Blog dedicado a compilar las estrategias de la industria tabacalera, así como las leyes y las campañas a nivel mundial para el control del tabaco.
miércoles, 30 de julio de 2014
Undercover police say businesses owners targeting tobacco to children - WWMT - News, Sports, Weather, Traffic
Undercover police say businesses owners targeting tobacco to children - WWMT - News, Sports, Weather, Traffic
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martes, 29 de julio de 2014
caracol.com.co – 26 de Julio 2014 – EEUU
Delegación británica evalúa en campos de tabaco EEUU condiciones de trabajo
Charlotte (EE.UU.), 26 jul (EFE).- Una delegación de parlamentarios de Reino Unido inicia hoy una vista de dos días a los cultivos agrícolas de tabaco en Carolina del Norte, con el fin de evaluar las condiciones en las que trabajan los campesinos de la industria del tabaco y que, en su gran mayoría, son inmigrantes.
El recorrido es coordinado por el Sindicato de Trabajadores Agrícolas (FLOC, en inglés), un grupo que representa a los campesinos del sur y el medio oeste del país, y que desde hace siete años ha mantenido una lucha con la compañía RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. para que brinde mejores condiciones laborales a los campesinos en Carolina del Norte.
La compañía es un gran comprador de tabaco en Carolina del Norte, el estado de con el mayor número de cultivos de este producto en EE.UU. y en donde más de 20.000 jornaleros, muchos de ellos inmigrantes indocumentados, trabajan en cerca de 1.600 granjas.
"Queremos que los parlamentarios escuchen las historias de los migrantes, de las condiciones a las que se exponen; y ejercer presión para que se realicen los cambios en la cadena de producción que deja miles de millones de dólares en ganancias a las empresas", afirmó hoy a Efe Justin Flores, vicepresidente de FLOC.
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cincodias.com – 28 de Julio 2014 – España
Ocho propuestas para reducir el contrabando de tabaco en España
Parecen de otro tiempo aquellos narcotraficantes de las costas gallegas que se hicieron famosos en los años 80 y 90 gracias al contrabando de tabaco, antes de pasarse a otras sustancias. Pero la crisis ha traído consigo un renacer de este mercado ilícito, lo que ha levantado las alarmas de las empresas del sector.
La última en mover ficha en el intento de reducir el impacto en el mercado nacional del negocio fraudulento ha sido Philip Morris, comercializadora de marcas como Malboro o Chesterfield.
La compañía norteamericana ha realizado un estudio junto a EY Abogados, para detallar los problemas que supone para el sector el aumento del mercado ilegal.
El estudio cifra la incidencia del contrabando en el mercado nacional en el 8,64% en 2013 mientras que en 2010 apenas pasaba del 2%. Se señala, entre otras causas, al fuerte incremento de impuestos al tabaco que hubo en España entre 2010 y 2011. Considera que el hecho de que el 80% del precio de la cajetilla sean impuestos, incentiva que crezcan mafias que surtan tabaco a menor precio. Además, lamenta la falta de control sanitario y tributario del tabaco ilegal.
universia.es– 28 de Julio 2014 – EEUU
Demuestran que el tabaco causas estrés oxidativo y destrucción celular
El estudio ha analizado diversos compuestos orgánicos
volátiles en el aire exhalado de pacientes con distintas patologías
respiratorias. Entre los resultados encontrados, destaca la presencia de
nonanal en fumadores y exfumadores, ya que ha sido un hallazgo original.
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healthline.com – 28 de Julio 2014 – EEUU
US Child Workers Sickened from Picking Nicotine-Filled Tobacco Leaves
Despite strict laws to protect young people from using tobacco products, children as young as 7 harvest the crop and often get nicotine poisoning in the process.
US Child Workers Sickened from Tobacco Leaves
In 2005, Alice Arcury-Quandt got a paid summer internship at the Wake Forest University medical center where her father, Thomas Arcury, is director of the Center for Worker Health. Sixteen at the time, Alice and her father went to the North Carolina Department of Labor together so he could give his written permission for her to work, as required by law.
But to work in agriculture, an industry whose accident and injury rates are as high as in any other field except mining, Alice would not have needed her father’s permission. Federal law lets farms employ children as young as 13, even for hazardous tasks involving sharp knives and heavy equipment, without permission. Even children 12 and younger can pick crops outside of school hours with their parents’ consent.
Agriculture, which has dodged several rounds of major federal labor regulations, may be the last holdout of child labor in the United States. Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international human rights monitor, began documenting the problem in 2002. As the organization explored the issue, researchers stumbled on an especially troubling group of child workers. These workers, some as young as 7, were harvesting a poisonous crop whose toxin can enter the body through the skin.
The crop was tobacco.
“Nicotine is a naturally occurring alkaloid, which is a poison,” said Arcury, who has done extensive fieldwork on farmworker health, some of which is cited in a new HRW report on dangers faced by child tobacco workers. “It’s not a good idea to expose children to nicotine, and we have laws to prevent that when it comes to buying tobacco.”
The report concluded that there is no amount of training or safety gear that would make the work safe.
“We have gone to great lengths in the United States to protect kids from the dangers of nicotine. We don’t let kids under 18 walk into a store and buy a pack of cigarettes because we recognize what that means for them, but antiquated labor laws and weak protections are letting 12 year olds, and sometimes even younger kids, be exposed to nicotine while they legally work on tobacco farms here in the United States,” Margaret Wurth, one of the report's authors, told Healthline.
