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The prevalence of tobacco smuggling in Europe is lower than industry figures suggest, reveals the largest study of its kind, published online in Tobacco Control. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-tobacco-smuggling-europe-industry-figures.html Addiction Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:30:06 EST news274381846 All cigarettes sold in Australia will be in identical, plain packages from Saturday in a world first after the government overcame legal challenges from the tobacco industry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-australia-readies-plain-cigarettes.html Health Fri, 30 Nov 2012 07:05:22 EST news273481509 Claims that replacing alluring designs on cigarette packs with a plain standardised look will increase illegal tobacco production are baseless - according to a new report published today (Friday) by an international expert. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-tobacco-industry-cigarette-packaging-nonsense.html Addiction Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:20:01 EST news272880074 (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 – in many instances, becoming more strongly worded, more prominently placed and more graphic over time. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-internal-tobacco-company-documents-reveal.html Addiction Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:21:16 EST news272532064 Health warning labels (HWLs) on cigarette packages that use pictures to show the health consequences of smoking are effective in reaching adult smokers, according to the results of a new study published in the December issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Although previous studies have demonstrated that HWLs with pictorial imagery are more effective than HWLs with only text in increasing knowledge about smoking dangers and promoting the benefits of quitting, this new research shows which kind of pictures appears to work best among adult smokers in the U.S., including smokers from disadvantaged groups where smoking rates are highest. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-pictures-effective-cigarette.html Health Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:00:01 EST news271955896 More than 170 countries Monday adopted what World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Margaret Chan called a "game-changing" global pact to combat the illegal tobacco trade. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-global-pact-curb-illicit-tobacco.html Health Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:46:08 EST news271921560 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. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-industry-smartphone-apps-kids-easily.html Addiction Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:30:02 EST news270137414 The EU executive faced a growing scandal Wednesday after its top health official resigned on being cited in a tobacco-linked influence-peddling fraud probe. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-uproar-eu-tobacco-linked-fraud-case.html Health Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:40:04 EST news269709998 (Medical Xpress)—Two research studies led by University of Otago researchers have challenged tobacco companies' claims about plain packaging. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-undermines-tobacco-industry-plain-packaging.html Health Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:00:06 EST news269078331 (AP)—A Norwegian court has upheld a ban on the display of tobacco products in stores, handing a defeat Friday to the Philip Morris company. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-norway-court-tobacco.html Health Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:26:05 EST news266840757 (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 India is considering plain packaging of cigarettes in line with new Australian laws that ban all logos and brand descriptions, a top health official in New Delhi said on Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-india-mulls-plain-packaging-cigarettes.html Health Wed, 05 Sep 2012 07:00:10 EST news266047202 (Medical Xpress) -- The University’s Tobacco Control Research Group uncovered ongoing interference from British American Tobacco and Philip Morris to influence tobacco tax policies, which are one of the most effective means of reducing tobacco consumption. They found the corporations collaborated with broader tobacco interests to keep tobacco taxes low and lobbied competitively for tobacco tax structures that would favor their brands. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-uncovers-tobacco-companies-tactics-undermine.html Addiction Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:51:27 EST news260005879 Health advocates need to organize strong public health campaigns to educate the public and policymakers about the dangers of both sugary beverages and the misleading industry corporate social responsibility campaigns that distract from their products' health risks, according to US experts writing in this week's PLoS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-soda-companies-pr-campaigns-bad.html Health Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:53:01 EST news259347176 (Medical Xpress) -- A ground-breaking new online resource, called TobaccoTactics.org, has been launched by researchers at the University Tobacco Control Research Group. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-website-tobacco-industry.html Health Fri, 08 Jun 2012 07:05:57 EST news258357951 (Medical Xpress) -- A new report published today (Thursday) reveals how tobacco companies worked to prevent the strengthening of European tobacco legislation such as  improvements to tobacco labelling and the removal of misleading terms such as ‘light’ and ‘mild’. