Tobacco.org Updates
THIS WEEK'S HOT SPOTS:Canada's National Non-Smoking Week began Sunday, Jan 15
- TODAY's MUST-SEE: VIDEO: Smoke and minors: Photographer captures disturbing images of children puffing on cigarettes Daily Mail
- Anti-Smoking Campaigns Work, So Don't Quit Now Ad Age
- 'Citizens United' Backlash: Montana Supreme Court Upholds State's Corporate Campaign Spending Ban Huffington Post
- The health minister, the tobacco lobby, and a major campaign to derail a cigarette ban The Guardian (uk)
- NYC Life Expectancy Is Seen Linked to Stepped Up Anti-Smoking Policy Bloomberg News
- Increasingly, Smoking Indoors Is Forbidden at Public Housing NY Times
- UCSF agrees to take over online secret documents database (if approved by Kessler)
- Tobacco industry dying? Not so fast, says Stanford expert
Review of Robert Proctor's new bombshell study, Golden Holocaust: Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition - The Real History of 'Corporate Personhood': Meet the Man to Blame for Corporations Having More Rights Than You
How Philip Morris director Lewis Powell thwarted our entire democracy from the bench of the Supreme Court - Smoking Bans gaining steam OUTDOORS and at COLLEGES
- E-CIGS: Cessation aid, nicotine delivery device, or--?? Controversy continues.
- FOLLOW TOP TOBACCO NEWS HEADLINES ON TWITTER! Yes, we've joined the 21st Century . . .
This week's MUST-READS:
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 is back in Judge Kessler's DC District Court for implementation of court-ordered remedies in light of a number of new developments.
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
- Indiana Indiana House bill allows bars 18-month delay on smoking ban — Jump to fulltext at Indianapolis (IN) Star
- Oklahoma Fallin proclaims tobacco free week — Jump to fulltext at Shawnee (OK) News-Star
- Incontestable: Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Jiang — Jump to fulltext at JD Supra, LLC
- Indiana Indiana Bar Smoking Ban Fight Looms — Jump to fulltext at WRTV-Ch. 6 (Indianapolis, IN)
- Canada E-cigarette charger sparks safety concern — Jump to fulltext at CBC News (ca)
- Altria 4Q profit falls 9 pct, CEO to retire — Jump to fulltext at Associated Press (AP)
- California Studies on smoking cessation in ethnic minorities — Jump to fulltext at EurekAlert
- Smoking, diabetes increase risk of heart attacks, strokes, death — Jump to fulltext at Los Angeles Times
- Thailand Experts warn against clove cigarettes — Jump to fulltext at The Nation (th)
- Europe Smokeless tobacco sold illegally online, UK researchers find — Jump to fulltext at Medical Xpress (PhysOrg.com)
- Pakistan Despite law, smokers continue puffing away in eateries — Jump to fulltext at Express Tribune (pk)
- Public opinion lights the fire for politicians to adopt anti-smoking bans — Jump to fulltext at Medical Xpress (PhysOrg.com)
- CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Star Scientific, Reynolds American to explore patent settlement — Jump to fulltext at Reuters
- Connecticut 'If men can take it, so can we': Young GOP women take up cigars, spittoons, and endless rounds of poker to enjoy low-key 'smoker' on doorstep of WWII — Jump to fulltext at The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
- China Yunnan’s tobacco boom: Poisonous gift — Jump to fulltext at The Economist
- Florida Valrico Dentist Heads to Court Over Neighbor's Cigar Smoke — Jump to fulltext at Patch.org
- Ohio Smokers not eligible for jobs in some Ohio casinos — Jump to fulltext at Dayton (OH) Daily News
- California Grabbing a smoke leads to arrest of Oakland slaying suspect — Jump to fulltext at Oakland (CA) Tribune
- Bangladesh Amendment to tobacco control law demanded — Jump to fulltext at New Age (bd)
- Aetna Exploring Use of New Technology to Reduce Tobacco Use Among Patients — Jump to fulltext at Business Wire
Latest Quotes
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“It's like walking into a crime scene.”» Mapping the destructive path from cigarette to emphysema, EurekAlert (Wednesday, January 18, 2012)
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“Smoking breaks cost employers money, and they hinder the working process.”» German employers split over campaign to ban smoking breaks, DW World (Deutsche Welle) (de) (Saturday, January 14, 2012)
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“But banning all smoking breaks during working hours in general would be a step toward a dictatorship of non-smokers.”» German employers split over campaign to ban smoking breaks, DW World (Deutsche Welle) (de) (Saturday, January 14, 2012)
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“If you want to live longer and healthier than the average American, then come to New York City.”» MAYOR BLOOMBERG, DEPUTY MAYOR GIBBS, HEALTH COMMISSIONER FARLEY ANNOUNCE NEW YORKERS LIVING LONGER THAN EVER, OUTPACING NATIONAL TREND, New York City: NYC.gov (Tuesday, December 27, 2011)
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“Plaintiffs have demonstrated a substantial likelihood that they will prevail on the merits of their position that these mandatory graphic images unconstitutionally compel speech. ”» ANA Applauds Court Decision Enjoining FDA’s Graphic Warnings Rule for Tobacco Products, Association of National Advertisers (Monday, November 7, 2011)
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“Over forty years' experience with small, obscurely placed text-only warning labels on cigarette packs has demonstrated that they simply do not work. The warning labels reflect the unique magnitude of the problem they address, the deadly and addictive nature of the product, and the unparalleled threat this product and its marketing pose to America's youth.”» Several US states weigh in on cigarette label suit, Associated Press (AP) (Saturday, December 24, 2011)
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“This agreement helps make sure that these documents will be accessible to researchers, journalists, students, lawyers, the government and the public at large — anyone who is interested in learning more about the defendants' efforts to mislead consumers about the effects of smoking.”» Justice Dept settles with tobacco cos on database, Associated Press (AP) (Wednesday, December 14, 2011)
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“This book is a remarkable compendium of evil. It will keep you spinning from page one through the last. … It is the type of book that makes you wonder how, in God's name, this could have happened.”» Tobacco industry dying? Not so fast, says Stanford expert, Stanford Law & Policy Review (Monday, December 12, 2011)
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“[Smoke detectors] did not go off on Friday as some doctors and hospital staffers, during their night duty on Thursday, turned off the main switch connecting all smoke alarms so that they could light up indoors.”» Smokers turned off detectors at AMRI hospital , Hindustan Times (Monday, December 12, 2011)
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“We would again like to state that there is no biological proof that smoking is causally related to the diseases and conditions claimed to be statistically associated with smoking ... no proof that the tar and nicotine levels in smoke are significant in relation to health.”» The Real History of 'Corporate Personhood': Meet the Man to Blame for Corporations Having More Rights Than You, AlterNet.org (Tuesday, December 6, 2011)