Category Archives: Cigarette Facts
Japanese Smoking Culture Proves Hard To Snuff Out
For generations of Japanese, smoking has been all but synonymous with manhood and hard work. During Japan’s high-growth period in the 1960s, the smoking rate for males topped 80 percent, twice as high as the rate during America’s smoking heyday. In a country that’s so tobacco friendly, it’s no wonder anti-smoking initiatives have trouble gaining traction. That’s despite the estimated … Continue reading
Jennifer Aniston and Other Celebrities That Quit Smoking
Jennifer Aniston wants everyone to know that she hasn’t gained weight because she’s pregnant – the actress has been packing on the pounds because she quit smoking. So did she do it for new beaux Justin Theroux? Maybe, but there’s always the chance that she tossed her cigs because she’s hoping to get pregnant and wants her body to be … Continue reading
The Mirror reveals top ten smoking football players
10. Socrates The legendary Brazilian captain and World Cup winner got through two packets of cigarettes a day during his playing career and continued to smoke after he retired. He’s now a medical doctor. 9. Gazza and Teddy Sheringham In the run up to Euro ’96 both Gazza and Teddy Sheringham were spotted with tabs on the go. We suspect … Continue reading
Are Americans Smoking Fewer Cigarettes?
The number of Americans who smoke a pack of cigarettes per day or more has dropped significantly, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. This great a decline in smoking prevalence was last seen in a Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health in 1964. In 1965, 56 percent of adult smokers consumed 20 … Continue reading
Art Spiegelman on MetaMaus and How He Needs a Cigarette
Art Spiegelman needs a cigarette. He needs about 30 Camel Blue cigarettes a day, to be precise, but at the moment he needs just one, so we are sitting in the Roof Garden at the Soho House while he exhales onto our already-quite-smoggy city. Whether he will be able to smoke is a decisive factor in everywhere that he goes, … Continue reading
Five films that children might be banned from viewing if smoking attracted an 18 certificate
The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-2003) Gandalf the wizard has a huge fondness for smoking tobacco through a pipe in Peter Jackson’s fantasy trilogy based on the novels by JRR Tolkien (himself a keen smoker). Hobbits Pippin and Merry also enjoy a puff of the Shire’s finest pipe-weed. 101 Dalmations (1996) Glenn Close’s Cruella DeVille (via a sleek 20s-style … Continue reading
“After Tobacco” book: what would happen if Americans stopped smoking
The number of New Yorkers who smoke dropped to an all-time low of 14 percent this year, Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced late last week. That’s down from 22 percent in 2002 and translates into 450,000 fewer adult New Yorkers who smoke than did a decade ago. The New York drop mirrors a nationwide decline, where smoking rates have fallen by … Continue reading
Heavy drinking + smoking = fire risk
Heavy drinkers may die needlessly in house fires that would otherwise have been escapable, researchers in Australia suggest. Lead researcher Dorothy Bruck of Victoria University in Melbourne examined coroners’ records for 95 fire victims and found that 58 percent had positive results on blood-alcohol tests – often with very high alcohol levels. The intoxicated victims were less likely than sober … Continue reading
Smokers don't make better lovers
Men who successfully stopped smoking improved on lab measurements of sexual health more than those who relapsed after a quit-smoking program. The findings show that smoking may be affecting the sexual health of men who consider themselves perfectly alright in the bedroom — and not just those with impotence, researchers say. “With younger men, the risks of smoking in that … 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
