http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/category/Media.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://www.dane101.com/politics/2008/05/16/show_me_the_money_tobacco_suit_funds_and_the_mollycoddle_myth http://tobacco.org/news/265397.html Currently, the state collects just over $600 million a year as part of this settlement and tobacco taxes. It spends a paltry 2.5% of that on tobacco prevention programs. This is in stark contrast to the recommended amount as laid out by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which suggests states spend between $31.2 and $82.4 million a year. To add insult to injury, these funds have been raided for other purposes several times now. . . . And speaking of shenanigans! Our good friends over at Ban the Ban Wisconsin have decided to change course and attack the people of the state instead of the "pro-ban activists." In a little something they cleverly call Operation Mollycoddle, the authors are calling on anti-ban types to convince regular folks that groups like Smoke Free Wisconsin think they're all "idiots" and "can't think for themselves." . . . So in order to bolster their cause, Ban the Ban seems to be advocating the use of mollycoddling to tell the people they're being mollycoddled by Smoke Free Wisconsin. Interesting. Instead of speaking plainly and sticking to the facts, both methods that seem to have failed them totally (understandably), they're now going to "avoid [the opposite sides'] strong points" and "filter away the politically correct garbage and public health crap." That "public health crap" they're talking about are the inconvenient facts about second-and-first-hand smoking: * EPA has concluded that exposure to secondhand smoke can cause lung cancer in adults who do not smoke. . . . This isn't a matter of Smoke Free Wisconsin (or any other pro-ban group) accusing the people of not being able to think for themselves. It's a matter of keeping those who have thought for themselves and still decided that they don't care about public health from hurting others. Y'know, like laws against assault. Regardless, Ban the Ban seem hell-bent on mollycoddling the state, apparently thinking so little of their fellow citizens as to believe they can be duped into believing the crap that BtB is putting out there, in the air, for all to breathe. Dane101 | The Collaborative Blog for Madison, Wisconsin Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=8336792&nav=9qrx http://tobacco.org/news/265396.html Eight Palm Desert stores were issued citations for allegedly selling tobacco to underage decoys, the Sheriff's Department reported Friday. Officers and three youths too young to buy cigarettes went to 36 locations in Palm Desert . . . In addition to criminal charges, the stores could be cited for violating the Palm Desert Municipal Code and face administrative penalties and a have their licenses to sell tobacco suspended for a month, Taylor said. Anyone who sees juveniles buying tobacco or alcohol in Palm Desert was asked to call Palm Desert police at (760) 836-3215. KESQ News Channel 3 Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/13/AR2008051302599.html http://tobacco.org/news/265395.html The difference in death rates between highly educated and poorly educated people in the United States is very wide and growing wider, according to new research. For Americans with less than a high school education, the risk of dying prematurely is on the increase -- rising most quickly for white women in that category. . . . At the same time, better-educated and wealthier groups have been more likely to adopt more healthful behaviors. For example, the fraction of U.S. women without high school degrees who smoked fell from 37 percent to 25 percent from 1974 to 2004. For college graduates, it fell from 26 percent to 9 percent, a much steeper decline. The Washington Post Wed, 14 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.thepublican.com/story.asp?sectioncode=7&storycode=59664 http://tobacco.org/news/265394.html Boffins from the University of California are claiming that even half an hour spent in a smoky room can be harmful to health. A study found that even 30-minutes of exposure to second-hand smoke can harm blood vessels - with the problem apparently compounded by damage to the cells which repair them. Volunteers were subjected to the same levels of smoke as what researchers said "one might normally inhale in an average bar setting" - before the smoking ban, of course. Protecting the public from second-hand smoke was one of the stated aims of the UK smoking ban - introduced in Scotland in 2006, and England, Wales and Northern Ireland last year - although the claims are often refuted by pro-smoking campaigners. The Publican info@thepublicanjobs.com (Daniel Pearce) Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.dtnews.cn/_model.asp?id=79824&sid=1%20 http://tobacco.org/news/265393.html “迈向无烟中国”国家新闻媒体采访团莅临我市采访。当日下午，采访团在大同宾馆听取了我市有关“迈向无烟中国”项目的情况汇报。 Datong News Web edit@dtnews.cn (尚丽) China Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT