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Cigarette Use in Bollywood Films

Friday, April 5th, 2013

smoking in Bollywood Films For some inexplicable reason, a person with a cigarette in hand is considered as cool and attractive. The old bad guys and the modern heroes, all have displayed smoking on screen and have fascinated audiences with their manner and their personal style. Despite the fact that smoking is hazardous for health, depiction of cigarette use in movies has usually been a base for character establishment.

The Indian Government has prohibited smoking in movies and has made it mandatory to pass a mandatory caution in the opening credits. Examining and prohibiting of smoking will preferably result in a favorable reaction from viewers and help to create a much healthier, non-smoking society.

When movies like Heroine and Fashion occur, Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra holding a cigarette are some of the strong images that are kept in mind. The heroes they displayed belonged to the glamour industry. They found out how to smoke, mainly because they considered that tobacco use will help them while having depression and problems.

An identical depiction was performed in The Dirty Picture. It was stated that Vidya Balan had smlighted up more than 10 cigarettes during the whole movie. Bollywood celebrities decide to smoke in order to make their characters look more realistic on tv screen when they do not use any smoking products in reality.

Award winning Kahaani demonstrated officer Khan indulging in his habit in front of a pregnant Vidya Bagchi delivering the improper communication to society. Even though it is an insignificant thing, the effect is rather hazardous. John Abraham starrer No Smoking was not accepted well at the box-office receipts, nevertheless, sent a significant communication about smoking to society. His personage, a chain smoker had made a decision to stop smoking for his loved ones.

Generally, looking at both the movies, one point is evident, cigarette use doesn’t help on screen person or the off screen person. Cigarette use is just hazardous, so this message should reach one and all. Smoking to look stylish or to display this attitude is a very incorrect communication delivered to society through movies.

It’s not only movies which suggest and encourage smoking; the choice to not smoke must come from within self. On a final note, smoking or no smoking mostly depends on the individual and their values.

Read More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking_in_Bollywood
http://india.nydailynews.com/newsarticle/503d02aaee412b2f3c000003/bollywood-challenges-new-antismoking-laws
http://www.india-forums.com/bollywood/talk-round-town/31889-smoking-in-bollywood-films.htm
http://www.tobaccopub.net/articles/minors-smoking-habit-affected-by-movies

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Tobacco Production and Trade

Friday, March 29th, 2013

Tobacco Production

Asia, at about 60 % of the total, is the major tobacco manufacturing region with China only owing about 36 %. The shares of India, South America (primarily Brazil), and mainly Africa (Zimbabwe, Malawi) have not ceased growing. The share of Europe (which includes Eastern Europe) decreased and that of the US continued to be similar.

Cigarette manufacturers intensively use of domestic tobaccos. However, about 30 % of world tobacco manufacture is traded throughout the world. There are a number of factors for this. First, particular big tobacco cultivating countries as Malawi, Zimbabwe and Tanzania produce a small number of tobacco products of their own. Second, certain significant cigarette and cigar making countries do not cultivate any tobacco locally. The Netherlands one of the world’s major cigarette and cigar exporters is one of them. Others like Japan, Germany or Russia do not manufacture sufficient to meet demand. A third cause is that the majority of cigarettes sold these days are mixed cigarettes that mean they possess a blend of diverse tobaccos. A small number of cigarette making countries cultivate all of these tobaccos.

The majority of cigarettes are currently consumed and manufactured in Asia. This is not a big surprise taking into account the region’s large share of world population. Within Asia, China alone creates 30 % of world overall. The growing share of Asia has occurred at the cost of Europe and North America, which observed their share of the world total decrease.

In China, local demand for cigarettes is mainly fulfilled by domestic manufacturing. Official numbers reveal that the country trades virtually nothing. Exports and imports constitute less than 2 % of the national need or production. India is situated in an identical situation.

In some other countries, local demand is also primarily fulfilled by local production but, on top of that, they are significant exporters. The United States is a very good example. It imports very few cigarettes, but it exports 1/3 of its production. It is the world’s major exporter, owning more than 20 % of world exports. Exports became gradually more significant for US producers in the 1980s when local demand began its long decrease. In the late 1990s, however, US manufacturers of cigarettes came to deal with severe problems when cigarette exports became weaker at a time when local demand was affected by the price boosts following the Master Settlement Agreement.

