Read more cigarettes stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1890/cigarettes.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:24:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68755/smoking-prince-harry-turns-to-celeb-hypnotist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPrince Harry is reading celebrity therapist Paul McKenna’s Quit Smoking Now in a bid to finally swear off cigarettes, the News of the World reports. After quitting for a year, Harry recently smoked at a friend’s wedding, and apparently got hooked again after RAF training and breaking with girlfriend Chelsea...http://www.newser.com/story/68755/smoking-prince-harry-turns-to-celeb-hypnotist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 06 Sep 2009 16:14:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65218/lets-do-to-big-food-what-we-did-to-big-tobacco.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter decades of anti-smoking campaigns, Big Tobacco has been brought low and ashtrays have “gone the way of spittoons,” writes Ellen Goodman of the Boston Globe . It’s high time we gave Big Food the same treatment. “Now that two-thirds of Americans are overweight, the lethal effects of fat are catching...http://www.newser.com/story/65218/lets-do-to-big-food-what-we-did-to-big-tobacco.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 11:30:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63605/aussies-may-charge-20-per-pack-of-ciggies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAustralians may be coughing up $20 for a pack of cigarettes if officials approve a new anti-smoking plan, the Age reports. The proposal, designed to cut Aussie smoking by a third, would ban all tobacco sponsorship and online sales, devote 95% of cigarette packaging to graphic health warnings, and tax...http://www.newser.com/story/63605/aussies-may-charge-20-per-pack-of-ciggies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 05 Jul 2009 18:22:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62640/obama-admits-he-still-sneaks-occasional-cigarette.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHe wasn't all that happy to be asked about it—again—but President Obama admitted during his news conference today that, yes, he still lights up the occasional cigarette, reports ABC News. “Have I fallen off the wagon sometimes? Yes.” Obama said he’s not a “daily smoker, a constant smoker,...http://www.newser.com/story/62640/obama-admits-he-still-sneaks-occasional-cigarette.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Jun 2009 15:45:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61739/obama-sees-victory-in-passage-of-fda-tobacco-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama praised the passage of a bill allowing the FDA to regulate tobacco products as “a long time coming," the Hill reports. The legislation, which sailed through the House this morning, grants the agency new power to regulate tobacco ingredients and marketing. "After a decade of opposition, all of...http://www.newser.com/story/61739/obama-sees-victory-in-passage-of-fda-tobacco-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Jun 2009 13:41:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61639/senate-oks-tough-new-tobacco-regulations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCongress struck the US government's strongest anti-smoking blow in decades today with a Senate vote to give regulators new power to limit nicotine in cigarettes, drastically curtail ads, and ban candied tobacco products aimed at young people. Cigarette foes say the changes could cut into the 400,000 deaths every...http://www.newser.com/story/61639/senate-oks-tough-new-tobacco-regulations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 11 Jun 2009 14:41:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59877/cigarette-companies-lied-appeals-court-rules.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTobacco companies engaged in “deceits” and knowingly marketed cigarettes without regard for consumers’ health, violating civil racketeering laws, a federal appeals court ruled today. In upholding the verdict in a landmark case brought by the Clinton Justice Department in 1999, the court refused to overturn a district judge’s order that...http://www.newser.com/story/59877/cigarette-companies-lied-appeals-court-rules.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 May 2009 15:20:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58238/chinese-workers-ordered-to-smoke-more.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSeeking to stem the flow of cigarettes over the border and bolster the local tobacco industry, a Chinese county has ordered local officials to puff only local cigarettes, the Times of London reports. In March, Gongan county mandated that civil servants on its payroll smoke 230,000 packs of locally...http://www.newser.com/story/58238/chinese-workers-ordered-to-smoke-more.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 06 May 2009 12:53:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54867/supreme-court-refuses-philip-morris-appeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBig business once hoped that the Supreme Court would use a tobacco lawsuit bouncing around the court system since 1999 to clamp down on the awarding of punitive damages. Instead, the AP reports, the Supreme Court gave a one-sentence order refusing to hear an appeal of a $79.5 million...http://www.newser.com/story/54867/supreme-court-refuses-philip-morris-appeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 31 Mar 2009 10:19:49 CDT