Monthly Archives: September 2011
Smoking a Cigarette, Making a "Twenty Cigarettes" Film
TORONTO — “Don’t be fooled by the smoke,” James Benning told a sold-out audience at the Toronto International Film Festival screening of his latest film “Twenty Cigarettes.” A collection of living portraits, in which 20 smokers, all friends of his, face the camera for the time it takes to consume a cigarette, it is both an homage to Andy Warhol’s … Continue reading
Houston may ban smoking in parks
Mayor Annise Parker said she is considering banning smoking in the city’s 380 parks because of the fire dangers presented by discarded cigarettes. “This drought is a crisis situation,” Parker said. ”I am leaning toward a ban on smoking cigarettes, pipes, cigars – a ban on smoking in city parks. But what I want first is Houstonians to understand why … Continue reading
Minister plans cigarette machine ban
The DUP minister hopes to introduce the vending machine ban by 1 February 2012 with changes to tobacco sales regulations expected to take place next Spring. He said: “Despite all the available evidence on the harm caused by smoking, hundreds of children and young people are still taking up this life-limiting habit each year. “By removing displays of cigarettes from … Continue reading
Hookah ban starts today in Utah
The Utah Health Department’s Indoor Clean Air Act went into effect, September 12, 2011. This law’s goal is to eliminate the exposure to secondhand smoke in indoor public places. Areas such as worksites, restaurants, and health care settings are already required to be smoke-free spaces. The Utah Indoor Clean Air Act (UICAA) creates a greater number of places that are … Continue reading
Difficulties in quitting associated with sex and substance abuse
No prospective studies of first psychotic episodes have explored sex differences in smoking cessation. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of sex and substance abuse on smoking cessation during an 8-year follow-up of patients after a first psychotic episode. Logistic regression modeling was used to identify factors associated with smoking cessation by sex. To explore for … Continue reading
Smoking ban gets prisoners moving
Prisoners have taken up exercise, carrot sticks and dried nuts since a nationwide smoking ban at prisons began. In the first two months of the ban, which has cost the health system more than $1 million, only 30 prisoners from a total of about 8700 had been caught smoking, the Corrections Department said yesterday. In the same period, 353 items … Continue reading
Altadis begins a campaign to raise awareness against illegal cigarettes in Andalusia
Altadis has launched an awareness campaign in Andalusia to inform and warn consumers of tobacco of “serious consequences” to participate in the purchase of illegal tobacco. Under the motto “not you her play with the illegal tobacco”, the campaign is an information initiative focused directly on the consumer to make you understand the risks and implications of this trade, said … Continue reading
China Kangtai Cactus to Enter German Tobacco Market
China Kangtai Cactus Biotech Inc., a vertically integrated grower, developer, manufacturer and marketer of a variety of cactus-based products in China, announced today that it has signed sales agreements with Apollo Duty Free Shop GMBH and Tobosst Duty Free Shop GMBH, two of the biggest duty-free stores in Frankfurt, to sell Kangtai’s cactus-based “Sheng Cao” cigarettes in Germany. The company … Continue reading
FDA Defends Graphic Labels against Cigarette Companies’ Lawsuit
Responding to a lawsuit filed by five of the nation’s largest cigarette manufacturers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration filed Friday to block any delay to new regulations requiring graphic warning labels on cigarette packages. The tobacco companies are suing the agency in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, claiming that the new labels cross the line from … Continue reading
Stop smoking – improve your personality
Young people who quit smoking show improvements in their personalities, says a researcher at the University of Missouri-Columbia, mainly in the areas of being impulsive and neurotic. “The data indicate that for some young adults smoking is impulsive,” said Andrew Littlefield, a doctoral student in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the university. “That means that 18-year-olds are acting without … Continue reading
