Some smokers have turned to electronic cigarettes to get their nicotine fix now that the Clean Indoor Air Act applies to bars and casinos.
State health officials warn against it, saying the products aren't regulated and emit carcinogens, but acknowledge they can't stop it under state law.
"We, at this point, don't feel that we can go into a place and say, 'You're using e-cigarettes. That's a violation of the Clean Indoor Air Act,'" said Linda Lee, supervisor with the Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program in the state Department of Public Health and Human Services.
Electronic cigarettes contain a solution in a cartridge that is drawn through a battery-operated vaporizer to simulate inhaling smoke. The Food and Drug Administration has tested some of the more popular brands and has found they emit carcinogens. The FDA is seeking to regulate the electronic cigarettes, as it does tobacco products under a bill signed by President Barack Obama in June.
Lee said e-cigarettes can contain varied amounts of nicotine.
"They're made in various places, a bunch of them are made in China," Lee said. "There's no regulation at all as far as nicotine content and whatever else is delivered. We're very concerned about it."
Robyn DeMasi, manager of the tobacco shop chain Smoker Friendly in Bozeman, said there has been an increase in sales of electronic cigarettes since the clean air act was expanded to bars and casinos on Oct. 1.
"People are looking for an alternative way to 'smoke' where they can't now," she said.
Jeremy Weiner, the Denver-based sales and marketing manager for Smoker Friendly, said the corporation began selling them a year ago and in most markets is doing very well.
Lee cautions that e-cigarettes, sometimes marketed as a safer alternative to cigarettes, are nothing of the sort.
"There is no real reason to use an unregulated product that could be dangerous," Lee said.
FDA-approved products such as patches, gum and lozenges are already available, she said.Lee said the state Clean Indoor Air Act doesn't address e-cigarettes because lawmakers didn't know about them in 2005, when the act passed.
"We'd never even heard about them at that point," she said.
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вторник, 29 декабря 2009 г.
Burglars Hit West St. Paul Tobacco Shop Three Times
For the third time in about a month, someone broke into Joseph's Tobacco Sales in West St. Paul. The Wazwaz family says a man drove a truck into the business after hours last Wednesday, breaking in and stealing cigarettes.
the incident was caught on eleven different surveillance cameras. Ken Wazwaz says the man took about 70 cartons of cigarettesworth more than $3,500.
"Cigarettes are very expensive with the taxes and such, they're a hot commodity on the black marget in the area," said Lt. Brian Sturgeon with the West St. Paul Police Department.
Police are trying to track down the man in the video. They want to know if he's the same man who drove a pick-up truck into the same tobacco store in late November, taking cigarettes and leaving a mess.
They don't think the smash and grabs are related to a third break-in at the shop. In that case, several people broke into several businesses in the strip mall through the walls.
The Wazwaz family has owned this shop for two years. Until last month, they had never had a break-in.
the incident was caught on eleven different surveillance cameras. Ken Wazwaz says the man took about 70 cartons of cigarettesworth more than $3,500.
"Cigarettes are very expensive with the taxes and such, they're a hot commodity on the black marget in the area," said Lt. Brian Sturgeon with the West St. Paul Police Department.
Police are trying to track down the man in the video. They want to know if he's the same man who drove a pick-up truck into the same tobacco store in late November, taking cigarettes and leaving a mess.
They don't think the smash and grabs are related to a third break-in at the shop. In that case, several people broke into several businesses in the strip mall through the walls.
The Wazwaz family has owned this shop for two years. Until last month, they had never had a break-in.
понедельник, 21 декабря 2009 г.
Marijuana Use Rises Among Teens; Cigarette Smoking Lowest Since '75
Marijuana use among teenagers increased this year after previous declines, while the use of other illicit drugs like cocaine mostly declined.
According to an annual National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded survey of nearly 47,000 students, almost one-third of 12th-graders and more than one-quarter of 10th-graders reported using marijuana in 2009. Almost 12% of eighth-graders reported marijuana use, an increase from about 11% in 2008.
