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Smokeless Tobacco Rates on the Rise
Source: WebMD By: Bill Hendrick Even after a generation of warnings from public health officials about the dangers of tobacco use, about 20% of Americans still smoke cigarettes, a CDC report says. The report also shows the rate of smokers who also use smokeless tobacco, such as chewing tobacco and snuff, is rising. Using smokeless [...]
Continue reading...Congressman wants chewing tobacco thrown out of World Series
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Source: The Hill, The Washington Scene By: Jordan Fabian With the World Series set to begin Wednesday night, a New Jersey congressman wants the participating teams to give chewing tobacco the boot from their dugouts. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D) called on the Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants to eschew their use of smokeless [...]
Continue reading...Experts say oral cancer on the rise in younger people
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Source: www.clickondetroit.com Author: staff It was the winter of 2002 when then-34-year-old Kelley Fish of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., first spotted the lump that would change her life. “I was looking in the mirror, and I thought ‘what the heck is that?’ It was certainly visible,” said Fish. Fish went to the doctor, who thought [...]
Continue reading...On the Call: Altria Group CEO Michael Szymanczyk
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Source: Business Week Richmond, VA Like other tobacco companies, Altria Group Inc. is focusing on cigarette alternatives such as cigars, snuff and chewing tobacco for sales growth as tax increases, smoking bans, health concerns and social stigma make the cigarette business tougher. The smokeless tobacco category is growing at about 7 percent a year, but [...]
Continue reading...Dead man will be remembered for spreading oral cancer
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Source: The Gawker/ WSJ Author: Steven Miller Louis Bantle, the former marketing director and chairman of U.S. Tobacco, died earlier this month at the age of 81 from emphysema and lung cancer. Bantle was most famous for convincing millions of teenagers to dip. The WSJ chroniclesBantle’s work from the 1960s through the 1990s, during which [...]
Continue reading...Disadvantages of using chewing tobacco to quit smoking
Monday, July 5, 2010
Source: www.helium.com Author: Dawn Hawkins If you are a smoker who is trying to quit smoking, there are several ways in which you might attempt to attain the goal. Chewing tobacco might seem like one of the best answers to your problem. The goal is to stop the smoke from going into your lungs, right? [...]
Continue reading...Asian communities warned of tobacco risks
Monday, June 21, 2010
Source: www.rochdaleonline.co.uk Author: staff Local health experts are warning the Asian community that an after-dinner treat offered to family and friends could have deadly consequences. Chewing tobacco is a hidden killer say experts, because people do not know it can cause cancer. Dr Amjad Hussain from the NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Oral Health Promotion [...]
Continue reading...Smoking women at greater risk
Monday, May 31, 2010
Source: www.deccanherald.com Author: Poornima Nataraj Surrendering to temptation of having a puff of nicotine to release tension, not only gives momentary pleasure but inflicts a long lasting damage on your biological system. There has been no decrease in the number of deaths due to tobacco use, despite large-scale efforts to educate masses on the health [...]
Continue reading...Garagiola, who quit, warns about chewing tobacco
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Source: nytimes.com Author: George Vescey Joe Garagiola has been to too many funerals. Some of them were for friends who chewed tobacco, the way Garagiola used to do. Now Garagiola has been given the gift of time. He intends to use it to speak out against the habit of chewing tobacco. “I tell these guys, [...]
Continue reading...Swedish Match snuff separates from snus pack
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Source: Tobacco News Author: Staff Swedish Match North America, maker of moist snuff, cigars and chewing tobacco, is taking a different approach to marketing its Swedish-style snus tobacco product when compared to two other U.S. tobacco companies offering the product, according to a report by the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Swedish Match marketers began a sampling effort [...]
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