Latest Tobacco Stories
Cigars Sales Have Doubled Since 2000, and Teens Smoke Cigars at Twice the Rate of Adults WASHINGTON, March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While cigarette smoking has been declining in the United States, cigar sales have more than doubled since 2000, driven by an explosion of cheap, sweet small cigars that entice kids, according to a report released today by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO) National surveys show...
More stringent controls could help curb young people starting to smoke, say doctors UK children are being exposed to millions of tobacco images/messages every week on prime time television, indicates research published online in Tobacco Control. Smoking and other tobacco content frequently feature in films marketed to kids, which is known to spark their interest in starting to smoke, say the authors. More stringent curbs on tobacco imagery in the TV program schedule could help curb...
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ohio cardiac surgeon Surender R. Neravetla who took Costco to task for publishing a pro-salt article in its "Costco Connection" magazine is at it again. This time he's taking on Karrass, the self-proclaimed "worldwide leader in negotiation training" for running an ad featuring an attractive businesswoman smoking a celebratory cigar. When Dr. Neravetla saw the ad in two separate in-flight magazines--US Airways Magazine and Delta Sky...
SEATTLE, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Adults who've smoked daily for at least the past year who want to quit within the next 30 days are needed for a study of a quit-smoking iPhone app being conducted by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in collaboration with the University of Washington and 2Morrow Mobile. Led by Jonathan Bricker, Ph.D., a psychologist based in the Public Health Sciences Division at Fred Hutch, the Smart Quit study will randomly assign participants to one of...
LEEDS, England, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- INCIG UK debuts a further two new Starter Kits adding to its 'premium' range of e-cigs to promote No Smoking Day tomorrow. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130313/601064 ) Electronic Cigarette company INCIG [http://www.incig.co.uk ], is the most affordable alternative to cigarette smoking in the UK to date. Based in West Yorkshire it distributes electronic cigarettes all over the United Kingdom under...
E Cigarette Reviewed Helps Consumers With the Facts, Not Veiled Advertisements TUSTIN, Calif., March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The internet is flooded with misleading e-cigarette reviews. Most e-cigarette review sites earn their money through affiliate marketing, which has led to a wealth of overly positive reviews online. E Cigarette Reviewed is taking a stand against this manufacturer-friendly consensus, offering readers thoroughly honest appraisals based on extensive...
GREENSBORO, N.C., March 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lorillard, Inc. (NYSE: LO), the third largest manufacturer of cigarettes in the United States, announced today that the Company's Board of Directors approved a new share repurchase program, authorizing the Company to repurchase in the aggregate up to $500 million of its outstanding common stock, which is expected to be completed over the course of 2013. "Today's announcement that the Board has authorized a new share repurchase...
DUBLIN, March 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "US Electronic Cigarettes Market 2011-2015 [http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/n6wvhh/us_electronic ]" report to their offering. This comprehensive report on the electronic cigarettes market includes - Quantification and analysis of the US electronic cigarette market - Current market size and forecasts of the US electronic cigarettes industry...
Exposure to tobacco smoke may be more dangerous than previously thought, research says Nonsmokers, beware. It seems the more you are exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke—whether it was during your childhood or as an adult, at work or at home—the more likely you are to develop early signs of heart disease, according to research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. Researchers found that 26 percent of people exposed to varying levels...
DUBLIN, March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/l6mxp4/electronic) has announced the addition of the "Electronic Cigarettes Market in India 2011-2015" report to their offering. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130307/600769 ) This comprehensive report on electronic cigarettes market includes - Quantification and analysis of the Indian electronic cigarette market - Current market...
Latest Tobacco Reference Libraries
Nicotine replacement therapy is the administration of nicotine by other means than smoking. This change in the way nicotine is delivered prevents the harmful effects of smoking and is usually used in smoking cessation. Types Nicotine replacement therapy can be administered in several forms. The type used depends on the patient and what fits into their lifestyle best. The forms available include: Nicotine patches – transdermal (through the skin) Nicotine gum – orally (through the...
Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) is a positive-sense single stranded RNA virus that infects plants, namely tobacco and other members of the family Solanaceae. It causes characteristic patterns on the leaves. In 1930 it was determined that an infectious agent was determined to be a virus. Adolf Mayer first described the disease in 1883. The disease can be transferred between plants similar to bacterial infections. Dimitri Ivanovski was the first to show that infected sap remained infectious even...
