emirates247.com - 17 de diciembre de 2013 - EAU

Sharjah bans tobacco sale close to residential areas

Shops in Sharjah have been told to stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products near schools and close to residential areas in line with a federal law that will be enforced in early 2014 to curb tobacco consumption in the UAE.

In a circular, the emirate’s municipality told thousands of local groceries and other shopping outlets to immediately stop selling tobacco near schools, inside residential areas, and close to mosques as well as educational and health establishments.

The decision, which was enforced on Monday, also stimulated shops must obtain permits from the competent authorities for their tobacco trade and ensure all their tobacco products must be placed away from children items, foodstuffs and sport products. The shops were also told to make sure their tobacco items must be placed at the farthest point from the payment point inside the shop.

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http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/sharjah-bans-tobacco-sale-close-to-residential-areas-2013-12-17-1.531657

bizjournals.com - 17 de diciembre de 2013 - EEUU

Alabama ranks low for protecting children from tobacco

Fifteen years after all states reached a settlement with the tobacco industry to recover tobacco-related health care costs, and Alabama ranks among the bottom in its financial efforts to curb smoking.

A report called "Broken Promises to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement 15 years later" was released earlier this month to show the latest tobacco-related revenues and the amount of money states have since spent on preventing and reducing smoking.

Alabama is expected to receive $223 million from the settlement this year, but the report says the state will spend $275,000 on tobacco prevention efforts for fiscal year 2014, or less than 1 percent of the spending recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC recommends that Alabama spend $56.7 million on tobacco prevention.

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http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2013/12/16/alabama-second-to-last-in-protecting.html

topnews.net.nz - 16 de diciembre de 2013 - Nueva Zelanda

Study finds that e-cig smokers are inhaling more toxins that regular smokers

Manufacturers claim them to be much healthier than customary smokes, however recent study recommends individuals who smoke electronic cigarettes could even now be sniffing a group of perilous chemicals.

US scientists have said that individuals who smoke e-smokes might sniff higher convergences of nicotine and of different poisons.

Specialists at New York University discovered that because of the recurrence of puffing and profundity of inward breath e-smoke smokers ingest more elevated amounts of hurtful chemicals than the individuals who smoke accepted smokes.

Nicotine is both addictive and, in expansive amounts, poisonous and a portion of alternate chemicals discovered in e-smokes are accepted to be cancer-causing. At first, e-smoke were seen as a healthier, without tobacco elective for individuals who were dependent on nicotine.

Notwithstanding, things have changed quickly and they are currently frequently smoked by individuals who have never smoked universal smokes.

The issue is pressing as a later overview led around learners at eight US universities discovered that 12 percent of e-cig clients had never smoked a proper cigarette", said Dr Deepak Saxena, cohort teacher of essential science and craniofacial science.

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http://topnews.net.nz/content/231500-study-finds-e-cig-smokers-are-inhaling-more-toxins-regular-smokers

cadenaser.com - 16 de diciembre de 2013 - España

Sanidad plantea prohibir el cigarrillo electrónico igual que el Tabaco

La propuesta que la ministra Mato va a presentar a los consejeros de Sanidad el miércoles que viene en el Consejo Interterritorial equipara el cigarrillo electrónico a tabaco. El Ministerio quiere vetar su publicidad, que lleve advertencias sanitarias, que no se pueda vender a menores de 18 años y que no se pueda consumir en ningún espacio público: oficinas, bares, restaurantes, discotecas y demás establecimientos.

Esta propuesta va más allá de las planteadas hasta ahora por Cataluña, Andalucía o la Comunidad Valenciana que prohibían su uso solamente en dependencias públicas y, de aprobarse, equipararía a España con países como Francia, Alemania, Australia, Canadá, Argentina o Brasil.

Esta propuesta se basa también en el principio de precaución porque este tipo de productos todavía no han sido evaluados por las autoridades de ningún país. De hecho la OMS, dentro del Convenio Marco para el Control del Tabaco, ha creado un grupo de trabajo para determinar los componentes añadidos al cigarrillo electrónico y la composición de los humos.

Estos productos no cuentan con una regulación sanitaria específica y se les viene aplicando distintas leyes en el ámbito de la UE, que no guardan relación con la regulación de productos de tabaco propiamente dicho.

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http://www.cadenaser.com/sociedad/articulo/sanidad-plantea-prohibir-cigarrillo-electronico-igual-tabaco/csrcsrpor/20131213csrcsrsoc_8/Tes

health.india.com - 16 de diciembre de 2013 - India

E-cigarettes may not be able to prevent heart attacks

A new research has revealed that nicotine, which is the major addictive substance in cigarette smoke, contributes to smokers’ higher risk of developing atherosclerosis, the primary cause of heart attacks.

