Candy or Tobacco!

Video from Tobacco Free Florida. Reposted at http://www.tobaccodeathray.blogspot.com,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrsWp-8JZU8

Vidoe on candy-flavored and appearing tobacco products taregeting kids

Tobacco resourse-including ACA and Tobacco

Study Finds E-Cigarettes Used Primarily for Quitting Smoking

Three-quarters of people who use e-cigarettes say their motivation was to replace cigarettes, a new survey finds. People using e-cigarettes believe they are safer than regular cigarettes, the researchers say.

 Is Snus the Same as Dip? Smokers' Perceptions of New Smokeless Tobacco Advertising.  Tobacco Control (Mar 2013). Current smoker responses to snus advertising are not consistent with harm reduction. 

 Toolkit: Tobacco Cessation and the Affordable Care Act.  American Lung Association.  Contains materials and analyses exploring ACA provisions that address tobacco cessation and prevention, as well as factsheets, template letters, and other helpful tools.

·         Fact sheet: The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and the Affordable Care Act: Implications for Coverage of Tobacco Cessation Benefits.  Tobacco Control Legal Consortium.  Addresses how these federal laws affect insurance coverage for one type of substance use disorder benefits: tobacco cessation benefits.

·         Implementation of tobacco cessation coverage under the Affordable Care Act: Understanding how Private Health Insurance Policies Cover Tobacco Cessation Treatments.  The Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, with funding from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Report concludes that many private insurance plans are failing to provide coverage for smoking cessation treatment as required by the Affordable Care Act.

Updates from ActionToQuit

Updates from ActionToQuit, reposted at http://tobaccodeathray.blogspot.com,

Legacy’s World Affairs
   
Cigarette Smoking at New Low Among Youths, Survey Finds
July 12, 2013   Cigarette smoking hit the lowest point ever recorded among American eighth-graders and high school sophomores and seniors last year, a newly released report shows. Read More.

Spurn Burns Deep for Young Smokers
July 12, 2013   They laugh at the thought of getting throat cancer, but tell them they won’t pull chicks if they taste like an ashtray and young smokers will take notice. Read More.

Law Spoils Tobacco’s Taste, Australians Say
June 11, 2013   More than seven months have passed since Australia imposed one of the world’s toughest laws for tobacco warning labels, swapping iconic packaging for graphic images of mouth ulcers, cancerous lungs and gangrenous limbs. Read more.

Cigarette Smoke Impacts Genes Linked to Health of Heart and Lungs
July 11, 2013   Diana J. Bigelow and colleagues point out that active smoking doubles the risk of heart disease, while second-hand smoke exposure increases this risk by about one-third. Read more.
 
Statewide Bans Boost Smoke-Free Campus Momentum
July 10, 2013   College smokers are finding themselves increasingly out of luck, as more schools across the USA ban smoking and use of other tobacco products from campus grounds. Read more.

Tobacco Control Measures in India Could Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke Deaths
July 10, 2013   Smokefree laws and higher tobacco taxes in India could prevent nine million heart disease and stroke deaths over the next decade, a new study says. Read more.

Denormalizing Smoking: Making the Case for Banning Cigarettes in Parks and On Beaches
July 9, 2013   Many state and local governments have banned smoking in parks and on beaches on the basis that passive smoke is a risk for non-smokers, cigarette butts pollute the environment, and seeing people smoke poses a long-term risk to children. Read More.

Adverse Fetal Growth, Exposure to Maternal Smoking Correlated with Lower Measures of Sperm Quality
July 8, 2013   Studies over the past 20 years have suggested (though not unequivocally confirmed) that semen quality is in decline, reflected most evidently in falling sperm counts and reduced sperm motility. Read more.

Sweden’s Snus Tobacco Invades, but Americans Prefer Snuff
July 8, 2013   Josh Pedigo likes to spit, the 27-year-old handyman from Wentworth, N.C., started using Skoal snuff when he was 10 years old, and now he spits even when he doesn’t have a wad of tobacco in his lower lip. Read more.