Monthly Archives: September 2011
Foods That Can Help People to Stop Smoking Addiction
It’s hard to stop people smoking addiction actually quit smoking. Nicotine makes smoking addictiv and effects do not want to stop. But some foods can help people to stop smoking addiction. There are many ways to counter the effects of feedback, such as nicotine patches, hypnosis and some prescription drugs. But apparently not many people know that foodcan also help. … Continue reading
The Seven States Where People Can't Quit Smoking
The smoking rate in America continues to fall. The problem is especially troubling in states with high poverty rates where tobacco use can be over 25%. Mississippi, Arkansas and Kentucky have some of the highest poverty rates in the country. They are also among the seven states in the country with tobacco use exceeding 22%. West Virginia and Louisiana, which … Continue reading
Japan Tobacco: Nicotine, Yes; Radioactivity, No
Japan’s smokers can breathe easy, more or less: whatever else is in their cigarettes, there’s no radiation, according to Japan Tobacco Inc. The world’s third-largest tobacco manufacturer by sales volume said Tuesday that in order to “allay consumer concern” about the possibility of radiation contamination in cigarettes, it has been conducting tests since mid-August on the domestic cured leaf tobacco … Continue reading
British American Tobacco and illogical markets
Peaking BATS The reason for this slightly longer introduction is to set the scene for British American Tobacco (BATS.L) – a share which I know many readers will already own a slice of. Its share price has risen from around £3 to the current price of £26.66 in just 11 years. This equates to an annualised growth rate of around … Continue reading
Wrapping cigarettes in plain packaging helps remove appeal of smoking
Removing branding and wrapping cigarettes in plain packaging helps remove the appeal of smoking according to new a Cancer Research UK-funded study published in Tobacco Control. The researchers found that more women than men smoked less and found smoking less enjoyable when using the plain packs. In the first study of its kind nearly 50 young adult smokers used non … Continue reading
40 percent of all N.J. cigarettes smuggled into state illegally
About 40 percent of all cigarettes smoked in New Jersey are smuggled into the state illegally — the highest percentage of any state in the nation — resulting in a loss of more than $500 million in uncollected tax revenue each year, according to a report obtained by The Star-Ledger. The reason is hardly surprising: New Jersey levels a $2.70 … Continue reading
Smoking rates down in Canada
Canada’s smoking rate dropped to 17 percent last year – the lowest level ever recorded – from a high of 25 percent in 1999, according to a government survey released Wednesday. According to the annual Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey conducted by Statistics Canada on behalf of Health Canada, 4.7 million Canadians still smoke, but this is much fewer (500,000) … Continue reading
The Smoking Baby: Where Is He Today?
Videos of cute babies doing adorable things are a staple on YouTube, but last year, one particular baby video went viral for all the wrong reasons: It showed a Aldi, two-year-old Indonesian boy, puffing away on cigarette after cigarette as his family looked on. To date, the video has garnered more than 13 million views and provoked outrage. Would worldwide … Continue reading
Solar Cigarette Gives Smoking a Good Image on Actors Today
Smoking on movies was not a big deal during the old times. But with the increasing cases of smoking-related deaths, Hollywood limits smoking ‘incident’ on-screen. Way back when movies were still in black and white scenes, actors enjoyed on-screen smoking with their cigarettes, pipes or cigar. It was cool then and projected a ‘tough guy’ imagery to actors and sexiness … Continue reading
Health Minister proposes raising cigarette taxes
Minister for Health, Labor and Welfare Yoko Komiyama proposed Sept. 5 to raise taxes on cigarettes to help fund recovery from the March 11 disasters. “Last year I proposed raising cigarette taxes by 100 yen a year,” the minister told a news conference. “We’ve got all sorts of data that shows we could raise taxes up to the 700 yen … Continue reading