The survey, conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan, asked teenagers to report on the use of smoking, alcohol use and drug use, including non-medical uses of prescription painkillers and over-the-counter cold and cough products.
The report showed cigarette smoking was at the lowest point since the survey started in 1975, although the use of smokeless-tobacco products increased on some measures this year.Daily cigarette use by 12th-graders was 11.2%, a slight drop from 11.4% in 2008, while any use during the past 30 days was 20.1%, also a slight decline from 2008. Smokeless-tobacco use during the past 30 days in 2009 was reported by 8.4% of students in 12th grade, up from 6.5% in 2008.
Researchers said one of the reasons smoking rates have declined is that the percentage of students who reported ever trying smoking has "fallen dramatically." For example in 1996, 49% of eighth-graders reported trying cigarettes, compared with 20% this year.
Alcohol use stayed about the same last year, with more than half of 10th-graders and about two-thirds of seniors reporting alcohol use in the past year.
The survey showed past-year use of cocaine decreased to 3.4% from 4.4% in 2008 among 12th-graders, along with declines in the use of hallucinogens and methamphetamine.
The use of over-the-counter cold and cough medicines to get high, however, edged up among all age groups, with 6% of 10th-graders reporting non-medical use of the products last year.
The annual survey also found continuing high rates of prescription-drug abuse, with almost 10% of 12th-graders reporting non-medical use of the painkiller Vicodin last year, the same rate as 2008. Almost 5% of high-school seniors reported using OxyContin for a non-medical use in 2009, a slight uptick from 2008.
Researchers said 66% of teens reported obtaining the prescription drugs from a friend or relative, while 19% said they received the drugs with a doctor's prescription, and 8% said they bought the drugs from a dealer.
According to an annual National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded survey of nearly 47,000 students, almost one-third of 12th-graders and more than one-quarter of 10th-graders reported using marijuana in 2009. Almost 12% of eighth-graders reported marijuana use, an increase from about 11% in 2008.
The survey, conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan, asked teenagers to report on the use of smoking, alcohol use and drug use, including non-medical uses of prescription painkillers and over-the-counter cold and cough products.
The report showed cigarette smoking was at the lowest point since the survey started in 1975, although the use of smokeless-tobacco products increased on some measures this year.Daily cigarette use by 12th-graders was 11.2%, a slight drop from 11.4% in 2008, while any use during the past 30 days was 20.1%, also a slight decline from 2008. Smokeless-tobacco use during the past 30 days in 2009 was reported by 8.4% of students in 12th grade, up from 6.5% in 2008.
Researchers said one of the reasons smoking rates have declined is that the percentage of students who reported ever trying smoking has "fallen dramatically." For example in 1996, 49% of eighth-graders reported trying cigarettes, compared with 20% this year.
Alcohol use stayed about the same last year, with more than half of 10th-graders and about two-thirds of seniors reporting alcohol use in the past year.
The survey showed past-year use of cocaine decreased to 3.4% from 4.4% in 2008 among 12th-graders, along with declines in the use of hallucinogens and methamphetamine.
The use of over-the-counter cold and cough medicines to get high, however, edged up among all age groups, with 6% of 10th-graders reporting non-medical use of the products last year.
The annual survey also found continuing high rates of prescription-drug abuse, with almost 10% of 12th-graders reporting non-medical use of the painkiller Vicodin last year, the same rate as 2008. Almost 5% of high-school seniors reported using OxyContin for a non-medical use in 2009, a slight uptick from 2008.
Researchers said 66% of teens reported obtaining the prescription drugs from a friend or relative, while 19% said they received the drugs with a doctor's prescription, and 8% said they bought the drugs from a dealer.
вторник, 15 декабря 2009 г.
Cigarette burns mattress in Rochester home
Some Rochester residents should consider themselves very lucky after a dropped cigarette started a mattress fire early Tuesday morning.
The Rochester Fire Department says it received a 911 call around 5:20 a.m. and when firefighters arrived at the home on 10 1/2 Street Southeast, they found a smoldering mattress.
