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The makers of a controversial anti-smoking ad let a 4-year-old boy lose sight of his mother so that he would cry on camera. But they insist that the child was not harmed and the child’s anxiety lasted a matter of only a few seconds.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money to pour $375 million into a global effort to cut smoking.
He's the poster boy for the state's new anti-smoking campaign. But 48-year-old Skip Legault is still smoking — despite an amputated leg, two heart attacks and a stroke. The state Department of Health confirmed Friday that they chose a smoker for the ads, saying it helps underscore the risks associated with nicotine addiction.
A tablet shown to help more than one in five smokers quit joined the limited number of effective stop-smoking drugs on Thursday, approved by federal regulators.
Free wedding for quitting smokingA charity in the Saudi capital Riyadh has come up with a novel incentive to encourage young men to quit smoking - an all-expenses-paid wedding.
Have you ever had cigarette smoke blown in your face while waiting in a line to buy movie tickets or outside the airport for curbside check-in? I have experienced this countless times; at the park, beach, and inside a restroom when I'm doing my business and suddenly I smell smok …
Third-Hand Smoke? Beware the Dangers of Fourth-hand SmokeFourth-hand smoke is the presence in the family home, docile or dwelling place (this includes motor vehicles some of which retain mobility) of unopened, un-smoked cigarettes contained in a pack, or individual cigarettes bought from less than reputable corner stores that are conta …
Stop smoking drug concerns raisedIt was launched as a wonder drug. A tablet to take the pain out of kicking the killer weed. Since it appeared on the market two years ago in the UK, almost 400,000 prescriptions for Champix have been written.
New Gruesome Anti Smoking Campaign Launched in Big AppleIn NYC, the "Eating You Alive" campaign will feature matchbooks with grotesquery that would make a Civil War surgeon woozy including those from the Shane MacGowan school of dental hygiene, all in an effort to get folks to butt out
Egypt uses stark warnings in anti-smoking campaignOffering a cigarette is as common as a handshake in Egypt, where the culture of smoking is so entrenched that patients sometimes light up in hospital rooms.
Russian Women Exercise Post-Soviet Free Will By Smoking A Lot MoreCommunist dictatorships don't get credit for much but one thing about them made anti-smoking advocates happy; a lack of cigarettes meant fewer people puffed. Yes, according to a new study in an anti-smoking journal, capitalism is to blame.
The anti-tobacco campaign of the Nazis: a little known aspect of public health in Germany, 1933-45Historians and epidemiologists have only recently begun to explore the Nazi anti-tobacco movement.
Anti-Smoking Chief Lights Up: Portugal's No-Smoking Enforcer Breaks Ban on Day 1 The head of the Portuguese agency charged with enforcing the new smoking ban obviously didn't feel the need to observe it himself. He was spotted puffing on a cigar at a New Year's Eve party just after the ban came into effect.
In 1975, British delegate Sir George Godber informed the World Health Organization how to get smokers to quit: foster an atmosphere where it was perceived that active smokers would injure those around them, especially their family and infants or young children who would be expos …
First of all, I would like to say that I am not a smoker. I find smoking to be a disgusting nasty habit and like I heard Montel Williams once say, so last century.
In pictures: the images to be used on cigarette packetsThe anti-smoking images which will be printed on cigarette packets to warn smokers of the health risks
When is Private Public? ReduxSmoking bans have become an ever more popular way in which non-smokers can prevent smokers from annoying them. The argument, such as it is, revolves around the fact that non-smokers have no choice when "subjected" to the habit of smokers in "public" venues.
The death of the smoking roomThe smoking ban in England on 1 July will spell the final demise of the smoking room, a most curious of social institutions. But will smokers still bond outside in pursuit of their habit, or will they just stop?
I breathe - non smoking ad printsRomanian anti smoking campaign made by Eurespir (I breathe) that aim to stop the smoking in public places.
Cigar Aficionado | Cops Called to Capitol Over Cigar SmokeCongressmen can smoke in their private offices (how privileged). But another congressman complained and called the Capitol Hill cops! This quote from Colorado Republican congressman Tom Tancredo is priceless: "The lifestyle Nazis, they're out there."
Grand Canyon Wildfires (2004?) Massive wildfire blazes through the north rim of the Grand Canyon a few years ago. This footage was used in an anti-smoking promotional ad, which is a little odd, but the fire footage in the end is pretty awesome.
Cigar Aficionado | Atlantic City Ban is a GoThe anti-smoking Nazis never stop. Now 75% of the casino floors in Atlantic City will be smoke-free on April 15. The remaining 25% must be walled off from the main floor and have their own ventilation system. Insane.
New no-smoking frontier: condos and apartmentsNot only are some condos and apartment houses banning smoking inside private units, but there is talk in Belmont, Calif., of a city law next month that would mandate that all complexes keep a portion of their units smoke-free.
Cigar Companies Sue PhiladelphiaThe anti-smoking Nazis are out-of-control. Thankfully, the cigar companies are fighting back. Philly passed a bill banning the sale of flavored cigars, and all cigars within 500 ft of schools, community centers, etc. The cigar companies won an injunction while the case is heard.
Companies Banking on Anti-Smoking TrendThe recent tightening of anti-smoking regulations has given momentum to a brand new industry. Large Pharmaceuticals and smaller firms alike have jumped on this health conscious trend. The National Bureau of Economic Research Inc.
So many of the discussions on Newsvine revolve around Public vs. Private. The ability to smoke, carry guns, eat trans fat, wear a seatbelt, wear clothes, and on and on. There are many definitions of "Public".
Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Manufacturers' anti-smoking ads ineffective: studyTelevision ads that tobacco companies say are designed to discourage teenagers from smoking do no such thing, and some may actually encourage youths to smoke, researchers reported
Step a-side, global warming! There's a new panic in town that tells us that we will all die horrible deaths long before the polar ice caps melt and flood New York City. US Surgeon General Richard Carmona (long-time anti-smoking advocate) declared, in a long-winded an …
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