Tobacco

MONDAY, Feb. 15 (HealthDay News) --People who think they're protecting their lungs by smoking pipes or cigars instead of cigarettes are kidding themselves, a new study shows. "Inhalation of tobacco smoke by any means is deleterious," said Dr. R. Graham

The amount of cigarettes sold in the Netherlands fell 10% and rolling tobacco 7% in 2009, according to new figures from the tobacco industry. But total sales were up to over €4.1bn because of higher prices, the organisation said. Some 25% of the Dutch

Police link three Lincolnshire cigarette burglaries Police are linking three burglaries in which cigarettes were stolen from shops in one night in Lincolnshire. A Spar shop and Post Office in Alford Road, Bilsby, and West End Filling Station in Station

MONDAY, Feb. 15 (HealthDay News) --People who think they're protecting their lungs by smoking pipes or cigars instead of cigarettes are kidding themselves, a new study shows. 'Inhalation of tobacco smoke by any means is deleterious,' said Dr. R. Graham

The broker, in a note, also reduces its target price for the cigarette manufacturer to 2,100 pence from 2,202 pence, and decreases its full-year 2010 EPS estimate by around 5 percent to 179.3 pence. Nomura says the revision to its estimates reflect

THE 2010 tobacco selling season begins today, two months earlier than the traditional opening, amid high hopes that the crop will contribute significantly to the Gross Domestic Product this season. Sales will initially be conducted twice a week on

State Rep. Charlie Brown, D-Gary, said Monday that he will continue to push for a bill that would ban smoking in most public places. Brown said the watered-down version of House Bill 1131 now in a Senate committee was not his intent. "It saddens me to

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Researchers at University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center claim that patients have worse outcomes if they are

Researchers at University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center claim that patients with head and neck cancer linked to high risk human papillomavirus, or HPV, have worse outcomes if they are current or former tobacco users. High-risk HPVs are the same

In their critics' eyes, producers of sugar-sweetened drinks are acting a lot like the tobacco industry of old: marketing heavily to children, claiming their products are healthy or at worst benign, and lobbying to prevent change. The industry says there

Published by the government of Zimbabwe Harare THE 2010 tobacco selling season begins today, two months earlier than the traditional opening, amid high hopes that the crop will contribute significantly to the Gross Domestic Product this season. Sales

The Department of Health has unveiled a new Tobacco Control strategy to halve the number of smokers from 21% to 10% of the population by 2020. Different measures are being considered including the removal of branding from packets and banning cigarette

Pipe and cigar smoke may be more harmful than once thought. While some believe pipes and cigars are healthier than cigarettes, a major known cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a new study directly links pipe and cigar smoking to

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PHILADELPHIA --(Business Wire)-- Pipe and cigar smoke may be more harmful than once thought. While some believe pipes and cigars are healthier than cigarettes, a major known cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a new study directly

MONDAY, Feb. 15 (HealthDay News) --People who think they're protecting their lungs by smoking pipes or cigars instead of cigarettes are kidding themselves, a new study shows. 'Inhalation of tobacco smoke by any means is deleterious,' said Dr. R. Graham

Smoking outside of restaurants and cafes in a northern Tasmanian city will be banned from next year.The Launceston Council has voted to ban smoking in on-street dining areas.Launceston Mayor Albert van Zetten says the ban will be effective from January

A recently enacted smoking ban doesn't seem to have hurt business at North Carolina's bars and restaurants, some owners say.  - More - 

While some believe pipes and cigars are healthier than cigarettes, pipe and cigar smoke may be more harmful than once thought and a major known cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a new study directly links pipe and cigar smoking to