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Tobacco industry hires experts to undermine Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
The tobacco industry has employed PR experts to gather inside information in a bid to weaken anti-tobacco campaigns, policy, and legislation, finds research in Tobacco Control, due to be published in June. view more (2002-03-14)
Companies flout law on tobacco in tooth care products
Up to 68% of adolescents in India use dental products containing tobacco, despite a law barring manufacturers from using tobacco as an ingredient in any toothpaste or toothpowder, reveals a study in this week's BMJ. view more (2004-02-05)
Parents are the main source of tobacco for underage smokers
Parents and other older relatives are the primary sources of tobacco for underage smokers living in communities with strong enforcement of tobacco sales laws, finds a study in Tobacco Control. These results suggest that many current laws are too weak to reduce the availability of tobacco to minors effectively. view more (2001-12-07)
MU study reveals effective anti-tobacco ads should either scare or disgust viewers
Now's the perfect time to increase anti-smoking campaigns - Nov. 20 is the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout. view more (2008-11-21)
U of M scholar and colleagues link tobacco industry's marketing to youth smoking
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) released a report today, co-edited by University of Minnesota professor Barbara Loken, that reaches the government's strongest conclusion to date that tobacco marketing and depictions of smoking in movies promote youth smoking. view more (2008-08-22)
UK government should act now to regulate tobacco
Cigarettes are the deadliest form of nicotine delivery available on the market, yet are the least regulated. An editorial in this week's BMJ argues that the British government should act now to level the regulatory playing field for tobacco and nicotine. It is no coincidence that cigarettes have so far managed to escape regulation, writes... view more... (2003-01-16)
Counter advertising at the cinema reduces appeal of smoking only to non-smokers
Screening an anti-smoking advertisement before movies which glamorise smoking reduces the appeal of smoking images in movies only to young non-smokers, according to a study in the June issue of Tobacco Control. view more (2007-06-12)
Seeing smoking in films encourages teenagers to try smoking
The more smoking teenagers see in films the more likely they are to smoke, finds a study in this week's BMJ, providing powerful new evidence that depictions of smoking in films influence adolescents to smoke. James Sargent and colleagues surveyed 4,919 schoolchildren in the United States (aged 9-15 years) about the amount of smoking they had seen... view more... (2001-12-12)
Lighting up the powerful global smoking lobby
Global public health efforts to reduce smoking are at odds with the interests of the tobacco industry. According to a case study published in the online open access journal Globalization and Health, competing tobacco companies co-operate via a global network of national and regional manufacturing associations to undermine public health measures to... view more... (2008-01-17)
Growing evidence of marijuana smoke's potential dangers
In a finding that challenges the increasingly popular belief that smoking marijuana is less harmful to health than smoking tobacco, researchers in Canada are reporting that smoking marijuana, like smoking tobacco, has toxic effects on cells. view more (2009-08-06)
Telephone 'quitlines' may help dental patients stop smoking
Dentists may be able to help their patients stop smoking by referring them to tobacco-use telephone "quitlines," according to a pilot study published in the May issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA). view more (2007-05-29)
Tobacco should be excluded from free trade agreement
Tobacco should be excluded from free trade agreements to protect health, argue researchers in this week's BMJ. Their call comes in the week that the European Union and the South American trading bloc Mercosur will continue negotiations towards a free trade agreement. Every day, doctors see the deadly effects of tobacco, write the authors. While... view more... (2004-03-03)
Study supports link between passive exposure to cigarette smoke and risk of heart disease
Non-smokers who are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke for at least 30 minutes a day are at far greater risk of developing acute coronary syndromes compared with people who are not exposed, finds a study in Tobacco Control. These findings support the role of environmental tobacco smoke in the development of adverse cardiac events. A total of... view more... (2002-08-27)
Tobacco industry efforts to derail effective anti-smoking campaigns
Anti-smoking ads that reveal the tobacco industry's deceptive practices have been aggressively quashed through various methods found Temple University Assistant Professor Jennifer K. Ibrahim, co-author of an analysis in the August issue of the American Journal of Public Health. view more (2007-07-12)
Explosion in corporate tobacco sponsorship
Corporate sponsorship by tobacco companies in the USA has rocketed, shows research in Tobacco Control. Between 1995 and 1999, tobacco company sponsorship amounted to a minimum estimated $365 million, with motor sports taking the lion's share. But tobacco dollars also funded many small, community based projects, many of them part of the public... view more... (2001-09-04)
Tobacco smuggling is killing more people than illegal drugs
Tobacco smuggling causes around 4,000 premature deaths a year-four times the number of deaths caused by the use of all smuggled illegal drugs put together-but the UK government is not doing enough to tackle the problem. view more (2008-10-10)
Tobacco promotions have increased dramatically, especially in areas where strict tobacco control programmes exist
Tobacco companies are employing heavy spending on slotting fees (that is, payments to obtain space to display products) and promotions to encourage retailers to create more tobacco friendly environments. Furthermore, these promotions are more pervasive in states with comprehensive tobacco control programmes, conclude two studies in Tobacco Control. view more (2001-12-07)
European nations urged to ratify international treaty on tobacco control
European oncologists and cancer organizations should urge their governments to ratify an international treaty on tobacco control, the World Health Organization and the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) said on Monday, 1 November 2004. view more (2004-11-01)
Tobacco linked to 63 percent of cancer death burden among African-American men
A new analysis links tobacco smoke to 63 percent of cancer deaths among African-American men in the United States. The smoke-related cancer death burden for African-American men is highest in the South at 67 percent, with the lowest burden - 43 percent - in the Northeast. The percentage is 60 in the West and 63 in the Midwest. view more (2005-06-14)
Tobacco companies engineer high addiction cigarettes with additives
Tobacco companies have added chemicals to cigarettes to increase the addictiveness of nicotine and keep smokers hooked. A new joint report by ASH, Imperial Cancer Research Fund and the US State of Massachusetts reveals over sixty tobacco industry documents dealing with the use of additives in cigarettes [1]. Over 600 tobacco additives are... view more... (1999-07-14)
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