http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/category/mediapublishing.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://tobacco.ucsf.edu/bbc-lobbying-weaken-welsh-smokefree-regulations-yes-real http://tobacco.org/news/333570.html The Welsh Government has launched a consultation to amend the smokefree premises legislation to create an exemption that would allow allow performers to smoke in enclosed and partially enclosed spaces when filming for television or film. The moving force behind this is the BBC, which has lobbied the first minister in Wales, Carwyn Jones, to create this exemption claiming that productions have stayed in England where there is currently such an exemption in the smokefree regulations. Of all the crazy economic arguments I have heard for exposing people to secondhand smoke, this one takes the cake. Are we really to believe that the BBC has ignored the fact that it just opened a major new production center in Cardiff, Wales to take advantage of lower labor costs that exist in London just so they can favor actors generate secondhand smoke? I think not. Stanton Glantz blog raoul.walsh@newcastle.edu.au ( Submitted by sglantz on Thu, 2012-02-09 08:18 ) UK-Wales Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2097199/Looking-smoking-like-idol-Troubled-actress-Lindsay-Lohan-clutches-cigarette-Marilyn-Monroe-inspired-shoot.html?ito=feeds-newsxml http://tobacco.org/news/333456.html It's not a good habit to have, but anything Lindsay Lohan can do to look like her idol, she'll do. The troubled actress can be seen clutching cigarettes in yet another Marilyn Monroe-inspired photoshoot. The 25-year-old looks smoking as she poses seductively on a bed for Love magazine. Her bad habits: Lindsay Lohan took inspiration from Marilyn Monroe in her latest photoshoot, for LOVE magazine She lays back on the white sheets, arms above her head with a smoke between her neatly manicured fingers. An ashtray can be seen next to her and her bare arms show off her array of tattoos. The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://sydney-central.whereilive.com.au/news/story/sydney-street-magazine-sparks-interest-of-cancer-council-tobacco-advertising-watchdog-ash/ http://tobacco.org/news/333411.html IT has been many years since tobacco advertising was banned in Australia, which is why multiple images of people smoking and multiple editorial references to smoking in street magazine, The Spitpress 07, have peaked the interest of Cancer Council-affiliated action group, ASH. Based around the ``editorial theme of smoke”, The Spitpress 07 magazine contains the word smoke in six headlines of its 48 pages. The cover image is a man with a pipe in his mouth. The vox pop question is ``Why do you smoke?”. One article is about a photographer who shoots women smoking, and comes with the headline ``Come on kids, die young”. Another article features artwork, with the headline ``Inhale the pain’’ with artwork named ``Smoke gets in your eyes’’ and ``Breath in the fumes”. A cooking article refers to switching off domestic smoke alarms. The magazine is bulk-dropped around the inner city and Sydney Uni, NSW Uni, through Bondi, Randwick, Darlinghurst, Glebe and Newtown. ASH spokesman Stafford Sanders said a tobacco company’s marketing department could not have better-designed an association of smoking with youth culture. ASH has referred the magazine to state and federal health departments to investigate any potential breach of Tobacco Advertising Prohibition laws. ``Our concern is that the whole theme appears to be smoking,’’ Mr Sanders said. ``The magazine has been found where it could easily be read by children, whatever the intentions of the publishers.” Managing editor of The Spitpress, Tym Yee, said there were no funds from the tobacco industry in The Spitpress. Sydney Central Australia Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/journalist_prize/2011/docs/article_poloniasmokingcessation_en.pdf http://tobacco.org/news/333100.html "I have come here to have my teeth treated, and not to quit smoking! said – by way of a goodbye – a 40-year-old policewoman who I had tried to convince that without quitting smoking she could not possibly count on an improvement in the very bad condition of her oral cavity, the treatment she had consulted me about" − recalls a dental surgeon from one of the cities in Silesia. Her task usually begins at the point when general dentists decide there is nothing more they can do. It turns out that during many years of practice she observed that cigarettes are one of the main causes of complications in the treatment of diseases affecting the oral cavity, and that without giving up smoking one cannot count on the efficiency of the treatment. . . . Few people know that oral cavity comes 6th on the list of organs most frequently affected by cancer. Changes can appear on the tongue, the buccal mucosa, the floor of the mouth, the lips and the throat. That's why a visit to the dentist is often the beginning of a complex treatment of an oncological patient. . . . Oral cancer, periodontitis, teeth loss, bad breath, inefficient teeth whitening, failure concerning dental implants, alveolar bone loss, gingival recession – this is just an indicative list of conditions of the oral cavity that can be caused by smoking. It should suffice as motivation for both dentists and their patients to mutually support each other in their fight against smoking. Maybe reading this article will deter addictive smokers from pursuing their habit. European Commission on Health & Consumer Protection Poland Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/journalist_prize/2011/index_en.htm http://tobacco.org/news/333099.html The EU Health Prize for Journalists was held for the third time in 2011. In total, 358 journalists from the 27 EU countries submitted 498 eligible articles. . . . The Special Prize on smoking cessation was awarded to Monika Cetera from Poland for her web article "I've come here to have my teeth treated, not to quit smoking [99 KB] ", published on www.jaw.pl. European