By Andrew Zajac, Bloomberg News Altria Group Inc. (MO), Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) and other tobacco companies agreed with the U.S. on how they will publicize admissions that they deceived the American public on the dangers of smoking. The companies and the Justice Department resolved that “corrective statements” will appear in the print and online editions of newspapers and on television […]
By Editorial Board, Washington Post FIFTY YEARS on, the war on smoking can look back and claim a huge victory. Nearly half of the country used to smoke. Now less than a fifth of the country does. Some say that public health advocates have done enough; let those who still choose to light up, disproportionately from […]
By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM, AP Tobacco Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The nation’s tobacco companies and the federal government have reached an agreement on publishing corrective statements that say the companies lied about the dangers of smoking and requires them to disclose smoking’s health effects, including the death on average of 1,200 people a day. The agreement […]
By Diane Miller, High Plains Reader, Fargo Sales of electronic cigarettes are expected to reach $1.7 billion this year. Many smokers are turning to this odor-free, vapor-releasing instrument as a safer alternative to cigarettes, but many health experts are skeptical. HPR turned to local e-cig expert Dr. Brody Maack from Family HealthCare to answer a […]
ND Center for Tobacco Prevention & Control Policy January 11 is the 50th anniversary of the landmark Surgeon General’s report that first linked smoking as a cause of lung cancer. North Dakota’s Center for Tobacco Prevention and Control Policy (the Center) and other tobacco prevention groups across the country are using the anniversary to note […]
By Nick Smith, Bismarck Tribune Members of an interim legislative committee heard testimony about tobacco prevention efforts on reservations throughout the state Wednesday. The interim Health Services Committee heard from health department officials as well as tribal leaders and tobacco prevention coordinators from on and off the state’s reservations. Krista Fremming, Tobacco Prevention and Control Program […]
Nation Challenged to Cut Smoking Rates to Under 10 Percent in 10 Years and Protect All Americans from Secondhand Smoke within 5 years The seven groups issuing the call to action are the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, Campaign […]
By John Gever, Deputy Managing Editor, MedPage Today Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner Smoking rates among Americans with mental illnesses didn’t budge from 2004 to 2011, a period during which rates in the rest of the population fell 14%, […]
By Cheryl K. Chumley – The Washington Times Tripling tobacco taxes would save 200 million smokers around the world from premature deaths over the course of the next century, researchers say. That’s because the higher costs would make it nearly impossible for many to afford the habit and at the same time serve as a deterrent to youth […]
By: WDAY Staff Reports , WDAY Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) – City leaders have decided to include E-cigs in the Fargo tobacco ordinance. That means it will be illegal to give or sell electronic cigarettes to minors. The electronic smoking devices claim to be a safer alternative to traditional cigarettes because they give off a vapor instead […]