Tobacco.org Updates
THIS WEEK'S HOT SPOTS:- KANSAS Smoking ban goes into effect July 1.
- HAWAII $.40 Tax hike goes into effect July 1.
- NEW MEXICO $.75 Tax hike goes into effect July 1.
- NEW YORK $1.60 Tax hike goes into effect July 1.
- SOUTH CAROLINA $.50 Tax hike goes into effect July 1.
- UTAH $1 Tax hike goes into effect July 1.
- EGYPT Hefty Tax hikes go into effect July 1.
- WISCONSIN Smoking ban goes into effect July 5.
- FDA Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act went into effect 6/22/2010 "Lights" 86'd
- Outdoor Smoking Bans gaining steam.
- College Smoking Bans gaining steam.
- E-CIGS: Cessation aid, nicotine delivery device, or--?? Controversy continues.
- FOLLOW TOP TOBACCO NEWS HEADLINES ON TWITTER! Yes, we've joined the 21st Century . . .
It's all over but the remedying! The 11-year saga of the DOJ RICO suit was partially ended at the Supreme Court. The tobacco defendants were found guilty of racketeering, but will pay no monetary penalty. The case goes back to District Court for implementation of court-ordered remedies in light of the FDA's new regs.
Late-Breaking DOJ Trial News is here: http://www.tobacco.org/articles/lawsuit/doj/
Visit: http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com.
Latest Top Tobacco Headlines
- Iowa Tiny Cigars Spelling Relief For Tax-Stung Iowa Smokers — Jump to fulltext at KCRG-TV9 ABC (Cedar Rapids, IA)
- India Integrate tobacco control in medical curriculum: Study — Jump to fulltext at Sify.com (in)
- Mexico SMITH: Earth's Richest Man + World's Greatest Newspaper? Damning San Francisco Archive Suggests it's a Match Made in Hell — Jump to fulltext at San Francisco Weekly
- New York The World's Richest Man's New Mansion — Jump to fulltext at Forbes
- Can secondhand smoke hurt kids' grades? — Jump to fulltext at Reuters
- New York Split ruling from NY judge on cigarette regulation — Jump to fulltext at Associated Press (AP)
- India High court dismisses petition accusing Big B of violating anti-tobacco law — Jump to fulltext at DNA India (in)
- India Smokers’ Victory: Censors Allow Ajay Devgn To Smoke Throughout — Jump to fulltext at Thaindian.com (th)
- New York Philip Morris USA Sues Retailers Across New York City to Combat Counterfeit Cigarette Sales — Jump to fulltext at Altria Group, Inc.
- New York State tries again to snuff out tax-free cigs — Jump to fulltext at Long Island (NY) Business News
- China Hebei police detain 10 smokers in Internet cafés — Jump to fulltext at Global Times (cn)
- Iran Iran report: Cigarettes implicated in Western plot — Jump to fulltext at Associated Press (AP)
- Ireland Revenue opens phone line seeking information on tobacco smuggling — Jump to fulltext at Irish Times (ie)
- USS Michigan Starts Smoking Ban Early — Jump to fulltext at Military.com
- New Zealand Psychiatric wards to be smoke-free — Jump to fulltext at Otago Daily Times (nz)
- Hong Kong New law: Visitors to Hong Kong can only bring 19 smokes — Jump to fulltext at People's Daily (cn)
- Stop-Smoking Aid Chantix Sparks Safety Concerns — Jump to fulltext at WebMD
- Illinois Ex-inmate accuses prisons of consumer fraud for charging too much for cigarettes — Jump to fulltext at Chicago Sun-Times
- Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Tobacco Production Rebounds Though Well Short of 2000 Record Sales — Jump to fulltext at VOANews.com (Voice of America)
- Follow the money: How the billions of dollars that flow from smokers in poor nations to companies in rich nations greatly exceed funding for global tobacco control and what might be done about it — Jump to fulltext at Tobacco Control
Latest Quotes
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“While legislation that seeks to eliminate sweet or candy flavored tobacco from the market may be well intended, the prohibition on the use of all ingredients goes far beyond eliminating only those products with so-called characterizing flavors. The draft (FCTC treaty) guidelines would eliminate the entire category of traditional American blend tobacco that contains burley tobacco, while allowing other categories of cigarettes to remain in the marketplace. This is simply unfair and does nothing more than stop the sale of American blended tobacco.”» Kentucky burley threatened by global tobacco regulations , Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal (Saturday, July 24, 2010)
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“All we know from the [Engle] verdict is one cigarette made by Reynolds at some point in the universe was defective.”» Cigarette Makers Win Big At 11th Circuit, Forbes (Thursday, July 22, 2010)
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“Our results indicate that not only individual genes but entire networks of gene interaction are influenced by cigarette smoking.”» Smoking influences gene function, scientists say, EurekAlert (Tuesday, July 13, 2010)
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“My husband's fate was sealed at age 11, when he smoked his first cigarette. ”» Not Starting Means Never Having to Quit , New York Times (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)
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“Women are becoming more independent. They've got more money. They listen less to their parents and teachers. It's the right culture for the introduction of thinking wrongly, thinking that smoking is associated with emancipation. We have to make them realize it's addictive. It is a [form of] bondage.aboo activity seemed fun and exciting.”» Affluence prompts more women in China to light up, Canadian Medical Association Journal (ca) (Monday, July 19, 2010)
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“One particularly nefarious aspect of advertising at convenience stores is it really normalizes the product. What do you buy there? Cigarettes, but also soup, laundry detergent, soda, cat food — normal, common things. So advertising there really gives the impression that smoking is normal. Tobacco companies understand this. They're not stupid.”» Point-of-sale advertising major cause of teen smoking, Stanford study shows , Stanford University School of Medicine (Sunday, July 18, 2010)
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“No Mail-No Rail”» VIDEO: Signs on reservation: No Mail-No Rail, WIVB.com (WIVB-TV, WNLO-TV) (Buffalo, NY) (Friday, July 9, 2010)
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“I was chewing it and it was like a party in my mouth. It was like fireworks and 'Oh my god, I'm talking a million miles per hour and I love this gum and what kind of gum is this? I have to have this gum.'”» Jessica Simpson Is Dating, Addicted To Nicorette (VIDEO), Huffington Post (blog) (Wednesday, April 28, 2010)
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“I feel like I deserve to pay the idiot tax for smoking in the first place.”» Cigarettes hit $14.50 a pack with new tax, New York Post (Saturday, July 3, 2010)
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“When this came up, we thought, 'Gee, what are we thinking?' I'm an oncologist, he's an AIDS doctor, we're both physicians, and I'm in charge of a public university. So we both said that isn't consistent with our values. ”» A University Chancellor Is Selling Altria Stock, New York Times (Tuesday, June 29, 2010)