The next generation of tobacco products — from battery-powered e-cigarettes to strawberry-scented little cigars — will be harder for young Minnesotans to buy starting Sunday. A new state law is requiring convenience stores and other retailers to keep tobacco products…
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Harvard to help in smoking ban
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Greece is gearing up for a blanket ban on smoking in public places by enlisting the help of Harvard University, with which it signed an agreement yesterday to provide help developing the government’s anti-tobacco policies and mounting publicity campaigns. The…
Smoking may worsen outcome of pregnancy complication
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A new study suggests that smokers who develop preeclampsia during pregnancy are at particular risk of suffering the complications associated with the disorder — including preterm delivery, low birth weight and stillbirth. The findings may not sound surprising. But they…
Ithaca outdoor smoking rules start Aug. 1
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Ted Schiele has sometimes been frustrated, as he enters the Tompkins County Human Services building, to see a man smoking just outside the door, leaning against a sign designating the area as “Tobacco Free.” Schiele, coordinator of Tobacco-Free Tompkins, distributes…
One million signatures for no-smoking campaign
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More than 1.2 million signatures have been collected during a one-month No Smoking House campaign in Vietnam. The figure was released by the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) Central Committee and the Office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Vietnam…
Decline in tobacco and alcohol use among schoolchildren
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Fewer schoolchildren are smoking, drinking or taking drugs, according to an NHS report which contradicts the widespread belief that such behaviour is increasingly popular with young people. The proportion of 11- to 15-year-olds who have taken drugs on at least…
Israeli smoking rate for 2009 down to 20.9%
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The head of the Health Ministry’s planning and evaluation department revealed this week that only 20.9 percent of Israeli adults smoke – significantly lower than the 22.8% figure provided by Deputy Health Minister Ya’acov Litzman during his annual Smoking Report…