Read more cigarette stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/23385/cigarette.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:26:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73928/more-americans-smoking.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe number of smokers has ticked up a notch after five years of decline or holding steady. The percentage of Americans who light up rose from 19.8% in 2007 to 20.6% in 2008, a CDC report says. The longer-term picture is better: Since 1998, the percentage has dropped...http://www.newser.com/story/73928/more-americans-smoking.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 20:29:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73645/cigarette-butts-are-toxic-waste-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe chemicals in cigarette butts are lethal to fish, and the finding is bolstering researchers who want coffin nails classified as toxic waste. San Diego State University researchers submerged filters from smoked cigarettes in tanks of water for 24 hours, then added fish. Within 5 days, half the fish died....http://www.newser.com/story/73645/cigarette-butts-are-toxic-waste-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 17:30:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71791/man-jailed-for-encouraging-3-year-old-to-smoke.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA UK man received 18 months in prison today for handing a 3-year-old girl a lit cigarette and encouraging her to smoke it—and inhale. He then asked a 14-year-old girl to record the event with her camera phone. In the video, the 31-year-old man can be heard laughing, “believing...http://www.newser.com/story/71791/man-jailed-for-encouraging-3-year-old-to-smoke.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 12:41:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69401/nyc-seeks-smoking-ban-for-parks-beaches.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSmokers banished outdoors by New York City's 2003 smoking ban may soon find much of the outdoors off-limits for lighting up as well, the New York Times reports. The city's health commissioner said yesterday that he plans to push for a full smoking ban in all the city's parks and...http://www.newser.com/story/69401/nyc-seeks-smoking-ban-for-parks-beaches.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Sep 2009 5:37:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63216/recession-forces-tough-choices-for-smokers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe recession—coupled with a historic increase in the federal tobacco tax—is hitting smokers pretty hard, MSNBC reports. “We had a light bill that needed to be paid, so we paid a third of it so we could have cigarette money,” said one who’s tried to quit numerous times....http://www.newser.com/story/63216/recession-forces-tough-choices-for-smokers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 16:03:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62538/obama-signs-smoking-crackdown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Barack Obama cited his own long struggle to quit the cigarettes he took up as a teenager as he signed the strongest-ever US anti-smoking bill today and praised it for providing needed protections for future generations. "It is a law that will save American lives," Obama said. "The decades-long...http://www.newser.com/story/62538/obama-signs-smoking-crackdown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Jun 2009 14:15:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62182/tobacco-bills-winners-philip-morris-lawyers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama might have praised Congress' tobacco bill, but for George F. Will, the new legislation gives just two muscular groups reason to celebrate: Philip Morris and "the Democratic Party's fountain of funds, the trial bar." New restrictions on cigarette advertising will help Philip Morris vault over competitors, while a...http://www.newser.com/story/62182/tobacco-bills-winners-philip-morris-lawyers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Jun 2009 7:55:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61340/senate-poised-to-pass-tough-new-tobacco-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Senate is expected this week to pass sweeping new legislation to regulate tobacco, reports USA Today . The bill, which may go to a vote as soon as today, gives the FDA the authority to regulate tobacco and will require larger health warnings on packets, end the use of claims...http://www.newser.com/story/61340/senate-poised-to-pass-tough-new-tobacco-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Jun 2009 2:54:24 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 CDT