The owner tried to put the flames out with a fire extinguisher, but the cotton and other textiles used in the padding made it hard to put out.
No one was hurt, but there were no working smoke detectors in the home.
"This was a very dangerous situation," says Battalion Chief Steven Belau of the Rochester Fire Department. "If it had happened earlier in the night, the outcome almost certainly would have been tragically different. The occupants of this house were extremely lucky that someone was awake and smelled the smoke from the fire. Cigarettes in bed and no operating smoke detectors where people sleep are a deadly combination."
Damage estimates are around $350.
The Rochester Fire Department says it received a 911 call around 5:20 a.m. and when firefighters arrived at the home on 10 1/2 Street Southeast, they found a smoldering mattress.
The owner tried to put the flames out with a fire extinguisher, but the cotton and other textiles used in the padding made it hard to put out.
No one was hurt, but there were no working smoke detectors in the home.
"This was a very dangerous situation," says Battalion Chief Steven Belau of the Rochester Fire Department. "If it had happened earlier in the night, the outcome almost certainly would have been tragically different. The occupants of this house were extremely lucky that someone was awake and smelled the smoke from the fire. Cigarettes in bed and no operating smoke detectors where people sleep are a deadly combination."
Damage estimates are around $350.
понедельник, 16 ноября 2009 г.
Cigarette firm halts trendsetter marketing
British cigarette maker Imperial Tobacco has stopped using young Dutch trendsetters to promote smoking, the NRC reports.
The food and product safety authority had decided to investigate the marketing scheme in which 60 artists, designers and other hip twentysomethings were paid in Gauloise cigarettes to come up with marketing ideas.
The 60 artists, spread over Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Utrecht and the Hague had to sign a contract pledging to keep the agreement secret. In return for attending three marketing meetings a year, they were paid 'compensation' of €960 in the form of two cartons of cigarettes a month.
The company denies it is using trendsetters to try to get other smokers to switch brands. 'Our interpretation is that we are sticking to the law,' the paper quoted a spokesman as saying.
In Dutch law, tobacco companies are not allowed to give away cigarettes or advertise them.
Among the young smokers who signed the contract with Imperial Tobacco are designers Bas Kosters and Daryl van Wouw as well as singers and clothes store owners, the paper says.
Designer Tomas Overtoom told the NRC when it broke the story last weekend: 'The brainstorming session is really a cover to get a whole group of people to smoke these cigarettes. Manufacturers are tied to the rules which is why this is so clever. It is a new form of marketing.'
The food and product safety authority had decided to investigate the marketing scheme in which 60 artists, designers and other hip twentysomethings were paid in Gauloise cigarettes to come up with marketing ideas.
The 60 artists, spread over Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Utrecht and the Hague had to sign a contract pledging to keep the agreement secret. In return for attending three marketing meetings a year, they were paid 'compensation' of €960 in the form of two cartons of cigarettes a month.
The company denies it is using trendsetters to try to get other smokers to switch brands. 'Our interpretation is that we are sticking to the law,' the paper quoted a spokesman as saying.
In Dutch law, tobacco companies are not allowed to give away cigarettes or advertise them.
Among the young smokers who signed the contract with Imperial Tobacco are designers Bas Kosters and Daryl van Wouw as well as singers and clothes store owners, the paper says.
Designer Tomas Overtoom told the NRC when it broke the story last weekend: 'The brainstorming session is really a cover to get a whole group of people to smoke these cigarettes. Manufacturers are tied to the rules which is why this is so clever. It is a new form of marketing.'
вторник, 10 ноября 2009 г.
Sandwich swap aims to put bite on smoking
A local anti-tobacco coalition hopes free sandwiches will give smokers that little extra incentive next week to quit, if only for a day.
"It's a starting place," said Darlene Cunningham, director for the coalition.
Free sandwiches will be given away in exchange for half-packages of cigarettes during the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout Event Nov. 19.
This is the first year the Olive Branch YMCA has participated as the new fiscal agent for the state Office of Tobacco Control, Cunningham said. The coalition is sponsoring the sandwich giveaway with Lenny's Sub Shops.
