Due to a public indifference for the current health warning labels on tobacco products the Canadian government has begun a push for larger and more graphic warning labels. These new labels will be much larger, encompassing 75 percent of the products cover. Extremely graphic pictures will accompany these new labels. These photographs will consist of various images pertaining to the severe heath risks... 

Fewer people smoke thanks to smoking cessation programs and tobacco use education, but smoking still kills a half a million Americans each year, according to a report in the Journal of Epidemiology. The study tracked smokers from 2002 to 2006 and found that 291,000 men and 229,000 women died each year from smoking related illnesses. Those numbers were higher than expected, especially for women,... 

Smokers in New Hampshire have a reason to rejoice after the house of representatives voted to decrease the tax on cigarettes. The average cost of a pack of cigarettes is $1.78; this tax cut would drop it down to $1.68. This bill was approved on Thursday morning and has been passed to the Senate. Opponents of this bill say that it can cause the state to lose some of its revenue. Others say it can... 

Study Reveals Smoking and Breast Cancer Link A new study reveals smoking causes an increased risk of developing breast cancer. The study evaluated the effects of smoking and second hand smoke on postmenopausal women. Earlier research had dispelled any link between breast cancer and smoking, but because the number of women smokers reaching menopausal age increases the link has been established. Juhua... 

Smoking is being banned in every public place including business meetings that are held in private places in Paraguay. The order was placed into effect Saturday. Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo announced that warnings of legal action would be taken against anyone who violated the new order. Victor San Martin, representative of the anti-smoking policy of the Paraguayan ministry, issued a statement... 

Smokin’? When teenagers were asked to choose their favorite cigarette ad, 22% of the girls aged 12 through 16, interviewed for a study that appeared online yesterday in the journal Pediatrics, picked a marketing campaign for Camel No. 9 cigarettes. Camel No. 9 cigarettes targeted female smokers right from the start. After the brand was introduced by R.J. Reynolds in 2007, it was aggressively promoted... 

Smokers who have been diagnosed with early stage lung cancer can double their survival rate by kicking the habit. A study was conducted which showed that only 29 to 33 percent of early lung cancer patients who continued to smoke lived longer than five years while 63 to 70 percent of subjects who quit smoking survived five years after being diagnosed. The survival apparently comes from the reduced chances... 

Many who are diagnosed with lung cancer assume that quitting smoking will do nothing to help their chances at surviving this horrible disease however new studies shown in the British Medical Journal is proving otherwise. These studies show that if the lung cancer is caught in the early stages and the patient quits smoking they will double their chance of survival! This could mean over five years compared... 

Never Too Late To Quit A recent study has suggested that it is never too late to quit smoking. Those who suffer from age-related macular degeneration can slow or stop the process by quitting smoking, even if they are 80 years old. Macular degeneration(AMD) leads to blindness. The study included 1958 women with an average age of 78 years. The study showed that the women who were smokers and under... 

Another state has passed a smoking ban in public places. There are a large number of states which have already instituted some sort of smoking ban. The surprising thing about the latest state to let a smoking ban go into effect is the fact that it is the state of North Carolina. North Carolina is the country’s largest tobacco producer. This smoking ban was passed despite the lobbying efforts...