Banning Smoking on the War-Front

The Pentagon has reassured troops that tobacco products will not be banned on the war front, as was previously believed. That is, for now, officials aren't planning to ban smoking yet. Fears over such a ban arose when a study was released recommending that smoking in the army banned within the next 20 years. However, at a news conference for the Pentagon, press secretary Geoff Morrell clearly stated that Defense...

Cigarette Advertisements of the Past

The LSU Health Sciences is putting on an exhibit "Not a Cough in a Carload" to show how tobacco companies used to advertise to attract new smokers. By the beginning of the 20th century there was already research to show that smoking was harmful to health. But tobacco companies were on their toes, and they immediately launched a campaign to counter this data. Deidra Woodson, worked on hanging up the ads for the...

Putting Film Studios to Shame

The American Medical association has revealed a plan to bring shame to those movie studios that depict smoking in their movies. The name of the effort is, "Which Movie Studios Will Cause the Most Youth to Start Smoking This Summer?" They have already started a scorecard on Facebook. The number of tobacco images will be tallied in films that are rated G, PG and PG-13 from May to August. The greatest offending studio...

Store Clerks and Teens Working Together to Stop Un...

Experts say that the best way to stop underage teen-smoking is through education. Based on this idea, the Jackson County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition is teaming up with teens in the area to teach store-clerks the proper way to sell tobacco. 16-year-old Kacy Cameron of Jackson said, "I've learned a lot through the coalition, and it helps out in the community. I believe it (education on tobacco) prevents...

Merchant Compliance Decreasing Teen Smoking

According to a new study, enforcing laws that ban tobacco sales to minors is the key to cutting back on the number of teens that smoke in the United States. The number of 10th graders who smoke daily was reduced by 21 percent since 1997, due to the increase in the number of merchants who have complied to such laws. In 1999, the first federal law was put in place, pushing states to decrease tobacco sales to teenagers. As a...

Fake Cigarette Packs with Warnings for the Fight a...

The Tobacco Free Youth Campaign was recently held in New Delhi, India. Part of this campaign were fake packs of cigarettes with warnings about the hazards of smoking and by ringing "the bell to hell," you could use a public lighter. This event was held until the end of May, which is World No Tobacco Day. The campaign is focused on preventing young people from smoking at an early age. According psychologist Nadeen...