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WASHINGTON----The Electronic Cigarette Association today urged decision-makers to seek alternatives to combustible tobacco that reduce Americans’ exposure to the multitude of harmful chemicals and toxins found in cigarettes.
NEW YORK New Yorkers have set a record low smoking rate for the state as reports show a slight rise in cigarette smoking nationwide.
Cigarette maker Lorillard Inc. has begun seeking a successor to Chief Executive Martin L. Orlowsky, whose contract expires next year, the company said in a regulatory filing Thursday. The maker of Newport menthol cigarettes, based in Greensboro, N.C., told... Newport - Lorillard Tobacco Company - Menthol cigarette - Tobacco - Greensboro North Carolina
Smoking is being officially snuffed out at the University of Kentucky, which sits in the heart of burley tobacco country.
Cracking down on underage drinking and smoking, investigators with the Brooklyn Park Police Department recently cited 19 local businesses for selling alcohol and tobacco to minors last month.
It was a hefty tobacco tax hike last spring. In March the price of a pack of cigarettes went up 62-cents on average, but for some, that wasn’t the worst of it. About 16% of Americans still smoke, but in Texas it's 18%. And for the over 3-million Texans who still do, pipe tobacco, cigars, chewing tobacco, all saw an increase. But the biggest hit was on loose cigarette tobacco for those that still ...
PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCEThe researchers describe the study as the first snapshot of the total population of bacteria in cigarettes. Previous researchers have taken small samples of cigarette tobacco and placed them in cultures to see whether bacteria would grow. But Sapkota's team took a more holistic approach using DNA microarray analysis to estimate the so-called bacterial metagenome, the ...
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation that would crack down on Internet sales of tobacco products, which many public-health advocates believe is a common way that minors get cigarettes. The legislation, supported by Henrico County-based tobacco giant Altria Group Inc., would make it illegal to mail cigarettes to buyers.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Phillip Morris says it will appeal the $300 million awarded a Florida woman who claimed the tobacco company hid the addictive and harmful nature of cigarettes.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky's flagship public university gave the official heave-ho to tobacco o...
In keeping with its commitment to make a difference in people's lives through excellent patient care, and as a major provider of healthcare in the community, Banner Churchill Community Hospital will be a tobacco-free campus as of Jan. 1. As a health care facility, it is difficult to ignore evidence documenting the negative impact of tobacco use. Cigarette smoking is linked to heart disease ...
