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The following article, excerpted here, was published in the Wall Street Journal. You can read the entire article at the WSJ website but you may need a subscription. What’s Really in Your Cigarette? by Robert N. Proctor August 31, 2012 / Wall Street Journal / — There... Read More

WASHINGTON, July 31, 2012 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Interior Minister Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz announced this week that Saudi Arabia will begin enforcing the royal decree banning smoking in public places effective immediately. Under the official order, smoking,... Read More

June 10, 2012 / Associated Press / Lawrence, KS  — Kansas lawmakers have decided that electronic cigarettes should be just as off-limits to people younger than 18 as the real thing, so starting July 1 it will be illegal for minors to buy or possess the vapor-emitting... Read More

June 5, 2012 / USA Today Travel / — Want to light up a cigarette before or after your next flight? Good luck with that.  According to the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation, indoor smoking is completely banned at 27 of the 35 busiest U.S. airports.  Soon it will... Read More

May 31, 2012 /Businessweek/ —  Cigarette makers led by Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) (PM) and British American Tobacco Plc (BATS) are scrambling to derail Russian plans to halve smoking in the world’s largest tobacco market after China. The companies, along with... Read More

May 29, 2012 / Nurse.com News / —  Cigarette smoking contributes to significantly higher hospital costs for smokers undergoing elective general surgery, according to a study. When researchers analyzed data on more than 14,000 patients, they found that postoperative... Read More

Here are a few facts related to smoking ... we thought may interest you. • There are over 2,000 chemicals in cigarette tobacco smoke, and 68 are known to be cancer causing Read More Facts Read More

In recent years, smoking has become an acute global problem, and it is estimated that there are 1.2 billion smokers worldwide. The habit of smoking cigarette was once considered sexy, cool, good for health, was promoted by the sportsmen, advertised all over the television and was... Read More

MOSCOW, May 21, 2012 / RIA Novosti / — Russia’s Health Ministry has submitted a draft law to parliament banning the open sale of cigarettes and smoking in public places, in a bid to cut deaths in the world’s largest smoking nation. The ministry hopes the new... Read More

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Nataanii Hatathlie, 18, of Kirtland, New Mexico, has been named the Western Region Youth Advocate of the Year by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids for his leadership in the fight against tobacco.  Nataanii is being honored... Read More