News & Information - Gennaio 2003

Documents:

Documents tell of BAT smokescreen - iAfrica.com
Más de tres mil menores se convierten cada día en fumadores habituales - ABC.es
 
Industry:
China lights up at record rates - CNN
Green light for new cigarette names - The Guardian
Brussels ruling turns out the lights for tobacco firms - Daily Telegraph
Smokers Mistakenly Deem 'Light' Cigarettes Safer - Reuters
What Smokers Believe about Light and Ultralight Cigarettes - Prev Med [N&I 5/12/02]
 
Marketing:
Why Europe is giving up tobacco promotion all over again - Time Europe
Call for crackdown on 'suggestive' cigarette ads - ABC News (Australia)
Life trust defends use of cigarette firms' cash - Stuff (NZ)
Squashed Cigarette Packet Declassified - Reuters
Squashed British cigarette packet declassified - Reuters/AlertNet
México pone fin a la publicidad de cigarrillos en radio y televisión - Clarín/AFP
 
Lawsuits:
The Smoking Gun - Time Europe
Jury for La. Tobacco Trial in Court - Washington Post/AP
Big tobacco wins one in the West - CBS MarketWatch
Tobacco Victory in Oakland Lawsuit - Los Angeles Times
Cigarette makers win one - CNN/Money/Reuters
RJ Reynolds, Philip Morris Win Suit - New York Times/Reuters
Calif. Judge Clears Tobacco Firms in Case - New York Times/AP
CALIFORNIA: TOBACCO COMPANIES WIN SMOKER SUIT - New York Times/Bloomberg
Tobacco Companies Win Smoker Lawsuit in California - Bloomberg News
Reynolds Tobacco Wins Individual Smoking and Health Suit in California - PRNewswire-FirstCall
Lawsuit filed over smoking ban - Newsday/AP
SMOKING BAN IGNITES LAWSUIT - New York Post/AP
 
Legislation:
 Dumb smokers. Smart cigs - National Post
Feds consider fire-safe cigarettes - National Post/CP
2 of 5 cigarette fire deaths are non-smokers - CBC News
Health Canada proposes self-snuffing cigarettes - Globe & Mail/CP
Health Canada to push for fire-safe cigarettes - CTV News/CP
Health Canada looks at forcing tobacco industry to make fire-safe cigarettes - CP
 Tough cigarette warnings introduced - BBC News
Stark warning to smokers - The (Glasgow) Herald
New big, bleak health warnings will encourage smokers to quit - ASH (UK)
 Lawmakers propose 60% hike on special tobacco tax - Taiwan News/AFP
Chères cigarettes - Radio France
¿Cómo se puede reducir el consumo de tabaco con éxito? - ABC.es
 
SHS:
Why Europe Won't Quit: Clearing the Air - Time Europe
Smoky Hospitals, Smoky Schools - Time Europe
A Burning Issue - Time Europe
Chiyoda Ward hitting smokers where it hurts - Asahi Shimbun
Health docs won't ban smoking - Edmonton Journal
As Smoking Ban Hits Jails, It's the Guards Who Worry - New York Times
Bowdoin Curbs Smoking, Once Common as Camus - New York Times
Dutchess and Orange Counties Will Enforce Smoking Rules - New York Times
 
Youth:
Pa. Town Considers Teen Smoking Ban - Washington Post/AP
Pa. Radio Station Features 'Joe Chemo' - New York Times/AP
Radio station hopes 'Joe Chemo' will inspire teens to quit tobacco use - NJ.com/AP
Key to childhood smoking - The (Glasgow) Herald
 
Cessation:
The Path To Freedom - Time Europe
Cellphones help smokers to quit - One News/NZoom
Text messaging latest anti-smoking aid - New Zealand Herald/NZPA
'We'll turn you into a happy ex-smoker' - BBC News
Seis de cada diez fumadores se propone dejar el tabaco y solo un tres por ciento lo consigue - Albacete
A Smoking Cessation Intervention for Parents of Children Who Are Hospitalized for Respiratory Illness: The Stop Tobacco Outreach Program - Pediatrics
 
Health:
Nicotine may promote lung cancer - USA Today
Nicotine, Too, May Promote Cancer - Scientific American
NICOTINE PATCH FEAR - The (Scottish) Daily Record
Study: Nicotine May Enable Cancer - Washington Post/AP
Study Looks at Nicotine's Role in Cancer - New York Times/AP
Study says nicotine might help set stage for tobacco's cancer-causers - Hoover's/AP
Pharmacia Response Statement to NRT Safety and Lung Cancer Risk - PRNewswire-FirstCall
GlaxoSmithKline Response to Journal of Clinical Investigation Study About Nicotine and Lung Cancer Risk - PRNewswire
Rapid Akt activation by nicotine and a tobacco carcinogen modulates the phenotype of normal human airway epithelial cells - J Clin Invest
Nicotine exposure and bronchial epithelial cell nicotinic acetylcholine receptor expression in the pathogenesis of lung cancer - J Clin Invest
 
Death: What are the odds? - National Post
Drop in women lung cancer deaths “due to fewer smokers” - Health-News.co.uk
New WHO leader urged to keep health of poor a top priority - The Lancet
 Risk Factors for Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Aomori, Japan - Stroke
Deposition of Cigar Smoke Particles in the Lung: Evaluation with Ventilation Scan Using 99mTc-Labeled Sulfur Colloid Particles - J Nuclear Med
 Smoking May Exacerbate Muscle, Joint Pain - Reuters
Smoking and musculoskeletal disorders: findings from a British national survey - ARD [N&I 13/12/02]
 Tobacco Helps Cancer Cells Evade Destruction - Reuters
Tobacco Reduces Membrane HLA Class I That Is Restored by Transfection with Transporter Associated with Antigen Processing 1 cDNA - J Immunol
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Stan Shatenstein
GLOBALink News & Information
Contributing Editor, Tobacco Control
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