The last group is composed of countries that depend on a great extent on imports to meet the domestic demand. Illustrations are Russia, Japan and several countries in the Middle East which do not have any manufacturing of their own.

More Info:
http://www.ttb.gov/tobacco/tobacco-faqs.shtml
https://www.lib.umn.edu/bell/tradeproducts/tobacco
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/economics/econ_facts/

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Tobacco Capital Drop, Smoking Rates

Thursday, November 8th, 2012

order marlboro cigsThe Victorian government is investing more than $100 million in tobacco industries despite efforts to reduce smoking tobacco rates among inhabitants. The state government’s investment management organisation, the Victorian Funds Management Corporation, says of its investment assets, worth $37.9 billion, that 0.3 percent is placed in the tobacco company. This brings its tobacco investment to almost $117 million — approximately four times the New South Wales government’s allocation of $30 million. The VFMC manages investments for public sector organisations including insurers and superannuation funds.

Clients include the Department of Health, the Transport Accident Commission, Victorian Managed Insurance Authority, WorkSafe, the Royal Kids’ Hospital and the University of Melbourne. Doctors and health groups declared the investment was outrageous and hypocritical when governments were trying to lessen the damage tobacco products caused to people’s health. The executive director of Quit Victoria, Fiona Sharkie, called for the government to abandon its investment because it undermined Australia’s smoking control regulations including plain packs. “It’s really in conflict with the governments’ health purposes. Tobacco has been on the health agenda for the federal and state governments for years, so on the one hand they’re argued that we’re investing in tobacco control but on the other hand they’re saying we’re investing in the companies,” she reported.

The chief executive of Action on Smoking and Health Australia, Anne Jones, said if the VFMC abandoned investments in cluster munitions, it should pull its money out of cigarette manufacturers. “Cluster bombs injure and kill almost 17,000 people a year and tobacco kills just under 6 million people a year worldwide,” she added. Ms Jones said deaths caused by tobacco products were predicted to reach 10 million by 2025, with most of the deaths in poor and middle-income earning countries. “It’s shocking  These are countries we are sending AusAID to to reduce tobacco diseases,” she said. Dr Bronwyn King, a radiation oncologist at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre who successfully lobbied a superannuation company to drop its investments in cigs this year, also called for the Victorian government to follow suit. “As a cancer doctor, every single day I see the devastating effects tobacco has on individuals and their families,” she concluded.

While the NSW government committed to reviewing its investment in cigarettes companies this week, a spokeswoman for Victorian Treasurer Kim Wells would not comment on the matter except to explained that the VFMC was required to invest in accordance with its commercial objectives. “Under legislation, the Treasurer cannot direct the VFMC in relation to an investment new decision,” she said.

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Smoke-Free Signs Everywhere, Tobacco Use at School

Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

cheap ok cigsIn spite of the widespread postings of signs banning its use, spectators at area high school football games have been seen using tobacco products in clear violation of the schools’ tobacco use ordinance. Tobacco use at sporting events was among the topics of discussion at the Kids’ Policy Council Coalition’s annual strategic meeting on how to lessen youth substance abuse. Tobacco use – both cigs and in smokeless tobacco products – has been saw by multiple committee members and Star-News staff members at recent football games. Two had seen cigarette smoking inside the stadium at three different high schools, while another reportedly witnessed those with “dip” or a tobacco chew inside their mouths, also while at the sporting events.

Tobacco smoking is banned on all school areas not only in Covington County, but also across the state and the nation. Each of the county’s three school systems has specific legislation in place to deal with tobacco smoking on school properties.

In Andalusia, the use of any tobacco product is strictly prohibited on all school system property and is prohibited at all school related activities and events, Superintendent Ted Watson declared. The policy applies to all employees, students, sales people and visitors.

There is a discipline scale for student violators; but, enforcing the school’s no-tobacco law is one of the main reasons city police officers attend games, Watson added.

Smoking warnings are also posted on all doors, and violators will be asked to leave, he argued.

“It’s very easy  to enforce the policy in an inside place because the activity is smaller and the smoke tobacco evident,” Watson said. “It’s difficult when have outdoor event, especially given the size of the stadium and the number of the people. We do have law there, and inhabitants know that smoking tobacco is banned. There are smoke-free signs everywhere, acting as reminders that tobacco smoking is not acceptable at any school activities.”

Watson explained that the same rule applies to the coaching staff.

