Tobacco

An Open Letter To The California Hispanic Chambers Of Commerce

Felix Aguilar | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Lung Cancer, Smoking, Tobacco, US Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Smoking Ban, Latino Voices News

Each year, 36,600 adults in California die from smoking. These aren't just numbers, rather they represent someone's father, mother, brother, sister or friend. These families will never be the same after experiencing a preventable loss.

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Taxing Tobacco: Clearing Some Smoke, or, Vote Yes on California Proposition 29

Steve Heilig | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Tobacco Tax, California Proposition 29, Tobacco, Smoking Tax, Proposition 29, Cigarette Tax, Smoking Ban, San Francisco News

From a public (and private) health point of view, as well as economically, Proposition 29 should be a slam dunk.

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Flame Retardant Industry: Using Tobacco Industry Tactics to Promote the Asbestos of Our Time

Michael Green | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Environment, Big Tobacco, Asbestos, Tobacco, Fire Retardants, Health, Flame Retardant Chemicals, Chicago Tribune, Flame Retardants, Fire Retardant Chemicals, Green News

The Chicago Tribune found that the three leading makers of fire retardant chemicals have for decades used deception and phony "citizen's groups" to mislead the public, legislators and regulators about the efficacy and safety of their products.

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The Charade Is Over: Tribune Series Reveals Chemical Industry Lies Like Tobacco

Andy Igrejas | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Safe Chemicals Act, Tobacco, Chemicals, Dow Chemical, American Chemistry Council, Green News

Our current chemical safety policy amounts to an honor system and it's now perfectly clear that too many of these companies simply have no honor. It is past time for Congress to pass the Safe Chemicals Act by Senator Lautenberg.

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Big Guns Behind Kansas Smokeless Tobacco Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Lung Cancer, Big Tobacco, Video, Cigarettes, American Cancer Society, Kansas Politics, Julie Hein, Tobacco Cancer, Paul Davis, Smokeless Tobacco, RJ Reynolds, Ron Hein, Chewing-Tobacco-Cancer, Tobacco, Derek Hein, Sean-Gatewood, Oral Cancer, Politics News

Kansas lawmakers are considering a resolution that would require state health officials to conduct a study about the health effects of smokeless tobac...

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Do Anti-Tobacco Ads Work? Ask a 'Neural Focus Group'

Wray Herbert | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Smoking, Behavior Change, Tobacco, Anti-Tobacco Ads Success, Anti-Tobacco Ads, Anti-Smoking Ads Success, Anti-Smoking Ads, Science News

Wouldn't it be helpful to have a simple, objective assessment of anti-tobacco messages, one that predicts how large numbers of people will respond? Well, psychological scientists are working on just that, and indeed may have identified a neurological predictor of mass behavior change.

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Soon Your Cigarettes May Be Traced

Reuters | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Video, Smuggling, Tobacco Smuggling, 2005 Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Reuters, World Health Organisation, Big Tabacco, Who, Tobacco, Corporate Accountability International, Business News

* WHO accord would set up track and tracing system for cigarettes * Smuggling robs states of up to $50 bln in lost taxes annually ...

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The Government's Latest Anti-Smoking Idea

AP | MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Tobacco Companies, Video, Cigarettes, New FDA Tobacco Regulation, FDA Tobacco Companies, FDA Tobacco, FDA Tobacco Regulation, Tobacco, FDA Tobacco Company, Cigarette Smoking, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Tobacco companies will be required to report the levels of dangerous chemicals found in cigarettes, chew and other products under the la...

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Native American Inmates Challenge Prison Tobacco Ban

Associated Press | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Prison Tobacco Ban, Native Americans, Native American Religion, Video, Religion in Prison, Tobacco, South Dakota, Religion News

The Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – A Lakota traditional healer is arguing that tobacco is an integral part of Native American religiou...

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One City May Ban Smoking In Private Homes

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Rental Housing Association of Sacramento Valley, Video, Smoking, Michael Bloomberg, Smoking Ban, Camel, The Daily Mail, Sacramento, Tobacco, Dissolvable Tobacco, Business News

Some residents of one California town may soon be banned from smoking in their own homes. The City Council of Elk Grove, California is considering...

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Bloomberg Gives Asia $220 Million To Stop Smoking

AP | CRISTIAN SALAZAR | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Mayor Bloomberg, Smoking, Ny News, Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg Philanthropies, World Tobacco Control, Bloomberg-Smoking-Ban, Tobacco, New York News, New York News

NEW YORK — Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire who has made reducing smoking one of his signature causes as mayor of New York City, is committing...

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Obsession With Tobacco Turns Into Art

Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Winston Churchill, Obsession, Video, Cultura, Cohiba Cigars, Obsessed, Slidepollajax, Hispanic Heritage, Janio Nunez, Tobacco, Cuba, Latino Voices News

Janio Núñez worked as a "torcedor" or cigar-roller in Cuba for many years until one day his craft became a little more than just a job. "I saw m...

