News tagged with 'Cigarettes'

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that American produced cigarettes contain higher levels of cancer causing agents than those made in Australia, the UK and Canada.

An advisory panel of the Food and Drug Administration will meet at the end of March to consider the safety of menthol flavoring in cigarettes under the new FDA authority over tobacco, ingredients and marketing.

A number of bans are going into effect with the new year that determine where you smoke and what you eat.

R.J. Reynolds and other tobacco companies have filed suit against federal authorities claiming their right to free speech has been violated by a new tobacco law. The suit seeks to overturn portions of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.

The new head of the newly created Center for Tobacco Products, under FDA authority, has been named. The center will be able to regulate ingredients in tobacco products for the first time. Big Tobacco is already planning a lawsuit challenging restrictions on advertising.

Researchers find a total of 28 carcinogens identified with smokeless tobacco and even more in snuff. In addition, snuff can lead to nicotine addiction in the same way that cigarette smoking does.

NJOY is one of two brands of electronic cigarettes the FDA found to contain toxins including a component of antifreeze as well as carcinogens. A number of shipments have been seized at the border amid calls for an outright ban.

A new study published in the Archives of Neurology suggests the effects of smoking can speed up the progression of multiple sclerosis. Past studies have suggested cigarette smokers are at an increased risk of developing the disease.

The FDA is considering regulating e-cigarettes, that is electronic cigarettes that deliver a jolt of nicotine as an alternative to smoking tobacco.   Health organizations say they may encourage kids to smoke and they are concerned about inhaling a vaporized form of the drug.   

Even though tar has been reduced in cigarettes over the years, there’s been an increase in a lung tumor called adenocarcinoma. It makes up 65 to 70 percent of newly diagnosed U.S. lung cancers, leading researchers to question why U.S. companies cure tobacco using propane generated heat and nitogen fertilizers. 

Research shows that gender makes women more vulnerable to the effects of smoking than previously known. Lung damage hits women at an earlier age and after less time smoking, dispelling the myth that smoking a few cigarettes is safer.   

The Florida legislature has agreed to cap the bond tobacco giants would have to set aside in case they lose thousands of upcoming cigarette injury cases.  A bond is required to launch an appeal, which can take years, something many of the injured smokers or their survivors don't have.   

For nearly 100 years, tobacco companies have tried to associate smoking with slimness and glamour. Now, Silk Cut is launching a new line of super-slim cigarettes in packaging that resembles a perfume box in an attempt to attract women smokers.

The first of 8,000 lawsuits to be filed against Big Tobacco in Florida will be appealed by Philip Morris USA after a jury awarded the widow of a smoker $8 million.   

Lawmakers are making it mandatory for stores to sell only fire safe and slow-burning cigarettes. The paper on fire safe cigarettes is thicker in two spots so they will go out if not puffed when they burn to these spots. The idea is to prevent fires caused when cigarettes are dropped or set aside.