New Legislation Implemented In 2013 About Flavored Smoking

New Legislation Implemented In 2013 About Flavored Smoking

Illustrious High-Class Cigarette Brands from BAT

Illustrious High-Class Cigarette Brands from BAT

How Safe Is Smoking Electronic Cigarettes?

How Safe Is Smoking Electronic Cigarettes?

Smoking bylaw to be changed at Surrey Memorial

Very soon you won't be able to smoke at Surrey Memorial Hospital. Mayor Dianne Watts says the city has changed its bylaw, which she says is good for patients and visitors. "It's been problematic because people will be outside and in the front of the hospital smoking cigarettes and then you've got people that are going in for chemo therapy and getting cancer treatment and walking through hoards of smoke," argues Watts. Right now you can still light up as long as it's seven-and-a-half meters away from the building. "We don't want it anywhere on the entire property for Surrey Memorial Hospital...there was a seven-and-a-half meter setback so we're saying not on the property at all."

Smoking ban in Bulgaria should not be lifted: exper

Sofia. “Ban on smoking at public places should not be lifted,” said Dr Masha Gavrilova, expert with the Bulgaria without Smoke association, in an interview with FOCUS News Agency.
“The downturn in the number of customers at the entertainment and catering establishments is not explained only with the smoking ban.

Wisconsin youth smoking drops to all-time low

Wisconsin health officials say smoking by middle and high school students has dropped to an all-time low.
The 2012 Wisconsin Youth Tobacco Survey, released Monday, found that 13% of high schoolers say they smoke and 2.5% of middle schoolers admit to smoking. The last study in 2010 showed nearly 18% of high schoolers and nearly 4% of middle schoolers smoked.
The survey is done by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
The 2012 figures contrast sharply with 2000, when 33% of high school students and 12% of middle school students said they smoked.
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids says the dramatic decline means nearly 200,000 fewer Wisconsin kids will grow up to be adult smokers.
Online:
YTS fact sheets: http://www.dhs.wi.gov/tobacco

Ten years later, smoking ban pays for state

Today Delaware celebrates the 10th anniversary of the implementation of the Clean Indoor Air Act. In 2002, when Gov. Ruth Ann Minner signed Senate Bill 99, Delaware became the second state, after California, to pass a law against smoking in indoor workplaces and public places. Since then, 27 states and the District of Columbia have enacted clean indoor air laws covering bars and restaurants. SB 99, sponsored by Sen. David McBride and Sen. Patricia Blevins with Rep. Deborah Hudson and several co-sponsors, banned indoor smoking at health care facilities, public and non-public schools, restaurants, bars, libraries, museums, theaters, auditoriums, casinos, 75 percent of hotel rooms and other public places such as restrooms, hallways and lobbies. Ten years later, the law remains untouched, respected by health-conscious Delawareans and visitors. Earlier this year, Gov. Jack Markell said all state agency campuses would be smoke-free.

Turkey plans to avoid inflation jump driven by tobacco tax increase

According to daily newspaper Dunya, the government is mulling over a plan to change the taxation schedule on tobacco products in such a way that it will soften the impact on inflation. Recall that the government raised the proportional special consumption tax on tobacco products back in October 2011, yet part of the tax hike was then delayed to January 2013 in order to avoid a big jump in inflation. Accordingly, if the government does not decide otherwise, the proportional special consumption tax on tobacco will be hiked to 69% from 65%.

FDA unfairly maligns tobacco plant with graphic new cigarette warning labels

The FDA has released nine new graphic warning labels that will be required on U.S. cigarettes, offering grotesque visual images designed to dissuade smokers from purchasing cigarettes. At first glance, this might seem like a clever and effective strategy for reducing deaths from smoking cigarettes. After all, there's a lot of scientific evidence that says smoking cigarettes is bad for you. But there's something missing in this whole debate that neither the FDA nor health authorities dare talk about: there is a huge difference between smoking chemically-laced "processed" cigarettes versus natural tobacco leaves.

Unregulated industry of e-cigs, smoking them is like playing Russian roulette with your health and life

The manufacturing of e-cigs requires no licensing or training at all, only a business license for selling non-toxic goods (although having a chemistry degree, wearing a haz-mat suit, and goggles and gloves is highly recommended).

This means you can go online and get yourself a $45 business license with your credit card, buy some tobacco-free pure nicotine on line from some random vendor, drive to the store and get some vegetable glycerin for the fog effect, use some water to dilute the nicotine, add 10 to 20% food grade heat-resistant flavoring like mint or caramel (toxic), and mix your own batch.

It all sounds real cool, like a do-it-yourself science experiment, and people all over the world are pretending they're MacGyver, mixing it up in their basements and then exporting it to the USA. Instead of lessening the toxins or eliminating a bad habit, could e-cigs actually be the new gateway drug to crystal meth or crack cocaine?

Diluting pure nicotine is not for amateurs, and spilling it on your skin or inhaling it can kill you. Still, manufacturing directions and home-made batches are available all over the internet by simply googling "e-liquid, e-juice, or nic-juice." To make problems worse, many of the "atomizers"for sale have defects.

Female smokers who stop before middle age on average gain ten extra years of life

The largest-ever study of the hazards of smoking cigarettes and benefits of stopping for women in the UK has shown that female smokers lose at least ten years of lifespan, but that stopping before the age of 40, and preferably well before the age of 40, avoids more than 90% of the increased risk of dying caused by continuing to smoke, while stopping before the age of 30 avoids over 97% of it. 
The research, based on results from the Million Women Study, is published Online First in The Lancet to mark the 100^th anniversary of the birth of Sir Richard Doll, one of the first people to identify the link between lung cancer and smoking.

The tobacco lobby strikes back

Those who have watched Hollywood film The Insider would have got a peep into the cloak-and-dagger world of dealing with Big Tobacco, as the industry is infamously referred to in health circles. The film, starring Russell Crowe, is an adaptation of the television news expose by the CBS programme 60 minutes on the dirty secrets of the tobacco industry. It revolves around the testimonial of a scientist in a tobacco company, revealing the addictive nature of nicotine. And to cut a long story short, the events lead up to the unprecedented $246 billion settlement the industry makes with Mississippi and some other states.

The world’s view on smoking cigarettes has changed dramatically over the last century. The habit was once considered to be cool, sexy, good for your health, and widely enjoyed by many people. It was promoted by sportsmen, and advertised all over television. No one could be seen acting in a movie without a lit cigarette in their hand! Today, smoking is considered to be a nasty addictive habit that can kill you and those around you. You wont find them advertised anywhere – nor will you see anyone smoking inside a public building. It seems that these days smokers are considered to be anti-social and are often frowned at if seen smoking outside in crowded places. Below is a list of interesting facts about cigarettes.