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OTTAWA, April 11, 2013 /CNW/ - Decades of anti-smoking campaigns have steadily and successfully whittled the rate of smokers in Canada from half the population in 1965 to less than 20 per cent in 2011. On the other hand, almost five million Canadians still smoke tobacco, and the rate of decline has slowed in recent years. A Conference Board of Canada report, Profile of Tobacco Smokers in Canada, identifies the segments of the Canadian population that have struggled to kick the...

Recently, Weecke.com, a leading herbal vaporizer manufacturer, has announced its new product, WK-2 Tobacco Vaporizer, available, which is a new revolutionary botanical vaporizer. (PRWEB) April 10, 2013 Recently, Weecke.com, a leading herbal vaporizer manufacturer, has announced its new product, WK-2 Tobacco Vaporizer, available, which is a new revolutionary botanical vaporizer. “A tobacco vaporizer is a new alternative to smoking. Instead of burning the tobacco that generates toxic and...

WASHINGTON, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO) President Obama today has taken bold action to protect our children from tobacco addiction and save lives by proposing to increase the federal cigarette tax by 94 cents per pack and similarly increase taxes on other tobacco products. We urge Congress to support this proposal,...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online According to a study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, taking a short daily walk may help teenagers quit smoking. For the study, researchers tracked 233 teenagers from 19 high schools in West Virginia, where nearly 13 percent of West Virginia teenagers are smokers. They found that those who increased their exercise to just 20 minutes a day were able to cut down on their habit, while spending 30 minutes of doing physical...

- Tobacco Free Florida has helped 72,000 people quit through its 3 Ways to Quit services. - TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The fifth annual Tobacco Free Florida Week runs from April 6-13. Themed "High Five: Celebrating Five Years of Tobacco Free Florida Week," it will highlight progress made in protecting Floridians from tobacco's deadly toll. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130409/FL91627-INFO-a) (Photo:...

WASHINGTON, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a Statement of Matthew L. Myers President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO) President Obama's budget to be released Wednesday is expected to include an increase in the federal tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products to pay for early childhood education initiatives. This proposal will both raise revenue and save lives by reducing tobacco use. We...

Rebound seen in top-grossing movies from Warner Bros., Fox, Sony and others WASHINGTON, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A year after the U.S. Surgeon General announced that watching movies with characters who smoke causes kids to start smoking, new data show that smoking imagery has markedly increased in the movies that kids see most. Tobacco incidents in youth-rated films doubled between 2010 and 2012, returning to levels of a decade ago. Because tobacco remains the leading...

LEEDS, England, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- For many people, smoking is an enjoyable personal & social past time. Although aware of the risks, cigarette smokers endanger their own health and possibly the health of others by continuing to smoke, inhaling 4000 toxic chemicals and poisoning the air around them. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130409/607539 ) INCIG electronic cigarettes [http://www.incig.co.uk ] provide an alternative to smoking...

Leading review site uses philosopher's "Teapot" argument to defend e-cigs TUSTIN, Calif., April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- An article on E Cigarette Reviewed has evoked a famous philosophical argument to highlight the flaws in the arguments of those opposed to the technology. The website looks at the anti-e-cigarette campaign through the logical lens of "Russell's Teapot." The article argues that since current research shows that e-cigarettes are much safer than smoking, anybody...

Up to 2009 there is no statistically significant evidence of any reduction in smoking amongst men – and very little evidence of a reduction in smoking amongst women – resulting from the introduction of EU minimum tax legislation in Spain in 2006. This is despite the price of cigarettes rising up to three times faster than before the legislation came into effect, according to a new study published online in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research. The World Health Organization's...