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independent.co.ug – 28 de Julio 2014 – Uganda
Time to snuff out tobacco growing in Uganda
Right from colonial days, West Nile and the kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara have been the major tobacco growing regions of Uganda and in the West Nile region, Terego County - where I come from - was the center of tobacco growing. The regional BAT Leaf Factory was until recently located at Wandi which is my village; so tobacco growing as a cash crop is as familiar to me as coffee is to a Mugisu.
was a smoker, on and off, from 1967 when I was a fresher at the University of East Africa, Makerere, until 1987 when I was a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University. I must confess, although I joined the smoking club due to peer pressure and because it was fashionable those days for young men to smoke, I enjoyed this rather dangerous and useless hobby. So when I castigate smoking and tobacco it is from a position of strength as an enlightened consumer.
Right from colonial days, West Nile and the kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara have been the major tobacco growing regions of Uganda and in the West Nile region, Terego County - where I come from - was the center of tobacco growing. The regional BAT Leaf Factory was until recently located at Wandi which is my village; so tobacco growing as a cash crop is as familiar to me as coffee is to a Mugisu.
was a smoker, on and off, from 1967 when I was a fresher at the University of East Africa, Makerere, until 1987 when I was a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University. I must confess, although I joined the smoking club due to peer pressure and because it was fashionable those days for young men to smoke, I enjoyed this rather dangerous and useless hobby. So when I castigate smoking and tobacco it is from a position of strength as an enlightened consumer.
inquirer.net – 28 de Julio 2014 – Filipinas
Tobacco report questioned
MANILA, Philippines–Lawmakers have strongly criticized Philip Morris for allegedly using a meritless study to “deceive” the public and policy makers in a bid to regain control of the country’s multibillion-peso tobacco industry.
“We cannot rely on questionable studies used as references to fabricate scenarios about our local industries,” said Batangas 2nd District Rep. Raneo E. Abu, vice chair of the ways and means committee.
Deputy Speaker Sergio F. Apostol of Leyte’s 2nd District said “studies like this are meant to discredit the effectivity of the existing Sin Tax Law that has benefited the government and its health-reform programs.”
They cited as an example the “Asia-11 Illicit Tobacco Indicator 2012” done by the International Tax and Investment Center (ITIC) and the United Kingdom-based Oxford Economics (OE) which claimed that the government was supposedly losing P15 billion in foregone revenues from illicit trade in the tobacco industry.
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lunes, 28 de julio de 2014
latercera.com – 25 de Julio 2014 – Chile
Ley del Tabaco: Prohibirán fumar en plazas y dentro de los vehículos
Tratar a pacientes que sufren enfermedades asociadas al consumo de tabaco supone gastos de casi 2.500 millones de dólares anuales para el Estado chileno. Según cifras del Ministerio de Salud (Minsal), cada día mueren 46 personas en nuestro país por causa de este peligroso vicio; realidad que ha causado que en los últimos años se hayan endurecido las leyes que apuntan a combatir la adicción al tabaco.
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infonews.com – 25 de Julio 2014 – Argentina
Tráfico ilícito de tabaco: fueron destruidos dos millones de paquetes de cigarrillos
La Administración Federal de Ingresos Públicos (AFIP) destruyó en Mendoza dos millones de atados de cigarrillos que intentaron ingresar de contrabando al país y estaban valuados en 26 millones de pesos.
A través de la Aduana, desecharon más de 4.586 cigarros de hoja,1460 cajas y 17 kilogramos de tabaco. Además, la Justicia detuvo a 36 personas en las diferentes jurisdicciones del país.
La mercadería fue secuestrada en todo el país por la Aduana, después de que se comprobara su ingreso de contrabando, tenencia y comercialización ilícita. La mayor cantidad fue confiscada por las Direcciones Regionales Aduaneras de Mendoza, Posadas y Resistencia; seguida por la Aduana de Ezeiza, las Direcciones Regionales Aduaneras de La Plata y Rosario.
Los procedimientos se ejecutaron durante una operación conjunta realizada a nivel internacional, denominada GRYPHON, cuyo objetivo es combatir el tráfico ilícito de tabaco y sus derivados. Contó con la coordinación de la Organización Mundial de Aduanas (OMA) y se desarrolló entre octubre de 2013 y marzo de este año.
Entre los cigarrillos incautados había algunos que eran falsificados. Otros se correspondía con marcas como Marlboro, Phillips Morris, Pall Mall, Lucky Strike, Nevada, Rodeo, Coronado, Belmont, Fox, 357, Kentucky, 51, Eight, Star, HD, Palermo, Paladium, Red Point, Baltimore, entre otras. Incluso había
La destrucción se realizó por molienda, en vaciaderos de desechos orgánicos habilitados por la Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable, en la planta de tratamiento de residuos de la Municipalidad de Maipú, en Mendoza.
La destrucción de estas mercaderías ilícitas está contemplada en la normativa nacional y forma parte de las acciones de la AFIP contra el tráfico ilícito de tabaco y sus derivados.
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starafrica.com – 25 de Julio 2014 – Sudáfrica
S/Africa mulls dull cigarette packaging to discourage smoking
The South African government plans to force cigarette companies to sell products in plain packets as early as next year as part of efforts to discourage tobacco advertising, according to media reports on Friday. This is despite an ongoing World Trade Organization (WTO) investigation into Australia’s ban on tobacco branding.
