Anti smoking
18 certificate: Children could be banned from watching films featuring smoking
Children could be banned from watching films in which characters are seen smoking, it emerged today. An 18 certificate – usually reserved for movies with violent and sexual content – would be attached to any film release which features the unhealthy habit, in attempt to prevent it from appearing glamorous. If the plan goes ahead, [...]
Mideast comes up with new anti-smoking laws
CAIRO, – The Middle East, long associated with the ubiquitous waterpipe, is intensifying an anti-smoking drive as several Arab countries ban the practice in public places, even if success looks difficult. From Beirut to Cairo, cigarettes are smoked everywhere, not just in cafes and restaurants, but in banks, ministries and even hospitals. Egypt, the most [...]
Carreras relaunches Youth Smoking Prevention campaign
CIGARETTE distributor Carreras last week relaunched its Youth Smoking Prevention (YSP) campaign with the support of the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Child Development Agency (CDA). The programme, which will run through August 2010, will cost the tobacco company $1.5 million to implement, according to Carreras’ Corporate and Regulatory Affairs Manager Christopher Brown. “We [...]
Small Advances Against Pancreatic Cancer
Rarely is it said that someone is lucky to have had cancer. But Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court might be one such person. Justice Ginsburg was treated successfully for colon cancer in 1999 and is examined each year at the National Institutes of Health, where in January 2009 a routine CT scan [...]
Postal Service set to enforce tobacco ban
WASHINGTON—The U. S. Postal Service will institute its ban on the mailing of almost all tobacco products June 29, the agency said in a set of rules that appear to leave Seneca Nation businesses with no loopholes for mailing their tax-free cigarettes. “Nonmailable cigarettes and smokeless tobacco deposited in the mail are subject to seizure [...]
Musical production educates on Tobacco Wars
Community Spirit Inc. (CSI) is bringing a taste of Robertson County history to the stage in its upcoming production entitled Smoke: Ballad of the Night Riders written by Adams native, David Alford. Alford was commissioned to write a musical play about the tobacco wars of Tennessee and Kentucky. During the early 1900’s, Red River area [...]
The Government of Canada Announces Project that Supports Smoking Cessation
NORTH BATTLEFORD – Rob Clarke, Member of Parliament for Desnethe – Missinippi – Churchill River, today announced, on behalf of Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq, just over $165,000 in funding to Battlefords Tribal Council Indian Health Services Inc. to reduce smoking rates in First Nations and increase the knowledge about the dangers of tobacco use and [...]
Aquino says he will smoke even on no-tobacco day
Not even World No-Tobacco Day can stop president-apparent Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III from indulging in one of his most controversial habits – smoking. Aquino told reporters at the Senate Monday he is not inclined to take a break from puffing a cigarette on the occasion. “Palagay ko po (I think),” he said smiling when [...]
European Commission launches £13.5m anti-smoking bid
The European Commission has launched a £13.5 million anti-tobacco campaign targeting the young after a survey showed that 35% of 15 to 24-year-olds are smokers. The UK figure is even higher at 40% – exceeded only by France and Spain (48%), Belgium (44%) and Bulgaria (42%), with 39% of the 15-24 category in Ireland admitting [...]
Tobacco damages dental health
The dangers of using tobacco are generally well known. Use of tobacco products can lead to heart and lung problems, as well as affect the way the body’s metabolism works. However, many people don’t realize that tobacco products can also have damaging effects on dental health. The use of tobacco, whether it is smoked or [...]
British Columbia leads battle in cancer fight
VANCOUVER, – With some of the lowest death and incidence rates for cancers, British Columbia is leading Canada in the battle against cancer. The statistics are found in the 2010 Canadian Cancer Statistics, released today by the Canadian Cancer Society. “British Columbians lead the way because of our lifestyle habits – we have lower tobacco [...]
Anti-smoking campaign to offer free counselling
Dubai: The UAE is making an all out effort to make itself a tobacco-free nation and over the next three months will run an initiative to provide free counselling to smokers, organisers said. Those who wish to give up smoking will be offered subsidised rates at the smoke-cessation clinics around the country. The first phase [...]
Massachusetts Anti-Smoking Campaign
Massachusetts is upping their game in the move to reduce the number of smokers in the state. A law requiring retailers to post graphic, unflattering pictures related to the effects of smoking is expected to pass in August of this year. The posters will be required to be posted within 2 feet of tobacco displays [...]
Act to Protect Youth From New Tobacco Products
Joint statement from the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Lung Association in Minnesota, Association for Nonsmokers – MN, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, ClearWay Minnesota, Local Public Health Association and HealthPartners MINNEAPOLIS, May 11 /PRNewswire/ — Today Minnesota’s leading health groups applauded Governor Tim Pawlenty for taking another step to protect [...]
