Monthly Archives: August 2011
Hookah no more?
The business model of a large proportion of Moscow bars is under threat as a proposed government ban on smoking promises to wipe out one of the most popular items on Moscow menus – the hookah pipe. The bill proposed last week by the Health and Social Development Ministry would ban smokers from all public places by 2015, with no … Continue reading
Hazards of smoking in Egypt
Smoking is a cause of miscarriage in 17 per cent of females and infertility in 13 per cent. Male smokers suffer double the rate of impotency of non-smokers. In the United States, for example, about 30 per cent of females and 35 per cent of males who are at fertile age smoke. This has led to a 25 per cent … Continue reading
Cuban cigar sales on the rise again
The dexterous fingers of Cuba’s cigar makers rolled out 81.5 million of the much sought-after smokes last year, compared with 75.4 million in 2009, according to a report released by the National Statistics Office on its Web page. Cuba’s finest tobacco leaf is grown and cured in westernmost Pinar del Rio province where the just-concluded harvest produced 25.4 million leaves, … Continue reading
Smokers won’t quit over images
The Irish Tobacco Manufacturers’ Advisory Committee (ITMAC) made the claim as it emerged five tobacco firms plan to sue the US Food and Drug administration (FDA) over a new law that will force them to place graphic health warnings on cigarette packets. The firms in question, RJ Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard Tobacco, Commonwealth Brands, Liggett Group and Santa Fe Natural Tobacco … Continue reading
Doctors aim to ban tobacco in the Vatican
Reflecting the gravity and addictiveness of the health problem, two dozen area doctors and nurses are appealing to a higher authority to curtail cigarette use. When Pope Benedict XVI visits the United States in April, they plan to come armed with a petition with thousands of names asking the pope “to declare the Vatican the world’s first country to ban … Continue reading
French Beach Smoking Ban
A small town in Provence is attracting more vacationing families by turning a stretch of sun-drenched Mediterranean seafront into what it calls the first non-smoking beach in France. Similiar limits on smoking in French cafes, bars and restaurants are gradually undoing what was once a notoriously laissez-faire attitude to smoking. Beachcombers who arrive at the “Plage Lumiere” beach pass under … Continue reading
Lindsay Lohan posing with a cigarette for BLANK magazine
No matter how much trouble Lindsay Lohan gets into she always seems to squeeze a photoshoot or two into her busy schedule of court appearances, community service and visits to her lawyer. And here are the results of her latest venture into the world of modelling. In this racy new shoot for BLANK magazine the 24-year-old actress puts her troubles … Continue reading
Detective Stole Newport Cigarettes
Late last month, a longtime Bronx detective showed up at a home in Fordham Heights around midnight, wearing a New York Police Department jacket and flashing a badge and a piece of paper he said was a search warrant, according to a criminal complaint. Once inside the home, the detective, Kyron Collins, searched widely, forcing a closet open with a … Continue reading
No Smoke in Ball Parks
Armed with health statistics about the dangers of second-hand smoke and the anti-tobacco rules of baseball’s major leagues and little leagues, Stacey Basinger has been making the rounds of local city councils asking for laws to keep smoke away from ball fields where children are playing. Basinger said she would like to see city ordinances outlawing smokers from coming within … Continue reading
Marlboro cigarettes advertisements
Marlboro is a trademark of cigarette made by Philip Morris USA (a branch of Altria) within the US, and by Philip Morris global (now separate from Altria) outside the US. It is well-known for its billboard advertisements and magazine ads of the Marlboro Man. Philip Morris, a London-based cigarette manufacturer, created a New York subsidiary in 1902 to sell several … Continue reading