“I am not even sure we can wait for that WTO decision. We can start making preparations now,” South African Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi told Reuters news agency.
The move means South Africa joins New Zealand, France, India and Britain which are all considering adopting standardized packaging on tobacco products.
Opponents to the law have indicated that this could promote the production of counterfeit products as the branding will be less distinct.
Since late 2012, tobacco products in Australia can only be sold in dull, olive-colored packets that look more like military or prison issue, with brands printed in small fonts.
Smoking in public places is banned in South Africa and the packaging carries bold health warnings Health experts are also pushing for tougher restrictions which include banning smoking in cars when travelling with children under the age of 12 years.
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au.news.yahoo.com – 25 de Julio 2014 – Australia
Cigarette butt found in fish fingers
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ottawacitizen.com – 25 de Julio 2014 – Canadá
Be careful where you butt out your smokes, fire service warns
Ottawa Fire Service is reminding residents to be careful where they put their burning cigarettes.
The warning comes after a Thursday evening Stittsville blaze left seven people, including at least two families, displaced.
Two other fires this month were caused by errant smokes, one on Wednesday at 318 Reynolds Drive and another on Sunday at the Black Dog Bistro on Manotick Main Street.
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bromsgrovestandard.co.uk – 25 de Julio 2014 – UK
Travel ban for tobacco smuggler
A BROMSGROVE woman has been banned from travelling abroad for trying to smuggle two suitcases worth of tobacco into the country.
Lizbeth Carole Rees-Jones, of Watts Close, pleaded guilty to evading more than £4,500 worth of duty at Birmingham Airport on August 22, 2013.
The 57-year-old appeared at Redditch Magistrates’ Court for attempting to smuggle in 27kilos of hand-rolling tobacco from Barcelona.
Rees-Jones was stopped by the UK Border Force officers after arriving back in the UK before she was arrested and interviewed by officers from HM Revenue and Customs.
The court heard how Rees-Jones was a repeat offender and had been stopped previously at Bristol Airport, in April, 2009, when 14kilos of tobacco were seized and at Liverpool Airport in October 2010, where 15kilos were seized.
It was also stated how Rees-Jones, who suffered from depression and osteoporosis which caused her a lot of her pain and discomfort, had been having money problems and had planned to sell the tobacco at a profit to help clear her outstanding debts.
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dnaindia.com – 25 de Julio 2014 – India
Tobacco use among female show a steady rise in Bangalore
Use of tobacco products among female seems to be on the rise in Bangalore. A study conducted by post-graduate students of Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute have related that as against the 3% of female using tobacco products a year ago, is now increased to 6%.
Meanwhile, yet another study conducted by another post-graduate student of Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute have pointed that even at high school level, female students in city are slowing getting into the habit of tobacco use (both smoking and smokeless). The study covered 3,600 high school students from city in the age group of 13-16 years and was conducted over a period of four months from July 2013 - Oct 2013. Of the total number ,218 of them were into the habit of tobacco consumption (both smoking and smokeless). Of this about 0.6% of them were female students and 5.6% were male. According to the researcher the number of female students using tobacco was hardly visible about few years ago.
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viernes, 25 de julio de 2014
New Orleans Launches Cigarette Butt Recycling Program | NACS Online – News & Media Center – News Archive
New Orleans Launches Cigarette Butt Recycling Program
NEW ORLEANS – The City of New Orleans and the city’s Downtown Development District are launching a pilot program to collect and recycle cigarette butts, via an extension of TerraCycle’s Cigarette Waste Brigade — a nationwide, mail-in recycling program that is sponsored by Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company.
New Orleans is the first city in the United States to implement a city-wide collection system, which launched this week with the installation of 50 new cigarette-recycling receptacles on several blocks in the city’s Downtown District. The receptacles will be easily identified with stickers that say “Recycle Your Butts Here.”
Cigarette butts collected through the nationwide program are recycled into a variety of industrial products, such as plastic pallets. Any remaining tobacco is repurposed via tobacco-specific composting methods. The entire program is free to the city and its tax-payers, as TerraCycle supplies the receptacles and Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, through the Cigarette Waste Brigade, covers the ongoing program costs. Additionally, for every pound of cigarette waste collected, $4 will be donated to the DDD to help fund green jobs throughout the city.
jueves, 24 de julio de 2014
salamanca24horas.com – 22 de Julio 2014 – España
Salamanca registra las menores tasas de mortalidad por efectos del tabaco y el alcohol
La cifra de fallecimientos por enfermedades cerebrovasculares, enfermedades crónicas de las vías respiratorias inferiores, Alzheimer y Nefritis, nefrosis y síndrome nefrótico, también por debajo de la media nacional
Un estilo de vida saludable, el medio ambiente, factores biológicos y el sistema de asistencia sanitaria han hecho posible que, según los últimos datos publicados en el estudio Patrones de mortalidad en España, 2011, Castilla y León se haya situado un 9 por ciento por debajo de la media de España en mortalidad ajustada, con 439’5 fallecimientos por cada 100.000 habitantes, frente a los 481’4 del conjunto nacional. De hecho, Castilla y León es la comunidad autónoma con la tercera menor tasa de mortalidad ajustada sólo por detrás de Madrid y Navarra.
