http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/lawsuit/aksamit.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://today.gm/hi/news/3538.html http://tobacco.org/news/321103.html The World Health Organization in collaboration with Africada International joined 197 countries worldwide to celebrate the No Tobacco Day in The Gambia. This event was held at the Daddy Jobe Comprehensive School campus yesterday. In celebrating this event, the World Health Organization officials told the gathering the numbers of cigarette smokers in the world is alarming due to the increasing of young men and women. Speaking at the occasion, Momodou Gassama, health promotion officer World Health Organization country office disclosed that tobacco kills up to half of its users, adding that tobacco epidemic kills nearly 6 million people per year. . . . According to Mr. Gassama second-hand smoke kills. He said that only 54% of people are protected by comprehensive national smoke-free laws. He said in 2008, the number of people protected from secondhand smoke increased by 74% to 362 million from 208 million in 2007 . He said that of the 100 most populated cities, 22 are smoke free, adding that almost half of children regularly breath air polluted by tobacco smoke. He added that over 40% of children have at least one smoking parent, second-hand smoke causes more than 600, 000 premature deaths per year. TODAY Newspaper Gambia Mon, 06 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://main.omanobserver.om/node/53217 http://tobacco.org/news/320880.html The Sultanate joined hands with the rest of the world to mark the ‘World No Tobacco Day’ to celebrate the successes of the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in the fight to curb tobacco epidemic, at the City Season’s Hotel yesterday. Nonetheless, in spite of the fact that the WHO recognises that challenges remain for the public health treaty to reach its full potential as the world’s most powerful tobacco control tool, this annual occasion is aimed at drawing the global attention to the widespread prevalence of tobacco use. The occasion, which is held under the slogan ‘The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control’ is also designed at stressing on the negative health effects of tobacco use, which currently results in a number of deaths worldwide. Oman Observer mirfat@omandaily.om (Maryam Khalfan - MUSCAT) Oman Wed, 01 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010102/philip_mor.html http://tobacco.org/news/56316.html ``The court reached its decision by recognizing that these cases are truly individual in nature,'' said William S. Ohlemeyer, Philip Morris vice president and associate general counsel. ``Everyone, every smoker, is unique and all of these claims simply cannot be resolved in a single case or a single trial.'' ``The record reveals that the deposed plaintiffs smoked different brands of cigarettes, commenced smoking for different reasons, smoked varying amounts and became aware of information about the harmful effects of smoking at different times,'' said Judge Seymour in explaining why the proposed class action would actually require the jury to determine liability on a smoker-by-smoker basis. Business Wire Tue, 02 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT