By Robert N. Proctor We’re quietly approaching the 100th anniversary of the modern cigarette, but don’t expect much in the way of fanfare. Cigarette sales have been falling since 1981, when 630 billion were smoked in the United States. Now we smoke only about 300 billion in any given year, mostly in the style of […]
By MATT RICHTEL, New York Times <nyt_text> Geoff Vuleta was in the crowd at a Rolling Stones concert last year when Keith Richards lit up a cigarette on stage, the arena’s no-smoking policy be damned. Feeling inspired, Mr. Vuleta, a longtime smoker, reached into his pocket and pulled one out himself. People seated nearby shot him […]
ROCHESTER, Minn. — E-cigarettes are becoming increasingly popular and widely available as the use of regular cigarettes drops. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that e-cigarette use by children doubled from 2011 and 2012. The health effects of e-cigarettes have not been effectively studied and the ingredients have little or no regulation. […]
By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM AP, Tobacco Writer Altria Group’s third-quarter profit more than doubled as the Marlboro maker paid out less in legal settlements and freed itself from charges related to paying off debt early last year. Higher prices and volumes for both cigarettes and smokeless tobacco bolstered its underlying results, which topped Wall Street expectations. […]
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn (KFGO AM) — A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found four out of ten teen smokers prefer flavored little cigars or flavored cigarettes. Bob Moffitt is with the American Lung Association of Minnesota and says the data also shows kids using the flavored products are less likely to think about quitting […]
UC Davis Researchers Examine E-Cigarettes, Cigars, Hookah Written By CATHERINE MAYO If you’ve ever been convinced to smoke hookah — or anything else for that matter — because someone told you it was completely safe, you aren’t alone (but you’ve been lied to). Are smoking alternatives as safe as people think? UC Davis pulmonary physicians recently […]
By John Byrne and Hal Dardick Clout Street Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposed 75-cent-per-pack cigarette tax increase is getting mixed reviews from aldermen today. The increase in the city’s cigarette tax is projected to bring in about $10 million. Some aldermen questioned that figure, however, saying the higher tax would result in more black-market and across-the-border […]
On the heels of a state wide smoking ban in public places, a North Dakota city is taking it one step further. Tobacco use is now against the law in city parks and several other city-owned areas in Valley City. Valley News team’s Eric Crest clears the air on where smoking is, and is not, […]
By Cara Pesek / World-Herald staff writer On May 12, at 9:31 a.m., Brian Tait opened a small, homemade notebook and drew a small picture of a cigarette. Normally at that time, he would have smoked a cigarette. But Tait was trying to quit, as he had tried to do many times before. This time, he was […]
By Alfred Lubrano PHILADELPHIA | Many people smoke after they’ve eaten. Lindell Harvey smokes because he hasn’t. “You smoke out of anxiety because you don’t have the food you need,” said Harvey, 54, who lives alone in Crum Lynne, Pa. He receives disability checks from the Navy that keep him $2,000 below the poverty line. Harvey […]