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radio.cz – 23 de Julio 2014 – Republica Checa
Continúa en Chequia la lucha contra el tabaco en los lugares públicos
La República Checa no ha conseguido aprobar desde hace años una directiva que elimine de manera definitiva el humo de cigarrillo de restaurantes y bares.
La normativa actual exige, por ejemplo, que los restaurantes ofrezcan espacios separados para fumadores y no fumadores. En la práctica la medida es insatisfactoria ya que muchas veces los no fumadores tienen recintos menores y de peores condiciones.
El diputado Radek Vondráček, del gubernamental movimiento ANO, sostiene su propuesta de enmienda a la ley es muy sencilla.
“Para acabar con el tabaco lo único que necesitamos es agregar al texto de la ley existente que está terminantemente prohibido fumar en el interior de todos los recintos destinados al consumo de alimentos y bebidas”.
El ministro de Salud, Svatopluk Němeček, saludó la iniciativa del legislador e indicó que esperaba que más diputados respalden la propuesta. Advirtió no obstante que prefiere esperar a que se dé luz verde a una propuesta de ley más compleja que está elaborando su cartera y que puede empezar a regir en 2016.
El diputado Vondráček insiste en que la aprobación de su propuesta de enmienda ofrece una gran ventaja y es que la prohibición empezaría a regir en unos seis meses.
De acuerdo con un estudio de la Comisión Europea, la República Checa es el país con leyes más blandas en la lucha contra el tabaco. En un total de 14 países de la Unión Europea está rotundamente prohibido fumar en lugares públicos ya sea abierto o bajo techo. Destacan entre ellos, por ejemplo, Francia, Grecia, Gran Bretaña y España.
En la República Checa mueren anualmente 18.000 personas víctimas del tabaco. Los dueños de bares y restaurantes insisten en que la ley antitabaco va en contra de la economía de mercado. Están convencidos de que sus ganancias bajarán a partir del momento en que prohíban a sus clientes fumar.
El presidente de la Asociación de restaurantes, Václav Stárek, critica la enmienda a la ley antitabaco y asegura que se trata de un asunto que depende de la oferta y la demanda del mercado por lo que los políticos no deben tomar decisiones al respecto.
Stárek considera que la directiva actual, que permite al cliente escoger entre un local para fumadores o todo lo contrario, es más lógica que una prohibición general.
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tendencias21.net – 23 de Julio 2014 – España
El Cigarrillo Electrónico necesita regularse pensando en el interés común
El momento de la regulación del Cigarrillo Electrónico es ahora. Después de la campaña de desprestigio orquestada y financiada por aquellos a los que no les interesa que el cigarrillo electrónico prospere sin monopolizarse y tras la presión ejercida para restringir su uso en lugares públicos equiparándolo al tabaco tradicional, el panorama del sector del e-cigarrillo en el ámbito nacional está en un "stand-by", a la espera de su ...
El momento de la regulación del Cigarrillo Electrónico es ahora.
Después de la campaña de desprestigio orquestada y financiada por aquellos a los que no les interesa que el cigarrillo electrónico prospere sin monopolizarse y tras la presión ejercida para restringir su uso en lugares públicos equiparándolo al tabaco tradicional, el panorama del sector del e-cigarrillo en el ámbito nacional está en un "stand-by", a la espera de su total regulación.
dailymail.co.uk – 23 de Julio 2014 – EEUU
Electronic cigarette causes huge explosion at family home after being plugged into the wrong charger
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examiner.co.uk – 23 de Julio 2014 – UK
Marsden woman's concern after E-cigarette charger explodes
A woman has warned of the dangers after her E-cigarette charger exploded and burst into flames.
Michele Hirst, of Marsden, was luckily on hand to help douse the flames and unplug the charger from a socket.
But she warned: “What could have happened if I had left it on overnight?”
A worktop and kitchen fittings at her Marsden home were left scorched and burned by the incident on Tuesday evening.
It is the latest incident involving the chargers, after a series of incidents across the UK.
Fire chiefs have warned about the dangers posed by E-cigarettes, after previous incidents including other explosions and fires.
While the dangers of lit cigarettes are well known, fire bosses are now warning that the battery powered electronic versions have also caused blazes and claimed at least one life.
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abc17news.com – 23 de Julio 2014 – EEUU
Some Missouri cities banning e-cig sales to minors
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wivb.com – 23 de Julio 2014 – EEUU
School cracking down on student e-cig use
EDEN, N.Y. (WIVB) – Most districts treat electronic cigarettes like regular cigarettes, but Eden Central School District has an idea it believes will stop repeat offenders and help keep kids healthy.
When it comes to e-cigarettes, health experts are seeing a couple different types of uses – long-time smokers using them to attempt to quit cigarettes and teens who are now wading into nicotine use through e-cigs.
“The trend with young people using e-cigarettes is exponentially increasing,” said Dr. Andrew Hyland of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
That means schools are scrambling to keep their policies up-to-date. The Buffalo Public School District is rewording its code of conduct to include e-cigs as tobacco products. And Eden Central School District is taking it a step further.
The current policy in Eden treats electronic cigarettes like regular cigarettes. When kids have them, they get in trouble and have them confiscated. But there is a difference.
“There wasn’t a policy on what we would do with the e-cigarette. So parents were calling up and saying we want this $100 e-cigarette back,” said Eden School Board President Michael Byrnes.
