The Mirror reveals top ten smoking football players
10. Socrates The legendary Brazilian captain and World Cup winner got through two packets of cigarettes a day during his playing career and continued to smoke after he retired. He’s now a medical...
View ArticleRihanna Under Fire Over Smoking Video
Pop star Rihanna has been criticised by anti-smoking campaigners for lighting up a cigarette in her latest music video. The Umbrella star recently filmed the promo for her single We Found Love in...
View ArticleTobacco Companies Rely on Asian Markets
British American Tobacco has low sales dependence on Europe which makes it less vulnerable to volume reduction. Europe represents just 1/10 of the total sales. Major company’s sales come from emerging...
View ArticleUCSF to Go Completely Smoke-Free
The University of California, San Francisco is a health sciences university and health care institution recognized in the USA as best one. It will introduce a tobacco-free policy starting from...
View ArticleNicotine is Good for You
Last week David O’Reilly, who is senior molecular biologist, said that nicotine, is good for you, which means that smoking is good for you. The statement comes from scientific adviser to the tobacco...
View Article44 Million Smokers in the USA
Though passed 50 years since release of the first surgeon general’s report on smoking and health, these days studies on effects of tobacco use still continue. Dr. Frieden and public health specialists...
View ArticleRussia Extends Smoking Ban From June 1
In 2013 Russia introduced smoking ban which came in full effect yesterday, June 1, 2014. The anti-smoking law prohibits use of cigarettes in bars, restaurants, nightclubs, hotels. One year ago the...
View ArticleUniversity of Louisiana Bans Tobacco on Campus
From August 1, 2014, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette prohibits tobacco use on its campuses. Joey Pons, associate director of Public Safety at UL Lafayette, says that the new state law imposes...
View ArticleCalifornia Aims to Raise Smoking Age to 21
Last week on Thursday, a lawmaker in California proposed a law which increases the legal age to smoke cigarettes from 18 to 21. He explains that he was inspired from similar initiative by Washington...
View ArticleRaising to 21 Smoking Age Reduces Youth Tobacco Use
In 2005 Needham, the suburb of Boston, in its attempt to reduce tobacco use among youth decided to increase the legal age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21. The measure resulted in significant tobacco use...
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