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[ 11.01.06 ] Tobacco Industry Sponsored Anti-Smoking Ads May Have Opposite Effect
A new study published by the American Journal of Public Health finds that the tobacco industry's television ads claiming to discourage youth smoking are ineffective at best and that the industry's ads targeted at parents actually encourage kids to smoke.
[ 10.24.06 ] Smoking doesn't slim girls; stunts boys' growth
Young girls are still lighting up in hopes that cigarettes will help them control their weight. Research shows it doesn't work.
[ 09.06.06 ] Queen Latifah Quits Smoking
QUEEN LATIFAH has publicly thanked OPRAH WINFREY for helping her to quit smoking.
[ 08.17.06 ] Federline Tries to Quit
KEVIN FEDERLINE is turning to hypnotherapy to help him quit smoking.
[ 03.14.06 ] Tobacco Giants Gain $4.1 Billion from Hollywood Films with Smoking, UCSF Researchers Report
The 390,000 new teen smokers recruited each year by U.S. movies are worth $4.1 billion in lifetime sales revenue to the tobacco industry, UCSF researchers report in the April 2006 issue of Pediatrics.
[ 01.19.06 ] Six Flags Announces That Its Parks Will be Smoke-Free Environments
Initiative is the Latest Element in Company's Commitment to Make Parks Family-Friendly
[ 01.05.06 ] Washington, D.C. Smoking Ban Approved
The D.C. Council has approved a broad ban on smoking in District bars and restaurants.
[ 12.09.05 ] ZETA JONES TO QUIT SMOKING
Oscar-winner Catherine Zeta Jones has made a New Year's resolution to give up smoking.
[ 12.01.05 ] Anti-Smoking Ads Urged for DVDs
Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran Jr. and his counterparts across the nation are asking Hollywood's major studios to couple any depictions of smoking in movies with anti-smoking ads on the recordings they release.
[ 11.08.05 ] Do Smoking Bans Really Get People to Quit?
Critics of Restrictions Worry About Imposition, Lost Revenue, But Studies Show Laws Are Effective
[ 11.04.05 ] Where has all the Tobacco Money Gone?
Money From Settlement With Big Tobacco Goes to Fund Auto Speedway, Golf Course Sprinklers
[ 10.03.05 ] Chinese Chimp Quits Smoking After 16 Years
A chimpanzee in a northwest China zoo has quit smoking after 16 years with the help of her keepers, official media reported.
[ 08.09.05 ] Lung Cancer Is the No. 1 Cancer Killer
News Anchors Hope Jennings' Death Will Raise Awareness of Smoking Dangers
[ 08.08.05 ] Lung Cancer Taking Lives
ABC News Anchor Peter Jennings is dead. He lost his battle with lung cancer Sunday night at the age of 67. It is a battle that hits to close to home for many East Texans.
[ 08.08.05 ] Cancer Society Works to Change El Pasoan's Habits
In El Paso County, lung cancer is the third most common type of cancer.
[ 08.02.05 ] Belly fat, smoking linked
Exposure to cigarette smoke raises the risk among teens of metabolic syndrome, a disorder associated with excess belly fat that increases the chances of heart disease, stroke and diabetes, according to a study.
[ 08.01.05 ] Cough it up or give it up
Before his heart attack, Chuck Jenny smoked four packs a day.
Now, more health-conscious, the 60-year-old Beaumont resident is down to half a pack...
[ 06.08.05 ] Tobacco Escapes Huge Penalty
After eight months of courtroom argument, Justice Department lawyers abruptly upset a landmark civil racketeering case against the tobacco industry yesterday by asking for less than 8 percent of the expected penalty.
[ 06.01.05 ] Study: tobacco firms wooed female smokers
Tobacco companies did elaborate research on women to figure out how to hook them on smoking -- even toying with the idea of chocolate-flavored cigarettes that would curb appetite, according to a new analysis.
[ 05.19.05 ] DOJ Ends Tobacco Remedies Case; Faces Tough Legal Test
The Justice Department on Thursday wrapped up the remedies phase of its civil racketeering lawsuit against cigarette makers, inching the eight-month trial and nearly six-year case one step closer to completion.
[ 09.21.04 ] Study: Air worse in smoky bars than on truck-choked roads
Which is more harmful to your health — a smoky bar or a city street filled with diesel truck fumes? Well, you might want to skip your next happy hour.
[ 07.12.04 ] Ads show smoking's ugly side
Images of cancer-riddled lungs and gangrenous feet are now part of a new anti-tobacco arsenal that confronts Australian smokers during their cigarette breaks.
[ 06.01.04 ] FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products: Why It’s Needed and What It Will Do
On May 20, 2004, U.S. Senators Mike DeWine (R-OH) and Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and U.S. Representatives Tom Davis (R-VA) and Henry Waxman (D-CA) introduced identical, bipartisan bills in the Senate and House to grant the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate tobacco products.
[ 05.24.04 ] Jury Tells Big Tobacco to Pay for Stop Smoking Programs
Louisiana smokers will get help to quit smoking from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Lorillard, Philip Morris USA and Brown & Williamson, thanks to a jury ruling in a class-action lawsuit, the Associated Press reported May 21.
[ 05.19.04 ] Ex-smoker discovers his risk lingers on
The cheerless basement hallway with the no-nonsense furniture befits the mood. Anyone sitting here, waiting to be summoned, feels a little anxious — as if maybe you're about to be punished for something foolish you did a long time ago.
[ 04.24.04 ] Reduced incidence of admissions for heart attacks associated with public smoking ban: before
To determine whether there was a change in hospital admissions for acute myocardial infarction while a local law banning smoking in public and in workplaces was in effect.
[ 04.23.04 ] Secondhand Smoke Poses Heart Attack Risk, CDC Warns
For the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning people at risk of heart disease to avoid all buildings and gathering places that allow indoor smoking.
[ 02.27.04 ] Impact on Smoking Ban in El Paso
This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which determined that no statistically significant changes in restaurant and bar revenues occurred after the smoking ban took effect. These findings are consistent with those from studies of smoking bans in other U.S. cities. Local public health officials can use these data to support implementation of smoke-free environments as recommended by the Task Force on Community Preventive Services.
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