"There are four Lenny's Sub Shops, so we have every section of the county covered," Cunningham said.
"I think it's a good idea," said Bonnie Crenshaw, manager of the Lenny's near the movie theater in Southaven. "I wish everybody would stop smoking."
Regular-size submarine sandwiches will be given away with the purchase of one of equal or lesser value at at 8110 Camp Creek in Olive Branch, 3019 Goodman in Horn Lake, 2408 E. Parkway in Hernando and 7090 Malco Boulevard in Southaven.
Volunteers from the Olive Branch High School Interact Club will be at the Lenny's stores between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and again between 5-7 p.m. during the Great American Smokeout to collect surrendered cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.
They also will hand out cards with the state Quit Line, a telephone number for smokers to call to get help quitting smoking, including free nicotine patches, Cunningham said.
Having the teens participate in an anti-tobacco event will hopefully encourage their peers to be smoke-free, Cunningham said.
According to the state Department of Health, 19.2 percent of high school students in Mississippi smoke and 22.7 percent of adults smoke.
The mission of local coalitions like the one serving DeSoto and Tate counties includes keeping young people from starting to use tobacco.
The Olive Branch YMCA has been very involved in the health of youth, Cunningham said, for example in fighting childhood obesity.
"This is just one more way to have a healthier community," Cunningham said.
"It's a starting place," said Darlene Cunningham, director for the coalition.
Free sandwiches will be given away in exchange for half-packages of cigarettes during the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout Event Nov. 19.
This is the first year the Olive Branch YMCA has participated as the new fiscal agent for the state Office of Tobacco Control, Cunningham said. The coalition is sponsoring the sandwich giveaway with Lenny's Sub Shops.
"There are four Lenny's Sub Shops, so we have every section of the county covered," Cunningham said.
"I think it's a good idea," said Bonnie Crenshaw, manager of the Lenny's near the movie theater in Southaven. "I wish everybody would stop smoking."
Regular-size submarine sandwiches will be given away with the purchase of one of equal or lesser value at at 8110 Camp Creek in Olive Branch, 3019 Goodman in Horn Lake, 2408 E. Parkway in Hernando and 7090 Malco Boulevard in Southaven.
Volunteers from the Olive Branch High School Interact Club will be at the Lenny's stores between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and again between 5-7 p.m. during the Great American Smokeout to collect surrendered cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.
They also will hand out cards with the state Quit Line, a telephone number for smokers to call to get help quitting smoking, including free nicotine patches, Cunningham said.
Having the teens participate in an anti-tobacco event will hopefully encourage their peers to be smoke-free, Cunningham said.
According to the state Department of Health, 19.2 percent of high school students in Mississippi smoke and 22.7 percent of adults smoke.
The mission of local coalitions like the one serving DeSoto and Tate counties includes keeping young people from starting to use tobacco.
The Olive Branch YMCA has been very involved in the health of youth, Cunningham said, for example in fighting childhood obesity.
"This is just one more way to have a healthier community," Cunningham said.
четверг, 5 ноября 2009 г.
Half of stores sell cigarettes to 15-year-old
TRADING standards bosses last night said they were appalled after 50 per cent of stores in an Oxford Mail test sold cigarettes to a 15-year-old schoolgirl.
A survey of eight newsagents, an off-licence and one post office in Oxford, showed two years after the legal age to buy cigarettes increased from 16 to 18-years-old, many shops were still not asking for identification.
Vanessa Walters, 15, from Bicester, did not try to conceal her age and admitted she was under 18 if challenged at the counter during last week’s test.
The five failures were Quix, in Cowley Road, East Oxford; Littlemore Post Office, in Cowley Road, Littlemore; Martin’s, in Blackbird Leys; Globe Newsmarket, in Iffley Road; and Caspian News, in George Street.
Richard Webb, deputy head of Oxfordshire County Council trading standards, said: “It is appalling that half of the shops failed.
“That is an even higher failure rate than our operations.
