Category Archives: Cigarette Facts
Youth Smokers Choose Same Brands of Cigarettes As Adult Smokers
New York’s youth smokers are smoking the same heavily marketed brands as New York’s adults, according to a report issued by the State Health Department. The report says that about 75% of established high school smokers in New York preferred Newport, Marlboro or Camel cigarettes in 2010. “The fact that youth and adult smokers are choosing the same top three … Continue reading
Cigar Smoking Facts
Cigars gotten lots of good press in the 90′s. Many celebrities started smoking cigars in the 90s and the bad press of the cigarette companies have the dubious effect of making cigar companies look good by comparison. Nonetheless, the 1989 US Surgeon general’s report had plenty to say about the health hazards of cigars: Deaths from all types of cancer … Continue reading
Smoking reduces need for joint replacement
A study from the University of Adelaide has found men who smoke are less likely to need hip and knee replacements as they get older. The surprising findings are published in the international journal Arthritis and Rheumatism. While smoking is linked to many health problems, including lung cancer and heart disease, the study found long-term male smokers were less vulnerable … Continue reading
Why do more women in the north east smoke than men?
Health teams call a public meeting, suggest it’s more than stress from the recession and air special worries about the young. Andy Capp’s the one with the fag surely? Florrie has the curlers and the rolling pin. Such is the old image of the north east of England. But Durham university health scientists are alarmed at one way in which … Continue reading
The Facts about Cigarettes
These cigarettes smoking facts include the eye opening statistics that have been compiled from various sources. These facts can tell how smoking habit affects the non smokers, how much states earns from tobacco excise taxes and how many smokers are in U.S. There are many interesting facts about cigarette smoking that one may not know and should know.
SAR is dragged into Australian tobacco war
Hong Kong is at the forefront of a legal battle as tobacco giant Philip Morris launches legal action over Australia’s plan for plain cigarette packaging. Hong Kong-based Philip Morris Asia claims Australia will breach an investment treaty with the SAR. Under proposed legislation to cut smoking and due to take effect next year, company designs would be removed from packaging. … Continue reading
Despite warnings and health modelling, it appears smoking is still the fashion
A RASH of fashion images depicting models smoking or holding cigarettes or cigars is being investigated for possible breaches of the Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act. Quit Victoria executive director Fiona Sharkie said images produced by fashion brand Ellery and internet magazine Tangent were referred to the Department of Health and Ageing for investigation and could lead to prosecution. The act … Continue reading
Smoking Facts and Figures: A Chilling Reminder
Following the examples of countries such as Australia, Malaysia and Pakistan, the U.S. Government’s Food and Drug Administration, for the first time in 25 years, is cutting to the chase to warn consumers about the dangers of cigarette smoking. Photos of lungs ruined by cigarette smoke, a man smoking a cigarette but blowing the smoke out of a tracheotomy hole, … Continue reading
22nd Century submits IND to FDA for VLN cigarettes
22nd Century Group, Inc., a company focused on smoking cessation and tobacco harm reduction, announced today that 22nd Century Limited, LLC submitted an Investigational New Drug Application (IND) to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for X-22, a prescription smoking cessation aid in development. X-22 consists of a kit of very low nicotine (VLN) cigarettes made from 22nd Century’s … Continue reading
Obese Girls More Than Twice As Likely To Be Addicted To Smoking
Obese teenage girls are more than twice as likely as other girls to develop high-level nicotine addiction as young adults, according to a new study. Nearly 20 percent of American adolescents currently are obese, the authors note. Smoking is just one of the problematic behaviors that appeal to some teens, along with delinquency, drug use, alcohol use and early or … Continue reading