Byrnes said the district wants to pass a policy to throw out e-cigs they confiscate, to create a financial consequence and cut down on repeat offenders.
“Now we’re saying well, this is the consequence for it. Your child brought it into school. We’re either destroying it or holding onto it. No one is getting them back,” he said.
Dr. Hyland, who studies tobacco use at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, says there is no upside to kids using e-cigs. He says they aren’t keeping teens away from smoking.
“One thing that we do know is most kids who use e-cigarettes are cigarette smokers as well,” Hyland said.
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theecologist.org – 23 de Julio 2014 – Zimbabwe
Tobacco - Zimbabwe's forests are going up in smoke
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ibtimes.co.in – 23 de Julio 2014 – India
Tobacco Consumption High among Indian Females: Government
More than 20 percent of India's female population consumes tobacco, the Union government stated on Tuesday.
As per the findings of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), conducted by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (2010), 20.3 percent of females - 15 years and above - consume tobacco in some form or the other.
The use of smokeless forms of tobacco is more prevalent (18.4 percent) among females than smoking forms (2.9 percent), Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan pointed out in Rajya Sabha.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) says that over half of all oral cancers in Asia are caused by tobacco.
Based on the data provided by the National Cancer Registry Programme, the estimated number of new cancer cases for 2035 is about 1.9 million, Harsh Vardhan said.
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marketwatch.com – 22 de Julio 2014 – EEUU
E-cigarettes may not be the savior of the tobacco industry
E-cigarettes have been heralded as a potential savior for a tobacco industry desperate for new products and customers in the face of a shrinking number of smokers and punitive damages such as the $23.6 billion awarded by a Florida jury last week.
But it turns out that regular smokers prefer the real thing.
“There is consumer dissatisfaction with the product, which leads to high levels of rejection” said Vivian Azer, tobacco and beverages analyst at Cowen & Co. in New York. “Consumers are willing to try the product, but they are not satisfied.”
Indeed, U.S. sales of e-cigs, which look similar to a traditional cigarette, but use a battery to vaporize rather than burn the nicotine, have been declining for the past several months.
According to Nielsen convenience-store data, e-cig sales declined 17% in the period ending June 7. What’s more, prices have been negative for six sequential monthly periods, driven by unit declines of 2.8% and lower year-over-year net pricing of 14.2%.
Bonnie Herzog, a senior analyst at Wells Fargo & Co., said the drop in sales tells only part of the story.
“We believe the negative pricing trends could be due to increased penetration of kits which offer a lower price/cartomizer.” The average price per unit was $5.64.
Cartomizers are disposable cartridges with atomizers built into them. The idea is that there is a brand new atomizer in each cartomizer offering maximum vapor production, according to a description on the website of My Vapor Store, an online electronic cigarette superstore.
“Further, we believe the sales decline is more reflective of volume moving to vapors-tanks-mods, which tend to be sold in non-tracked channels, especially vape shops,” said Herzog. Vape shops are storefront locations that cater to the vaping community.
There are still many questions about the health implications of e-cigs In April The Food and Drug Administration announced a proposal to deem e-cigarettes a “Tobacco Product” which means it can treat the e-electronic product the same as traditional cigarettes.
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arizona.edu – 23 de Julio 2014 – EEUU
UA adopts policy to ban the use of tobacco products on campus
After years of discussion, the UA has announced that it will adopt a policy to ban the use of tobacco products on all UA property and campuses beginning August 15.
The current version of the policy proposal prohibits the use of tobacco, tobacco-related and nicotine-containing products like e-cigarettes at the UA. The policy is an attempt to improve the health of those working and studying on campus. The policy is also meant to keep the campus clean of the litter that is typically associated with the use of tobacco products like cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco.
Compliance with the policy will be encouraged by personal responsibility. UA students and faculty are encouraged to inform anyone they see using tobacco products on campus of the policy. Visitors on campus who are not in compliance with the policy may be required to leave. Students who are out of compliance will be referred to their college’s student representatives for educational resources. Employees and volunteers will be referred to their supervisors for appropriate action.
“The success of this Policy depends on the entire campus community and its members being willing to hold one another accountable. Whenever possible, concerns about tobacco and nicotine use should be respectfully addressed at the time such concerns arise,” the policy states.
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martes, 22 de julio de 2014
caracol.com.co – 20de Julio 2014 – EEUU
Industria
del tabaco en EE.UU. recibe un nuevo golpe con sentencia millonaria
La segunda mayor tabaquera de EE.UU., RJ Reynolds Tobacco, prepara una apelación con la cual recurrir uno de los mayores veredictos judiciales emitidos contra una compañía del sector, tras el fallo de un jurado de Florida que establece una indemnización de 23.600 millones de dólares a favor de la viuda de un fumador.
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elpais.com.uy – 20 de Julio 2014 – Uruguay
Próximo paso del gobierno sobre el tabaco es controlar el contrabando
Uruguay acaba de aprobar la ley que prohíbe la publicidad y exhibición de tabaco en comercios. El próximo paso es regular el control del contrabando de este producto.
Según informó la directora del Centro de Cooperación Internacional para el Control de Tabaco (Ccict) del Ministerio de Salud Pública (MSP), Silvina Echarte, la prioridad ahora es la aprobación del Protocolo para la eliminación del comercio ilícito de productos del tabaco.
