Tobacco free
Fires still spreading in parched Russia
Moscow is mobilising more forces to fight hundreds of wildfires raging across a vast area of central Russia amid a record heatwave. At least 40 people have died in fires in the past week, and seven regions are under a state of emergency. Some fires are in danger of getting out of control, the government [...]
Tobacco-free was good move
As a major health care provider in the community and in Wyoming, we feel it is our responsibility to create a healthy environment for our patients, visitors, employees, volunteers, and everyone who comes to our campus. In 2009, tobacco use was found to be the second leading health concern in Natrona County and we knew [...]
Duty free cigarettes under review
Duty free cigarettes are also under review as preparations are made to ban smoking in prisons from July next year. Tobacco, lighters and matches will all be banned from prisons after a 12 month campaign to help smokers kick the habit. ONE News has revealed officials are also looking at whether to ban duty free [...]
North Carolina leads nation in number of tobacco-free college campus policies
CHAPEL HILL – North Carolina leads the nation in the number of college campuses that have voluntarily banned or severely restricted smoking, according to a study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers. The study, published in the journal Tobacco Control, found that in the first four years of the North Carolina Tobacco-Free [...]
Crowne Plaza Washington DC – 100% Non Smoking
The Crowne Plaza Washington DC – Silver Spring has taken one more step to “going green”, effective June 14 the Hotel will be 100% non-smoking. Located one mile north of Washington, DC in Silver Spring MD, the Crowne Plaza Washington-DC Silver Spring has implemented a 100% non-smoking environment in all 231 guest rooms and 17,000 [...]
South Dakota smoking rates decline
The smoke is clearing in South Dakota. The state officially has fewer cigarette smokers than any of its bordering states, resulting in lower medical bills, healthier residents and safer children. According to the South Dakota Department of Health, only 17.5 percent of people ages 18 and up smoked — about 106,000 people — in 2008. [...]
Stubbing out Egypt’s cigarettes
There’s a story on the BBC about Alexandria becoming the first city in Egypt to ban smoking, always a complicated topic and one that can only be more so in a country where the public consumption of shisha drives business for many coffee shops. It’ll be interesting to see how the experiment goes, and whether [...]
Breathe sport and live without tobacco
Join the campaign alive “Breathe sport. Live without tobacco “, promoted by Modena Local Health to prevent and combat smoking. In addition the initiative will take place during the game Sunday Sassuolo-Empoli stadium Braglia this, among the main events scheduled in our province over the next giorni.Il May 22 in Carpi, Piazza Martiri, campers will [...]
Heart attack study shows health benefits of smoke-free laws
The introduction of smoke-free legislation in England was followed by a 2.4 per cent drop in the number of emergency hospital admissions for heart attacks, new research shows. The government-funded study, which was carried out by scientists at the University of Bath’s Tobacco Control Research Group, is the first to look at rates of heart [...]
No Tobacco Day
Today, the United States joins with the World Health Organization (WHO) in observing World No Tobacco Day 2010. Tobacco use is the single leading preventable cause of death in the world and kills up to half of those who use it. Containing this epidemic is one of the most important public health priorities of our [...]
Ottawa isn’t doing enough to halt illegal cigarette trade
A watchdog group is giving the federal government failing grades in its efforts to snuff out the trade in illegal smokes. The National Coalition Against Contraband Tobacco says illegal cigarettes are pouring into Canada and the feds aren’t doing enough to stem the flow. Coalition spokesman Gary Grant, a retired Toronto cop, says Ottawa gets [...]
Spain says smoking ban to be in place in 2011
The government had hoped to tighten the rules on smoking in public places this year, but Health Minister Trinidad Jimenez said on Tuesday that tougher restrictions are unlikely to be in place before the beginning of 2011. She said reforms of a 2006 law that banned smoking in the workplace and Spain’s metro, among other [...]
Children think tobacco is gum, candy
Children may have a tough time telling the difference between tobacco products in brightly colored packaging and packages of candy and gum, according to a 9Wants to Know investigation. “It’s probably gum,” said 5-year-old Peyton Maurer holding a box of Camel No. 9 cigarettes with bright pink and black packaging. 9NEWS showed a variety of [...]
Development of Retailer Education Campaign
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) is developing a comprehensive retailer education campaign to raise awareness about new regulations regarding the sale and distribution of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco. The retail community plays a direct role in helping us protect our kids from tobacco. We would like to have retailers [...]
