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All rights reserved.http://news.usti.net/Smoking and tobacco issuesen-usThu Nov 13 04:13:03 20082880MY USTI.NET News12336http://news.usti.net/http://rss.usti.net/xml_news.gif Program targets tobacco use in Africahttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/de/Usafrica-tobacco.RkxN_INC.htmlwed/de/Usafrica-tobacco.RkxN_INC.html1226549102Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:05:02 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/de/Usafrica-tobacco.RkxN_INC.html"></a>DURBAN, South Africa, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A multinational effort to promote aggressive tobacco control measures across sub-Saharan Africa was announced Wednesday. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/de/Usafrica-tobacco.RkxN_INC.html">Program targets tobacco use in Africa</a> DURBAN, South Africa, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A multinational effort to promote aggressive tobacco control measures across sub-Saharan Africa was announced Wednesday. (UPI) Cigarette packages to show graphic photoshttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/bl/Ubritain-cigarettes.RA79_ISR.htmlwed/bl/Ubritain-cigarettes.RA79_ISR.html1222536896Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:34:56 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/bl/Ubritain-cigarettes.RA79_ISR.html"></a>LONDON, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Health officials say cigarette packages sold in Britain will soon carry photos of throat cancer, rotting teeth and a corpse in a morgue. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/bl/Ubritain-cigarettes.RA79_ISR.html">Cigarette packages to show graphic photos</a> LONDON, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Health officials say cigarette packages sold in Britain will soon carry photos of throat cancer, rotting teeth and a corpse in a morgue. (UPI) U.S. bill gives FDA tobacco regulationhttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/ar/Uus-tobacco.RQ2P_IlV.htmlwed/ar/Uus-tobacco.RQ2P_IlV.html1217511292Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:34:52 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/ar/Uus-tobacco.RQ2P_IlV.html"></a>WASHINGTON, July 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives has approved landmark legislation empowering the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco for the first time. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/ar/Uus-tobacco.RQ2P_IlV.html">U.S. bill gives FDA tobacco regulation</a> WASHINGTON, July 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives has approved landmark legislation empowering the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco for the first time. (UPI) S.F. considers cigarette sale restrictionshttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/dq/Uus-cigarettes.RiUV_IlT.htmlwed/dq/Uus-cigarettes.RiUV_IlT.html1217366089Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:14:49 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/dq/Uus-cigarettes.RiUV_IlT.html"></a>SAN FRANCISCO, July 29 (UPI) -- Major retailers are closely watching a measure in San Francisco that would ban pharmacies from selling cigarettes, The Wall Street Journal said Tuesday. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/dq/Uus-cigarettes.RiUV_IlT.html">S.F. considers cigarette sale restrictions</a> SAN FRANCISCO, July 29 (UPI) -- Major retailers are closely watching a measure in San Francisco that would ban pharmacies from selling cigarettes, The Wall Street Journal said Tuesday. (UPI) FTC wants to end tar-nicotine statementshttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/aj/Uus-cigarettes.R87e_Il8.htmlwed/aj/Uus-cigarettes.R87e_Il8.html1215534287Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:24:47 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/aj/Uus-cigarettes.R87e_Il8.html"></a>WASHINGTON, July 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is proposing rescinding statements concerning cigarette tar and nicotine yields that are based on a 1966 test. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/aj/Uus-cigarettes.R87e_Il8.html">FTC wants to end tar-nicotine statements</a> WASHINGTON, July 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is proposing rescinding statements concerning cigarette tar and nicotine yields that are based on a 1966 test. (UPI) Heart attack rates drop after smoking banhttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/aa/Ubritain-smoking.Rttq_IuE.htmlwed/aa/Ubritain-smoking.Rttq_IuE.html1213463101Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:05:01 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/aa/Ubritain-smoking.Rttq_IuE.html"></a>LONDON, June 14 (UPI) -- Heart attack admissions at England's hospitals have significantly decreased since a public-smoking ban was enacted, government records indicate. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/aa/Ubritain-smoking.Rttq_IuE.html">Heart attack rates drop after smoking ban</a> LONDON, June 14 (UPI) -- Heart attack admissions at England's hospitals have significantly decreased since a public-smoking ban was enacted, government records indicate. (UPI) Court to review tobacco case a third timehttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/ca/Uus-court-tobacco.RBY3_Iu9.htmlwed/ca/Uus-court-tobacco.RBY3_Iu9.html1213039486Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:24:46 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/ca/Uus-court-tobacco.RBY3_Iu9.html"></a>WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday agreed for the third time to take a look at a huge punitive award against Philip Morris USA over the death of a smoker. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/ca/Uus-court-tobacco.RBY3_Iu9.html">Court to review tobacco case a third time</a> WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday agreed for the third time to take a look at a huge punitive award against Philip Morris USA over the death of a smoker. (UPI) Caterpillar smoking ban riles workershttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/ce/Uus-caterpillar-smoking.Row5_IyV.htmlwed/ce/Uus-caterpillar-smoking.Row5_IyV.html1212243887Sat, 31 May 2008 14:24:47 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/ce/Uus-caterpillar-smoking.Row5_IyV.html"></a>EAST PEORIA, Ill., May 31 (UPI) -- Union leaders at Caterpillar Inc.'s U.S. manufacturing plants say a new smoking ban violates their contract. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/ce/Uus-caterpillar-smoking.Row5_IyV.html">Caterpillar smoking ban riles workers</a> EAST PEORIA, Ill., May 31 (UPI) -- Union leaders at Caterpillar Inc.'s U.S. manufacturing plants say a new smoking ban violates their contract. (UPI) Stores face hidden cigarettes deadlinehttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/dr/Ucanada-cigarettes.RGE0_IyU.htmlwed/dr/Ucanada-cigarettes.RGE0_IyU.html1212159926Fri, 30 May 2008 15:05:26 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/dr/Ucanada-cigarettes.RGE0_IyU.html"></a>TORONTO, May 30 (UPI) -- Retailers in the Canadian province of Ontario face a weekend deadline to take down or cover up displays of cigarettes or face hefty fines. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/dr/Ucanada-cigarettes.RGE0_IyU.html">Stores face hidden cigarettes deadline</a> TORONTO, May 30 (UPI) -- Retailers in the Canadian province of Ontario face a weekend deadline to take down or cover up displays of cigarettes or face hefty fines. (UPI) Study: Smoking hurts popularityhttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/bw/Uus-smoking-sociallife.Rux9_IyM.htmlwed/bw/Uus-smoking-sociallife.Rux9_IyM.html1211481890Thu, 22 May 2008 18:44:50 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/bw/Uus-smoking-sociallife.Rux9_IyM.html"></a>BOSTON, May 22 (UPI) -- People who quit smoking in tandem and those who still smoke form separate "cliques" that shift to the periphery of their social network, U.S. researchers said. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/bw/Uus-smoking-sociallife.Rux9_IyM.html">Study: Smoking hurts popularity</a> BOSTON, May 22 (UPI) -- People who quit smoking in tandem and those who still smoke form separate "cliques" that shift to the periphery of their social network, U.S. researchers said. (UPI) Tobacco seller charged for having tobaccohttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/bp/Ucanada-tobaccocharges.R9kK_IyD.htmlwed/bp/Ucanada-tobaccocharges.R9kK_IyD.html1210703561Tue, 13 May 2008 18:32:41 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/bp/Ucanada-tobaccocharges.R9kK_IyD.html"></a>KENTVILLE, Nova Scotia, May 13 (UPI) -- A tobacco store operator in Canada's eastern province of Nova Scotia was charged Tuesday for storing tobacco and displaying it for sale. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/bp/Ucanada-tobaccocharges.R9kK_IyD.html">Tobacco seller charged for having tobacco</a> KENTVILLE, Nova Scotia, May 13 (UPI) -- A tobacco store operator in Canada's eastern province of Nova Scotia was charged Tuesday for storing tobacco and displaying it for sale. (UPI) Some U.S. retailers and tobacco part wayshttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/dq/Uus-cigarettes.RFDC_Iy9.htmlwed/dq/Uus-cigarettes.RFDC_Iy9.html1210339811Fri, 09 May 2008 13:30:11 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/dq/Uus-cigarettes.RFDC_Iy9.html"></a>SAN FRANCISCO, May 9 (UPI) -- U.S. retailers are dropping out of the cigarette business and finding a supportive reaction from customers, retailers say. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/dq/Uus-cigarettes.RFDC_Iy9.html">Some U.S. retailers and tobacco part ways</a> SAN FRANCISCO, May 9 (UPI) -- U.S. retailers are dropping out of the cigarette business and finding a supportive reaction from customers, retailers say. (UPI) Study: Restaurant tobacco bans influence teen smokinghttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/bd/Ayb117088281.RHrM_IA5.htmlwed/bd/Ayb117088281.RHrM_IA5.html1210037477Tue, 06 May 2008 01:31:17 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/bd/Ayb117088281.RHrM_IA5.html"></a>BOSTON - A Massachusetts study suggests that restaurant smoking bans may play a big role in persuading teens not to become smokers. Youths who lived in towns with strict bans were 40 percent less likely to become regular smokers than those in communities with no bans or weak ones, the researchers reported in the May issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/bd/Ayb117088281.RHrM_IA5.html">Study: Restaurant tobacco bans influence teen smoking</a> BOSTON - A Massachusetts study suggests that restaurant smoking bans may play a big role in persuading teens not to become smokers. Youths who lived in towns with strict bans were 40 percent less likely to become regular smokers than those in communities with no bans or weak ones, the researchers reported in the May issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. (AP) Study: Restaurant tobacco bans influence teen smokinghttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/bv/Ayb117079564.RHrM_IA5.htmlwed/bv/Ayb117079564.RHrM_IA5.html1210019438Mon, 05 May 2008 20:30:38 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/bv/Ayb117079564.RHrM_IA5.html"></a>BOSTON - A Massachusetts study suggests that restaurant smoking bans may play a big role in persuading teens not to become smokers. Youths who lived in towns with strict bans were 40 percent less likely to become regular smokers than those in communities with no bans or weak ones, the researchers reported in the May issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/bv/Ayb117079564.RHrM_IA5.html">Study: Restaurant tobacco bans influence teen smoking</a> BOSTON - A Massachusetts study suggests that restaurant smoking bans may play a big role in persuading teens not to become smokers. Youths who lived in towns with strict bans were 40 percent less likely to become regular smokers than those in communities with no bans or weak ones, the researchers reported in the May issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. (AP) Appeals court dismisses cigarette lawsuithttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/cc/Uus-cigarettes.RSqn_IA4.htmlwed/cc/Uus-cigarettes.RSqn_IA4.html1207332694Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:11:34 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/cc/Uus-cigarettes.RSqn_IA4.html"></a>WASHINGTON, April 4 (UPI) -- A U.S. federal appeals court dismissed an $800 billion lawsuit involving smokers who say they were unfairly told that light cigarettes had health benefits. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/cc/Uus-cigarettes.RSqn_IA4.html">Appeals court dismisses cigarette lawsuit</a> WASHINGTON, April 4 (UPI) -- A U.S. federal appeals court dismissed an $800 billion lawsuit involving smokers who say they were unfairly told that light cigarettes had health benefits. (UPI) Big tobacco a test for McCainhttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/dk/Upolitics-mccain-tobacco.R4nZ_IMQ.htmlwed/dk/Upolitics-mccain-tobacco.R4nZ_IMQ.html1206550597Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:56:37 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/dk/Upolitics-mccain-tobacco.R4nZ_IMQ.html"></a>WASHINGTON, March 26 (UPI) -- Presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain previously backed a huge tax on cigarettes but he's balked at a bill regulating the industry, an adviser says. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/dk/Upolitics-mccain-tobacco.R4nZ_IMQ.html">Big tobacco a test for McCain</a> WASHINGTON, March 26 (UPI) -- Presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain previously backed a huge tax on cigarettes but he's balked at a bill regulating the industry, an adviser says. (UPI) Israel bans smoking on military baseshttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/dv/Uisrael-smoking.RDAE_IFL.htmlwed/dv/Uisrael-smoking.RDAE_IFL.html1203581219Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:06:59 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/dv/Uisrael-smoking.RDAE_IFL.html"></a>TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Israel has banned smoking at all military bases, police stations and prisons. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/dv/Uisrael-smoking.RDAE_IFL.html">Israel bans smoking on military bases</a> TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Israel has banned smoking at all military bases, police stations and prisons. (UPI) Expanded smoke ban passes in Turkeyhttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/aa/Uturkey-smoking.Rtk3_IJ4.htmlwed/aa/Uturkey-smoking.Rtk3_IJ4.html1199477427Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:10:27 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/aa/Uturkey-smoking.Rtk3_IJ4.html"></a>ANKARA, Turkey, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- The Turkish parliament has passed a bill that would extend a ban on smoking in public places. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/aa/Uturkey-smoking.Rtk3_IJ4.html">Expanded smoke ban passes in Turkey</a> ANKARA, Turkey, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- The Turkish parliament has passed a bill that would extend a ban on smoking in public places. (UPI) French smoking ban prompts cultural fearshttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/dd/Ufrance-smoking.RFed_HDT.htmlwed/dd/Ufrance-smoking.RFed_HDT.html1198955078Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:04:38 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/dd/Ufrance-smoking.RFed_HDT.html"></a>PARIS, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A number of French citizens are concerned that the implementation of a wider smoking ban could threaten one of France's cultural loves. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/dd/Ufrance-smoking.RFed_HDT.html">French smoking ban prompts cultural fears</a> PARIS, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A number of French citizens are concerned that the implementation of a wider smoking ban could threaten one of France's cultural loves. (UPI) Internet tobacco case may gut state lawshttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/aq/Uus-tobacco.RNoq_HNT.htmlwed/aq/Uus-tobacco.RNoq_HNT.html1196358958Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:55:58 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/aq/Uus-tobacco.RNoq_HNT.html"></a>WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has heard argument in a case that could affect dozens of state laws regulating Internet sales of tobacco or any dangerous product. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/aq/Uus-tobacco.RNoq_HNT.html">Internet tobacco case may gut state laws</a> WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has heard argument in a case that could affect dozens of state laws regulating Internet sales of tobacco or any dangerous product. (UPI) Less nicotine in cigarettes cut smokinghttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/cb/Uus-nicotine.RaQQ_HNF.htmlwed/cb/Uus-nicotine.RaQQ_HNF.html1195198548Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:35:48 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/cb/Uus-nicotine.RaQQ_HNF.html"></a>SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- U.S scientists report they have found a way to reduce smokers' nicotine dependence while allowing them to continue smoking. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/cb/Uus-nicotine.RaQQ_HNF.html">Less nicotine in cigarettes cut smoking</a> SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- U.S scientists report they have found a way to reduce smokers' nicotine dependence while allowing them to continue smoking. (UPI) Report: Smoking rate decline hits wallhttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/bw/Uus-smoking.RJ58_HN9.htmlwed/bw/Uus-smoking.RJ58_HN9.html1194640819Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:40:19 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/bw/Uus-smoking.RJ58_HN9.html"></a>WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. health officials say the nation's decline in smoking rates has stalled for the first time in years. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/bw/Uus-smoking.RJ58_HN9.html">Report: Smoking rate decline hits wall</a> WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. health officials say the nation's decline in smoking rates has stalled for the first time in years. (UPI) Book casts doubt on tobacco litigationhttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/bd/Uus-tobacco.RxqR_HO3.htmlwed/bd/Uus-tobacco.RxqR_HO3.html1191448822Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:00:22 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/bd/Uus-tobacco.RxqR_HO3.html"></a>CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Oct. 3 (UPI) -- An upcoming book suggests that tobacco litigation and other such huge lawsuits are squelching public policy debate in the United States. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/bd/Uus-tobacco.RxqR_HO3.html">Book casts doubt on tobacco litigation</a> CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Oct. 3 (UPI) -- An upcoming book suggests that tobacco litigation and other such huge lawsuits are squelching public policy debate in the United States. (UPI) Movie smoking influences teen smokinghttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/dr/Uus-smokingmovies.RvQN_HS4.htmlwed/dr/Uus-smokingmovies.RvQN_HS4.html1188994835Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:20:35 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/dr/Uus-smokingmovies.RvQN_HS4.html"></a>DARTMOUTH, N.H., Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Exposure to smoking in movies appears to be linked with teens' risk of becoming established smokers, a U.S. study found. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/dr/Uus-smokingmovies.RvQN_HS4.html">Movie smoking influences teen smoking</a> DARTMOUTH, N.H., Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Exposure to smoking in movies appears to be linked with teens' risk of becoming established smokers, a U.S. study found. (UPI) Study determines how smoking kills cellshttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/cm/Uus-smoking.RwU1_Ha9.htmlwed/cm/Uus-smoking.RwU1_Ha9.html1186699879Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:51:19 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/cm/Uus-smoking.RwU1_Ha9.html"></a>CHICAGO, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers have discovered toxins in cigarette smoke can open small channels in cell membranes, leading to the cell's death. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.issues.smoking/2/wed/cm/Uus-smoking.RwU1_Ha9.html">Study determines how smoking kills cells</a> CHICAGO, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers have discovered toxins in cigarette smoke can open small channels in cell membranes, leading to the cell's death. (UPI)