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Electronic Cigarette Smokers Examination, Greek Clinical Study

Monday, October 29th, 2012

cheap hilton cigaretteElectronic cigs, an increasingly popular new option among smokers trying to quit, do not appear to pose a threat to the heart, according to results of a clinical research presented on Saturday. Greek scientists declared that  electronic cigarettes – battery-powered metal tubes that transform liquid laced with nicotine into vapor – had no adverse effects on cardiac function in their small trial. “Electronic cigarettes are not a healthy habit but they are a safer smoking alternative to tobacco smoking,” Dr. Konstantinos Farsalinos from the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center in Athens told the annual conference of the European Society of Cardiology.

“Considering the extreme hazards linked with cigarettes smoking, currently available data supposed that electronic cigarettes are less harmful and substituting tobacco with electronic cigs may be favorable to health.”

Farsalinos and his team examined the heart function of 20 young smokers before and after smoking one cigarette against that of 22 e-cigarette users before and after using the device for seven minutes.

While the cigarette smokers suffered serious heart dysfunction, including raised blood pressure and heart rate, those using electronic cigs had only a slight increase in pressure.

The Greek clinical study was the first in the world to look at the cardiac effects of electronic cigarettes. Another small research, also in Greece, reported earlier this year the devices had little influence on lung function.

Farsalinos acknowledged bigger investigations were still needed to examine the possible long-term effects of e-cigs, while other doctors attending the medical meeting in Munich were very cautious about giving them a clean ordinance of health just yet.

“Evidently, the electronic cigarette has a big advantage of not having the thousands of other chemicals, besides nicotine, that a cigarette has,” argued Dr. Russell Luepker of the University of Minnesota.

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Big Tobacco Dependence on Tobacco Taxes

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012

order kent cigaretteThe battle against smoking tobacco would be closer to victory if our provincial governments ended their dependence on tobacco taxes and lawsuits against Big Tobacco. Last month Prince Edward Island filed suit against tobacco industries to recover health care costs going back to 1953, making it just the latest in a long list of Canadian provinces to do so. P.E.I. knows its chances for a big revenge are good. The tobacco industry looks like a cash-cow to provincial governments desperate for additional income.

Yet P.E.I.’s lawsuit is without value. It feeds off the popular view that Canadians have been helpless victims of tobacco businesses which have tricked them about the dangers of tobacco smoking. But the whole idea of holding the tobacco company uniquely responsible for the health consequences of smoking cig is a gross act of history.

Big Tobacco has had a lot of enablers, including our own provincial governments.

As anyone who was alive in the 1960s and ’70s will confirm, it has long been common knowledge that there were significant health risks from tobacco smoking. As early as 1964 the U.S. Surgeon-General linked smoking cigarettes and lung cancer.

This was followed by a succession of similar smoking warnings from numerous national and international public health organizations. In 1968, terminally ill actor William Talman from the Perry Mason TV show filmed a extended broadcast commercial in which he censured his lung cancer on a three-package-a-day habit.

By the 1980s there was no excuse for anyone to be ignorant of the smoking facts. Cigarette packs carried labels warning of the health risks of smoking habit. Advertising by tobacco industries in magazines, TV, and radio was illegal. Airlines prohibited smoking tobacco on flights.

As evidence that the message was sinking in, Canadian smoking rates dropped. As of 1987, 44 percent of inhabitants who had started smoking tobacco had quit.

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Columbia Cigarettes Tax Hike, School Smoking Rates

Friday, October 12th, 2012

cheap ok cigarette Columbia’s school board has come out in favor of a state ballot ordinance that would increase the state’s cigarettes tax and possibly bring money to public schools. Proposition B is a proposed tobacco tax on November’s ballot. It would increase taxes on cigs bought in Missouri, which is currently ranked 11th in smoking rates and has the lowest cigarettes tax of any state. The proposed new tax would move Missouri to 36th place in nation-wide cigarettes tax and some of the money collected would be used for to fund public schools.

Columbia School Board member Jonathan Sessions said that the money will be appreciated but he is more concerned in the influence on smoking rates.

“Evidence showed that this price hike could be a barrier to youth beginning smoking tobacco products at such an early age, and that’s my primary reason for being in support of Proposition B,” Sessions declared.

The school board approved the motion to officially be in favor of the bill by a vote of 7-1. School Board President Tom Rose dissented, argued that he felt there wasn’t enough opportunity for public comment on the issue

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