By increasing the federal cigarette tax by 61 cents, Congress can reduce tobacco use and improve health care for America’s children. Congress is considering legislation to fund reauthorization and expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) that would increase the federal cigarette tax from 39 cents to $1 per pack and also increase [...]
The Utah Department of Health (UDOH) is taking The TRUTH about tobacco to Brighton Ski Resort’s terrain park. The terrain park is where younger skiers practice high-risk stunts, and UDOH wants to encourage them not to take risks by smoking or chewing tobacco.
For the first time, The TRUTH is using chair lifts as a marketing [...]
Mayor Sheila Dixon was joined by Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, elected officials and health advocates to announce two efforts to ban the sale of individual, cheap cigars in Baltimore City. The cigars, sold individually for as little as 50 cents each, are especially attractive to young people, addictive, and harmful to health. [...]
Cigarettes or adequate food is a tough choice for some poor families, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The researchers found that of low-income families, those containing a household head or spouse who smoked cigarettes were at about 6 percent higher risk for being “food insecure” — not [...]
The Federal Trade Commission has proposed rescinding guidance issued in 1966 that generally permits statements concerning tar and nicotine yields if they are based on the Cambridge Filter Method, which is sometimes referred to as “the FTC Method.” If the guidance is withdrawn, advertisers should no longer use terms suggesting the FTC’s endorsement or approval [...]
The FTC is seeking comment on a proposal to rescind its 1966 guidance to tobacco companies, which indicated that factual statements of tar and nicotine yields based on the Cambridge Filter Method, also frequently referred to as the “FTC Test Method,” generally will not violate the FTC Act.
If the guidance were to be withdrawn, advertisers [...]
With the Smokefree Air Act going into effect on Tuesday, health officials report that businesses and the public are eager to learn as much as they can about the new law. Since the State’s Web site about the new law, www.IowaSmokefreeAir.gov, was launched on June 2, the site has received more than 50,000 total hits, [...]
Alaskan Eskimos’ significantly higher rates of fatty artery plaque than the general U.S. population may be due to unhealthy lifestyle habits, researchers report in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Researchers found that more than half of Alaskan Eskimo adults smoke, their level of physical activity has decreased from traditional levels, and their intake of [...]
Much like it did last summer when it traveled to Grand Bend to promote smoke-free beaches, the One Life Crew is taking its message on the road again, this time to drum up support for a smoke-free music industry.
Youth Peer Leaders from the Middlesex-London Health Unit’s Youth Action Alliance, the One Life Crew will join [...]
When the price of cigarettes topped ten dollars a pack at some city outlets last month, thousands of smokers knew it was time to quit. An analysis of data from the city’s 311 line showed the number of calls for help to quit smoking was three times higher during the week the price increase went [...]