“We are disappointed, but from our experience when we conduct interviews with shops that have failed, all their staff are correctly trained and every one knows the law. It is often just down to one member of staff who is not thinking at that time.
“We are glad this operation has been brought to our attention.”
The test-purchase operation was carried out on Friday during the school half-term holiday.
It is not illegal for anyone below 18-years-old to buy cigarettes, but it is against the law for the shop to sell them.
Trading Standards tested 32 premises across Oxfordshire and nine failed during 2008/09.
Since April this year, trading standards have test-purchased 19 businesses. Three have failed.
Any shop which fails three times in a year risks losing its right to sell tobacco.
Amanda Sandford, of anti-smoking campaign group ASH, said: “It is shocking that retailers are still not upholding the law.
“What they are doing is aiding and abetting young people’s potential addiction – for life.”
Staff at the Co-operative Swift Shop, in Walton Street, Jericho; Martin’s, in Banbury Road, Summertown; Balfour News, in Cherwell Drive, Marston; Girdlestone Stores, in Headington; and Just Booze, in Wood Farm, all asked for ID and refused to sell to Miss Walters.
Kiren Turna, manager of Just Booze, said: “If I doubt anyone’s age and they have no ID I refuse to sell to them.”
During an Oxford Mail test purchase operation in November two years ago all 10 shops tested failed.
Quix, in Cowley Road, and Martin’s, in Blackbird Leys, which were two of the shops failed this year, sold cigarettes to a 16-year-old girl.
A survey of eight newsagents, an off-licence and one post office in Oxford, showed two years after the legal age to buy cigarettes increased from 16 to 18-years-old, many shops were still not asking for identification.
Vanessa Walters, 15, from Bicester, did not try to conceal her age and admitted she was under 18 if challenged at the counter during last week’s test.
The five failures were Quix, in Cowley Road, East Oxford; Littlemore Post Office, in Cowley Road, Littlemore; Martin’s, in Blackbird Leys; Globe Newsmarket, in Iffley Road; and Caspian News, in George Street.
Richard Webb, deputy head of Oxfordshire County Council trading standards, said: “It is appalling that half of the shops failed.
“That is an even higher failure rate than our operations.
“We are disappointed, but from our experience when we conduct interviews with shops that have failed, all their staff are correctly trained and every one knows the law. It is often just down to one member of staff who is not thinking at that time.
“We are glad this operation has been brought to our attention.”
The test-purchase operation was carried out on Friday during the school half-term holiday.
It is not illegal for anyone below 18-years-old to buy cigarettes, but it is against the law for the shop to sell them.
Trading Standards tested 32 premises across Oxfordshire and nine failed during 2008/09.
Since April this year, trading standards have test-purchased 19 businesses. Three have failed.
Any shop which fails three times in a year risks losing its right to sell tobacco.
Amanda Sandford, of anti-smoking campaign group ASH, said: “It is shocking that retailers are still not upholding the law.
“What they are doing is aiding and abetting young people’s potential addiction – for life.”
Staff at the Co-operative Swift Shop, in Walton Street, Jericho; Martin’s, in Banbury Road, Summertown; Balfour News, in Cherwell Drive, Marston; Girdlestone Stores, in Headington; and Just Booze, in Wood Farm, all asked for ID and refused to sell to Miss Walters.
Kiren Turna, manager of Just Booze, said: “If I doubt anyone’s age and they have no ID I refuse to sell to them.”
During an Oxford Mail test purchase operation in November two years ago all 10 shops tested failed.
Quix, in Cowley Road, and Martin’s, in Blackbird Leys, which were two of the shops failed this year, sold cigarettes to a 16-year-old girl.
Man fined NT$2,000 for stealing cigarette
TAOYUAN, Taiwan -- You would have to be smoking mad to go to court for a stolen cigarette.
A Taoyuan man felt the burn yesterday when the district court slapped him with a NT$2,000 fine for swiping the cigarette of the man beside him at a local Internet cafe.
