An important international meeting take place in Dublin today calling on European governments to set even higher taxes on all smoking products. Presented by the Irish Heart Foundation and the Irish Cancer Society, the European Smoke Free Partnership is urging for cigarettes taxes to be used as the “main weapon” in decreasing smoking rates. The [...]
Buying a cigarrillo (cigarette in Spanish) is very easy in San José and all types of brands, including Mexican, Chinese and others, for the streets have all types and from all destinations. And that is worrisome for the country’s legislators. The new anti-smoking law proposes a series of taxes that will increase the cost of [...]
Thousands Virginia tobacco farmers and provincial officials aired their protest against a proposed bill seeking to restructure the excise tax collected from alcohol and tobacco through an indignation rally on Tuesday. Tobacco farmer leader Benjamin Sarmiento said House Bill 5727, authored by Representative Joseph Emilio A. Abaya (1st district, Cavite) seeking to restructure the excise [...]
Do you enjoy smoking, but hate all those pesky side effects like lung cancer and death? Well, bad news: smoking is bad for you, and always will be. But… some scientists have discovered a way to make cigarettes less horrible for you. In a study published in the Journal of Visualized Experiments, scientists from Cornell [...]
Smoking in public places is becoming frowned upon more and more and now, the Centers for Disease Control is saying don’t do it in your home or even in your car! “Literally, tobacco affects the entire body from the minute it hits your body, either through your mouth or through your nose,” said Harrington Cancer [...]
Employers in Norway are likely to ban smoking for employees during work hours, says Minister of Health Anne-Grethe Strom-Erichsen. Tighter restrictions on smoking were discussed during a hearing in Norway’s Parliament Friday, the Norway Post reported. Strom-Erichsen said the sale of 10-packs of cigarettes is likely to be banned. The government is also considering legislation [...]
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