By Michael McFall | The Salt Lake Tribune The Provo fire marshal is warning people not to leave their charging e-cigarettes unattended after one exploded and burned a toddler. A North Dakota woman, staying for a while in Mount Pleasant, was driving through Provo on Friday morning with her 3-year-old son when heated coils shot out […]
By MARGOT PEPPERS As electronic cigarettes become more and more widely used, restaurant owners and chefs are having to take a definitive stance on the use of them in their own establishments. While some fine dining eateries allow the glowing cylinders, others have banned them for various reasons, like the notion that they bother other patrons, […]
Statement of Matthew L. Myers President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids WASHINGTON, DC – Tobacco took away Terrie Hall’s natural ability to speak. But it could not stop her from being heard around the world with a powerful message about the deadly consequences of smoking. All of us at the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids are deeply […]
Associated Press – CBS News A North Carolina woman featured prominently in a graphic government ad campaign to get people to stop smoking died Monday of cancer. Terrie Hall died at a hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C., federal officials said. She was 53. “She was a public health hero,” said Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the […]
Written by: HealthDay Teens of a parent who smoked — even if the mother or father quit before the teen was born — are more likely to smoke than those whose parents are nonsmokers, a new study finds. Having an older brother or sister who smokes also raises the odds that a teen will pick […]
by Davis, Henry Young people are heavy users of menthol cigarettes, and their popularity is undermining efforts to reduce smoking in youths. That is the conclusion of a new University at Buffalo study that comes out as the Food and Drug Administration is considering whether to limit or ban the sale of menthol cigarettes because of […]
Article by: PAUL LEVY , Star Tribune Minnesota smokers have found a way to beat the state’s new cigarette tax. They’re rolling their own. Tobacco sales have slumped since the nation’s sixth-highest cigarette tax raised the price of a pack of cigarettes in Minnesota by $1.60 in July. But Twin Cities tobacco-shop owners say many customers […]
Author: Written by: Ontario SPCA With all the research that’s been done on the effects of second-hand smoke on people, we all know what dangerous and potentially deadly effects could come from inhaling second-hand smoke. But did you know that second-hand smoke can be deadly even to pets? Studies involving dogs have shown that dogs who […]
By Milan Simonich, Texas-New Mexico Newspapers SANTA FE — U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan rode a brightly painted bus into New Mexico on Monday, then gave a gloomy overview of state schools. New Mexico begins each school year with about 30,000 students in ninth grade. But only about 20,000 of them graduate from high school […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 9, 2013 Statement of Susan M. Liss Executive Director, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids WASHINGTON, DC – Year one of the federal government’s “Tips from Former Smokers” national advertising campaign exceeded all expectations, driving 1.6 million smokers to try to quit and helping more than 100,000 to succeed, according to a study […]