According to the Taoyuan District Court, the desperate smoker, surnamed Yuan, 39, was at an Internet cafe last November when the urge to light up arose. Noting the fresh pack of cigarettes on the table beside him and that its owner had fallen asleep, Yuan opened the pack and retrieved a single smoke.
The action alerted the friend of the sleeping man, who shook him awake and blew Yuan's cover. Yuan and the man, surnamed Lin, got into a heated dispute and the police were called.
A lawsuit at the district court level ensued. During the gathering of evidence, prosecutors asked various witnesses within the cafe whether they saw Yuan “take that cigarette?” Yuan was found guilty and charged NT$2,000 for his misdemeanor.
A Taoyuan man felt the burn yesterday when the district court slapped him with a NT$2,000 fine for swiping the cigarette of the man beside him at a local Internet cafe.
According to the Taoyuan District Court, the desperate smoker, surnamed Yuan, 39, was at an Internet cafe last November when the urge to light up arose. Noting the fresh pack of cigarettes on the table beside him and that its owner had fallen asleep, Yuan opened the pack and retrieved a single smoke.
The action alerted the friend of the sleeping man, who shook him awake and blew Yuan's cover. Yuan and the man, surnamed Lin, got into a heated dispute and the police were called.
A lawsuit at the district court level ensued. During the gathering of evidence, prosecutors asked various witnesses within the cafe whether they saw Yuan “take that cigarette?” Yuan was found guilty and charged NT$2,000 for his misdemeanor.
понедельник, 5 октября 2009 г.
Revenue & Customs had to review 4,000 smuggling cases
An urgent review has begun of 4,000 cases in which the wrong legislation was used to confiscate cash and assets from people convicted of tobacco smuggling.
More than £88 million has been seized from people found guilty of counterfeiting tobacco brands since 2005. But an appeal by one man, William Chambers, revealed that Customs officers and prosecutors obtained a confiscation order against him under 1992 excise duty regulations, amended in 2001 to exclude tobacco products.
The case forced the Revenue & Customs Prosecution Office (RCPO) to track back through 4,000 case files. Dozens of similar errors have been unearthed, with many more files still to be examined. The RCPO faces repaying millions and being sued by people who had to sell their homes to meet the confiscation demands.
Among those appealing is John Rowbotham, who was arrested in 2003 in possession of two million contraband cigarettes and stopped a year later on the M6 driving a van containing 420,000 cigarettes for which no duty had been paid.Rowbotham was jailed for two years in 2004 and a confiscation order of £249,252 was imposed on him with three years’ jail in default of payment. He had an appeal dismissed in 2006 but applied to the Criminal Cases Review Commission for a further appeal after being informed of the Chambers Review. The commission said: “There is a real possibility that the Court of Appeal will quash the confiscation order.”
The issue goes to the heart of a key legal concern over confiscation proceedings which are said to punish people twice for the same offence. Rowbotham, for example, was jailed and then faced a confiscation order which threatened further imprisonment if he did not pay up.
In a statement on its website, the RCPO says: “For a period of some time textbook authors, HM Revenue & Customs investigators, solicitors, counsel and courts had not appreciated that the regulations no longer applied to tobacco products.”
More than £88 million has been seized from people found guilty of counterfeiting tobacco brands since 2005. But an appeal by one man, William Chambers, revealed that Customs officers and prosecutors obtained a confiscation order against him under 1992 excise duty regulations, amended in 2001 to exclude tobacco products.
The case forced the Revenue & Customs Prosecution Office (RCPO) to track back through 4,000 case files. Dozens of similar errors have been unearthed, with many more files still to be examined. The RCPO faces repaying millions and being sued by people who had to sell their homes to meet the confiscation demands.
Among those appealing is John Rowbotham, who was arrested in 2003 in possession of two million contraband cigarettes and stopped a year later on the M6 driving a van containing 420,000 cigarettes for which no duty had been paid.Rowbotham was jailed for two years in 2004 and a confiscation order of £249,252 was imposed on him with three years’ jail in default of payment. He had an appeal dismissed in 2006 but applied to the Criminal Cases Review Commission for a further appeal after being informed of the Chambers Review. The commission said: “There is a real possibility that the Court of Appeal will quash the confiscation order.”
