Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: tobacco advertising http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. States vary in implementation of smoking reduction policies (HealthDay)—The prevalence of smoking and the implementation of combined interventions to reduce smoking vary between states, according to a report published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-states-vary-reduction-policies.html Health Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:20:01 EST news278688660 Smoking still takes a heavy toll in US, CDC finds (HealthDay)—Even though proven anti-smoking strategies exist, more than 440,000 Americans still die each year from cigarette smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke, federal health officials said Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-heavy-toll-cdc.html Health Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:30:01 EST news278355566 Two-thirds of Indonesian men smoke, tops in world (AP)—Indonesian men rank as the world's top smokers, with two out of three of them lighting up in a country where cigarettes cost pennies and tobacco advertising is everywhere. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-two-thirds-indonesian-men-tops-world.html Addiction Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:41:17 EST news266568069 Plain packaging reduces the appeal of smoking: study While Australia has recently passed legislation to ban logos from cigarette packages and to make plain packaging mandatory, other countries are still considering whether or not to take similar measures. New research published in Biomed Central's open access journal BMC Public Health provides a report on the appeal of plain cigarette packs, compared to branded packs, among women in Brazil, and finds that plain packs reduce the appeal of their contents. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-plain-packaging-appeal.html Addiction Mon, 03 Sep 2012 20:00:05 EST news265893328 Global smoking prevalence set to fall only marginally by 2030 without concerted action The global prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults is set to fall by just 1.7 percentage points by 2030 if governments do not do more to intervene, finds research published online in Tobacco Control. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-global-prevalence-fall-marginally-concerted.html Health Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:30:01 EST news254592780 WHO urges China to bolster tobacco controls (AP) -- The head of the World Health Organization urged China on Tuesday to bolster controls on tobacco in a country where half of adult males smoke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-urges-china-bolster-tobacco.html Health Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:46:27 EST news251462780 Colombia bans sales of loose cigarettes, tobacco adverts A ban on sales of loose cigarettes and tobacco advertising went into effect Thursday in Colombia, the health ministry said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-colombia-sales-loose-cigarettes-tobacco.html Health Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:28:45 EST news230491706