Chi-Ming Hai from Brown University said the findings suggested that e-cigarettes, the battery-powered devices that deliver nicotine in steam without the carcinogenic agents of tobacco smoke, may not significantly reduce smokers’ risk for heart disease.

Dr. Hai’s research on human and rat vascular smooth muscle cells provides evidence of a link between nicotine and atherosclerosis. (Read: Could electronic cigarettes save a million lives?)

In Dr. Hai’s experiments, nicotine appeared to drive the formation of a kind of cellular drill called podosome rosettes, which are members of the invadosome family, consisting of invadopodia, podosomes and podosome rosettes.

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http://health.india.com/news/e-cigarettes-may-not-be-able-to-prevent-heart-attacks/

zocalo.com.mx - 16 de diciembre de 2013 - México

Disminuye edad de consumo de tabaco 

Saltillo, Coah.- La edad del primer contacto con el tabaco ha disminuido en el estado. Gran parte de los fumadores actuales iniciaron entre los 9 y los 13 años, mientras que en promedio un coahuilense fuma siete cigarros al día.

Roberto de Luna, secretario técnico de la Coordinación Estatal de Adicciones de la Secretaría de Salud, explicó que a partir de los 18 años se mantiene el hábito de fumar tabaco, causando en muchos de los casos una adicción de por vida.

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http://www.zocalo.com.mx/seccion/articulo/disminuye-edad-de-consumo-de-tabaco-1386882631

noticiasaominuto.com - 16 de diciembre de 2013 - Portugal

Evora GNR incauta alrededor de € 12.000 tabaco irregular

La incautación realizada por los militares del Destacamento Fiscal Acción Évora, pertenece a la unidad de escritura de impuestos GNR, abarca tabaco aromático, los paquetes de cigarrillos y el tabaco corte fino para rizar.

"Eso no fue el sello impuesto al tabaco para este año, como exige la ley, pero de 2006, 2007 y 2008", dijo Lusa capitán Juan Fonseca, Unidad de Acción Fiscal.

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http://www.noticiasaominuto.com/pais/146727/gnr-apreende-cerca-de-12-mil-euros-de-tabaco-irregular

standardspeaker.com - 16 de diciembre de 2013 - EEUU

Push to ban e-cig sales to minors grows

Some local shops selling e-cigarettes have already taken steps not to sell to minors even though it is legal.

Meanwhile, a movement to stop sales to minors for electronic cigarettes is under way by some Pennsylvania lawmakers.

The State Judiciary Committee approved enabling legislation last week after a vote by the Pennsylvania Medical Society that urged a ban on the sale of e-cigarettes to minors. They want to carry the ban on tobacco and cigarettes law to include e-cigarettes, making them illegal to sell to minors.

That vote followed a report by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calling attention to increased use by teenagers.

Laurie Veet owns and operates three stores that sell e-cigarettes, the Cigar Box in the Laurel Mall and two other stores in the Schuylkill Mall and in St. Clair. She is adamant about not selling e-cigarettes to minors.

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http://standardspeaker.com/news/push-to-ban-e-cig-sales-to-minors-grows-1.1601675

nytimes.com - 16 de diciembre de 2013 - EEUU

Big Tobacco Bullies

With ever more Americans and Europeans giving up smoking, tobacco companies have increasingly focused on developing countries as markets for their addictive and deadly products. Now, as some of those nations try to regulate cigarettes by, for example, requiring warning labels, Big Tobacco is using trade and investment agreements to challenge and intimidate them.

Tobacco companies have sued and threatened to sue countries like Uruguay and Uganda, arguing that their tobacco rules unfairly restrict trade or hurt their investments, according to a report in The Times by Sabrina Tavernise. Namibia has not enforced tobacco regulations because it is not prepared to fight long and expensive legal battles against large companies.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/16/opinion/big-tobacco-bullies.html?hp&rref=opinion/international&_r=0

usatoday.com - 15 de diciembre de 2013 - EEUU

Ruling could deal blow to e-cigarette industry 

A court ruling to restrict the sale of e-cigarettes in France last week could set a European, if not global precedent and knock the nascent e-cigarette industry off course.

A commercial court in Toulouse ruled on Monday that e-cigarettes (that do not contain tobacco) qualify as tobacco products and should only be sold by registered tobacconists.

French news agency AFP said the court ordered an e-cigarette retailer to stop selling and advertising the products. It argued it was violating the "state monopoly on the sale of tobacco" which states that tobacco products can only be sold at registered outlets in France, where their advertising is also banned.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/12/15/cnbc-ecigarette-ruling/3997641/