Tobacco Control

Tea Party organizations have ties to tobacco industry dating back to 1980s, study finds

Rather than being a purely grassroots movement that arose spontaneously in 2009, the Tea Party developed in part as a result of tobacco industry efforts to oppose smoking restrictions and tobacco taxes beginning ...

Health Feb 11, 2013 | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 1

Experts propose strategies to reduce, end tobacco use

What would it take to end tobacco use once and for all? This is the question several scholars, scientists and policy experts address in a provocative series of articles on various strategies for eliminating ...

Health Apr 17, 2013 | 4 / 5 (4) | 0

As cigarette taxes go up, heavy smoking goes down

(Medical Xpress)—When cigarette taxes rise, hard-core smokers are more likely than lighter smokers to cut back, according to new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Health Nov 30, 2012 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

Industry now using smartphone apps, which kids can easily download, to promote tobacco

The tobacco industry is now using smarphone apps - a medium that has global reach, including to children - to promote its products, warn researchers in Tobacco Control.

Addiction Oct 22, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Internal tobacco company documents reveal multinational effort to block strong warnings to smokers

(Medical Xpress)—Health warning labels have adorned cigarette packages since 1966, when they first appeared in the United States. And in the decades since, they have spread steadily around the world – ...

Addiction Nov 19, 2012 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 1

Tobacco industry appears to have evaded FDA ban on 'light' cigarette descriptors

New research from Harvard School of Public Health (HPSH) shows that one year after the federal government passed a law banning word descriptors such as "light," "mild," and "low" on cigarette packages, smokers can still easily ...

Health Mar 13, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Smokefree workplaces linked to smokefree homes in India

Adults in India are substantially more likely to abstain from smoking at home if they are prohibited from smoking at work, a new study has found.

Health Mar 25, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0