Tag Archives: cigarettes

NYC-Based Realty Group Bans Smoking In Rented Apartments Nationwide

The Related Companies, a New York City-based real estate group with properties across the nation, has banned smoking in all 40,000 of its rental units. Although the program will roll out gradually, it appears to be the first of this scale by a national property owner. It also seems likely to create controversy. Where past efforts against smoking have focused …

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NY State May Raise Smoking Age To 21

Christine Quinn’s plan to raise the smoking age in New York City is going statewide. New York would become the first state to hike the age to buy cigarettes from 18 to 21 under new legislation announced Sunday. Officials moved to stop a cross-border bonanza in cigarette sales if a hike in the age proposed by the city last week …

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NYC May Raise Smoking Age To 21

The New York City Council is expected to introduce an ordinance today that will raise the minimum age to purchase cigarettes to 21.  The new law, if approved, will give the city the highest such requirement in the nation. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn plans to announce the city’s latest anti-smoking measure Monday morning with Mayor Bloomberg’s Health Commissioner Thomas …

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Courtney Love For E-Cigarettes

“Relax, it’s a fuckin’ NJOY.”

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Bloomberg: Set Minimum Price On Cigs

A pack of cigarettes usually costs $12 to $14 at NYC locations, but some retailers occasionally run tobacco industry promotions that bring the price down a few dollars. Mayor Bloomberg wants to end that practice by setting a minimum price of $10.50 in order to stem impulse purchases, particularly by young people. According to a Federal Trade Commission report issued …

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NEW YORK CITY: Bloomberg Unveils Plan To Force Retailers To Conceal Cigarettes

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose almost-annual tax increases over the last decade have raised the price of cigarettes to over $14 per pack at many retailers, today revealed his latest plan to curb smoking. Mr. Bloomberg said at a news conference that the proposal would make New York the first city in the nation to keep tobacco products …

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SF Considers Outdoor Smoking Ban

For cigarettes. Medical marijuana would be excluded. Smoking anything other than medically-prescribed marijuana at San Francisco street fairs, festivals and other outdoor events held on city property would be banned under new legislation before the Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Eric Mar said he introduced the proposal because of the health impacts of secondhand smoke when people light up in public. …

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California LGBT Anti-Smoking Ad

It seems like they could have come up with a better phone number than 1-800-No-Butts. (Via Copyranter)

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Gay Military Marriage Proposal

Promoted by CRUSH, an LGBT anti-smoking campaign.

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Pornstaches In Old Cigarette Ads

The pornstache was once a staple of manly cigarette ads. Head over to Copyranter for a flashback selection of examples.

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RANKED: Healthiest States

Insurance giant United Healthcare has ranked the “healthiest states” according to factors like diet, exercise, smoking, obesity, etc. For the fifth year in a row, Vermont is the nation’s healthiest state. States that showed the most substantial improvement include New York and New Jersey, both moving up six places, largely because of improvements made in smoking cessation. Idaho and Alaska …

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Oral Sex: Worse Than Smoking?

We haven’t had a “shocking” medical study in a few hours. So here. A study published in yesterday’s Journal of Clinical Oncology reveals that as many as 72 percent of throat tumors in men may be linked to the human papillomavirus, commonly known as HPV. The researchers hypothesize that the virus spreads predominately via oral sex, and that it may …

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Smoking Rate Plummets In NYC

The greatest legacy of Michael Bloomberg’s reign as NYC mayor may be the city’s nose-diving number of adult smokers, a reduction widely credited to frequent cigarette tax increases, fewer places to smoke legally, and the city’s unforgettably gruesome anti-smoking commercials. The total number of smokers has decreased by an estimated 500,000 since Bloomberg took office. Meanwhile, a pack of cigarettes …

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NYC Bans Smoking In Public

Parks, beaches, Times Square….

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Finland Wants Its Troops To Stop Smoking

Wait, Finland has an army? I kid, I kid. (Via – Copyranter)

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FDA Wants Gruesome Smoking Warnings

The FDA has proposed changing the warnings on cigarettes to include photos of dead bodies and gruesomely emaciated cancer patients. U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials said a new “comprehensive tobacco control strategy” would include not only these graphic photos but bold statements such as “Smoking Will Kill You.” “Today, FDA takes a crucial step toward reducing the tremendous toll …

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Quote Of The Day II – Michael Bloomberg

“I said to David Paterson, I said, ‘You know, get yourself a cowboy hat and a shotgun. If there’s ever a great video it’s you standing in the middle of the New York State Thruway saying you know read my lips, the law of the land is this and we’re going to enforce the law.'” – Michael Bloomberg, telling Gov. …

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DOD To Ban Smoking?

The Pentagon is considering banning the use and sale of tobacco products for U.S. soldiers. Pentagon health experts are urging Defense Secretary Robert Gates to ban the use of tobacco by troops and end its sale on military property, a change that could dramatically alter a culture intertwined with smoking. Jack Smith, head of the Pentagon’s office of clinical and …

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