De hecho, desde el Ccict confirmaron que la idea es que esta norma se apruebe lo antes posible y que el plazo que se pusieron "internamente" es que esto suceda para octubre. En ese mes se realizará la Sexta Conferencia de las Partes que reunirá a 178 países en Moscú. En el centro dependiente del MSP, sostuvieron que está agendado que la ministra acuda a este congreso para explicar qué ha hecho Uruguay en este aspecto como modo de ejemplo para los demás países.
El objetivo es que Uruguay sea el primer país en América en aprobar e implementar esta medida.
Este tratado regula el comercio ilícito del tabaco y establece cómo combatir el contrabando.
Echarte destacó que el contrabando es una preocupación latente en la región. Señala que las principales amenazas vienen de Paraguay "que produce casi cinco veces más de lo que es su población", Brasil y las provincias del Norte de Argentina que cultivan tabaco y contrabandean.
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estrategiasdeinversion.com – 20 de Julio 2014 – EEUU
La industria del tabaco, tocada
En el fuera de horas en EEUU tenemos bajadas fuertes superiores al -2% tras una sentencia en Florida que hace que Reynolds tenga que pagar a un fumador fallecido de cáncer nada menos que 23.600 millones en daños a la viuda, aunque se espera que sea recurrida y reducida considerablemente. No obstante, todos los valores están bajando porque los inversores descuentan más sentencias de este tipo.
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elacontecer.com.uy –17 de Julio 2014 – Uruguay
450 infartos anuales menos tras medidas contra el tabaco: hay más restricciones
La nueva normativa prohíbe en forma total la publicidad, promoción, patrocinio y exhibición en locales de venta de productos de tabaco. Aún resta la promulgación y reglamentación. De no cumplirse, los comerciantes serán advertidos, multados y hasta puede clausurarse el establecimiento. El Centro de Cooperación Internacional para el Control de Tabaco ratificó la constitucionalidad y juridicidad de la norma.
Los miembros del Centro de Cooperación Internacional para el Control de Tabaco coinciden en que esta medida es para desmotivar y disminuir el consumo de tabaco, así como para evitar que las nuevas generaciones se involucren con la adicción.
Las sanciones incluyen un apercibimiento y multas desde 10.000 a 20.000 unidades indexadas, hasta el máximo que es la clausura del local.
Uruguay se posiciona como un país líder en control de tabaco y muchos países de la comunidad internacional tomaron la misma medida con buenos resultados. Hay evidencia científica a nivel internacional y nacional de que este tipo de medidas disminuyen el consumo y la iniciación de la gente joven en el consumo de tabaco.
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elobservador.com.uy – 17 de Julio 2014 – Uruguay
MSP defiende la ley de tabaco con un informe de Korzeniak
En un informe en poder del Ministerio de Salud Pública (MSP), al que accedió El Observador, el constitucionalista José Korzeniak defendió la constitucionalidad del proyecto de ley aprobado por el Parlamento respecto de la prohibición total de hacer publicidad, promoción y patrocinio del uso del tabaco.
Según Korzeniak, la nueva legislación está de acuerdo con los compromisos asumidos por el Estado al ratificar en 2004 el Convenio Marco de la Organización Mundial de la Salud para control del Tabaco (CMCT) y “no tiene ningún vicio de inconstitucionalidad”. Para Korzeniak, pensar lo contrario sería optar por una postura “descolocada” que “se ha generalizado en el país cuando alguien no está de acuerdo con alguna norma legal”.
El proyecto, aprobado el 8 de julio por la Cámara de Diputados, modifica el artículo 7 de la Ley 18.256, y agrega, a las restricciones establecidas desde 2008, la prohibición de exhibir cajas de cigarrillos en los locales de venta.
Según la nueva norma, los comerciantes solo podrán mostrar una lista con los productos y sus respectivos precios, donde se indique además una leyenda del MSP acerca de los perjuicios del consumo de tabaco. La exhibición se plantea desde la CMCT como una forma de publicidad y por tanto se entiende que debe restringirse.
Luego de aprobada la ley, la Asociación de Quiosqueros anunció que presentará un recurso de inconstitucionalidad ante la Suprema Corte de Justicia, basándose en un informe que el constitucionalista Martín Risso realizó a pedido de la Cámara de Comercio. Korzeniak cuestionó los argumentos de Risso. Sin mencionarlo, afirmó que “algunos “constitucionalistas” (que nunca hicieron la respectiva especialización) a veces por razones inexplicables” señalan que una norma es inconstitucional por el hecho de no compartirla. Korzeniak fundamentó su postura citando los artículos 7 y 44 de la Constitución. Este último establece “el deber del Estado de legislar, en todas las cuestiones relacionadas con la salud e higiene públicas, procurando el perfeccionamiento físico, moral y social de todos los habitantes del país”.
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tucumanalas7.com.ar – 18 de Julio 2014 – EEUU
Tabaco y suicidio
Las personas que fuman tienen un riesgo más alto de suicidarse y las políticas para reducir el tabaquismo reducen las tasas de suicidio, según una nueva investigación llevada a cabo por la Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Washington en St. Louis (EEUU) y que ha sido publicada en la revista Nicotine & Tobacco Research.
Para su investigación los expertos analizaron los datos de suicidio entre 1990 y 2004, concluyendo que la tasa media anual de suicidio fue de alrededor de 14 muertes por cada 100.000 personas. Asimismo recopilaron datos de estados individuales que habían tomado diferentes iniciativas para gravar el consumo de cigarrillos y limitar cuándo y dónde estaba permitido fumar.