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-smokescreen-tobacco-industry-tactics.html Addiction Thu, 07 Jun 2012 08:33:54 EST news258276827 Australia said Friday it would "vigorously defend" itself against complaints about its plan for plain cigarette packaging made by Honduras and Ukraine to the World Trade Organisation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-australia-defiant-wto-cigarette.html Health Fri, 25 May 2012 07:47:13 EST news257150818 (AP) -- States have spent only about 3 percent of the billions they've received in tobacco taxes and legal settlements over the last decade to fund tobacco prevention programs, making it harder to reduce the death and disease caused by tobacco use, according to a report released Thursday by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-state-tobacco-funding-lacking.html Health Thu, 24 May 2012 16:10:01 EST news257093754 The University’s Tobacco Control Research Group (TCRG) has identified several methods used by transnational tobacco companies in response to the changes within the global tobacco market. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-facebook-site-tobacco-industry-tactics.html Health Mon, 14 May 2012 09:06:47 EST news256205199 Anti-tobacco television advertising helps reduce adult smoking, according to a study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago's Institute for Health Research and Policy -- but some ads may be more effective than others. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-anti-tobacco-tv-ads-adults.html Addiction Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:50:01 EST news254057898 (AP) -- Tobacco companies will be required to report the levels of dangerous chemicals found in cigarettes, chew and other products under the latest rules designed to tighten regulation of the tobacco industry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-fda-tobacco-companies-ingredients.html Health Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:14:36 EST news252332066 Alleged "interference" by cigarette firms in public health policies is slowing down a UN-backed global campaign against tobacco use and its related health risks, a report said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-cigarette-firms-anti-tobacco.html Health Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:00:27 EST news251442019 World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Margaret Chan on Tuesday decried the tobacco industry as a "ruthless and devious enemy" and urged governments and civil society groups to unite against cigarette firms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-tobacco-industry-devious-enemy-chief.html Health Tue, 20 Mar 2012 05:59:15 EST news251441947 (HealthDay) -- A federal judge on Wednesday blocked implementation of an FDA mandate that would have forced tobacco companies to place graphic anti-smoking images on packages of cigarettes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-blocks-graphic-cigarette.html Health Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:20:03 EST news249825389 Most research that focuses on tobacco examines health risks associated with smoking, says Peter Benson, PhD, a sociocultural anthropologist at Washington University in St. Louis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-impact-tobacco-industry.html Health Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:33:47 EST news248362417 A new UCSF analysis of tobacco industry documents shows that Philip Morris USA manipulated data on the effects of additives in cigarettes, including menthol, obscuring actual toxicity levels and increasing the risk of heart, cancer and other diseases for smokers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-tobacco-company-misrepresented-danger-cigarettes.html Health Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:54:49 EST news245080471 New analysis casts doubt on results of tobacco industry studies into safety of cigarette additives http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-analysis-results-tobacco-industry-safety.html Health Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:00:01 EST news243621885 A new Institute of Medicine report specifies the types of research that the Food and Drug Administration should require before allowing tobacco companies to sell or advertise 'modified risk' tobacco products as being capable of reducing the health risks of tobacco use. While modified risk tobacco products could be one part of a comprehensive strategy to lower tobacco-related death and disease in the U.S., especially among tobacco users who are unable or unwilling to quit entirely, little is currently known about the products' health effects and whether they pose less risk than traditional tobacco products. Examples of modified risk tobacco products may include e-cigarettes and tobacco lozenges. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-tobacco-products.html Health Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:34:01 EST news243084832 It's getting surprisingly easy to light up in the Netherlands these days - cigarettes, that is. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-dutch-backtracks-anti-smoking.html Health Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:20:00 EST news243083991 The cigarette industry is not dying. It continues to reap unimaginable profits. It's still winning lawsuits. And cigarettes still kill millions every year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-tobacco-industry-dying-fast-stanford.html Health Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:10:03 EST news242998726