The issue goes to the heart of a key legal concern over confiscation proceedings which are said to punish people twice for the same offence. Rowbotham, for example, was jailed and then faced a confiscation order which threatened further imprisonment if he did not pay up.
In a statement on its website, the RCPO says: “For a period of some time textbook authors, HM Revenue & Customs investigators, solicitors, counsel and courts had not appreciated that the regulations no longer applied to tobacco products.”
понедельник, 21 сентября 2009 г.
Tobacco laws to change in October
On June 22, President Barack Obama signed into law the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, or the FSPTCA. This law grants the FDA permission to control and regulate all tobacco products. According to the FDA’s Web site, the FDA plans to, by October, prohibit cigarettes from having “candy, fruit or spice flavors as their characterizing flavors.” The FDA is expected to set in more regulations as time passes. Such regulations may include:
By January 2010, tobacco manufacturers and importers are expected to have to submit product information to the FDA.y April 2010, the FDA plans to reissue a 1996 regulation aimed at reducing tobacco use among minors.
By July of 2010, it is expected that tobacco manufacturers will no longer be able to use the terms “light,” “low” or “mild” without a special order from the FDA. The FDA also plans to revise warning labels on smokeless tobacco products
By October 2012, the FDA plans to strengthen the warning labels on cigarette packs.
In St. Cloud, some businesses rely on the sale of flavored tobacco products.
The Smoke Shop, located on Division Street, is one such shop
The manager of the Smoke Shop, Alex Dodin, said that Djarum cigarettes and Dream cigarettes were going to be banned along with flavored cigarillos as of Sept. 22.
He said he was not sure what else would be taken off the market and said these news laws against flavored tobacco would strongly affect his business.
“What else are they going to smoke after this?” Didon added.Ezekial Butler, SCSU junior and CA for Stearns Hall, had some opinions on the proposed ban. He said that he occasionally enjoyed the Dream cigarettes and will stock up before the ban takes hold.
“They [The FDA] have a decent reason to ban flavored cigarettes, but it’s unfair to those who are of age that enjoy them,” Butler said. “Even though I plan on quitting, this new ban is not going to stop me from smoking.”The new laws that are planned to be put into affect are aimed at decreasing smoking among adolescents, but it may also have consequences for those who sell and those who enjoy smoking tobacco legally.
By January 2010, tobacco manufacturers and importers are expected to have to submit product information to the FDA.y April 2010, the FDA plans to reissue a 1996 regulation aimed at reducing tobacco use among minors.
By July of 2010, it is expected that tobacco manufacturers will no longer be able to use the terms “light,” “low” or “mild” without a special order from the FDA. The FDA also plans to revise warning labels on smokeless tobacco products
By October 2012, the FDA plans to strengthen the warning labels on cigarette packs.
In St. Cloud, some businesses rely on the sale of flavored tobacco products.
The Smoke Shop, located on Division Street, is one such shop
The manager of the Smoke Shop, Alex Dodin, said that Djarum cigarettes and Dream cigarettes were going to be banned along with flavored cigarillos as of Sept. 22.
He said he was not sure what else would be taken off the market and said these news laws against flavored tobacco would strongly affect his business.
“What else are they going to smoke after this?” Didon added.Ezekial Butler, SCSU junior and CA for Stearns Hall, had some opinions on the proposed ban. He said that he occasionally enjoyed the Dream cigarettes and will stock up before the ban takes hold.
“They [The FDA] have a decent reason to ban flavored cigarettes, but it’s unfair to those who are of age that enjoy them,” Butler said. “Even though I plan on quitting, this new ban is not going to stop me from smoking.”The new laws that are planned to be put into affect are aimed at decreasing smoking among adolescents, but it may also have consequences for those who sell and those who enjoy smoking tobacco legally.
четверг, 17 сентября 2009 г.
Men with knives raid city shop
Two men armed with knives have robbed a shop in west Belfast.
