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TabExpo – Prague (November 2011)

Chris Crawley — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:56:49 +0000

Before you know it this major Industry Trade show will be upon us and in a flash – gone.
The organizers are working hard to make it successful for all visitors.
Exhibitors can have reasonble expectation of not only a good quantity of visitors but a good level as well.
The Show will run concurrenlty with a topical Congress.

At Tobacco Today we are interested to promote a dialogue from all stakeholders aimed at soliciting comments, suggestions and advice from all aspects of the industry – to make the show better and to focus the organizer’s on what the industry is expecting.

We look forward to receiving your comments and creating a lively diaglogue.

Enough of this – When the attacks become personal!

Lou Maiellano — Fri, 07 May 2010 03:43:40 +0000

When is enough, enough? My good friend Terry Gallagher is being attacked based on his livelihood. He is a great man! His value to his community is not matched by many. Last time I checked tobacco was still legal. Enough with my opinion. Read the attached article and let your thoughts be known!

http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_14993095#axzz0mo2Jx7bn

Social Smokers

Lou Maiellano — Fri, 07 May 2010 03:34:32 +0000

Found this article to be very interesting. Wanted to pass it on. What do you think? I think I have seen many of these folks in my lifetime. Post your thoughts!

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/04/24/social.smokers/index.html?hpt=C2

Star Scientific Files Application with FDA for Ariva-BDL(TM) Approval as First Modified Risk Tobacco Product

Lou Maiellano — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:23:31 +0000

Star Scientific, Inc. (Nasdaq: CIGX) announced that on Friday, February 19 the company filed an application with the Food & Drug Administration for approval to market Ariva-BDL™ as a “modified risk” tobacco product under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009. This submission is the first such application to be filed with the Tobacco Products Center of the FDA, which has been established to oversee all aspects of tobacco regulation outlined in the 2009 Act.

What are your thoughts?

Have you tried the “NEW” Ariva product?

Any expectations of others to follow Star’s lead.

Will the process work? Is harm reduction going to work?

PR Newswire Feb 22 2010 BDL Filing

Professor: E-Cigarette Safer than Regular cigarettes, FDA Study is Propoganda

James Dunworth — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:14:26 +0000

In a recent interview with ECigaretteDirect.co.uk Carl Phillips, Associate Professor at the University of Alberta in Canada, told us that the electronic cigarette was an order of magnitude safer than regular cigarettes and that an FDA study into the electronic cigarette was “pure propoganda”.

The electronic cigarette carried, he estimated, around one percent of the risk of regular cigarettes.

While he acknowledged that the electronic cigarette carried traces of carcinogens, he pointed out that banning the electronic cigarette based on the very low levels of carcinogens contained within would also mean “banning half the foods available.”

Given that, he argued, the FDA’s stance on the electronic cigarette was motivated by propoganda and not by science.

You can read the full interview here: Electronic Cigarette Interview with Carl Phillips.

FSC

fairhairedone — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:12:34 +0000

If you call the Marlboro # you get someone reading what the FSC is. Nothing more, nothing less. I am definitely going to look into rolling my own cigarettes. You guys are right.

Tobacco Scientific Advisory Board Announcement Soon

John Rolfe — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:33:34 +0000

So who will actually be selected for the key roles of deciding, among other things, whether menthol stays on the US market? The FDA gave the industry until September 25th to name individuals for the three non-voting slots on its Scientific Advisory Board and then gave itself another 30 days, until October 24th, to send letters to those organizations telling them if they won a slot. So I guess we will know pretty soon who these “deciders” will be.

Banning the sale of all flavored tobacco products?

Lou Maiellano — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:17:22 +0000

Well folks this could be premature BUT I must say that we here at Tobacco Today have warned that this could be a possibility. Is this the next step taking by the anti-tobacco coalition? What are your thoughts? Are you concerned? What do you think about this attack on flavors as it relates to the entire tobacco industry? As a retailer how will this affect your business? As a wholesaler or manufacturer how do you plan on addressing this attack? When does it stop? Should it stop? Whether this passes or not it should be a concern of all those in the tobacco and retail industry.

The New York City Council was expected to vote on October 14th on a bill that would ban the sale of all flavored tobacco products, including small cigars and chewing tobacco, in the city. (Associated Press – AP 10/14)

How do you like this – May 31st is no tobacco day?

Chris Crawley — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:59:55 +0000

This e-mail arrived unsolicited in one of our partners e-mail in-box – he doesn’t even work in the Industry.

Nice to know others are taking care of our well-being!

“Wouldn’t the world be a better place if we could all just “say no” to
tobacco? That’s what World No Tobacco Day on Sunday, May 31st is all
about.

According to the World Health Organization, by 2030, if current trends
continue, smoking will kill one in every six people around the world,
not to mention the financial toll that it takes.

In the United States alone, smoking cost $193 billion in 2004,
including $97 billion in lost productivity and $96 billion in direct
health care expenditures.

So please, take a moment to show your support of World No Tobacco Day by:

Going without tobacco for the day. Just one day will make a difference.
Isn’t it time to quit? Join our Freedom from Smoking®Online Program or
recommend it to a loved one who smokes. Our proven program can help
you end your addiction to tobacco and nicotine. The online program is
available at www.ffsonline.org
Become a Facebook® fan! And while you’re there, please donate your
status to the cause. On Sunday, simply change your status to: Today is
World No Tobacco Day — for tips on quitting, go to www.LungUSA.org
Follow us on Twitter! It’s a great place to find encouragement and support.
Make a donation. Your gift can truly save lives.

Thanks so much for all your help… and for supporting World No Tobacco
Day on Sunday.

Stephen J. Nolan
National Volunteer Chair

Professor: Tobacco Free Kids Will Help Kill Millions

James Dunworth — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:28:57 +0000

In a letter to ECigarette Direct, Brad Radu, a professor of medicine and holder of an endowed chair in tobacco harm reduction research at the University of Louisville, criticizes Tobacco Free Kids for opposing safe alternatives to smoking and for supporting the Kennedy tobacco bill due to enter the senate next week.

According to the Professor, the stance taken by the organization was not a rational position but a moralistic one:

“There is no public health justification for denying smokers information about and access to safer sources of tobacco and nicotine. But the war against tobacco, conducted by Tobacco Free Kids and their allies, is not about public health. It has become the latest in a long line of misguided American moral crusades.”

The letter was itself a comment upon an open letter to Tobacco Free Kids, which the Professor predicted there would be no reply to. He was also gloomy on the prospects of the Kennedy tobacco bill being defeated, remarking:

“The American legislative process is closed to all but a few powerful interests, who will soon be gloating over their “success” in passing FDA regulation of tobacco.”

Ultimately, the professor thought, the actions of groups like Tobacco Free Kids and similar groups would costs lives.

“I am convinced that these anti-tobacco extremists will eventually be held partially responsible for the deaths of millions of uninformed smokers.”

We forwarded both the open letter and Brad Radu’s reply to Tobacco Free Kids, but have yet to receive a comment.

What do you think? Is the position of the bodies like Tobacco Free Kids a blind crusade against tobacco, or a practical stance taken to protect the young against the dangers of nicotine addiction?