Once among the nation's leaders for anti-smoking campaigns for youth and teens, Mississippi now ranks 27th among states that spend money on tobacco prevention, a new report says. The report released Wednesday also found that tobacco companies spend $183 million a year on marketing in Mississippi, almost 23 times the state funding for tobacco prevention. State Health … [Read more...] about Mississippi is 27th for Anti-Tobacco Money
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Taking Play Seriously: Low-Level Smoking Among College Students
Cigarettes have been socially engineered to become potent symbols. Therefore, they need to be understood as cultural products invested with cognitive and emotional salience as well as nicotine delivery devices engineered to create a population of dependent users. In this paper, we look at the symbolism of cigarettes, but unlike many researchers examining this topic, we … [Read more...] about Taking Play Seriously: Low-Level Smoking Among College Students
Women’s Magazines Should ‘Drop’ Camel No. 9 Cigarette Ads
It is a "big disappointment" that R J Reynolds has "found an ally" in some women's magazines, which have "sold out the well-being of their readers" by publishing Camel No. 9 cigarette advertisements, Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif.) writes in a Washington Post opinion piece. Reynolds in February launched the brand, which several public health organizations and women's groups say … [Read more...] about Women’s Magazines Should ‘Drop’ Camel No. 9 Cigarette Ads
Kids Learn to Smoke From Mom
Children with mothers who smoke cigarettes are more likely to be regular marijuana users by early adulthood, a new study suggests. Part of the link seems to be explained by the fact that children of smokers were more likely to have been rebellious and aggressive as teenagers, the Australian researchers note. Past studies have found that children of smokers are more likely … [Read more...] about Kids Learn to Smoke From Mom
Cigarillos: Big Tobacco’s Candy Coated Chicanery
Sales of cigarillos in candy flavours like raspberry and mint chocolate are up 300% in Canada. Anti-smoking groups fear their popularity could fuel a kid-friendly smoking revival and increase youth smoking. Cigarillos are cigarette-sized, filtered cigars that come in a variety of enticing flavours and - perhaps most dangerously - can be bought as singles at any corner … [Read more...] about Cigarillos: Big Tobacco’s Candy Coated Chicanery
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