Should Texas Ban Smoking Statewide? (Audio)
Even though the idea went over like a lead balloon the last time the Texas Legislature was in session, anti-smoking activists are once again pushing for a statewide smoking ban. Tonight on the show, we...
View ArticleSecondhand Smoke Kills More Than 600,000 A Year
LONDON (AP) – Secondhand smoke kills more than 600,000 people worldwide every year, according to a new study. In the first look at the global impact of secondhand smoking, researchers analyzed data...
View ArticleGov’t & Big Tobacco In Dispute Over Proposed Ads
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department wants the largest cigarette manufacturers to admit that they lied to the public about the dangers of smoking, forcing the industry to set up and pay for an...
View ArticleTobacco Companies: Menthol Cigs Don’t Pose Greater Risk
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View ArticleCDC Predicts Smoking Bans In Every State By 2020
ATLANTA (AP) – By 2020, every state may have bans on smoking in restaurants, bars and the workplace, federal health officials predicted Thursday, based on the current pace of adopting anti-smoking...
View ArticlePhilip Morris Int’l CEO: Tobacco Not Hard To Quit
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – The head of cigarette maker Philip Morris International Inc. told a cancer nurse Wednesday that while cigarettes are harmful and addictive, it is not that hard to quit. CEO Louis...
View ArticleFDA Issues Graphic Cigarette Labels
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Rotting teeth. Diseased lungs. A corpse of a smoker. Nine new warning labels featuring graphic images that convey the dangers of smoking will be required by the Food and Drug...
View ArticleTxDOT Fighting Litter With “Texas Is Not Your Ashtray” Signs
Cigarette butts are seen in the street. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Cigarette litter is an even greater danger in the Texas drought. It’s a problem the Texas Department...
View ArticleMovies Companies Snuff On-Screen Smoking
ATLANTA (AP) – A new study shows three film companies have drastically reduced smoking from their movies aimed at children and teens. The three companies have in recent years adopted policies to cut...
View ArticleCigarette Lawsuit Could Delay Bolder Label Warnings
(AP) – The tobacco industry’s latest legal challenge to increased government regulation may not hold up in court, but it could mean it will be years before cigarette packs carry pictures of a smoker’s...
View ArticleCDC: Adult Smoking Rate Edges Down Slightly
CHICAGO (AP) – Fewer U.S. adults are smoking and those who do light up are smoking fewer cigarettes each day, but the trend is weaker than the government had hoped. According to a Centers for Disease...
View ArticleState Warns Smoking Drivers: Hold On To Your Butts
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - That glowing cigarette butt flying out the car window might be a dangerous thing during a statewide drought. But CBS 11 News learned that few area law enforcement officers...
View ArticleJudge Blocks Graphic Images On Cigarette Packages
WASHINGTON (AP) – A judge on Monday blocked a federal requirement that would have begun forcing tobacco companies next year to put graphic images including dead and diseased smokers on their cigarette...
View ArticleCDC Study: Too Many Kids Breathe Others’ Smoke In Cars
CHICAGO (AP) – Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren’t all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list. In the first...
View ArticleElectric Cigarette Explodes In Man’s Mouth
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View ArticleU.S.: More Work Needed To Stop Youth Tobacco Use
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - More work needs to be done to keep young Americans from using tobacco, including creating smoking bans and increasing taxes on tobacco products, the U.S. Surgeon General’s office...
View ArticleSmokers Beware: New Anti-Smoking Ads Headed Your Way
ATLANTA (AP) - The government has revamped its strategy for getting people to kick the smoking habit, and the new campaign is about to hit TV and radio air waves and billboards, magazines and...
View ArticleFDA Panel: Dissolvable Tobacco Could Reduce Risks
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – A Food and Drug Administration scientific advisory panel says dissolvable tobacco products could reduce health risks compared with smoking cigarettes but also have the potential...
View ArticleIt’s Big Tobacco vs Lance Armstrong In California
(credit: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Fabled as a mecca for the health-conscious and fitness-obsessed, California is also one of only a few states that has not hiked its...
View ArticleResearchers: Vaccine May Treat Nicotine Addiction
(CBS News) – Trying to quit smoking? It’s tough – studies suggest 70- to 80-percent of people who try to quit smoke within six months. That’s because nicotine is so addictive, says Dr. Ronald G....
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