Cigarettes

Las Vegas, NV – The International Association of Fire Fighters has announced the launch of a new initiative to help fire fighters, family members and friends to quit smoking cigarettes.

“Our goal is to help make the IAFF the first smoke-free union,” IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger said in his address to delegates at the IAFF 49th Convention.

Cigarette butts: Photo by The Other

The IAFF is collaborating with pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. to promote smoking cessation. Schaitberger and Pfizer CEO Jeff Kindler first announced the joint initiative at the IAFF Health and Safety Conference in Chicago, Illinois, in October 2007.    » read more »

Durham, NC -- 16 June 2008 -- In the past decade, many Americans and Europeans have become more aware of the dangers of smoking. Large tobacco companies have seen their cigarette sales in these countries plummet as legislators have passed laws forbidding smoking in restaurants, bars and many other public places. But other tobacco sales are increasing.

New research from the Harvard School of Public Health has found that in the U.S. the drop in sales of cigarettes has been accompanied by increased sales of tobacco in other forms. This increase appears to offset at least a third of the drop in cigarette sales.

Sales of small cigars has increased in the United States, as cigarette sales declined
Sales of small cigars have increased in the United States, as cigarette sales declined    » read more »

May 26, 2008 -- ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have found that carrying a common genetic disorder doubles the risk of developing lung cancer in smokers and nonsmokers.

The study is published in the May 26 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, a journal published by the American Medical Association.

Cigarette butts: Photo by mfshadow (CC)    » read more »

April 24, 2008 -- Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal will testify before a congressional committee later today in Washington D. C. supporting a measure to prohibit mail shipments of cigarettes and other tobacco products. If passed, the bill would effectively end sales of cigarettes and tobacco products over the Internet.

Cigarette butts: Photo by The Other

The nation's private delivery services -- including United Parcel Service, Federal Express and others -- already have a voluntary ban on shipment of cigarettes and other tobacco products.    » read more »

Legislation will ban smoking in public places after July 1st

April 15, 2008 -- Iowa Governor Culver signs the Smoke Free Air Act into law.DES MOINES – Today, Governor Chet Culver signed House File 2212 – the Smoke Free Air Act -- into law, making Iowa the 14th state in the nation to pass a statewide smoking ban that includes restaurants, bars and workplaces.    » read more »

April 13, 2008 -- SAN DIEGO — Smoking puts older women at significant risk for loss of DNA repair proteins that are critical for defending against development of some colorectal cancers, according to research from a team led by Mayo Clinic scientists.

In a study being presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the researchers found that women who smoked were at increased risk for developing colorectal tumors that lacked some or all of four proteins, known as DNA mismatch repair (MMR) proteins.

Smoking: Photo by JonF119 (CC)    » read more »

April 10, 2008 -- PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett today joined with the American Lung Association and 45 other tobacco control, prevention and health-related organizations from across Pennsylvania to encourage Governor Rendell and the General Assembly to dedicate the new estimated $25 million payment from the tobacco settlement to be used for tobacco prevention and cessation programming.

Cigarette butts: Photo by Dave Wilcox (CC)    » read more »

April 10, 2008 -- AUGUSTA – Maine Governor John E. Baldacci today signed LD 2012, “An Act To Protect Children in Vehicles from Secondhand Smoke.” The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Brian Duprey (R-Hampden), was at the ceremony, as well as numerous supporters of the legislation.

Cigarette outside a car window: Photo by joka2000 (CC)    » read more »

April 08, 2008 -- BELOIT – Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle today signed legislation requiring cigarettes sold in Wisconsin to be fire-safe. State legislators, firefighters, public health officials, and representatives of the tobacco industry joined Governor Doyle at the Beloit Fire Station for the signing.

Man lighting a cigarette: Photo by ores2k (CC)

“I am pleased to sign a bill that increases public safety by regulating tobacco,” Governor Doyle said. “This bill will ensure that smokers reduce the risk they pose to themselves and others.”    » read more »

Bill aimed at so-called "light" and "low-tar" cigarettes

March 3, 2008 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) today introduced legislation to prohibit tobacco companies from using a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) cigarette testing method to market their cigarettes as “light” or “low-tar.”    » read more »

Sens. Harkin, Durbin, Brown and Reed Join NJ Sen. in Effort to Ban Tobacco Product Sales on Senate Property

November 13, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) today announced that cigarettes and other tobacco products would no longer be sold in Senate sundry shops after January 1, 2008.

“The Senate was operating as a discount cigarette outlet. It was time to shut it down,” said Sen. Lautenberg.    » read more »

Lawsuits Aim to Stop Trademark Infringement and Illegal Importation of Cigarettes

Richmond, VA, September 18, 2007 -- Philip Morris USA has filed two lawsuits in federal court against Internet site operators engaged in the sale of illegally imported cigarettes bearing Philip Morris USA's trademarks, including the Marlboro® mark.    » read more »