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Updated: July 16, 2010
July 14, 2010 (ABC Radio Australia News) — Asia's smoking related deaths likely to double by 2030
"New Australian research has found the number of people dying from smoking related lung cancer will double in Asia over the next twenty years. The study from the George Institute of Global Health found a third of the world's smokers live in the Asia-Pacific region, but many Asian countries have been slow to take up anti-smoking initiatives."
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July 13, 2010 (The Associated Press) — West Texas hospital won't hire tobacco users
Beginning October 1st, El Paso, Texas’s county hospital — University Medical Center — won't hire tobacco users. The policy was put in place to encourage employees to lead healthier lives. There is already a ban on smoking on hospital property.
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July 12, 2010 (Time) — No Cigarettes at Oktoberfest: Bavaria Bans Smoking
"In a referendum held on July 4, 61% of voters in the German state of Bavaria voted in favor of a new smoking ban. Beginning August 1st smoking will be prohibited in all bars, cafés and restaurants. From 2011, those regulations would apply to beer tents at the Oktoberfest beer festival."
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June 13, 2010 (The Wichita Eagle) — Some employers make smokers pay more for insurance
"Already faced with smoking bans and rising cigarette prices, many Kansas smokers are learning that lighting up will cost them more for health insurance. And lying about smoking could cost them their job. A growing number of employers are requiring workers who use tobacco to pay higher premiums in an effort to lower health care costs. Newton Medical Center recently informed employees that beginning July 1, it will impose a 'tobacco-user surcharge' — $35 per two-week pay period — to employees who smoke or have a spouse or dependents who smoke."
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June 7, 2010 (American Academy of Family Physicians) — AAFP Recruiting Practices for Smoking Cessation Pilot 'Office Champions' Program Aims to Ramp Up Anti-Tobacco Activities
"The AAFP is recruiting 50 family medicine practices for a pilot project that will train 'office champions' to implement system changes that encourage the integration of tobacco cessation activities in daily office routines. The program will educate these office champions through an online training module, live teleconferences and a practice manual. The office champions will be required to submit an implementation plan to the AAFP and track and report results."
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May 25, 2010 (United Press International) — Record number of NYers try to quit smoking
"During a 16-day period this year, the New York City health department enrolled more than 40,000 smokers for free nicotine patches and gum, officials said. The smoking cessation program, which began in 2003, exceeded last year's enrollment of 28,000 smokers."
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May 25, 2010 (Gulf News) — Smoking may be banned on beaches in UAE
"Dubai: In another step towards making the UAE a tobacco smoke-free nation, officials are looking at banning smoking in public places such as beaches, a health ministry official said. The government was also considering putting a stop to tobacco being grown. Tobacco farmers would be given time to change their crop and the government would look at compensating them, said Ministry of Health head of the tobacco control committee Dr Wedad Al Maidour."
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May 7, 2010 (The Associated Press) — State won't test workers for smoking
"Thousands of North Carolina state employees admitted they were smokers and signed up for a higher-priced health coverage under the threat of random testing to see if they were sneaking a butt. But so many workers opted to admit their vice and stay in the higher-price plan that administrators doubt they'll find many cheaters. Legislators and plan administrators this week dropped plans to test for smokers trying to beat the system."
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(Michigan Department of Community Health) — Michigan's Smoke Free Air Law
"On May 1, 2010, Michigan residents and visitors will be protected from exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke in all restaurants, bars and businesses (including hotels and motels), thanks to the Dr. Ron Davis Smoke Free Air Law."
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April 14, 2010 (HealthDay News) — Depression and Smoking Go Hand in Hand in U.S.
"The link between depression and smoking, long observed by health-care experts, is real and strong, a new government report shows. People aged 20 and older with depression are twice as likely as others to be cigarette smokers, the researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found. And as the severity of depression increased, so did the number of smokers."
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April 13, 2010 (Wall Street Journal) — Cigarette Makers' India Pipe Dreams
India has banned any additional foreign direct investment (FDI) in the cigarette business. Prior to this ban, the government had rejected proposals by foreign players to increase their presence in India. Existing rules issue licenses to cap the number of cigarettes a company can produce in a year, and there are loud calls for higher tax rates to reduce tobacco use.
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April 1, 2010 (CNNMoney.com) — Quest Diagnostics Honored by CEO Roundtable on Cancer
"Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX), the world's leader in cancer diagnostics, announced today that the company has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard accreditation™ from The CEO Roundtable on Cancer. This prestigious designation recognizes Quest Diagnostics for taking important actions to reduce the cancer risk of its employees and their families."
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