The 2012 Show Schedule Offers More Opportunities for Tobacco Industry Professionals than Ever Before. • Conference Sessions will deliver the latest news and trends that are driving the tobacco industry. Business insights will be delivered by professionals from within the tobacco community. Business Owners and Managers can expect to take away information and ideas that [...]
TPE 2012 (Las Vegas) is Where Business Gets Done – Feb 1-2, 2012
January 17th, 2012 — Conferences, Current Issues, Exhibitions, General, Key International Business & Market Developments, Regulations: FDA etc., Science, Snus, Snuff & Alternative Products in US Markets, tobacco, Tobacco Harm Reduction — Lou Maiellano
Could a nicotine patch slow dementia?
January 11th, 2012 — Current Issues, General, Regulations: FDA etc., Science, Snus, Snuff & Alternative Products in US Markets, Tobacco Harm Reduction — Lou Maiellano
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/09/could-a-nicotine-patch-slow-dementia/ Fascinating article found @ thechart.blogs.cnn.com. Welcome all comments! Could a nicotine patch slow dementia? It’s hard to escape the warnings of the dangers of smoking, but one component of cigarettes – nicotine – might actually have a therapeutic use, preliminary research suggests. A small study, published Monday in the journal Neurology, finds that using [...]
Nicotine Therapy doesn’t help smokers quit:study
January 10th, 2012 — Current Issues, Preventing Youth Consumption, Regulations: FDA etc., Science, Snus, Snuff & Alternative Products in US Markets, Tobacco Harm Reduction — Lou Maiellano
http://news.yahoo.com/nicotine-therapy-doesnt-help-smokers-quit-study-173046252.html Nicotine therapy doesn’t help smokers quit: study By Kerry Sheridan | AFP – Mon, Jan 9, 2012 Gums, patches and nasal sprays that supply smokers with nicotine do not help people quit cigarettes over the long term any better than going it alone, a US study said on Monday. The research by the Harvard University School of Public Healthfollowed 787 adults in the [...]
Altria launches smoking rights website….
January 6th, 2012 — Current Issues — Chris Crawley
Altria has launched a smoking advocay website which can be found by clicking on the link below or pasting it into your browser. http://www.tobaccorights.com/ctr/advocacy/default.aspx Interested individuals can sign up and post views and get involved in defending smoker’s rights.
Study: Cigarettes with ‘Very Low’ Nicotine Better than Patches, Heavy Smokers Quit in Six Weeks
December 28th, 2011 — Current Issues, Making Tobacco Products Unpleasant, Preventing Youth Consumption, Regulations: FDA etc., Retail Cigarette Brand Prices Around the World, Science, Snus, Snuff & Alternative Products in US Markets, tobacco, Tobacco Harm Reduction — Lou Maiellano
By Arlene Paredes | December 20, 2011 8:06 PM EST – www.ibtimes.com Virtually nicotine-free cigarettes could help heavy smokers to quit the habit, according to an Auckland research. An Auckland University study has found it is possible to smoke your way to quitting by using virtually nicotine-free cigarettes, the New Zealand Herald reported. While [...]
WHERE DO YOUTH SMOKERS GET THEIR CIGARETTES?
December 23rd, 2011 — Preventing Youth Consumption — kannhelen
More than half of all youth smokers usually buy the cigarettes they smoke, either directly from retailers or vending machines, from other kids, or by giving money to others to buy for them. Roughly a third typically get their cigarettes from others (usually other kids) for free, and a small but significant percentage of kids [...]
“Snus on the Loose?”
December 9th, 2011 — Current Issues, Key International Business & Market Developments, Making Tobacco Products Unpleasant, Regulations: FDA etc., Science, Snus, Snuff & Alternative Products in US Markets, tobacco, Tobacco Harm Reduction — Lou Maiellano
Dagens Nyheter, Wednesday 7 December: “Brussels. The EU commission now promises the Swedish Government that it will re-evaluate the export ban for snus after DN’s revealing that EU’s own investigation show that there is strong support for snus sales in Europe. The Commission should apologize to 80,000 of its citizens for not listening to their [...]
Test Markets Reveal Women Choose Dissolvable Tobacco
December 7th, 2011 — Current Issues, Regulations: FDA etc., Science, Snus, Snuff & Alternative Products in US Markets, tobacco, Tobacco Harm Reduction — Lou Maiellano
WINSTOM-SALEM, N.C. — Since starting a second round of testing, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.’s dissolvable tobacco products are proving popular among women. The product line — Camel Sticks, Camel Strips and Camel Orbs –do not require spitting, which could be a deciding factor among female tobacco users. According to a report in the Winston-Salem Journal, [...]