Los investigadores afirman que las tasas de suicidio se redujeron hasta en un 15% en los países que habían implementado mayores impuestos sobre el tabaco, así como implantado políticas más estrictas para limitar el consumo de cigarrillos en lugares públicos.
“Nuestro análisis mostró que cada dólar de aumento en los impuestos del tabaco se asoció con una disminución del 10% en el riesgo de suicidio; prohibiciones de fumar en lugares cerrados también se asociaron con reducciones del riesgo”, afirma Richard A. Grucza, líder del estudio.
A pesar de que el hecho de que las personas que fuman tienen un mayor riesgo de suicidio sea vox populi para la comunidad científica, la asociación de que el simple hecho de fumar puede aumentar el riesgo de trastornos psiquiátricos que pueden influir en el riesgo de suicidio, es una novedad.
rtve.es – 21 de Julio 2014 – EEUU
La segunda tabaquera de EE.UU., Reynolds Tobacco, condenada a 23.600 millones de dólares
La segunda mayor tabaquera de Estados Unidos, RJ Reynolds Tobacco, prepara una apelación con la que recurrir uno de los mayores veredictos judiciales emitidos contra el sector, tras un fallo que establece una indemnización de 23.600 millones de dólares a favor de la viuda de un fumador.
El veredicto, alcanzado tras un juicio que duró cuatro semanas, establece además el pago de otros 16,8 millones de dólares por parte de la compañía, por concepto de "daños compensatorios", a la viuda y los dos hijos del fallecido.
El fallo se ha dado a conocer en la misma semana en la que Reynolds American Inc., propietaria de R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, anunciara la compra de su rival Lorillard Tobacco Co., la tercera tabacalera nacional, por 27.400 millones de dólares.
El pasado viernes 18 de julio, un jurado de Florida emitió una sentencia a favor de Cynthia Robinson, quien en 2008 entabló una demanda contra la compañía en nombre de su esposo, Michael Johnson, fallecido en 1996 por cáncer al pulmón.
"Va mucho más allá del ámbito de lo razonable y justo"
"Este veredicto va mucho más allá del ámbito de lo razonable y justo y es totalmente inconsistente con las pruebas presentadas", manifestó en un comunicado al que ha tenido acceso Efe J. Jeffery Raborn, vicepresidente y asesor legal adjunto de la compañía.
Raborn señaló que la firma apelará el fallo y espera que el "tribunal respete la ley" y no ratifique ese "veredicto desmedido", que obliga al pago de una indemnización "gravemente excesiva e inadmisible bajo las leyes estatales y constitucionales".
x"Creo que el jurado ha querido establecer una diferencia", declaró Willie Gary, uno de los abogados de Cynthia Robinson, y quien manifestó su esperanza de que el veredicto se mantenga después de la apelación de la firma.
La industria del tabaco mintió
"Todas las cartas fueron puestas sobre la mesa para demostrar cómo la industria del tabaco mintió y falló al no revelar información que pudo haber salvado vidas, y eso es lo que el jurado ha resuelto en este caso", explicó el abogado, según recoge el medio Pensacola News Journal.
Gary señaló que uno de los objetivos de la demanda es lograr que las compañías dejen de dirigir sus anuncios publicitarios hacia los niños y jóvenes. "Si no conseguimos ni un centavo (con el proceso), está bien, siempre que podamos hacer una diferencia y salvar vidas", manifestó.
dailysabah.com – 21 de Julio 2014 – EEUU
American widow wins $23.6 billion tobacco payout
MIAMI – A Florida jury has slammed the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. the No. 2 cigarette maker in the U.S. with $23.6 billion (TL 50.1 billion) in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer in 1996. The case is one of thousands filed in Florida after the state Supreme Court in 2006 tossed out a $145 billion class action verdict. That ruling also said smokers and their families need only prove addiction and that smoking caused their illnesses or deaths.
Last year, Florida's highest court re-approved that decision, which made it easier for sick smokers or their survivors to pursue lawsuits against tobacco companies without having to prove to the court again that Big Tobacco knowingly sold dangerous products and hid the hazards of cigarette smoking. The damages a Pensacola jury awarded Friday to Cynthia Robinson after a four-week trial come in addition to $16.8 million in compensatory damages. Robinson individually sued Reynolds in 2008 on behalf of her late husband, Michael Johnson Sr. Her attorneys said the punitive damages are the largest of any individual case stemming from the original class action lawsuit.
"The jury wanted to send a statement that tobacco cannot continue to lie to the American people and the American government about the addictiveness of and the deadly chemicals in their cigarettes," said one of the woman's attorneys, Christopher Chestnut. Reynolds' vice president and assistant general counsel, J. Jeffery Raborn, called the damages in Robinson's case "grossly excessive and impermissible under state and constitutional law." "This verdict goes far beyond the realm of reasonableness and fairness, and is completely inconsistent with the evidence presented," Raborn said in a statement. "We plan to file post trial motions with the trial court promptly, and are confident that the court will follow the law and not allow this runaway verdict to stand."
