Countywide Smoking Ban New Proposal

St. Charles County Councilman Joe Cronin (R-1st District) will introduce two bills on a countywide smoking ban. One would place a countywide smoking ban on the ballot. If passed by voters, it would ban smoking in all public places with a few exemptions. The ordinances will be introduced at the county council meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the St. Charles County Executive Building. “It’s a simple issue really,” said Cronin. “All it does is let the voters decide whether or not people have to step outside to smoke in a bar or restaurant.” The second bill would allow voters to choose if they want to exempt casinos from the smoking ban. Ameristar Casino is the only casino in St. Charles County, thus the only one affected.

New Smoking Cessation Propose

Quitlines have played an essential role in helping people quit smoking discount Vogue cigarettes in the U.S. These services, however, had never been tested with Asian immigrants who may have limited proficiency in English. Dr. Shu-Hong Zhu, a Professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), and his colleagues designed an intervention to test the effectiveness of quitline counseling for Asian immigrant smokers.

Tobacco Smoke in the Bay Area Bad for Health

Non-smokers get a healthy lungful of tobacco smoke in the Bay Area, one of the parts of the country that fared the worst on an annual report compiled by the American Lung Association. The report grades each city based on whether restrictions on smoking in public outdoor areas are in place, smoking in residential housing is limited, and whether there are restrictions intended to reduce sales of tobacco products, according to the San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco and Oakland both received B grades, despite an aggressive ramp-up of bans on public tobacco use in that city. San Jose received a C -- but most of the rest of the Bay Area received Ds or Fs, like Monterey, Napa, and Solano counties.

Nicotine Consumption Is Not Enough

Over-the-counter medications containing nicotine can certainly help smokers kick the habit, but they do not provide the complete solution, the German pharmacists' chamber warned ahead of the pending wave of New Year resolutions never to buy another pack of tax free Leana cigarettes. 'Everyone knows that smoking is unhealthy, and virtually all smokers have at some stage tried to stop,' says Andreas Kiefer from the chamber's headquarters in Berlin.

Tobacco Leaves Saves Lives, Philip Morris

Governments across the world consider forcing tobacco companies to feature the dangerous effects of their products on cigarette packages, Philip Morris International is attempting to change public opinion on tobacco. According to Zacks Equity Research, the tobacco giant just bought a 40 percent stake in Canadian biotech company Medicago to help develop influenza vaccines that use tobacco leaves. The company began its vaccination efforts in 1999, trying to develop flu vaccines from Alfalfa. When the time commitment began to become too great, Medicago switched its focus to tobacco. Now, it expects a tobacco-oriented vaccine to be licensed and available to the public by 2014.

Winfield Cigarettes Sale in France, Kangaroo Logo

Attorney-General Nicola Roxon has hit out at British American Tobacco (BAT) for using iconic Australian images to promote cheap Doina cigarettes in Europe. The Winfield cigarette packets on sale in France have a picture of a kangaroo on the front, with a map of Australia on the back, along with the words "An Australian Favourite". Ms Roxon says it is shameful behavior. "I think many Australians are going to be outraged that a big tobacco company all the way round the world is using Australia's healthy lifestyle to market their deadly products," she said.

Benefits of Smoking Electric Cigarettes, South Beach News

South Beach Smoke, a leading brand of electric cigarettes, has finally revealed the immense benefits of smoking electric cigarettes on a regular basis. While smoking regular cigarettes is considered a taboo of sorts and most sections of the society shun those individuals who fall in the category of chain smokers, those that smoke electric cigarettes are undoubtedly considered a healthy lot. So, how does South beach Smoke electric cigarettes stand apart from the rest of the crowd and allow smokers to smoke daily without inflicting the usual health hazards attached to cigarette smoking? This best electric cigarette brand is preferred over regular cigarettes for the very simple reason that it offers the end user a better way to smoke.

Cigarette Additives And Tobacco Toxicity

Everyone knows that smoking is bad for you; but consider that a cigarette is more than just tobacco leaves. By conservative estimates, according to research commercial tax free Monte Carlo cigarettes contain about 600 chemicals and additives— ammonia, DDT, chloroform, benzene, arsenic, and lead, just to name a few. While some components are undoubtedly toxic, the health risks associated with smoke inhalation from other additives (such as menthol, sugars, and various herbs) are not as clear. These ingredients contribute to the unique character of a particular cigarette, and allow manufacturers to modify the sensory and pharmacological properties of their products. In 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took a closer look at these additives with an eye toward safety and possible regulation. But the jury, it seemed, was already in.

Smokers underestimate health and financial impact of smoking

A Campaign has been launched to help smokers quit this New Year. As millions of New Year’s resolutions are made today, new NHS Smokefree research reveals that many smokers are largely underestimating how damaging smoking is to their personal health and finances. The research shows: More than half (53%) of smokers underestimate the number of people who die annually from smoking related diseases by at least 70,000 (the actual figure is over 80,000 deaths a year in England as a result of smoking). More than half (58%) of smokers underestimate how many long term smokers die early from smoking related disease (the actual figure is that 1 in 2 of all long-term smokers will die early from smoking related disease).