Monthly Archives: September 2011
Smoking ban in parks remains in effect during ACL Fest
Don’t light up during the Austin City Limits Music Festival. That’s the word from the city’s parks department, which has prohibited smoking in all city parks as part of a burn ban brought on by extreme drought. The ban, put in place in April, includes Zilker Park, site of this weekend’s three-day ACL Fest. There’s not much officials can do, … Continue reading
£25,000 counterfeit tobacco seized in Cornwall
More than 125kg of raw tobacco found in black bin liners is believed to a street value in excess of £25,000. Trading Standards said the money made from sales of illegal tobacco is often used to fund serious organised crime. Martin Fisher, from Cornwall’s Trading Standards, said: “We’d advise smokers not to be tempted by cheap tobacco as they don’t … Continue reading
Lawyer confirms Philip Morris a former client
The lawyer of 2 petitioners who asked a local court to stop a Metro Manila public smoking ban confirmed Thursday that Philip Morris is a former client of his law firm. Lawyer Luis Gregorio Jesus de la Paz said his law firm, Gonzales Batiller David Leabres Reyes & Associates, worked for Philip Morris Inc. as a consultant before the tobacco … Continue reading
Kelly Rowland gets tough with "X Factor" category: "No alcohol, no smoking"
Kelly Rowland has placed a smoking, drinking and partying ban on her X Factor category. The Destiny’s Child star has been filming the Judges’ Houses stage of the competition in Miami, where she was aided by former American Idol contestant and Oscar-winning star Jennifer Hudson. Determined to see one of her singers triumph, Kelly Rowland told The Sun that she … Continue reading
New Online Tobacco Cessation Tool Available in Kansas
The Kansas Tobacco Quitline recently added an online tobacco cessation counseling service, Web Coach®. The online service available at www.QuitNow.net/Kansas provides counseling and support materials based on individuals’ readiness to quit tobacco use. The program, which is free to Kansas residents, will help tobacco users create an easy-to-follow quitting plan that will help them prepare, take action and live without … Continue reading
Stephen Fry names cigarette lighter as greatest ever gadget
Stephen Fry has named the cigarette lighter as the greatest ever gadget. The iPad, iPhone and Nintendo Wii join the kettle, karaoke machine and many more gadgets, gizmos and gewgaws in Channel 4′s 100 Greatest Gadgets last night. National treasure, Blackadder-botherer and Steve Jobs fan Fry believes the cigarette lighter gives us a power that for centuries eluded our ancestors, … Continue reading
500,000 cigarettes for a 40-by-15 foot “Tiger Carpet”
Xu Bing, one of China’s best-known contemporary artists, didn’t think it would be hard to get materials for an exhibit about tobacco in a city whose ties to the leaf run long and deep. His installation opened over the weekend at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. It explores the history, culture, and links between the tobacco industries in the … Continue reading
Sales Volume of Chinese Cigarettes Reached 1.19445 Trillion H1 of 2009, Rising by 3.6% YOY
From January to June of 2009, China sold 23.889 million chests of cigarettes (1.19445 trillion cigarettes) in total, rising by 3.6% YOY. In the first half of 2009, Chinese cigarette sales volume was increased by 841,000 chests (42.05 billion cigarettes) YOY. Compared with the same period of the last year, the growth volume was reduced by 51,000 chests and the … Continue reading
Ukrainian Health Ministry proposes all forms of tobacco advertising be banned
The Ministry of Health of Ukraine proposes all forms of tobacco advertising be prohibited, the ministry’s press service has said. “On 4 Sept., 2011 five years had passed since the coming into force for Ukraine of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the world’s first international treaty on public health, which was unanimously approved on May 21, … Continue reading
Church hosts former tobacco exec to talk about going smoke free
About 100 people turned out to event hoping to ash out smoking. The Mason Temple Church of God and Smoke Free Horry held an event Saturday morning. A crowd listened to gospel music and speakers talk about the dangers of smoke and second hand smoke. “Here in this community a lot of people are affiliated with faith communities so we … Continue reading
