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Court Strikes Down
Gross-Out Cigarette Labels

Aug 24, 2012 2:08 PM CDT

Court Strikes Down Gross-Out Cigarette Labels

Court concludes that the government can't prove graphic warnings will work

(Newser) - The government can't force cigarette makers to put disgusting imagery warning of the dangers of smoking on their packages, a federal appeals court ruled today. In a 2-1 decision, the justices upheld a lower court ruling that the labels violated free speech protections, the AP reports. They said the...

Aussie Cigarette Packaging
to Turn Generic, Gross

court ruling

Aug 15, 2012 5:55 AM CDT

Aussie Cigarette Packaging to Turn Generic, Gross

Ruling a major defeat for tobacco firms

(Newser) - Australia's first-of-its-kind generic cigarette packaging law has been upheld by the country's highest court in a huge defeat for tobacco companies. Today's decision means that starting Dec. 1, cigarettes will all come in olive green packages dominated by graphic health warnings with images like blinded eyeballs and...

Americans Ditch
Cigarettes for
Pipes, Cigars

Aug 5, 2012 4:21 PM CDT

Americans Ditch Cigarettes for Pipes, Cigars

Cigarette consumption falls nearly 33% over 12 years

(Newser) - Smoking less these days? You're not alone: US cigarette consumption has dropped nearly 33% over the past dozen years, according to a CDC report. But Americans are making up for it by puffing on far more cigars and pipes. In fact, large-cigar consumption jumped more than 300%. And pipe...

Smoking in a Movie?
Give It an 'R' Rating

Smoking in a Movie? Give It an 'R' Rating

Doing so will cut down on teen smoking: study

(Newser) - Kids who see actors smoking tobacco in movies are more likely to try cigarettes—so any film with a smoking scene should get an R rating, a new study suggests. Researchers surveyed children ages 10 to 14 and found that two-thirds of the smoking scenes they saw were in PG-13...

Those Who Quit Smoking Usually Gain 10 Pounds

Jul 11, 2012 2:45 PM CDT

Those Who Quit Smoking Usually Gain 10 Pounds

Analysis finds higher-than-expected figure

(Newser) - Congrats on quitting smoking… but beware of cupcakes. A new study shows ex-smokers typically gain 9 to 11 pounds within 12 months of quitting, reports Medical News Today . That's higher than previous estimates, but the researchers also make it very clear: The big benefits of quitting cigarettes far outweigh...

Vaccine Could
Prevent Nicotine
Addiction

New study

Jun 28, 2012 11:47 AM CDT

Vaccine Could Prevent Nicotine Addiction

Test on mice shows antibodies can block nicotine's access to brain

(Newser) - A new study has given fresh hopes that a one-shot vaccine could inoculate a person against nicotine addiction. Cornell researchers injected mice with a gene for a nicotine antibody, and watched as those antibodies managed to prevent more than 80% of all nicotine from reaching their brains, the Wall Street ...

It's Never Too Late
to Quit Smoking

new study

Jun 12, 2012 10:01 AM CDT

It's Never Too Late to Quit Smoking

Even those over 60 saw risk of death reduced

(Newser) - If you're a decades-long smoker who has ever thought, "Well, no use quitting after all this time, the damage has been done," a new study is here to tell you you're wrong. Experts from the Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg, Germany, examined 17 smoking studies covering...

Tobacco Giants
Pummel Plan
to Tax Cali
Cigarettes

Jun 3, 2012 4:37 PM CDT

Tobacco Giants Pummel Plan to Tax Cali Cigarettes

Proposition 29 vote up in the air before Tuesday vote

(Newser) - The battle over a proposed cigarette tax has turned surprisingly fierce in California, a state that once led the anti-smoking crusade, the New York Times reports. Proponents of the $1-a-pack plan, called Proposition 29, say it will raise about $735 million for cancer research. But $47 million in advertisements (mostly...

Loud Music Linked
to Risky Behaviors

study says

May 22, 2012 3:36 PM CDT

Loud Music Linked to Risky Behaviors

Increased likelihood of smoking pot, drinking: Study

(Newser) - Just like your parents always feared, listening to loud music may actually be bad for you. A new study finds that teens and young adults who use ear buds to listen to music at the "risky" level of 89 dBA for at least an hour each day were nearly...

Coming to
New Zealand:
$100 Packs of
Cigarettes?

Coming to New Zealand: $100 Packs of Cigarettes?

Officials think higher prices will cut down on smoking

(Newser) - While the US has been trying to disgust smokers into giving up tobacco , New Zealand has been considering a more direct idea: raising the price of cigarettes to $100 a pack. The Ministry of Health wants a smoke-free NZ by 2025, and the $100 price tag—which would be implemented...

