Tobacco.org Updates
THIS WEEK'S HOT SPOTS:- FOLLOW TOP TOBACCO NEWS HEADLINES ON TWITTER! Yes, we've joined the 21st Century . . .
- USA vs. PHILIP MORRIS, et. al.: Oops! MO was granted an extension 11/10; the new cert petition deadline is Feb. 19, 2010.
- MICHIGAN: Granholm signs smoking ban into law.
- NORTH CAROLINA: Smoking ban bill goes into effect Jan. 2.
- E-CIGS: Cessation aid, nicotine delivery device, or--?? Furor heats up.
It's all over but the appealing! The 10-year saga of the DOJ trial continues. Visit: http://www.tobacco-on-trial.com.
Late-Breaking DOJ Trial News is here: http://www.tobacco.org/articles/lawsuit/doj/
Latest Top Tobacco Headlines
- Virginia Smoke This: List Thumbs Nose at Restaurant Ban — Jump to fulltext at Style Weekly
- India Smokers fined in north Kashmir — Jump to fulltext at New Kerala.com (in)
- Jordan 'Six shop owners referred to court for violating smoking ban' — Jump to fulltext at Jordan Times (jo)
- Serbia Govt. gives up on blanket smoking ban — Jump to fulltext at Radio B92 (yu)
- Tennessee Cigarette smuggling operation revealed — Jump to fulltext at Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel
- California No Smoking It Shall Be In WeHo - Or Shall It... — Jump to fulltext at WeHo News.com
- Bangladesh Tobacco use among adults in Bangladesh reaches 43.3% — Jump to fulltext at Xinhua Newswire
- North Carolina Change has come for smokers in NC — Jump to fulltext at Macon County News & Shopping Guide (Franklin, NC)
- Cayman Islands New Year tobacco ban to provide smoke free air — Jump to fulltext at Cayman News Service (ky)
- Israel Anti-smoking drugs in health basket — Jump to fulltext at Jerusalem Post
- Kansas Police won't cite shop owner -- yet — Jump to fulltext at Topeka (KS) Capital-Journal
- Singapore 13 people warned or fined over e-cigarettes in Singapore — Jump to fulltext at People's Daily (cn)
- Texas Ex-bus monitor files whistle-blower lawsuit against BISD — Jump to fulltext at Brownsville (TX) Herald
- Denmark Smoking laws not strict enough — Jump to fulltext at Copenhagen Post (dk)
- Tanzania Lobby wants smokers allotted special areas — Jump to fulltext at IPP Media (tz)
- Australia Cancer case: judge stays — Jump to fulltext at Sydney Morning Herald (au)
- Cuba Cuban Company Wins Ruling on Cohiba Cigars — Jump to fulltext at Courthouse News
- Japan Japan Boosts Tobacco Tax — Jump to fulltext at Business Week
- China China Slims — Jump to fulltext at China International Business (cn)
- SANTA FE’S GOT “GREEN POWER” — Jump to fulltext at Reynolds American (RAI)
Latest Quotes
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“These mutations are a bit like Russian roulette. Most of the time you will hit an empty chamber and cause a passenger mutation. But every now and again you will hit a bullet and cause a tumour.”» British scientists crack killer cancer code , Electronic Telegraph (uk) (Thursday, December 17, 2009)
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“The characters and plots would lack depth and expressive force without the hovering smoke on stage, the poignant exhale of a puff of smoke and even the ability or inability to smoke.”» Colorado Supreme Court upholds ban of smoking on stage , Denver (CO) Post (Tuesday, December 15, 2009)
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“Aspire to contribute to society/Tobacco helps you become a talent.”» EDITORIAL: Harmful donation?, China Daily (cn) (Monday, December 14, 2009)
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“ ”» ESSENMACHER: State smoking based on a moral that neglects personal freedom, Valley Vanguard (Saginaw Valley State University) (Monday, December 14, 2009)
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“The [tobacco] industry understood that the public is in no position to distinguish good science from bad. Create doubt, uncertainty and confusion. Throw mud at the anti-smoking research under the assumption that some of it is bound to stick. And buy time, lots of it, in the bargain.”» EDITORIAL: The doubt industry, Brattleboro (VT) Reformer (Saturday, December 12, 2009)
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“Quitting sucks. Nicorette Makes It Suck Less.”» Nicorette Puffs $15 Million Into Ad Blitz, Forbes (Monday, December 7, 2009)
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“It's my fault. I'm a smoking machine. Hell, sometimes I wake up 10, 15 times a night to smoke a cigarette. The moral of my story is that 80 cigarettes a day and a cholesterol level of 300 is like a loaded gun.”» John Mellencamp - Mellencamp's Son Asks Facebook Fans For Help, ContactMusic.com (uk) (Wednesday, December 2, 2009)
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“The commercially-available cigarettes that we tested were chock full of bacteria, as we had hypothesized, but we didn't think we'd find so many that are infectious in humans. If these organisms can survive the smoking process -- and we believe they can -- then they could possibly go on to contribute to both infectious and chronic illnesses in both smokers and individuals who are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke.”» Cigarettes harbor many pathogenic bacteria, ScienceDaily (Thursday, November 19, 2009)
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“I wanted to do an over-the-top, walk-through exhibit. I’m not going after individual pharmacies as much as the chains that own them.”» Clearing air on cigarette ads , Buffalo (NY) News (Thursday, November 19, 2009)
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“Your Cancer and Drug Store: One-stop shopping: prescriptions, cigarettes, urgent care and chemo.”» Clearing air on cigarette ads , Buffalo (NY) News (Thursday, November 19, 2009)