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Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults

Sec. Kathleen Sebelius | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Youth, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Kathleen Sebelius, US Surgeon General, Health and Human Services, Tobacco, Surgeon General, Anti-Smoking Laws, Smoking, Personal Health, Children Smoking, Children Tobacco Use, Kids Tobacco Use, Youth Smoking, Youth Tobacco Use, Children's Health, Healthy Living News

Over the last three years, we've made significant strides in our fight against tobacco, and our efforts are paying off. But today's report is an important reminder to our nation that we have a lot more work to do to make tobacco death and disease part of our past.

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Six Ways You're Overspending On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Health Care Costs, Alcohol, Generic Drugs, Prescription Drugs, Health Insurance, Obesity, Tobacco, Health Care, Personal Finance, Radiation, Money News

There's no way around it: Health care costs a fortune. Insurance premiums, drug prices, the cost of doctor visits and hospital bills are getting b...

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Some States Using Funds From Foreclosure Deal To Close Budget Gaps

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Mortgages, Video, Wisconsin, Foreclosure Crisis, Jay Nixon, Freddie Mac, Mortgage Settlement, Scott Walker, Borrowers, Missouri, Mortgage Crisis, Fannie Mae, Foreclosure, Homeowners, Tobacco Settlement, Tobacco, Business News

Well, that was fast. Two states have already announced that they won't be using all of their share of the $25 billion allocated in Thursday's hist...

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Not Your Father's Drug Prevention Program

Kevin A. Sabet, Ph.D. | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Marijuana, Alcohol, Drug Czar, Drugs, Substance Abuse, Tobacco, Drug Prevention, Drug Policy, Politics News

The Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America will welcome more than 2,500 delegates from across the country for the 22nd Annual National Leadership Forum in National Harbor, MD, just outside Washington. And they have a lot to show for their more than two-decades of work.

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What Ancient Flask Reveals About Mayans

LiveScience | Remy Melina | Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: Mayan Drugs, Nicotine, Ancient Mayan, Smoking, Mesoamerica, Mexico, Ancient Tobacco, Kislak, Physical Evidence, Flask, Library of Congress, Late Classic, Pottery, Ancient Drugs, Mayan Tobacco, Tobacco, Science News

By Remy Melina (Click here for original article on LiveScience.) Traces of nicotine discovered in a Mayan flask dating back more than 1,000 yea...

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City: Light Smokers Die Too

Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Ny News, Michael Bloomberg, New York Smoking, Anti-Smoking, Light Smokers, New York News, Tobacco, New York City Department of Health, New York News

Bloomberg's next conquest in his crusade against smoking? Light smokers. That's right, Ms. "I only smoke when I'm drunk" or Mr. "I like a cigarette af...

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We Can't Afford to Wait to Regulate Tobacco

Dan Smith | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Big Tobacco, Cigarettes, Smoking, Fda, Cancer, Tobacco, Smoking Cancer, Tobacco Regulation, Politics News

More than 40 years following the first surgeon general's report linked smoking to cancer, a simple list of ingredients is still not required for tobacco products.

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Amid Budget Woes, State Funding For Tobacco Prevention At Lowest Level Since 1999

AP | By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Cigarette Prevention, Tobacco Prevention, Public Health, Big Tobacco, Video, Budget Deficit, Tobacco, State Funding for Tobacco Prevention, State Funding, Business News

RICHMOND, Va. -- States have cut funding for tobacco prevention programs 12 percent this year, to the lowest level since 1999, according to a new repo...

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Joining the Ranks of Former Smokers

Dr. Howard K. Koh | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Quitting Smoking, Tobacco, Smoking, Great American Smokeout, Impact News

This may be the perfect time to join the growing ranks of Americans -- approximately 50 million -- who have quit smoking and regained a fighting chance for health.

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Obama Scolds Tobacco Companies Over Contentious Fight

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: White House Web Video, White House, Video, Smoking, Cigarettes, President Barack Obama, Health, Cigarette Warnings, Barack Obama 2012, Tobacco, Barack Obama Smoking, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama – pronounced tobacco-free in his latest medical checkup – has tough words for cigarette makers. ...

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Cigarette Perfidy

Edward Flattau | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Judge Leon, Tobacco, Cigarettes, Cigarette Warning Labels, Politics News

In granting tobacco companies a delay in complying with a government order to put graphic anti-smoking images on cigarette packs, Federal District Court Judge Richard Leon sought mightily to make a case for industry. His problem -- industry doesn't have a case.

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Australia Ready To Fight Big Tobacco In Court For World's Toughest Cigarette Promotion Laws

AP | By ROD McGUIRK | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Tobacco Legislation, Big Tobacco, Tobacco, Australia, Australia Big Tobacco, Video, World News

CANBERRA, Australia -- The Australian government said Thursday it is ready to fight big tobacco companies in court to enact the world's toughest laws ...

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Playing With the Enemy

John Jackson | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Nyu, Tobacco, Activism, Burma, Burma Human Rights, Burma Corporations, Burma Government, Burma Dictator, Burma General, Impact News

Having fun with your activism is a crucial strategy to having impact. It not only helps you enjoy your work, it attracts attention, recruits support and cuts through your opponents defenses.

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