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Study Offers New into Insight Helping Latinos Quit Smoking
Latinos are the largest, fastest growing minority population in the country, based on U.S. Census data. Smoking prevalence among Latinos is 15.8 percent and is even higher among those who are more adapted to U.S. culture. Overall, Cubans have the highest rates of smoking, followed by American-born Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Central and South Americans, immigrant Mexicans and Dominicans. Although previous … Continue reading
Proactive telephone counseling helps increase long-term smoking cessation
Proactive telephone counseling helps smokers quit regardless of how they are recruited to a telephone quitline, according to a study published online June 10th in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Smokers who use telephone counseling quitlines may do so in response to active recruitment methods, such as physician referral or direct mail or phone calls, or passive methods, … Continue reading
Imperial Tobacco Sees Profit Impact From Spain Price Cuts
(RTTNews) – Imperial Tobacco Group Plc (ITYBY.PK: News ,IMT.L: News ) Monday said it expects adjusted operating profits from Spain for the financial year ending September 30 to decline from its previous projections due mainly to price moves in the country. The company sees a 110 million pounds ($178.63 million) reduction in adjusted operating profits from Spain, which includes 40 … Continue reading
Smoking ban looms over Summerville
The Summerville smoking ban takes effect in less than one month. In January the town council passed the ban with the then mayor Berling G. Myers as the tie breaker. In May, business owners received “smoke free” signs with their business license renewals. The ban takes effect on July 12. Chris Bauer has been running Sweetwater Café for ten years … Continue reading
The Skinny On Smoking: Why Nicotine Curbs Appetite
Scientists say they have finally figured out how smoking helps people keep off extra pounds. It turns out that nicotine activates a pathway in the brain that suppresses appetite, according to a study in the journal Science. This discovery should lead to better diet drugs, the researchers say. The finding comes after decades of research showing that smokers tend to … Continue reading
Charged because Violated Restaurant-Smoking Ban
Virginia authorities said 13 people were charged with violating the state’s restaurant smoking ban during a weekend crackdown in the Falls Church area of Northern Virginia. Responding to months of complaints, police charged nine smokers with lighting up in several Vietnamese restaurants in Eden Center. Four more people were charged with allowing smoking Kent cigs in their establishments. Falls Church … Continue reading
10 Most Popular Cigarette Brands
There are hundreds of cigarette brands that exits but some of them are very popular because of their quality assurance and other various reasons. Philip Morris International and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company are no doubt the largest manufacturers of cigarettes but what are the names of those brands that have captured the market around the world. So here is the … Continue reading
List of Celebrities That Smoke
Despite smoking becoming increasingly taboo, celebs are still caught smoking, on and off screen, on a regular basis. We’ll tell you where to find an up-to-date list of celebrities that smoke here.
Navajo President’s Smoking Ban not Enforceable
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) – Navajo President Ben Shelly cannot enforce an executive order to ban smoking in public places on the reservation, his spokeswoman said last week, easing concerns that an immediate prohibition would jeopardize a $150 million casino in Arizona. Shelly signed the order this week, saying he wanted to create a healthier environment for Navajo people who are … Continue reading
Smoking is Bad for Your Health – - Tobacco bonds will kill you
I think tobacco bonds are headed into the crapper. There’s about $56b of them out there. Most of that is either in retail hands or in bond funds that retail owns. This is likely to be a slow motion train wreck rather than something that explodes into the headlines one morning. But it will put a dent into some 401Ks. … Continue reading
