Study: Tobacco use declines on prime-time TV dramas

By Saba Hamedy, Los Angeles Times Prime-time television dramas are less smoke friendly than they were in the 1950s. According to a study published online in the journal Tobacco Control on Thursday, there has been a dramatic decline in visibility of tobacco products on prime-time U.S. broadcast television. Researchers at the Annenberg Public Policy Center of […]

Changes to tobacco ordinance passed

The West Fargo Pioneer The Commission passed the second reading of changes to its tobacco ordinance to include electronic cigarettes at its Monday meeting. The City’s ordinance now requires a tobacco license for anyone wishing to sell electronic cigarettes along with regular tobacco products and it prohibits the sale of electronic cigarettes to anyone under […]

Do e-cigarettes help smokers quit?

By Deborah Kotz  | THE BOSTON GLOBE STAFF Electronic cigarettes are certainly trendy — look no further than the Vapefest in the nation’s capital last week — but whether inhaling nicotine vapors actually helps smokers quit traditional cigarettes remains a subject of fierce debate. A new study is bound to add fuel to the fire. Researchers followed nearly […]

Study Looking To See If E-Cigs Curb Smoking Habits

WCCO, CBS Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A new study is looking into whether or not electronic cigarettes are an effective way to stop, or cut back on smoking as many smokers turn to them as an alternative. E-cigarettes turn a liquid solution into a vapor, and some contain nicotine. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco followed […]

Navy mulls banning tobacco sales on all bases, ships

By Karen Jowers , Staff writer / AIR FORCE TIMES The Navy is on the verge of eliminating tobacco sales on all its bases and ships, according to sources inside and outside the Defense Department. Officials are reportedly considering removing tobacco from all sales venues, to include any exchange-operated retail outlets, as well as MWR-operated retail outlets where cigarettes […]