Posts from ‘June, 2008’

Health bonus claimed from a year of restrictions
Caroline Davies - The Observer - Sunday June 29, 2008
The number of smokers successfully quitting has soared because of the smoking ban in England, which celebrates its first anniversary this week.
Research shows that almost 235,000 people managed to stub it out with help from the NHS in the […]

Sunday Herald Sun - Evonne Barry, Health reporter - June 29, 2008 12:00am
HEALTH Minister Nicola Roxon has warned smokers she is prepared to take radical action to force them to give up.
A smoker’s permit could be among the “innovative options” employed to get Australians to quit.
The permit, which smokers would have to buy annually and […]

By Patrick Sawer - Last updated: 8:06 AM BST 28/06/2008 - Telegraph News
The smoking ban in pubs, clubs and restaurants has been described as the “single most important health measure for a generation” after record numbers are shown to have quit the habit last year.
A leaked report shows 234,060 people gave up smoking in the […]

May Chan - Jun 28, 2008 - SCMP
A Democratic lawmaker’s proposal to offer smoking offenders a quit course would require the government to pay half the cost of treatment, the Food and Health Bureau says.
Andrew Cheng Kar-foo made the suggestion last week in an amendment to the Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance as the Legislative Council […]

The Press Association - Jun 27, 2008
Almost a quarter of a million people have stopped smoking since the ban on lighting up in public places was introduced, according to an official report to be published next week.
A total of 234,060 people have stopped smoking with the help of the NHS Quit Smoking Service since the […]

Calgary Herald - June 27, 2008 - Michelle Lang
Reduced revenues replaced by more drinking, gambling
Higher tobacco taxes are discouraging Alberta smokers from lighting up, but gamblers and drinkers are making up for any lost revenue, according to new government figures.
The Alberta government’s annual report, released Tuesday, said provincial coffers collected about $845 million in tobacco […]

Chandra Wong - Updated on Jun 27, 2008 - SCMP
The trial of three company heads alleged to have pocketed HK$12.6 million in commissions from a cigarette-smuggling racket started yesterday after months of delay.
But it went ahead in the absence of one of the alleged conspirators, Lu Dayong, 60, former director of Hong Kong-based Nanyang Brothers […]

Scotland On Sunday - June 23, 2008 - Murdo MacLeod
Smoking causes hundreds of thousands more deaths each year than previously thought, dramatic scientific research has revealed.
A study, led by experts in Glasgow, showed heightened chances of dying from cancers of the colon, rectum and prostate, as well as from lymphatic leukaemia.
These illnesses cause 930,000 deaths […]

Toast Rack: what a drag
Daniel Jeffreys - Updated on Jun 22, 2008 - SCMP
It makes us furious to see the plight of Paul Newman. Remember the actor with the piercing blue eyes who was Butch to the Sundance and a fantasy in flesh for women of a certain age. It’s said he has lung cancer. […]

Cannabis smokers on a downer over Dutch tobacco ban
Bloomberg in Amsterdam - Updated on Jun 22, 2008
As of July 1, marijuana will be the only leaf that can be smoked in public places in the Netherlands. Cannabis devotees are not celebrating.
Pot smokers, who usually cut joints with tobacco, and owners of the “coffee shops” where […]