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Tobacco Use and Stress
People who work long hours are likely to become more stressful and indulge in unhealthy behaviors such as snacking, smoking and drinking caffeine. Stress disrupts people’s normal habits. For example they become opt for harmful high fat and high sugar snacks in favor to healthier food choices. Also people under stress eat less than usual in their main meals including … Continue reading
US Surgeon General lies by omission: Smoking one cigarette can kill you? Seriously?
In what can only be called a bizarre leap of pseudoscience, U.S. Surgeon General Dr Regina M. Benjamin recently announced that smoking one cigarette can kill you. In fact, she says, just breathing in the smoke from someone else’s cigarette can kill you, she claims. It’s all part of a just-released report entitled A Report of the Surgeon General: How … Continue reading
Lorillard profit rises 11% on higher prices
Lorillard Inc.’s second-quarter earnings rose 11% as the cigarette maker’s sales benefited from increased volume and higher selling prices. The No. 3 U.S. cigarette producer by revenue dominates the market for menthol cigarettes, which are increasingly popular with adolescents and young adults, though overall smoking rates have declined. Bigger rivals Altria Group Inc. (MO) and Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) last … Continue reading
Is Catherine Zeta-Jones' Smoking Putting Michael Douglas at Risk?
Photos that appeared in the U.K.’s Daily Mail showed actors Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas vacationing in Europe aboard a yacht, and in one, Zeta-Jones holds a cigarette while Douglas walks alongside her. The photo has kicked up its share of controversy about whether such close proximity to a smoker is risky for the 66-year-old actor, who recently underwent treatment … Continue reading
Smoking Celebrities
The life of celebrities is all about their looks. They have to make impression on people or they are not going to be famous. In the beginning of last century smoking was a part of good look: it was a habit of rich and famous, so many picked it up. Times changed, cigarettes do not make impression on people, but … Continue reading
Smoking rates for California’s adults hit historic low while local rates remain high
A new state report shows that the rate of smoking among California’s adults has hit an all-time low, while Lake County’s adult smoking rate is nearly twice the state average, which the county health officer called a “glaring problem.” California Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ron Chapman issued the report late last week, drawing the data from the Centers … Continue reading
Queen Street Mall smoking ban from September 1
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk will announce that September 1 will herald the start of a smoke-free mall which was first flagged by his predecessor Campbell Newman last November. Under the ban, smokers will face a $200 fine if they are caught lighting up in the mall. Up to 900,000 people frequent the mall each week and a 2010 survey found … Continue reading
Cigarettes no longer No. 1 seller in commissaries
Cheese has overtaken cigarettes as the top selling item category in military commissaries, another milestone in the long slide of tobacco sales in those venues.By the end of April, cheese had edged out cigarettes with $106 million worth of sales in the previous 52 weeks, compared with $105 million for cigarettes, data from the Defense Commissary Agency show.Cigarette dollar sales … Continue reading
Smoking Ban Considered in San Marcos
A couple dozen people turned out for the City of San Marcos’ first open house meeting about a possible smoking ban ordinance in bars and restaurants Monday. The open house was held at the city’s activity center. Citizens were asked to visit several stations set-up at the event to give their input. The city is looking to get a few … Continue reading
Earnings Preview: Altria Group Inc.
Altria Group Inc., owner of the biggest U.S. cigarette maker, Philip Morris USA, is expected to show rising profit when it reports its second-quarter results before the stock market opens Wednesday, even though Americans are still buying fewer cigarettes in the face of tax increases and rising health concerns. WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Whether Marlboro, the top-selling U.S. cigarette brand, … Continue reading
