January 2012
1 post
California landlords can ban smoking as new law... →
But that won’t stop the neighbors from outdoor barbeques or cooking indoors where the stench of burnt meat and fat wafts through the vent just like the cigar and cigarette smoke used to. Worse yet…
December 2011
19 posts
Up in Smoke →
Little wonder, then, that many smokers have been trading down to cheaper brands or lower-priced little cigars or bulk tobacco for rolling their own cigarettes. Shipments of roll-your-own and pipe…
Geisinger Health System won't hire people who... →
Anyone who smokes cigarettes or cigars or uses smokeless tobacco won’t be hired. The new policy will apply to people who receive job offers on or after Feb. 1. But it won’t affect existing…
New ad campaign emphasizes dangers linked to... →
DPH has started running television, billboard and radio advertisements geared at the general public to show the dangers of secondhand smoke – smoke from the burning end of cigarette, cigar or…
Labor seeks feedback on cigar packaging →
“We must challenge perceptions that cigars are in any way more glamorous, or a less harmful alternative, to cigarettes,” Health Minister Tanya Plibersek said. “Cigars are at least as harmful as cigarettes
Those nasty cigarette butts →
Secondhand smoke causes 50000 deaths a year in the United States. A Pinellas County Health Department official said in the 2010 Intracoastal Waterway in Pinellas County, 205000 cigarette butts were…
Whiff of despair circles Australia's cigar... →
Covering most of the packet will be graphic warnings of the health hazards of smoking. The new rules are aimed at cigarette smokers; cigar smokers, a minuscule sector of the market, are set to…
Senators Seek Ban on Flavored Cigars →
… youth cigarette use has fallen, cigars have become more popular among adolescents. … We urge FDA to immediately close the current regulatory loopholes and prohibit flavored cigars in the…
Charlestown Coalition Supports New Tobacco... →
The new Boston regulation will restrict the sale of electronic cigarettes to those 18 and over, and require a permit to sell the product. Additionally, Boston’s new tobacco control policies prohibit…
Lawmakers Urge Ban on Flavored Cigars →
But as youth cigarette use has fallen, cigars have become more popular among adolescents. In some states, cigar use surpasses cigarette use among high school males,” the legislators wrote. The…
Premium Cigar Group Girds for Maryland Tax... →
“The Maryland adults who purchase cigars and other tobacco products will simply flee to the surrounding states where prices are lower due to state taxes which are half the current Maryland…
Teens smoking more marijuana, less tobacco →
“The bad news is that we’ve seen a very disturbing use in hookah tobacco use and little cigars,” said Dr. Tim McAfee with the Centers for Disease Control. The so-called “little cigars” are just as…
Teens swapping cigarettes for flavored mini cigars →
Maryland is one of several states where the increase in youth cigar smoking has been large enough that it has caught up with and in some cases surpassed cigarette use in that age group, according…
Should Idaho cigarette taxes more than triple? →
BOISE, Idaho - Cigarette taxes in Idaho could more than triple if anti-smoking groups have their way. They say one of their top priorities this upcoming legislative session is to put pressure on…
Holy smoke! →
The theme cigarette-lighter jingle was immediately etched in a million hearts. It went on to become an anthem for a generation. Through swirls of cigarette smoke, everyone in the darkened hall…
FDA Regulation Could Doom Cigar Shops →
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 gave the FDA authority over cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and “any other tobacco products that the Secretary [of Health and…
Insure4USA.com Offers Important Advice for Smokers →
COM, December 08, 2011 ) Columbus, OH — The all important health warning on cigarette packets, cigar boxes, and smokeless tobacco products is unfortunately not taken seriously by millions of…
Does River Walk belong to tourists or locals? →
So it came as no surprise that the San Antonio City Council would consider banning smoking at this year’s Fiesta parades. It makes public health sense. There’s no debate as to whether cigarette…
To Prevent Kids From Smoking Cigarettes, New York... →
A federal judge recently upheld New York City’s senseless ban on flavored tobacco products, which bars adults from buying rum-flavored cigars or cherry-flavored pipe tobacco in order to stop…
New Collegetown Store Will Sell Paraphernalia for... →
By Laura Shepard Collegetown smoking enthusiasts will soon have a local venue for buying paraphernalia when Smokers Choice opens at 121 Dryden Road in Collegetown early next week. Merchandise…
November 2011
27 posts
Having a smoke on screen? Justify it →
The Censor Board will be asking the producers to justify smoking scenes, if everything goes according to their whims and fancies. And word is that this ruke will apply even if a character…
Kicking the habit →
In Thailand, smoking was brought in by foreigners, but some locals have been smoking for a long time. Tobacco can be smoked and chewed. By smoking, tobacco is burned and the smoker inhales…
Up in smoke →
“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn,” said Clark Gable while smoking a cigar in the 1939 Hollywood classic Gone With The Wind. One can remember seeing many silver-screen icons smoking…
Mini-cigar use rising among teens →
The department’s study found that the flavored cigars were disproportionately popular among younger smokers. Often sold individually for less than the cost of a candy bar, the small cigars are a…
E-Cigarettes vs. the new MiniVAP, by Slide4less →
If you want to go really high end in smoking alternatives, consider the the all new MiniVAP vaporizer instead of an E-Cigarette. “The newly created MiniVAP is to an E-Cigarette what an Altadis …
Shahrukh Khan is sick of carrying cigarettes →
By ApunKaChoice There is no doubt about the fact that Shahrukh Khan looked mighty sexy on screen when he smoked a cigar in Don. However, smoking cigarettes in real life has its own ill effects and…
Philip Morris sues Australia over packaging plan →
“Plain packaging means that the glamour is gone from smoking and cigarettes are now exposed for what they are: killer products that destroy thousands of Australian families,” Roxon told reporters….
