Posts from ‘July, 2008’

STEPHANIE SAUL - The New York Times | July 31, 2008
Decades after the surgeon general first warned that cigarettes were a health hazard, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation on Wednesday that would for the first time give the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate tobacco products.
Citing the long history of warnings […]

SCMP - Updated on Jul 30, 2008
Alicia Keys has apologised to fans in Indonesia after discovering one of her forthcoming concerts was sponsored by tobacco firm Philip Morris.
Billboard posters for tomorrow night’s Jakarta gig featured a logo for the A Mild cigarette brand, BBCi reported.
In a statement, Keys (pictured) said she asked for “corrective actions” […]

U.S. House Casts Historic Vote to Protect Kids from Tobacco, Save Lives; Senate Should Act This Year and President Should Sign Bill Into Law
PR Newswire | Last update July 30, 2008
WASHINGTON, July 30, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — Statement of William V. Corr, Executive Director, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
The U.S. House of Representatives today […]

The Associated Press
PENSACOLA, Fla. –
Escambia County will have a tobacco-free hiring policy starting in October.
All applicants for county jobs are currently required to take a drug test, which will be expanded to include testing for tobacco use. Any applicant testing positive for tobacco will not be eligible.
Officials say the policy is aimed at improving the […]

July 27, 2008 - Sunday Gazette Mail
The World Health Organization estimates that cigarettes will bring agonizing early death to 1 billion people around the planet during the 21st century.
The World Health Organization estimates that cigarettes will bring agonizing early death to 1 billion people around the planet during the 21st century.
Two concerned American billionaires who […]

By SARA KUGLER
NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money to pour $375 million into a global effort to cut smoking.
The billionaire philanthropists, who have a combined worth of more than $70 billion, said Wednesday that the money will help efforts in developing […]

Tobacco tax hike could raise price of cigarettes to 500 yen per pack
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Research Commission on the Tax System is discussing a major increase in tobacco tax for fiscal 2009 that could raise the price of cigarettes in Japan by 200 yen a pack, despite fierce opposition from the tobacco industry.
The […]

Published: Saturday, 19-Jul-2008 - Child Health News
Babies exposed to cigarette smoke before birth or during the first months afterwards run a greater risk of developing asthma and allergy. This according to a doctoral thesis from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet.
It is a well known fact that babies are harmed by tobacco smoke in numerous […]

Tobacco-related diseases kill 1m every year
Minnie Chan - Updated on Jul 18, 2008
More than 65 million mainland teenagers have been affected by second-hand smoke, and about 1 million people die from smoking-related diseases every year, the Ministry of Health said yesterday.
Because of the 350 million smokers in the mainland - one-third of the global total […]

ABC News Posted Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:25pm AEST
Updated Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:21pm AEST
Smoking inside Territory pubs and clubs will be banned from 2010. (Reuters: Morris Mac Matzen )
The Territory government has announced its long awaited timeframe for banning smoking inside clubs and pubs, saying new restrictions will come into place from the start […]