Cigarettes and Tobacco News

STUDY CLAIMS MENTHOL CIGARETTES ARE NOT MORE HARMFUL THAN NORMAL CIGARETTES
Source: ShortNews.com
Author: vornado36
Apr 1, 2011 -- According to a new study, menthol cigarettes are supposedly less likely to cause lung cancer. Additionally, they donґt cause a heavier addiction either.
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SAFER CIGARETTES COMING SOON?
Source: ABC News
Author: Andrew Bridges
Jul 16, 2007 -- The federal agency charged with keeping food and drugs from harming people may soon be asked to take a consumer product that kills more than 400,000 people a year and make it safer.
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CANDY CIGARETTES MAY ENCOURAGE FUTURE SMOKING
Source: Science Daily
Jun 18, 2007 -- New research suggests that playing with candy cigarettes may favorably set the minds of some children towards becoming future cigarette smokers. The study, reported in the July issue of Preventive Medicine, shows that in a nationally representative sample of 25,887 US adults, the percentages who had never consumed candy cigarettes were 12% in current and former smokers vs. 22% in never smokers, and the corresponding percentages of adults who had regularly (often or very often) consumed candy cigarettes were 22% in current and former smokers vs. 14% in never smokers.
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BAT SAYS MORE THAN ONE IN 20 CIGARETTES WORLDWIDE IS ILLICIT
Source: Bloomberg
Author: Thomas Mulier
Mar 27, 2007 -- British American Tobacco Plc said more than one in 20 cigarettes smoked worldwide is either smuggled or produced illegally, making the illicit trade bigger than the yearly sales of rival Imperial Tobacco Group Plc.
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HEALTH TIP: CHEW TOBACCO CAN BE MORE ADDICTIVE THAN CIGARETTES
Source: Forbes.com
Author: Kimberly Sferruzzo
Nov 25, 2005 -- Nicotine is a highly addictive drug, and many people who chew tobacco don't realize that it can be even more addictive than smoking. According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, many brands of chew contain more nicotine than cigarettes.
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