Law strengthened to curb smoking in public places →
For instance cigarettes, cigars, beedi, and pipe tobacco have been regulated by the passing of amendments. The intention of the legislature was to have control over them. However, where…
Maryland Officials Take Action to Protect Youth... →
The tobacco industry is barred from selling candy and fruit-flavored cigarettes, but not from using such flavors in cigars. While cigarette smoking among Maryland high school students has dropped…
Tobacco Free U: New York Colleges Expel Tobacco →
Smoke free means that smoking tobacco in the form of cigarettes, cigars and pipes is prohibited everywhere on campus. In the Western New York region 82% of local colleges and universities…
Most bars in Marion County could be smoke-free... →
Right now, Marion County’s ordinance bans smoking in most workplaces but exempts bars and other places that don’t allow patrons younger than 18, as well as bowling alleys and private clubs. The…
Council Republicans plan new push for smoking ban →
The proposal would add bars, bowling alleys and hotel rooms to Marion County’s existing smoking ban. But it would exempt cigar and hookah bars, retail tobacco stores and nonprofit fraternal…
A personal plea for Islanders to quit smoking →
Smoking cigarettes, pipes, or cigars increases the risk of dying from cancers of the lung, esophagus, larynx, and oral cavity. Exposure to secondhand smoke — sometimes called environmental…
Smoking & its ravages →
Tobacco smoke in any form such as cigarettes, cigars and pipes are such a harmful thing that everyone should know and get rid of. The harmful and immediate effects of over 4000 damaging chemicals…
'Hellaballoo' is Back: Countywide Smoking... →
“You’re going to tell these groups of people who fought for our country that they can’t smoke a cigar or cigarette in their own club? You’re going to shut down the VFW in New Melle? The new bill…
Roll This →
It’s a position cigar lobbyists have championed for years, with little success. “Cigar smoking is enjoyable and relaxing,” Chiusano says. “It’s more of a social event than cigarette…
Aldermen: Tax cigars, chewing tobacco to reduce... →
Cigar and pipe smokers and those who like to chew their tobacco would have to pay Chicago’s cigarette tax, under a crackdown proposed Wednesday to stave off budget cuts impacting libraries, mental…
Debate quickly snuffed →
Springfield City Council member Cindy Rushefsky explains to members of the media why she won’t vote for any changes to the smoking ban. / Nathan papes / News-Leader A patron at Finnegan’s Wake puts…
Smoking ban back before council →
One version would allow actors to smoke real tobacco products, while another would limit them to electronic cigarettes or other “device(s) that simulate smoking.” » An exemption for “cigar bars”…
Problems plague Detroit buses →
The bus smelled like cigarette smoke, liquor and body odor, but none of it seemed to … Mario Braxton, 29, bought a cigar and juice drink at a gas station. …
Bulacan slaps violation notice on cigar factory →
by Jose Mari M. Garcia CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan, Nov 4 (PIA) — The Bulacan government issued a notice of violation to cigarette maker Mighty Corporation here after receiving complaints of pollution…
Behind the Nat Sherman Cigar Empire →
Through the next 60 years (and a change of location to 711 Fifth Avenue), Nat Sherman flourished, introducing a line of cigarettes, the Havana Ovals, a cigar-tasting cigarette developed especially…
Self-extinguishing cigarettes and other curious... →
In England, of the 212 people that died in house fires last year, 81 were the result of cigarettes, cigars and pipes, says the Department of Communities and Local Government. The DCLG…
2011 Big Smoke Saturday Seminars: Today's... →
The former Camacho Cigars president was describing his father’s passion for creating the new tobacco hybrids that are improving the cigars we smoke. Manuel Quesada, maker of Fonseca, and…
Ryan Sheahan: Anti-tobacco coalition needs your... →
Dear Editor: As secondhand smoke dissipates with each new smoke-free air law and the Food and Drug Administration further restricts the marketing of cigarettes, smoking takes a hit. Just don’t…
Web Q&A with Linda Morris RRT, CTTS-M of the... →
The risk for lung cancer among smokers is many times higher than among non-smokers. The longer you smoke and the more packs a day you smoke, the greater your risk. Cigar and pipe smoking are…
GreenSmartLiving™ to Launch National Blitz Program... →
It is an alternative to smoked tobacco products, such as cigarettes, cigars, or pipes, and should only be used by long-term smokers. http://www.greensmartliving.com In addition to purported…
October 2011
30 posts
Battle of the Vapors →
“It’s mimicking the same smoking behavior but you’re being told it’s not the same.” E-cigarettes look like a normal cigarette, cigar or pipe. However, the product is divided into three sections….
Philip Morris USA has One of Worst Market Share... →
Altria (NYSE:MO) is focusing on cigarette alternatives, such as cigars, snuff and chewing tobacco, like other tobacco companies for future sales growth, because the decline in cigarette smoking is…
Price of cigarettes to go up by nearly 8 per cent →
If there are any people left out there who still smoke, life hereabouts will be becoming a shade more expensive. The Finnish government is proposing to Parliament a ten per cent increase to the tax…