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 More Americans Smoking 

Rates tick up slightly after holding steady for 5 years

Nov 12, 09 8:29 PM CST
(Newser) - The number of smokers has ticked up a notch after five years of decline or holding steady. The percentage of Americans who light up rose from 19.8% in 2007 to 20.6% in 2008, a CDC report says. The longer-term picture is better: Since 1998, the percentage has dropped... More »

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smoking • smoking cessation • cigarette • anti-smoking • CDC

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 Cigarette Butts Are 
 Toxic Waste: Study 

Cigarette-soaked water kills fish

Nov 9, 09 5:30 PM CST
(Newser) - The chemicals in cigarette butts are lethal to fish, and the finding is bolstering researchers who want coffin nails classified as toxic waste. San Diego State University researchers submerged filters from smoked cigarettes in tanks of water for 24 hours, then added fish. Within 5 days, half the fish died.... More »

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pollution • smoking • ocean • fish • carcinogens • toxic waste • cigarette

Man Jailed for Encouraging 3-Year-Old
to Smoke

Dumb joke in UK
earns him 18 months

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

 NYC Seeks Smoking Ban for Parks, Beaches

Smokers grumble over plan to make outdoors virtually smoke-free

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

(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

 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

 Utah Considers Caffeine Tax 

Legislators consider tithing both soda and coffee

Mar 13, 09 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - After seeing multiple proposals to raise the tax on cigarettes fail, one Utah legislator has set his sights on another addictive substance: caffeine. Rep. Craig Frank has initiated a yearlong study on the impact of such a tax, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. If it can fly anywhere, Utah might... More »

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taxes • coffee • caffeine • Utah • soda • cigarette tax • cigarette • Bill Maher Grid

 Stroke Survivor Kim Puffs Away 

Despite strict anti-smoking laws, North Korean leader takes a drag

Feb 26, 09 7:33 AM CST
(AP) - President Obama isn't the only world leader with a less-than-consistent message about smoking. Despite his reported stroke last August, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il was recently photographed puffing on a cigarette during a recent tour of a tobacco factory, reports the AP. One photo shown on North Korean state television... More »

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Florida Jury Awards $8M
to Smoker's Family

Philip Morris vows to appeal verdict

Feb 18, 09 5:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Philip Morris must pay $8 million to the widow and son of a 55-year-old lung cancer victim, a Florida jury says. Jurors in the closely watched case decided that the cigarette maker hid the health risks and addictive qualities of cigarettes, the Miami Herald reports. Stuart Hess smoked about two... More »

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smoking • tobacco • Philip Morris • civil lawsuits • tobacco companies • cigarette

Supreme Court OKs Lawsuits Over 'Light' Cigarettes

State laws allow for legal action for alleged deceptive marketing

Dec 15, 08 10:22 AM CST
(AP) - The Supreme Court ruled today that lawsuits may proceed against tobacco companies for allegedly deceptive marketing of “light” cigarettes. In a 5-4 split won by the court’s liberals, the court said smokers may use state consumer-protection laws to sue over such promotional methods. The decision was at odds... More »

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label • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • false advertising • cigarette

'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

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

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

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

'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

 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

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