Commission on Health & Consumer Protection Europe Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120201005969/en/Unstoppable-Smoking-Cessation-Campaign-Gains-Momentum-Journalist http://tobacco.org/news/333093.html -The winners of the third annual EU Health Prize for Journalists were announced yesterday in Brussels. For the first time in its three-year history, a special prize was awarded for entries on the subject of smoking cessation. Shortlisted from 32 entries on the topic, the winner was revealed as Monica Cetera for her web article "I've come here to have my teeth treated, not to quit smoking" which details an unpleasant but lesser known harmful effect of smoking - poor oral health. The article also illustrates the financial costs associated with smoking. “Journalists play an essential role in transmitting health information messages and empowering people to take control of their health”, said John Dalli, EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy. “This special prize has been created to recognise those journalists who stand out from the crowd in their approach to tackling such a critical health issue as smoking cessation.” . . . Commenting on the winning entry of the special prize, Dalli said, “I would like to congratulate the winner in this Smoking Cessation Health Prize. Journalists play a key role in reaching out to citizens and informing them on smoking prevention and tobacco use. This special prize has stimulated awareness and debate on smoking cessation messages across Europe”. Business Wire orla.barnewell@toniclc.com Europe Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/27/us-glaxosmithkline-idUSTRE80Q0OJ20120127 http://tobacco.org/news/332730.html News Corp executive James Murdoch, under pressure from a phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World tabloid, is to quit the board of drug maker GlaxoSmithKline as he spends more time on his new role in the United States. Murdoch was promoted last March to become News Corp's deputy chief operating officer and head of its international operations, in a move seen at the time as confirming his status as heir apparent to his father Rupert Murdoch's media empire. But his move to the company's headquarters in New York was delayed by the escalation of the scandal at the now-defunct tabloid, which fell within his previous remit as chief executive for Europe and Asia. Reuters Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.com/cigar-in-tampa-bay/cigar-journal-opens-us-office http://tobacco.org/news/332636.html Cigar Journal has expanded their US operations base by opening a new office in Palm Bay, Florida. The new US office is responsible for processing domestic subscriptions and is tasked with growing the Cigar Journal brand within the US. Robert McDuffee heads the newly formed office and oversees subscription support, development of Cigar Journal video properties, event support and coordination of cigar samples used in the popular Cigar Journal ratings. Cigar Journal has also begun printing in the United States to ensure prompt delivery of US subscriptions. Examiner.com Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.kolotv.com/news/headlines/KOLO_Wont_Air_Controversial_Anti-Smoking_Ad__137059548.html?ref=548 http://tobacco.org/news/331903.html "Right now you are a heart attack waiting to happen," says the announcer in the newest anti-smoking public service announcement. The graphic pictures of open heart surgery shown underneath the narration appear at the end of a 30 second spot. Sponsored by Washoe County's Health Department, its designed to bring attention to the health hazards of smoking. Some would call the announcement overkill, the health department would disagree. “Our last campaign was much softer and each campaign reaches different people for different reasons. So this campaign is to reach those people we didn't reach in the last campaign,” says Erin Dixon with the health departments, Chronic Disease Prevention Programs. . . . The real message though is some damage caused by smoking can be reversed--within 20-minutes, two weeks, one year. But you won't be seeing this ad on KOLO 8. The health department wanted it to air during the early morning and early evening news casts. Station management didn't think it appropriate when children might be exposed to such graphic pictures. KOLO Newschannel 8 terri.russell@kolotv.com Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sue-carroll-journalist-acclaimed-for-her-straighttalking-columns-6282504.html http://tobacco.org/news/331670.html For the last 50 years or so the chippy female columnist, with strongly stated commonsense attitudes towards nearly everything, has been an indispensable presence in British tabloid newspapers. Jean Rook and Lynda Lee-Potter were among the acknowledged mistresses of the craft – and the Daily Mirror's Sue Carroll, who died from pancreatic cancer on Christmas Day, aged 58, has every right to be ranked alongside them. . . . For the last 50 years or so the chippy female columnist, with strongly stated commonsense attitudes towards nearly everything, has been an indispensable presence in British tabloid newspapers. Jean Rook and Lynda Lee-Potter were among the acknowledged mistresses of the craft – and the Daily Mirror's Sue Carroll, who died from pancreatic cancer on Christmas Day, aged 58, has every right to be ranked alongside them. . . . She became a star columnist in 1998, comparatively late in her career, after holding a series of executive positions on newspapers and magazines within Rupert Murdoch's News International group. When the rival Mirror lured her away she set out her stall in her debut article with a forthright declaration of principle – in effect a manifesto for all such columns: "I'm about real life... I don't like being told what to do by bullies. I will be looking at life in a rough, no-nonsense way and, most importantly, I intend to talk from the heart." . . . She returned to the News of the World to edit Sunday, its weekly magazine, and in a book published to mark the paper's 150th anniversary