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Australia slammed as a "sick joke" Wednesday new cigarette packs on sale as part of the national phase-in to plain packaging which play on drab branding and claim it's "what's on the inside that counts." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-australia-slams-sick-cigarette.html Health Wed, 12 Sep 2012 04:20:02 EST news266641439 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 Scientists today reported identification of the first substance in smokeless tobacco that is a strong oral carcinogen ― a health risk for the 9 million users of chewing tobacco, snuff and related products in the U.S. ― and called upon the federal government to regulate or ban the substance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-identification-strong-oral-carcinogen-smokeless.html Cancer Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:10:01 EST news264861993 An Australian state was Wednesday considering a ban on cigarette sales to anyone born after the year 2000 in an initiative that would see a "tobacco-free generation". http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-australian-state-mulls-cigarette-sales.html Addiction Wed, 22 Aug 2012 05:51:15 EST news264833469 British American Tobacco (BAT) launched an advertising campaign in New Zealand Wednesday opposing plans to introduce plain packaging, in a move the government immediately dismissed as a waste of money. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-tobacco-ad-blitz-zealand-branding.html Addiction Wed, 22 Aug 2012 03:08:01 EST news264823672 Consumers face a barrage of product claims each day. These claims create consumer expectation of safety and product performance and, assuming they are accurate, facilitate well informed choice. But increased scrutiny of claims, especially where the claim involves potential health outcomes, means that claim substantiation and the science behind it are more important than ever. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-regulatory-science-health-functional-food.html Health Sun, 19 Aug 2012 13:40:01 EST news264601924 Health advocates declared a "brave new world of tobacco control" following Australia's historic packaging victory over the cigarette industry, but analysts warn that smoking is far from a dying trade. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-plain-packets-loom-puff-left.html Health Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:30:01 EST news264552776 The European Commission said on Thursday it too could shortly make legislative proposals that would force manufacturers to distribute tobacco products across Europe in plain packaging. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-eu-plain-packaging-law-tobacco.html Health Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:33:15 EST news264328379 Australia's High Court dismissed the plain tobacco packaging case brought against the Australian government by the world's largest tobacco companies. The companies had challenged the government's new law - due to be fully implemented from December 1 this year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-big-tobacco-legal-hurdle-plain.html Health Thu, 16 Aug 2012 03:40:01 EST news264306631 The World Health Organization on Wednesday welcomed the decision by Australia's High Court to dismiss a legal challenge against plain cigarette packaging and hoped it would have a "domino effect" in other countries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-hails-australia-tobacco-packaging.html Health Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:28:32 EST news264248905 (HealthDay) -- New data shows that while fewer American teenagers are smoking now than a decade ago, the rate of decline has slowed considerably. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-reductions-teen-stalled-cdc.html Health Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:27:36 EST news263744842 The International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (the ITC Project) today launched a new report on the effectiveness of tobacco control policies in Uruguay. The ITC Uruguay Survey (the Survey) found that the country's world-leading, comprehensive tobacco control strategy has had positive effects on raising awareness of the true harms of smoking, reducing misperceptions about "light/mild" cigarettes, reducing exposure to secondhand smoke, and reducing the demand for tobacco products through tax increases. The strategy has been accompanied by increased support for tobacco control and smoke-free policies, with two-thirds of smokers in 2011 supporting even stronger government action to protect the public from the harms of smoking, up from about half of smokers in 2006. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-five-year-survey-uruguay-world-leading-tobacco.html Addiction Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:48:35 EST news263148509 (HealthDay) -- With cigarette costs rising, more smokers are turning to cigars or "rolling their own" to cut costs, suggests a new U.S. government report that shows a substantial increase in the use of non-cigarette tobacco products. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-smokers-pricey-cigarettes-cheaper-alternatives.html Addiction Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:42:42 EST news263137355 (AP) — A challenge by two of the largest U.S. cigarette makers alleging conflicts of interest in the Food and Drug Administration advisory panel's review of tobacco products can move forward, a federal judge has ruled. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-fda-tobacco-panel-proceed.html Addiction Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:44:57 EST news263051049 Vietnam has passed a law banning smoking in public places and all tobacco advertising, an official said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-vietnam-law.html Health Tue, 19 Jun 2012 04:30:01 EST news259297995 (HealthDay) -- Prior to the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, only about half of U.S. adults received preventive health services such as screenings, consultations and prescriptions, government researchers report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-lacked-health-reform-law.html Health Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:36:29 EST news258914039 Global tobacco giant Philip Morris began a suit Monday against Norway, claiming that the Scandinavian country's ban on the display of cigarettes in stores violates European competition rules. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-philip-morris-sues-norway-tobacco.html Health Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:23:57 EST news258027830 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 New Zealand announced plans Thursday to force cigarette firms to sell their products in plain packaging, following world-first laws passed in Australia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-zealand-cigarette-branding.html Health Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:25:37 EST news254024731 A ban on tobacco displays in large shops and supermarkets came into force in England on Friday, meaning such stores must hide cigarettes from public view. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-tobacco-england.html Health Fri, 06 Apr 2012 07:59:13 EST news252917945 Negotiators from 135 nations sealed Wednesday a global deal to stem the illegal tobacco trade that could net governments $50 billion more annually in tax revenues, the World Health Organisation said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-states-anti-tobacco-trafficking.html Health Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:44:17 EST news252751442 The chemical (S)-N'-nitrosonornicotine, or (S)-NNN, which is present in smokeless tobacco products, is a strong oral carcinogen, according to results presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2012, held here March 31 - April 4. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-strong-oral-carcinogen-smokeless-tobacco.html Health Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:20:01 EST news252580120 (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 Negotiators will hold final talks next week for a global deal to stem illegal tobacco trade that could net an extra $50 billion annually in tax revenues, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-anti-tobacco-trafficking-accord.html Health Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:01:13 EST news252071875 An editorial to be published by the scientific journal Addiction has been made available online, revealing that negotiations are underway behind closed doors for a far-reaching new trade and investment agreement that could tie the hands of governments' future alcohol and tobacco control policies in perpetuity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-trans-pacific-partnership-agreement-threatens-health.html Addiction Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:49:28 EST news250771757 (AP) -- More work needs to be done to keep young Americans from using tobacco, including creating smoking bans and increasing taxes on tobacco products, the U.S. Surgeon General's office said in a report released Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-youth-tobacco.html Health Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:30:04 EST news250402476 Substituting smokeless tobacco products can save smokers' lives, and there is a scientific foundation that proves it. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-substituting-smokeless-tobacco.html Health Sun, 19 Feb 2012 08:46:45 EST news248863598 Researchers from the University of Bath Tobacco Control Research Group have found that the tobacco product snus can still be purchased on the internet in the EU despite sales being illegal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-smokeless-tobacco-sold-illegally-online.html Health Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:49:10 EST news246714534 The Australian government on Friday hit out at British American Tobacco for using images of kangaroos to sell its cigarettes in Europe, telling the company to "get your hands off our icons". http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-australia-fumes-kangaroos.html Health Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:00:01 EST news245641393 Nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs) designed to help people stop smoking, specifically nicotine patches and nicotine gum, do not appear to be effective in helping smokers quit long-term, even when combined with smoking cessation counseling, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the University of Massachusetts Boston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-nicotine-therapies-effective-people.html Addiction Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:00:01 EST news245326391