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dailymail.co.uk – 21 de Julio 2014 – EEUU
American widow wins $23.6 billion tobacco payout
Widow of chain smoker wins $23.6BILLION in damages from tobacco company she sued over his death
The case is one of thousands filed in Florida after the state Supreme Court in 2006 tossed out a $145 billion class action verdict
The damages were awarded Friday to Cynthia Robinson, whose husband died of lung cancer
Reynolds' vice president and assistant general counsel, J. Jeffery Raborn, called the damages in Robinson's case 'grossly excessive and impermissible under state and constitutional law'
belarusdigest.com – 21 de Julio 2014 – Bielorrusia
The Tobacco Curse: Why Belarus Smokes And Smuggles Cigarettes
More than 65% of Belarusian university and high school students smoke, according to a recent estimate by the Ministry of Health.
While smoking is declining across Europe, a growing number of young Belarusians are turning to cigarettes due to lax regulation and low prices. Cheap cigarettes from Belarus are also being smuggled into Western Europe, involving thousands of Belarusians in criminal activities.
Why do cigarettes in Belarus remain among the cheapest in Europe?
Raising the cost of tobacco products – by levying an excise tax on consumers – is a simple and effective measure to combat smoking among both youth and adults.
A tobacco tax could produce economic as well as social and health benefits. At the end of the day, though, the Belarusian government is reluctant to tax tobacco because of the profits it reaps from manufacturing and exporting tobacco products.
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presstv.ir – 21 de Julio 2014 – EEUU
US tobacco giant told to pay wife of cancer victim $23.6 billion
A court in the United States has ordered Reynolds Tobacco Co., the country's second largest cigarette maker, to pay record punitive damages of $23.6 billion to the widow of a cigarette-smoking cancer victim.
Michael Johnson Sr. smoked the company’s Kool brand menthol cigarettes for over 20 years before dying of lung cancer in 1996 at the age of 36.
His widow, Cynthia Robinson, took action against Reynolds in 2008, seeking compensation for her husband's death. She argued the conspired to conceal the health hazards associated with its menthol cigarettes.
On Friday, the jury in northwestern Florida first awarded $17 million in compensatory damages and then emerged at 10 p.m. with a $23.6 billion punitive judgment.
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thewestsidestory.net – 20 de Julio 2014 – Filipinas
Philippine leader OK’s scary tobacco images to deter smoking
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has just signed a law that will require tobacco companies to put terrifying images onto cigarette packs in an effort to get people to stop smoking.
The law, of course, is deeply opposed by tobacco companies. It will require that the companies put images of internal organs that have been decimated by smoking onto cigarette packs, something which health advocates have been pushing for a long time.
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scoop.co.nz – 21 de Julio 2014 – Nueva Zelanda
NSW Police Confirm Illicit Tobacco Epidemic
Detectives have seized illicit tobacco and cigarettes, air pistols, tobacco and cash as part of a multi-agency investigation into the supply of illegal tobacco in Sydney’s north-west.MEDIA RELEASE
17 different brands including Manchester, Davidoff, Time and Mevius were seized in the raid at Parklea Markets and a Merrylands property. A quantitiy of loose tobacco or chop was also seized. Police also found a number of other illegal items such as ice pipes and laser pointers. For further information please see the official police release:
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nhregister.com – 20 de Julio 2014 – EEUU
Yale researchers see ‘exponential’ rise in e-cigarette use among youths
NEW HAVEN >> As the use of electronic cigarettes soars among youth, professor Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin is at the vanguard of research into their effects.
Krishnan-Sarin is co-principal investigator (with professor Stephanie O’Malley) of the Yale Tobacco Center on Regulatory Science, whose particular interest is in flavors and how they alter nicotine addiction. Krishnan-Sarin is also studying the rates of e-cigarette use among youth and young adults in Connecticut, as well as how they are influenced by flavors.
Her research involves 10 middle and high schools in the state. Her investigators are “actually going into the schools and … asking if they use cigarettes. … What are the perceptions” of e-cigs?
“Over the past 2½ years, we have been tracking e-cigarette use in students in Connecticut schools,” she said, finding a “really exponential increase” among young people.
Her research is in the process of peer review before it can be published, but previous studies show major growth in e-cigarette use rates among high school-age teens.
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nhregister.com – 20 de Julio 2014 – EEUU
How the FDA Is Dealing With E-cigs
Although they are not technically tobacco products, as a relatively new product in the tobacco space, electronic cigarettes have attracted a lot of attention.
As Altria (NYSE: MO ) , Reynolds American (NYSE: RAI ) , and Lorillard (NYSE: LO ) each now offer their own take on the e-cig, researchers are trying to figure out how users interact with these products to determine the risks involved with these new, untested products.
The FDA is leading the charge, and has spent $270 million on several research projects to assess the risks of e-cigs before they take over the nation.
Preceding regulation
The FDA has designed its studies, all 48 of them, to address questions central to future regulations. The agency is setting these studies up to research factors such as how e-cig displays and price promotions influence minors' perception of the devices.
Other studies will count the puffs taken by volunteer "vapers" and how people are tinkering with e-cigs to make the devices deliver extra nicotine .
However, the FDA does not expect to complete some of the studies until 2018, which means that until then, e-cig makers can sell their devices without challenges.
Still, the studies could yield some interesting results over the longer term. Indeed, researchers at the University of Louisville are conducting a study in Kentucky that aims to analyze the effects of e-cig organic compounds, flavorings, and particulate matter on lung cells in mice. The researchers expect results from this study in 2015. A study that confirms the risks of e-cigs to humans is still as far as five years away.
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