smoking ban

MPAA Snuffs Onscreen Smoking

Flicks with cancer
sticks will draw
tougher rating

May 11, 07 5:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cigarette and cigar smoking will be considered alongside violence, profanity, nudity, and drug use in assigning ratings, the MPAA announced yesterday. Any film that glamorizes the habit or features lighting up outside of "an historic  or other mitigating context "could face a box-office-busting R.  More »

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film • MPAA • smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • Motion Picture Association of America • audiences • smoking ban • movie industry • movies

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