Category Archives: Cigarette News
Duty-free cigarettes Turia’s next target
According to the latest news, New Zealand will follow Australia in reducing the duty-free cigarette allowance. Tariana Turia, Associate Health Minister, declared that she intends to cut duty-free cigarette allowance. Starting with September 1, the allowance for bringing in tobacco in Australia has been significantly reduced. The previous duty-free cigarette allowance was 250 cigarettes or 250 grams of cigars. The … Continue reading
Lindsay Lohan’s unhealthy diet: tobacco and tantrums
In recent times an American actress Lindsay Lohan is playing elegant Elizabeth Taylor in an upcoming TV film, however she is frequently noticeable to conduct herself as a heroine of “Mean Girl” this summer. It appears that Lindsay Lohan is much more likely a rioter. The star with a slim figure has invented her own “that’s so Lindsay” receipt for … Continue reading
Tax hike on small cigars among host of new Maryland laws
Now everybody in Pigtown know the recent news that taxes on cigarillos will be increased more than four-fold, to 70 cents on the dollar. Health advocates intend to take candy-flavored small cigars out of young people. Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, Maryland’s health secretary, listed the varieties he found especially designed for teenagers. Wild apple and pineapple is in that list. The … Continue reading
Health groups: Stop duty-free cigs
Health groups are intending to cut duty-free tobacco allowances for travelers. Several groups proposed to increase tobacco tax announced in the Budget – and all have called for duty-free allowances to be cut and for tobacco tax increases to be much sharper than the proposed increases of 10 % a year over the next 4 years. The groups include the … Continue reading
Hilary Duff ‘pretty bummed’ about cigarette photo
Hilary Duff, an American actress and a star of a Disney Channel, gave birth to her first kid in March. Duff named him Luca. And recently curios paparazzi released a photo, demonstrating Hilary holding a burning cigarette. The celebrity said that she is bothered with this situation because she was not smoking, but holding a cigarette for a friend. The … Continue reading
Cigar lovers hope to light fire under FDA
Nowadays tobacco stores represent a wide range of cigars – large hand-rolled cigars, small machine-made cigars, little cigars that are as cigarettes in size. All the more, there are about as many cigars as there are lovers of them. Since federal controllers weigh standards for the whole industry, some cigar smokers should assure themselves the products they enjoy don’t go … Continue reading
Cigarette Prices Increasing 6 Cents per Pack
Tobacco companies such as Altria Group Inc. and Reynolds American Inc. are going to increase the prices of cigarettes by a six-cent per-pack. However, a cigarette maker Lorillard Inc. has not followed this move, the Wall Street Journal informed. Philip Morris USA, the property of Altria and maker of Marlboro and L&M cigarettes, will bring its cigarette price increase into … Continue reading
Vitamin C improves lung function in newborns of pregnant smoking women
Women who are unable to quit smoking during pregnancy can significantly improve the lung function of their newborns by taking Vitamin C daily, according to a new study at Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. “Smoking during pregnancy is known to adversely affect the lung development of the developing baby, causing lifelong decreased lung function and an increased … Continue reading
Vogue Germany ‘s ‘Health Intiative’ Editorial Features a Woman Smoking a Cigarette
As a part of Vogue‘s new health initiative, which aims to promote healthier, more realistic body images in the pages of its magazines, all of the Vogues dedicated their June issues to health. American Vogue put Olympic athletes on its cover; French Vogue put Gisele Bundchen’s annoyingly perfect ass; British Vogue made Kate Moss into an Olympian and German Vogue … Continue reading
Smoking Costs to Jump 5 Times by 2018
Smoking in Russia will soon be more expensive, as analysts say current plans for cigarette policy will cause the price of cigarettes to jump five times higher by 2018. The average price of a pack of cigarettes would be about 145 rubles, experts from the International Tax and Investment Center said, Rossiiskaya Gazeta reported Wednesday. According to these estimates, cigarettes would take about 12 percent of the average smoker’s daily expenses and as much … Continue reading
