Jessica Miller | March 29, 2012
New anti-smoking advertisements released by the Federal government focus on the terrors of living with diseases caused by smoking, rather than dying from cigarettes. They use a scare-tactic meant to drive gruesome messages home, but are they effective? Christopher Owens, an exercise physiologist at the Tobacco Cessation Center at St. Joseph’s Hospital, says he hears smokers say this on a regular basis: “You have to die from something so why don’t I continue to smoke, which I enjoy?”
Category: Smoking Habit, Tobacco Advertising |
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Jessica Miller | March 29, 2012
British American Tobacco Plc (BATS) said an Australian law prohibiting the display of tobacco companies’ logos, labels and trademarks “sterilizes” their intellectual property rights and must be declared unconstitutional. “The Commonwealth has assumed control over a substantial aspect of the plaintiff’s property, business, goodwill and reputation,” the cigarette maker said in a March 26 filing to the High Court of Australia. BAT, Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) (PM) and Imperial Tobacco Group Plc (IMT) are challenging the validity of the Australian law and will present their arguments against it in Canberra beginning April 17.
Category: American Tobacco Company, Cigarette Market |
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Jessica Miller | March 29, 2012
When asked to report on the onslaught of political ads on television words like “flood,” “deluge,” and “torrent,” will suddenly pepper copy. A report from the Borrell Associates estimates $9.8 billion will be spent on political advertising this season. Nearly 60 percent of that will be on television. Phrases like “secret money” and “shadow funders” also pop up. Conservatives, traditionally, call for transparency when it comes to money in politics. Liberals will call for limits. Right now we have neither. And nowhere is that more apparent than on your TV.
Category: American Tobacco Company, anti-smoking regulation |
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Jessica Miller | March 14, 2012
Americans are living longer mainly due to better medical care and declines in smoking rates. A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds Americans overall death risk dropped 60 percent since 1935. The team notes several reasons for longer lives, like healthier lifestyles and advances in the medical field. On the down side, the team notes medical costs and the obesity epidemic are shortening some life spans. They say results from these two groups are not yet reflected in the death rate. Smokers are suing Canada’s three main tobacco companies for up to $27 billion in damages and penalties.
Category: American Cigarettes, Ban on Smoking |
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Jessica Miller | March 14, 2012
Spending one hour smoking flavoured tobacco through a shisha pipe can be the same as inhaling the smoke of 100 cigarettes, a charity has warned. British Heart Foundation (BHF) Scotland issued the warning about the exotic water pipes as thousands of Scots are expected to stub out their cigarettes on No Smoking Day. It said a survey revealed that 84% of respondents in Scotland believed a shisha was the equivalent to smoking 10 cigarettes or fewer while “almost everyone” polled was unaware the amount of smoke inhaled in a typical one-hour session could equal that of 100. The survey also showed that 9% of Scots use the pipes, which are also known as hookahs. A freedom of information request submitted by BHF to Glasgow City Council showed that there has been an increase in shisha bars trading in Scotland’s largest city in the past five years.
Category: Smoke-free ordinance, Tobacco Smoking Habit |
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New anti-smoking advertisements released by the Federal government focus on the terrors of living with diseases caused by smoking, rather than dying from cigarettes. They use a scare-tactic meant to drive gruesome messages home, but are they effective? Christopher Owens, an exercise physiologist at the Tobacco Cessation Center at St. Joseph’s Hospital, says he hears smokers say this on a regular basis: “You have to die from something so why don’t I continue to smoke, which I enjoy?”
