Olive Industry Mad About Cigarette Packets

The Australian Olive Association is upset that the new cigarette packets are being described as 'ugly olive green'. The Olive Association has written to the Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon to urge her to find a new colour for the plain Hilton packaging.

The industry is putting a lot of resources into promoting olives, highlighting their benefits for the environment and people's health.

Smokers Will Always Buy Mobile Phones, Marlboro Cigarettes and Food

The consumer is flagging. Pay freezes, higher prices on the high street and rising unemployment mean that people are keeping their hands firmly in their pockets. They have reined in their spending, worried about the state of Britain's finances and, more importantly, their own livelihoods.

Not surprisingly, companies are suffering as a result. During the first three months of the year, stock market listed companies issued 75 profit warnings – the most since the first quarter of 2009, a time when Britain was deep in recession.

Burglars Steal Marlboro Cigarettes

Burglars broke into a W. Broad Street store Friday night and stole $450 worth of Marlboro cigarettes and $125 worth of cigars, police said. It happened at the Sunoco service station sometime between 9 p.m. Friday and 5:50 a.m. Saturday, says a report by Cookeville Police Officer Luke Ward. The burglars tossed a large piece of concrete through a window to gain entry, causing $500 damage just getting in, the report says.

Teenagers Who Smoke Different Cigarette Brands, Marlboro Smokers

Next, responses to the following question were analyzed: "How much interest would you have in participating in a stop-smoking program that was designed for people your own age?" Response categories were great deal of interest, some interest, little interest, and no interest at all.

A comparison of the response rates of Marlboro and Newport smokers yielded a chi-square statistic of 5.019 with a p value of .170. Thus, at a 5% significance level, the two groups did not differ. With responses coded 1 for great interest, 2 for some interest, 3 for little interest, and 4 for no interest, the mean score for Marlboro smokers was 2.81, while the mean score for Newport smokers was 2.70. This indicates that, on average, Marlboro smokers were slightly (but not significantly) less interested in a peer stop-smoking program.