Archive for May, 2005

Australian Moto GP moves to beat tobacco ban

Next year's Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix will be brought forward so that racing teams can carry cigarette advertising before it is banned by the Victorian State Government. Continue

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Tax-free smokes? Not likely

The state Department of Revenue sent notices to 63 state residents earlier this year telling them they owed a combined $26,810 in state taxes for cigarettes purchased online. Continue

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Understanding Philip Morris?s pursuit of US government regulation of tobacco

P A McDaniel1 and R E Malone2

1 Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
2 Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco Continue

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Ban sought on flavored cigarettes

They're available for sale in sweet flavors like "Midnight Berry," "Caribbean Chill" and "Warm Winter Toffee." Continue

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Even Short Smoking Breaks Might Lower Heart Risk

ISLAMABAD: In chronic smokers who stop smoking, there is a rapid increase in the number of circulating cells that aid in the repair of the lining of blood vessels, researchers have found. Continue

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