Posts from ‘December, 2007’

Protection from exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke. Policy recommendations.
Scientific evidence has firmly established that there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS), a pollutant that causes serious illnesses in adults and children. There is also indisputable evidence that implementing 100% smoke-free environments is the only effective way to protect the population […]

Banning smoking in cars carrying children: an analytical history of a public health advocacy campaign
Objective: Framing public health policy reform in ways that attract public and political support is a core skill of advocacy. In this paper we summarise the 12- year Australian history of advocacy for banning smoking in cars carrying children, culminating in […]

What do you think about the smoking ban after a year?
Published in the SCMP - Updated on Dec 31, 2007
We should look ahead at how to make the prohibition of smoking in restaurants and other places in Hong Kong more effective in 2008 and beyond.
The ban has resulted in smoke-free shops, hotel lobbies and some […]

This report is the latest in a series on cigarette sales, advertising, and promotion that the Federal Trade Commission (“the Commission”) has prepared since 1967.
The statistical tables appended to this report provide information on domestic sales and advertising and promotional activity for U.S.-manufactured cigarettes for the years 1963 through 2005. The tables were compiled from […]

The Editor
Talkback
South China Morning Post
Dear Sir
Paul Surtees (Talkback 31 Dec) provides an excellent summary of the frank failure of the current smoke-free policy legislation to protect large numbers of people from tobacco smoke. The catering industry ,while not fully supportive of the policy, did ask the government to at least give them a level playing […]

By RIA Novosti (MCT)
Saturday, December 29, 2007 1:56 AM CST
PARIS — France will introduce a nationwide ban on smoking in most public places from January 1, 2008, the French health minister said Friday.
Eleven months after smoking became illegal in offices, schools, hospitals, airports and train stations, Europe’s heaviest smokers, the French will now be banned […]

Prabhat Jha Updated on Dec 29, 2007 - SCMP
A global killer is ripping through the world’s poorer countries largely unchecked. Within 25 years, it will cause 10 million deaths a year - far more than malaria, maternal deaths, childhood infections and diarrhoea combined. At least half of the dead will be aged 30 […]

Dec 29 2007 by Marie Levy, Evening Gazette
TEESSIDERS who buy cut-price cigarettes could be smoking mud, dirt and even animal excrement.
The shocking revelation was made as experts in the region joined forces to try to stub out tobacco smuggling in the area.
Hosted by Fresh Smoke Free North East, the 200-strong delegation heard from organisations […]

Posted: 4:37 PM Dec 29, 2007 Last Updated: 4:37 PM Dec 29, 2007 Reporter: Amy Pflugshaupt
Email Address: apflugshaupt@wsaw.com
One of the most common New Year’s Resolutions People make is to quit smoking and this just might be the year that many tobacco users in Wisconsin keep their resolutions.
On January 1st, Wisconsin will […]

Free stop-smoking medications available in new year
New Richmond News Published Friday, December 28, 2007
At a recent news conference in Milwaukee, the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services and the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention announced an expansion of Quit Line services for Wisconsin tobacco users who want to quit.
This includes […]