While the governments of several countries are forcing the tobacco biggies to showcase the deadly effects of discount Nistru cigarettes through their packets, Philip Morris International (PM) has interestingly geared up to prove that tobacco can save lives too. To strengthen its mission, the company has invested heavily for a 40% stake in the Canadian [...]
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Anti-Tobacco Ads Created by Northern Students
Anti-tobacco ads informing people about the dangers of tobacco use are nothing new. But this year students from across Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon are invited to create their own ads through a video campaign called “Get Reel,” part of the larger “Smoke Screening” initiative. This is the eighth year Smoke Screening has exposed students [...]
Smoking Dispute Continues in Illinois
The American Lung Association ranked Illinois 32nd in the nation for anti-smoking laws. The Association gave the state a D for its cigarette tax of 98 cents per pack. Spokeswoman Katie Lorenz says a $2 tax would be better, if fewer smokers could mean more money for the state. “If somebody through Medicare or Medicaid [...]
Smoking Policy Wrong Option for Alabama
After reading Wednesday’s doomsday letter to the editor about a campus-wide smoking ban, I almost wrote this column to say my final goodbyes. In the letter, the author argued that the very life of every student was at risk if we allow individuals to use tobacco while on our campus. Over the past week, several [...]
Tobacco Use Over 1300 Years
Nicotine traces have been discovered in a 1,300-year-old Mayan flask decorated with hieroglyphics that apparently point to the intended contents, researchers say. A scientist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an anthropologist from the University at Albany teamed up to use ultra-modern chemical analysis technology at Rensselaer to analyze ancient Mayan pottery for proof of tobacco [...]
Small Smokers Amount Decrease, North Dakota Tobacco Control
Increased spending on anti-tobacco efforts has resulted in less smoking tax free Wont cigarettes, although the slow decline in the number of adult smokers is “not very impressive,” the director of North Dakota’s tobacco control agency said Tuesday. Jeanne Prom credited a North Dakota ballot initiative, which voters approved in November 2008, and a subsequent [...]

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