Police received a report at about 1800 BST on Saturday that the men had entered the premises on the Stewartstown Road and threatened staff.
The robbers took a quantity of cash and cigarettes before making off in a small black vehicle.
A female member of staff sustained bruising to her shoulder during the incident after being struck with the handle of one of the knives.
Police received a report at about 1800 BST on Saturday that the men had entered the premises on the Stewartstown Road and threatened staff.
The robbers took a quantity of cash and cigarettes before making off in a small black vehicle.
A female member of staff sustained bruising to her shoulder during the incident after being struck with the handle of one of the knives.
пятница, 11 сентября 2009 г.
Tobacco Rules Challenged in U.S. Free-Speech Lawsuit
Tobacco legislation signed by President Barack Obama in June violates the First Amendment protections for free speech, according to a lawsuit joined by Reynolds American Inc.’s R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
The legislation “imposes unprecedented restrictions” on companies by “limiting their ability to disseminate truthful information about tobacco products to adult consumers,” according to the lawsuit, filed today in U.S. District Court in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Reynolds, the second-largest U.S. cigarette maker, and third-biggest Lorillard Tobacco Co. sued after opposing the legislation that gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration oversight over tobacco products. The law goes beyond discouraging youth smoking and limits the use of colors and logos in most advertising and packaging so severely that the producers have “virtually no means” to communicate with adult tobacco users, the suit said.
Altria Group Inc.’s Philip Morris USA, which makes half of the cigarettes sold in the U.S., supported FDA regulation and endorsed the law. The Richmond, Virginia-based maker of Marlboro cigarettes hasn’t reviewed the litigation and had no immediate comment, said David Sylvia, an Altria spokesman.
The FDA doesn’t comment on pending litigation, Kathleen Quinn, an agency spokeswoman, said in an e-mail.
The top half of cigarette packaging would carry a U.S. government “anti-tobacco message including shocking, color graphic images,” leaving manufacturers a small area at the bottom of the packages for marketing, according to the suit.
“The obvious purpose of this is to force plaintiffs to stigmatize their own products through their own packaging,” the suit said. Reynolds, based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, makes Winston and Camel cigarettes.
Lorillard Tobacco, a unit of Greensboro, North Carolina- based Lorillard Inc., makes Newport menthol cigarettes. Other plaintiffs in the suit include cigarette maker Commonwealth Brands Inc. and Discount Tobacco City & Lottery Inc., a retailer.
The legislation “imposes unprecedented restrictions” on companies by “limiting their ability to disseminate truthful information about tobacco products to adult consumers,” according to the lawsuit, filed today in U.S. District Court in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Reynolds, the second-largest U.S. cigarette maker, and third-biggest Lorillard Tobacco Co. sued after opposing the legislation that gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration oversight over tobacco products. The law goes beyond discouraging youth smoking and limits the use of colors and logos in most advertising and packaging so severely that the producers have “virtually no means” to communicate with adult tobacco users, the suit said.
Altria Group Inc.’s Philip Morris USA, which makes half of the cigarettes sold in the U.S., supported FDA regulation and endorsed the law. The Richmond, Virginia-based maker of Marlboro cigarettes hasn’t reviewed the litigation and had no immediate comment, said David Sylvia, an Altria spokesman.
The FDA doesn’t comment on pending litigation, Kathleen Quinn, an agency spokeswoman, said in an e-mail.
The top half of cigarette packaging would carry a U.S. government “anti-tobacco message including shocking, color graphic images,” leaving manufacturers a small area at the bottom of the packages for marketing, according to the suit.
“The obvious purpose of this is to force plaintiffs to stigmatize their own products through their own packaging,” the suit said. Reynolds, based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, makes Winston and Camel cigarettes.
Lorillard Tobacco, a unit of Greensboro, North Carolina- based Lorillard Inc., makes Newport menthol cigarettes. Other plaintiffs in the suit include cigarette maker Commonwealth Brands Inc. and Discount Tobacco City & Lottery Inc., a retailer.
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