Tobacco misconceptions prevail in the United States despite the dramatic drop in smoking rates since the release of the first Surgeon General’s Report on smoking and health in January 1964. Experts at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center dispel common myths and share new educational resources to address this persistent challenge. “Since 1964, […]
BY FRAN SPIELMAN, City Hall Reporter, Chicago Sun-Times Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s controversial plan to raise the city’s cigarette tax by 75-cents-a-pack will persuade 5,500 adults to quit smoking and 6,400 kids not to take their first puff, a top mayoral aide claimed Tuesday. Health Commissioner Dr. Bechara Choucair went on the offensive for the most […]
BY LAURIE WELCH – lwelch@magicvalley.com BURLEY, ID • Students have been sneaking off to the boys’ room to smoke since the advent of schools and the discovery of tobacco. But use of harder-to-detect electronic cigarettes is causing some educators and parents to worry. “Any parent should be worried about this. It’s one more thing out […]
By: Janie Heath Several weeks back, “Saturday Night Live” spoofed the increasing ubiquity and purported safety of e-cigarettes by touting its own fictitious product — “e-meth.” The skit, which included “Breaking Bad’s” Jesse Pinkman (actor Aaron Paul), offered e-meth as a sensible smokeless alternative to crystal meth itself — a completely far-fetched and ridiculous claim. It […]
By: Erin Hill-Oban, Executive Director, Tobacco Free North Dakota There’s been a lot of buzz lately regarding electronic cigarettes and the rise in popularity (and sales) they’ve seen all across the country, including right here in North Dakota. Whether news and opinions have come from the mouths of trusted news sources, Big Tobacco (which now manufactures […]
By Erica Sebastian and Jonathan Chaffee Special to the Olean Times Herald Youth love to trick-or-treat on Halloween. Unfortunately, there is one product that is more trick than treat: e-cigarettes look and taste like a treat, but contain a nicotine solution that is turned into a vapor that users inhale. The U.S. Center for Disease […]
Gainsville Sun Editorial: As anti-smoking campaigns reduce tobacco use among young people, public health advocates see a new threat in electronic cigarettes. E-cigarettes convert liquid nicotine into a vapor that users inhale. They come in flavors such as various types of fruits and candies, potentially attracting children to use them. The 2013 Florida Youth Tobacco […]
In the latest move to snuff out smoking in New York, the City Council could vote Wednesday to bar anyone under the age of 21 from buying cigarettes and e-cigarettes. Under federal law, no one under 18 can buy tobacco anywhere in the country, but some states and localities have raised it to 19. Public health advocates […]
By Derek Yach, Executive Director, The Vitality Institute, and a former executive director of the World Health Organization (WHO), and Katie Tryon, M.D., Clinical Director, The Vitality Institute. This month’s articles on health care costs and tobacco control in the South African Medical Journal (SAMJ) have far reaching implications beyond the shores of South Africa. The latest Global […]
Smokers most likely to seek online advice about quitting on the first day of the workweek, study finds By: Robert Preidt ——- (HealthDay News) — Smokers are most likely to think about kicking their habit on Mondays, according to a new study, and this finding may help boost the effectiveness of anti-smoking campaigns. For the study, […]