in 1993 she was described as "a voluptuous red-headed Geordie". (On her staff was a younger woman with similar hair colouring, Rebekah Wade, who was to rise rapidly through the ranks to become News International's chief executive, the post from which she resigned this year at the height of the phone hacking scandal.) In the summer of 2010 Carroll was diagnosed with cancer of the pancreas, the disease from which her maternal grandfather had died. During afive-hour operation surgeons discovered that two malignant tumours could not be removed because they weretoo close to an artery. A few weeks later, while undergoing chemotherapy,she suffered a stroke that left her partly paralysed. Yet the following March she was able to write a long article in the Mirror describing her illness and its treatment. The Independent someone@somewhere.com UK Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.heraldnews.com/blogs/fall-river-history/x60134431/1903-Breakfasts-were-big-and-cigars-were-union-made http://tobacco.org/news/329488.html Ripped from the pages of the Daily Herald, one of the city papers that would later be folded into The Herald News. . . . An ad for a cigar called "The Poet,' let you know you could buy one for a dime and that the cigar was "union made." Fall River Herald News mdion@heraldnews.com (Marc Munroe Dion) Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://search.eurekalert.org/e3/cs.html?url=http%3A//www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-10/uoia-ua101011.php&charset=iso-8859-1&qt=tobacco&col=ev3rel&n=2&la=en http://tobacco.org/news/329461.html The University of Illinois at Chicago has received $14.2 million from the National Cancer Institute to study how mass media and tax and pricing affects tobacco use and behavior. The two five-year studies at UIC's Institute for Health Research and Policy build on previous tobacco research conducted by the institute to better understand what factors influence smoking behaviors. In one study, senior research scientist Sherry Emery and colleagues will measure the extent to which people are exposed to, search for, and exchange both pro- and anti-tobacco information in mass media, how these activities are related to one another, and ultimately, how these actions are related to smoking behavior, beliefs and attitudes. In evaluating pro- and anti-tobacco information the researchers will use existing data to assess passive exposure to television advertisements, banner ads that pop up on the internet, and sponsored text messaging; what people actively search for on the internet; and what people exchange via social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. "The hypothesis is that if you're exposed to, for example, an ad that says you should quit smoking your level of engagement with that information will be substantially lower than if you actively search the Internet for ways to quit smoking; in turn, engagement will be even greater if you share your experience with quitting via social media. These different levels of engagement may be associated in important ways to tobacco-related attitudes, beliefs and behavior," says Emery, principal investigator of the $7.2 million NCI-funded grant. Emery's study will also collect new data from an online survey of 15,000 people in the country's top 75 media markets to obtain media market estimates of people's behavior and their consumption of pro- and anti-tobacco information from a variety of mass media, as well as smoking behavior information and demographics. EurekAlert smcginn@uic.edu Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://finance.yahoo.com/news/November-Edition-prnews-3692478628.html?x=0&l=1 http://tobacco.org/news/329442.html PRNewswire/ -- Following its highly successful debut launch in October, CigarChronicles.com continues to burn up the web in this month's November edition. Publisher Kevin Godbee is thrilled with the initial success of a website that was long overdue. "The cigar loving community was in need of a site that would deliver everything smokers were interested in," says Godbee. "Reviews are only a part of the mix, as our talented and knowledgeable writers entertain, inform, educate, and share their passion for cigars with an audience that can't get enough of their favorite pastime." . . . Tommy Zman Zarzecki entertains and amuses our ashes with his Cigar Life column, "It's the Best Time Ever to be a Cigar Smoker," letting us know that in a world full of smoke Nazis and tobacco haters, there has never been a bigger and more eclectic selection of premium smokes on the market to choose from. Angye Smitts Fox discusses her love for a day on the links, with her cigar being her favorite club in the bag. Women who golf and smoke cigars are on the rise, and Ms. Fox lets us in on the passion! Yahoo! Finance kevin@cigarchronicles.com ( Press Release: CigarChronicles.com) Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/256584/20111127/controversial-smoking-kids-glamour-shots-artistic-absurd.htm http://tobacco.org/news/329376.html Now there is the "Smoking Kids" pictorial spread. Belgian photographer Freike Janssens was inspired by the YouTube video of the two-year-old Indonesian boy who chain smoked 40 cigarettes a day. So she developed "Smoking Kids." The glamour shot series includes 15 portraits of children, dressed in various ornate garments, smoking cigarettes. They are meant to visually mimic adult figures, like military personnel and Old Hollywood actresses. Titled "The beauty of an ugly addiction," Janssens supposedly confronts viewers with the contradiction of an unhealthy habit and the alluring attraction of cigarette smoking, according to ILoveBelgium.com. The children in the photos are between the ages of four and nine. International Business Times Belgium Sun, 27 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.politico.com/playbook/ http://tobacco.org/news/328607.html ** A message from Altria: At Altria, how we conduct business is as important as the business results we achieve. 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