The 100% Made in Italy Certificate – Only at Yesmoke

Logo Certificazione 100% Made in Italyhe Italian government has granted special recognition to the producers of cigarettes that are 100% Italian, and the Institute for the Protection of Italian Manufacturers – Institute per la Tutela dei Produttori Italiani (ITPI) has developed an accompanying "100% Made in Italy” certification procedure . This acknowledgement allows Italian manufacturers to distinguish their products from those of dubious origin, and it provides consumers with certainty about the origin and quality of the goods.

This initiative should help to clarify the current market situation, because today there are manufacturers who claim or suggest that their products are Italian, but they do not have the prerequisites to obtain the Certificate: see, for example, the «carattere italiano» written on the packs of Diana cigarettes, and MS cigarette packs highlighting the colors of the Italian flag on the sports shield – the "Scudetto Tricolore". Read more »

Italy: BAT Beats the Codacons 2 to 0

BAT batte Codacons 2 a 0

On April 13th 2011, the Civil Court of Rome declared inadmissible the class action submitted by the Codacons, Italy’s main consumer association, against British American Tobacco Italia, in favor of the smokers of BAT’s MS, Pall Mall and Lucky Strike cigarettes. On the 30th of January 2012 the Court of Appeals also turned down the petition.

According to the Codacons, BAT was using chemical cocktails to increase the nicotine addiction effects of its products. Therefore, 3.5 million hypothetical smokers of its brands should be awarded 3,000 euro each, for a total of 10.5 billion euro.

The class action of the Codacons was, no doubt, just an awkward show whose outcome was a foregone conclusion (just consider the fact that the smokers are not identifiable). But the move did point out a real problem: no one is allowed to know the characteristics or the dosages of the substances added to the cigarettes sold in tobacco shops, and the Italian Justice system hasn’t the guts to do anything about it. Read more »

Iceland – Cigarettes Are to Be Sold only in Pharmacies

Tobacco pharmacyAfter the bans on smoking in the open air already introduced in many countries, it is Iceland’s turn. The Reykjavik Parliament is considering banning cigarettes from shops and allowing their sale only in pharmacies. People over 20 years old could soon be the only persons authorized to buy a packet of cigarettes, but only if they have a doctor’s prescription. Read more »

Cigarettes: the clever ads

Fumer, c'est être l'esclave du tabac – Creative Anti-Smoking Ad CampaignAdvertising is not only the Marlboro cowboy.

Here is the new section on "Anti-smoking advertising", with our collection of images.
Visit the section Creative Anti Smoking Ads Campaigns.

Ignazio Marino: "Eliminate the Pack of 10 Cigarettes"

Ignazio MarinoForbidden in the United States, in the European Union and in most of the third world countries because they favor the brand loyalty of teen-agers, in Italy the half-price, 10-cigarette packs have resisted until today, in spite of the repeated requests of the health authorities - the Istituto Superiore della Sanità - for their abolition.

The initiative of Ignazio Marino is contained in a bill, presented with Antonio Tomassini (PDL center-right), that the Commissione Igiene e Sanità (Hygiene and Health Commission) of the Senate is examining in the deliberation stages. It is an important turning point if we think of the conduct of Italian politicians up to today, well-disposed to the interests of cigarette producers; “Lobbies permitting”, said the newspaper Sole 24 Ore. Read more »

New – The “risk-free” cigarette (up to 90%)

“They look and taste like normal cigarettes”.

90 %It is said that it takes advantage of some sort of trionic filter and a new way of preparing the tobacco…

Rumors were running around in the UK press that this new cigarette can reduce cancer risk by 90% compared with “normal cigarettes”. A spokesperson for British American Tobacco (BAT), Emily Brand, says that it is not true: reports about a new type of cigarette were —misleading—. What a pity! Read more »

Nicotine dispenser II – The aerosol

The tobacco giant's device, invented years ago in secret, could be a boon for addicted smokers.

The tobacco giant's device, called "Aria", was invented years ago in secret

The tobacco giant's device, called "Aria", was invented years ago in secret

Cigarette maker Philip Morris has developed an inhaler that could deliver a nicotine mist deep into the lungs, giving smokers a satisfying dose of the addictive drug without the carcinogens, gases and toxic metals that make tobacco smoke so dangerous. But the project appears to have stalled.

Cloaked in secrecy, the device was invented nearly a dozen years ago at a time the tobacco industry was vigorously denying that nicotine was addictive, internal company documents show.

It was part of an effort by the top cigarette maker to explore the possibility of offering a “clean” form of nicotine to those who can't or won't quit.

“The cigarette manufacturers don't want to kill their customers”, said Kenneth Warner, dean of the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

“That's simply an unfortunate side effect of use of the product”. Read more »

Beer as “Nicotine dispenser”

“With our beer you won't have to go outside the pub for a quickie”.

Marlboro beer can

The next "Nicotine dispenser"?

NicoShot beer, produced by the German company Nautilus GmbH, contains three milligrams of nicotine alkaloids per 250ml can, equivalent to a few regular filtered cigarettes.

One 250 ml can of NicoShot contains 6.3 percent alcohol by volume. Three cans of the brew are comparable to an entire pack of cigarettes.

Nautilus Laboratoriumsbedarf describes the lager as having “cigarette satisfaction in a beer without the smoke”.

However, nobody knows the taste and the satisfaction this beer can give. How about the taste of combining beer with nicotine? Will this be better than smoking? Read more »

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