Category Archives: Cigarette News
Why people start and stop smoking
Mike Johnston has no idea what he was thinking when he took up cigarettes at age 15 “I was definitely more impulsive back then than I am now,” said Johnston, 39, of Oakville, as he puffed away on a downtown sidewalk during a work break. “I was young and had no responsibilities. Now I have a wife and two kids.” … Continue reading
40% still off cigarettes year after tobacco tax hike
Nearly 40 percent of people who gave up smoking in response to cigarette price hikes a year ago are still nonsmokers, a survey by drugmaker Pfizer Japan Inc. showed Tuesday. One out of every three smokers quit shortly before or after Oct. 1 last year, when cigarette prices jumped by more than ¥100 per pack from around ¥300 in line … Continue reading
No Smoking Day and British Heart Foundation to merge
No Smoking Day is to merge with the British Heart Foundation in March next year in an effort to secure its future following a 50 per cent reduction in its funding due to government cuts. No Smoking Day has existed for 28 years. It offers support to thousands of local organisations such as GP surgeries and schools to arrange stop-smoking … Continue reading
Turkish tobacco manager detained in bootleg raids
Turkey’s Smuggling and Organized Crimes Department has detained 48 people, including the head of European Tobacco’s local branch, in raids across the country to combat the bootlegging of cigarettes. Turkish police had been monitoring European Tobacco’s activities and transactions of the company for almost 14 months before swooping Saturday to detain the 48, including European Tobacco board member Hulusi Kaymaz, … Continue reading
Smoking Rihanna falls foul of farmer while filming video in Northern Ireland
The 23-year-old singer was spotted having the sneaky cigarette during a break in filming the video for We Found Love, her collaboration with dance music producer Calvin Harris. And she also raised the ire of a local farmer, who deemed her choice of attire ‘inappropriate’ and said he’d never even heard of her. The clip had been filmed in a … Continue reading
Tobacco dollars dry up in county
Although there is still tobacco in the fields to be picked, Robeson County growers are already calling this year’s projected harvest the worst in a long line of disappointing yields for the crop that was once their most reliable and profitable. Once considered the golden leaf, local farming officials say that tobacco isn’t turning the same profit and is occupying … Continue reading
Bulgaria Confirms: New Owner to Resell Bulgarbatac
Russia’s second-biggest bank VTB, which recently acquired a majority stake in Bulgaria’s cigarette maker Bulgartabac, is highly likely to resell the holding’s assets, the economy minister has said, confirming earlier media reports. “This may happen any minute as the contract bans the resale of the holding in the next ten years, but does not ban a change in the ownership … Continue reading
Hair loss, divorce and smoking in women – links established
A new study showed that genetics aside, the next strongest predictor of midline (central) hair loss among women is their marital status, with the loss of a spouse (through either divorce or death) raising the risk for thinning hair above that of married or single women. “Most likely, stress is the aspect of a troubling divorce that appears to lead … Continue reading
Barcelona ratifies Qatar shirt deal, bans smoking
BARCELONA, Spain (AP)—Barcelona’s club members ratified the $230 million, five-year shirt sponsorship deal with the Qatar Foundation and voted to ban smoking at Camp Nou. The team shirt began bearing the Qatar Foundation logo this season, but the club’s general assembly needed to approve the agreement. The decision to sell advertising space on its jersey for the first time in … Continue reading
