BAT Unconstitutional Cigarette Law

British American Tobacco Plc (BATS) said Australia’s planned cigarette plain-packaging law is unconstitutional and if enacted, the company will sue in the nation’s top court in a bid to repeal it. The Australian Senate is scheduled to vote on the legislation today after debating it. The government will push back implementation of the law by five months to December 2012 because of delays in parliament’s upper house in passing the bill, Australian Health Minister Nicola Roxon said Nov. 2. Passage would make the country the first to ban logos on cigarette packaging. Cigarettes would have to be sold in plain dark-olive packages, with no company...

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Probable Changes to Smoking Ban in Springfield City

It has been seven months since Springfield voters banned smoking in public, five months since the law kicked in, and city leaders are already being urged to make changes. Opponents of the measure have been writing, calling, and emailing city council members urging them to modify the law. At Tuesday afternoon’s luncheon, council members will begin discussing a handful of possible changes to the smoking ban. They will, for instance, consider exemptions for theatrical productions, veterans organizations, some tobacco shops and cigar bars. Any change or repeal, though, could only happen by a unanimous vote. “It’s the power of one. If one person...

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Jennifer Aniston and other selebrities that quit smoking cigarettes

Jennifer Aniston wants everyone to know that she hasn’t gained weight because she’s pregnant – the actress has been packing on the pounds because she quit smoking. So did she do it for new beaux Justin Theroux? Maybe, but there’s always the chance that she tossed her cigs because she’s hoping to get pregnant and wants her body to be all detoxified for a baby. Jennifer Aniston arrives at ELLE's 18th Annual Women in Hollywood Tribute held at the Four Seasons Hotel on Oct. 17, 2011 in Los Angeles, Calif. In a recent interview, Aniston told Britain's Hello! Magazine that she "gained a couple pounds" since she quit smoking. Aniston had pledged to...

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Michael Douglas caught smoking again after beating throat cancer

LOS ANGELES -- Actor Michael Douglas was photographed smoking on a yacht last week - less than a year after "beating" stage IV throat cancer. The Oscar winner appears on the new cover of Star Magazine and in photos inside puffing on what appears to be a hand-rolled cigarette July 21. He looks tanned and relaxed in the exclusive Star photos, leaning on the yacht's railing while traveling with his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones along the Italian Riviera. "Are you calling about the photos, because we have no comment," a rep for Douglas' spokesman Allen Burry told the Daily News. The Hollywood icon, 66, was diagnosed with stage IV throat cancer last...

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TOLL OF TOBACCO IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

• High school students who are current (past month) smokers: 19.5% or 3.4 million [Boys: 19.8% Girls: 19.1%] • High school males who currently use smokeless tobacco: 15.0% [Girls: 2.2%]• Kids (under 18) who try smoking for the first time each day: 4,000• Kids (under 18) who become new regular, daily smokers each day: 1,000+• Kids exposed to secondhand smoke at home: 15.5 million• Workplaces that have smoke-free policies:75.1%• Packs of cigarettes consumed by kids each year: 800 million (roughly $2.0 billion per year in sales revenue)• Adults in the USA who smoke: 20.6% or 46.6...

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Tobacco Consumption in Rajasthan

In Rajasthan, tobacco chewing is on the rise. It has increased by 0.1% as compared to smoking. In the state, around 18.9% of the total population chews tobacco while 18.8% population smokes Hilton cigarettes. The figures were released by the World Health Organization last week.Asthma and tobacco specialist Dr Virendra Singh said, “The number of people chewing tobacco is rising. Chewing tobacco is more dangerous than smoking as it increases chances of cancer. The risk is three times higher in chewing tobacco than smoking because in chewing tobacco essence and supari is mixed, which make it more risky.” The newly-released figures show...

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Cigarette brands reviews

Westport FF King: Made in Canada. Length: 3 5/16, 84 mm; filter 13/16 inch, 20 mm. The tobacco is mostly medium-brown ribbons, and nothing foreign was found in the mix. About 1/8 inch of tobacco compressed in our tamp-down test. The Old Guy thought this was a pretty okay brand; it went down easily and was strong enough to be rightfully called full flavor. He said he may have detected a bit of vanilla, but it wasn’t overpowering. Also, he was satisfied with the burn rate. Though this isn’t his favorite brand (he has a favorite brand?), he said there would be nothing stopping him from smoking more of them.Quest Low Nicotine King: Made in the...

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