Smoking While Pregnant
May Raise Autism Risk

Apr 27, 2012 5:21 PM CDT

Smoking While Pregnant May Raise Autism Risk

Study sees link with some forms of the disorder

(Newser) - If any expectant mom needed yet more evidence that smoking is a bad idea, here it is: Doing so during pregnancy raises the risk of having a child with Asperger's or another kind of autism, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed data from about 630,000 kids born in...

Menthol
Cigarettes
Double
Stroke Risk

study says

Apr 10, 2012 5:32 PM CDT

Menthol Cigarettes Double Stroke Risk

Threat worse for women, non-blacks: study

(Newser) - While researchers stress that there's "no 'good' cigarette type," they warn that menthols may be even worse than the rest. Menthol smokers face more than double the risk of stroke faced by non-menthol smokers; among women and non-blacks, it's more than triple the risk, a...

6M Dead
From Tobacco
Last Year

Mar 21, 2012 5:23 PM CDT

6M Dead From Tobacco Last Year

It's also the No. 1 cause of death in China: Cancer Society

(Newser) - Tobacco killed 6 million people worldwide last year and now ranks as the No. 1 cause of death in China, according to a report from the American Cancer Society and World Lung Federation. What's more, the groups say tobacco use may be responsible for 1 billion deaths this century...

Judge: Graphic Smoking Images Are Unconstitutional

Feb 29, 2012 6:20 PM CST

Judge: Graphic Smoking Images Are Unconstitutional

Big Tobacco wins a round in court over proposed warnings

(Newser) - Tobacco companies can't be forced to put ultra-graphic images on cigarette packages and advertising to scare away smokers, a federal judge ruled today. The FDA requirement, which was supposed to go into effect later this year, violates the companies' free-speech rights, declared US District Judge Richard Leon in Washington,...

Help Smokers Quit: Cut
Packs to 10 Cigarettes

OPINION

Nov 18, 2011 3:53 PM CST

Help Smokers Quit: Cut Packs to 10 Cigarettes

Advocate says government can take simple step

(Newser) - The vast majority of smokers say they want to quit, and a Yale public health professor has a relatively simple suggestion: "It's time for the 10-cigarette pack," writes Jody Sindelar at CNN . Studies have shown that bigger portions of food result in people eating more, and the...

Obama
Calls Out
Big Tobacco

Great American Smokeout

Nov 17, 2011 11:22 AM CST

Obama Calls Out Big Tobacco

President congratulates those trying to quit

(Newser) - President Obama congratulated those who are making plans to quit smoking today as part of the Great American Smokeout, wryly acknowledging that “quitting smoking is hard—believe me, I know.” He also slammed Big Tobacco for attempting to block new cigarette warning labels “because they don’...

E-Cigs Work,
But Have
Smoking Foes
Burning

E-Cigs Work, But Have Smoking Foes Burning

They can help smokers quit, but anti-smoking groups still want ban

(Newser) - A recent experiment in Italy found that electronic cigarettes can help even hard-core smokers quit, boosting hopes that e-cigarettes could be a much better tool than more traditional products like nicotine patches and gum. So why are government officials and anti-smoking groups working to ban the device, which delivers a...

Judge Blocks Gruesome Cigarette Labels

Nov 7, 2011 2:21 PM CST

Judge Blocks Gruesome Cigarette Labels

Big Tobacco was likely to win First Amendment complaint

(Newser) - Wheeze out a sigh of relief, smokers of America: You won't have to look at a blackened lung or rotting teeth when you buy a pack of smokes next year after all. US District Judge Richard Leon blocked the new labels today, ruling that tobacco companies were likely to...

Obama Fit,
Smoke-Free,
Physical Says

Nov 1, 2011 9:24 AM CDT

Obama Fit, Smoke-Free, Physical Says

That occasional cheeseburger apparently isn't hurting him, doc says

(Newser) - He may be sporting more than a few new gray hairs , but Barack Obama is physically no worse for the wear, according to his second physical as president. At the big 5-0, Obama is fit and "tobacco free," eats a healthy diet, is physically active, and is poised...

Tobacco Firms Knew of Radiation in Cigs—in 1959

Oct 3, 2011 9:10 AM CDT

Tobacco Firms Knew of Radiation in Cigs—in 1959

They studied polonium and its link to cancer in the 1960s

(Newser) - Tobacco companies were well aware that their products contained radiation—and they discovered this decades ago, UCLA researchers studying 27 historical documents have found. The firms learned of the presence of polonium-210 in cigarettes in 1959, and they examined the radioactive material's effects during the 1960s, documents show. They...