News tagged with cigarette tobacco

Philippines pushes tobacco - for fish farming

The Philippines has launched a new campaign promoting tobacco -- not for smoking but for fish farming, a government tobacco agency official said Thursday.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Are the cigarette-loving Balkans lighting up less?

If the question was misunderstood by the waiter in a Bucharest restaurant, the irony wasn't lost on the customer who cringed after asking, "Do you have a smoke-free area?"

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cigarettes will carry grisly new warning labels

(AP) -- Rotting teeth and gums. Diseased lungs. A sewn-up corpse of a smoker. Cigarette smoke coming out of the tracheotomy hole in a man's neck.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 15

Cigarette health warnings push smokers to quit: study

Warnings on cigarette packets about the dangers of tobacco push smokers to kick the habit, and graphic images depicting human suffering are the most effective, a study released Thursday shows.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Australia rules out total smoking ban

Australia plans the world's toughest laws on tobacco promotion but Health Minister Nicola Roxon denied Sunday the government's ultimate goal was a complete ban on smoking.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Smoke-related chemical discovered in the atmosphere could have health implications

Cigarette smoking, forest fires and woodburning can release a chemical that may be at least partly responsible for human health problems related to smoke exposure, according to a new study by NOAA researchers ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Titanate cigarette filter could be safer

(PhysOrg.com) -- While current cigarettes are made with a filter created from cellulose acetate which absorbs things like nicotine, tar, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Chinese researchers have discovered ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 04, 2011 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (4) | comments 17 | with audio podcast report

Australia proposes tough cigarette packaging rules

(AP) -- Tobacco companies in Australia will be forced to strip all logos from their cigarette packages and replace them with graphic images such as cancer-riddled mouths and sickly children under legislation unveiled Thursday ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Refusal skills help minority youths combat smoking, study finds

Youths identified as American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) have the greatest lifetime smoking rate of all racial groups, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Nearly half of the 1.2 million AI/AN youths ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cigarettes to vanish from shelves in England

Cigarettes will disappear under the tobacconist's counter from next year in England under new measures announced Wednesday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smoking abstinence found more effective with residential treatment

In the March issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, researchers report that residential treatment for tobacco dependence among heavy smokers greatly improves the odds of abstinence at six months compared with standard outpatient treatm ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fla. ruling Big Tobacco won comes back to bite it

(AP) -- A Florida Supreme Court ruling that threw out a $145 billion award against cigarette makers is biting Big Tobacco back, making it dramatically easier for thousands of smokers to sue and turning the state into the ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

'A stark warning:' Smoking causes genetic damage within minutes after inhaling

In research described as "a stark warning" to those tempted to start smoking, scientists are reporting that cigarette smoke begins to cause genetic damage within minutes -- not years -- after inhalation into ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 16, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (18) | comments 76 | with audio podcast

Roll-your-own tobacco could be more addictive

Research carried out at Victoria University suggests smokers of roll-your-own tobacco may be more intensely addicted to the habit than those who puff on manufactured cigarettes.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

FDA: Agency must review tobacco products

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration says it must review tobacco products that were introduced or changed over the last four years in order for companies to keep selling them.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1