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... 

You can help John Mellencamp kick his smoking habit: Join his son Speck’s Facebook group, which he’s pledged will make him stop once and for all. The 58-year-old singer was admitted  to hospital in 1994 after suffering from a heart attack, but has failed to quit smoking. His youngest son, Speck said that his father has promised to quit if he gets one million people to join the group on the Facebook... 

Philip Morris USA, a division of Altria Group, Inc. and the nation’s largest cigarette manufacturer, has filed suit in federal court against 10 New York and New Jersey retailers alleging that they sold counterfeit Marlboro cigarettes. The action is part of Philip Morris’ continuing battle against the sale of fake Marlboro cigarettes. Since May 2009 Philip Morris has sued 27 retail outlets in New... 

Philip Morris USA is suing 10 retailers in New York and New Jersey alleging they’ve been selling fake Marlboros, according to a report by the Associated Press. The Richmond, Va.-based cigarette maker said Thursday it filed lawsuits against a total of 10 retailers in New Jersey and New York for alleged sales of counterfeit versions of Marlboro brand cigarettes. Philip Morris said since May of... 

In yet another lawsuit against the company Phillip Morris (Naugle v. Philip Morris USA), a Florida woman has been awarded over $300 million dollars. In the largest single recipient ruling to date, a jury meted out the fines to the tobacco company, including a record $244 million in punitive damages. The smoker, 61-year-old Cindy Naugle, has been diagnosed with emphysema and is wheelchair bound. While...