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Higher cigarette tax sought in Australia - UPI.com.
An anti-smoking group says the Australian government should increase the taxes on cigarettes to help people quit the habit.
Mike Daub, president of the Public Health Association of Australia, said a proposal to increase the excise tax on cigarettes currently being considered by the government could prove to be an effective way to limit cigarette smoking, The Sydney Morning Herald reported in its Monday edition.
inthemix | News | Smokers slammed as cigarette prices set to rise.
Having already been dealt major blows with bans at nightclubs and venues, cigarette smokers are in for more conflict as the federal government prepare some particularly ‘radical’ measures to further curb smoking trends. News.com.au speculates that as well as making the packs themselves “generic” with “graphic health warnings taking up 90 per cent of the front and 100 per cent of the back”, the major weapon against smoking could be to raise the cost of cigarettes to as much as $20 for a basic pack.
Oh, baby. My smoking days are over | Culpeper Star-Exponent.
Boy, can those Europeans smoke cigarettes, and boy did I have to smoke a lot to keep up. That was my excuse at the time, but I smoked so much I couldn’t stand to be around cigarette smoke without getting nauseous when I returned to the states.
Eventually that wore off, however, and one day, I found myself lighting up again. I blame stress.
Tobacco Company Stocks A Good Buy, Despite FDA Regulation - WSJ.com.
Cars, alcohol and fatty foods also kill a lot of people every year, but Washington reserves its real wrath for cigarette makers.
President Barack Obama, who smokes the occasional cigarette himself, last week took the fresh air of the Rose Garden to sign the second anti-smoking law of his young administration. It gives the Food and Drug Administration power to regulate cigarettes for the first time, and imposes some new restrictions on marketing. An earlier law raised the federal tax to $1.01 per pack from 39 cents.
N.C. hospitals shun tobacco usage to protect patients .
Starting Monday, all hospitals in North Carolina are tobacco free. It’s the goal of a program created by N.C. Prevention Partners and the N.C. Hospital Association.
The program first started three years ago with a $600,000 grant from Duke Endowment.
Hospitals joining the program agree to make their campus 100 percent tobacco-free, including buildings, sidewalks and parking lots. Organizers say North Carolina now leads the nation in tobacco-free hospitals and will protect millions of patients, visitors and hospital employees from second-hand smoke.
North Carolina has been working on improving its tobacco policies. In its 2008 report card, the American Lung Association gave the state failing grades on its tobacco policies.
Online Genetic Test May be Motivating Factor for Smokers to QuitKnowledge of genetic risk may encourage an individual to quit smoking, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention (2009; Jun 30 [Epub ahead of print]).
Scientists evaluated responses to an online test taken by 44 smokers who did or did not have the GSTM1 gene, a common genetic variant associated with risk for lung cancer. The study found that GSTM1 was absent in 50% of smokers, a group in which all individuals correctly identified themselves as being “high-risk,” For those with the GSTM1 gene present, 55% accurately labeled themselves as “low-risk,” while 41% interpreted their result as being “average-risk.”
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