india.com – 17 de diciembre de 2014 – India

Tourism associations in Jammu-Kashmir gear up to fight tobacco use

Srinagar, Dec 17 : With an aim to curtail cigarette smoking and consumption of other tobacco products in the state, tourism-related bodies are set to revitalize their fight against the use of tobacco in public places. ”We are very much serious in promoting a tobacco-free Kashmir and to realize this, we will pool in our resources and ensure that public places like hotels and restaurants which are under our control, are made hundred per cent tobacco free zones,” said Showkat Chaudhry, President of Kashmir Hotels and Restaurant Association (KHARA).

KHARA which is working hard to revive the local tourism industry that suffered immense losses in the recent floods, plans to issue fresh circulars to all its members asking them to follow COTPA act in letter and spirit. ”We will also encourage our members and educate them about the ill effects of tobacco so that they contribute in making Kashmir a tobacco free place,” Chaudhry said. The state government and other NGO’s too need to play their part in educating people about the ill effects of tobacco use, he added.

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roulette-magazine.com – 13 de diciembre de 2014

El cigarrillo electrónico, vapear puede ser peor que fumar

Se han hecho estudios para tratar de comprobar cuanta toxicidad se puede producir en nuestro cuerpo por medio del cigarrillo electrónico. Entre lo que evalúan este tipo de estudios se encuentra cómo se comportan todos los fluidos de recarga que poseen este tipo de cigarros frente a las células y específicamente podemos mostrar tres tipos de ellas:

Fibroblastos que poseen los pulmones de las personas, células madres que se pueden encontrar en embriones de humanos, también en células madres que tienen los ratones. Parece ser que se ha descubierto que siempre puede haber cierto grado de toxicidad, es decir hay cosas para las cuales es peor el cigarrillo convencional y otras en las cuales vapear podría llegar a ser peor que fumar.

Se debe de analizar con mucho cuidado esta información y tener el cuidado adecuado para evitar deteriorarnos la salud por hacer algo solamente por placer.

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lr21.com.uy – 14 de diciembre de 2014 – Uruguay

Salud Pública aplicará multas de hasta 20.000 dólares por publicitar tabaco

Salud Pública presentó el plan de acciones que desarrollará para dar cumplimiento a la Ley 19.244 y a su decreto 317/014 que prohíben la “publicidad, promoción, patrocinio y exhibición de productos de tabaco en los puntos de venta”.

Entre las medidas a implementar se destacan la eliminación de todo tipo de elemento alusivo a marcas de tabaco en los comercios así como la disposición de multas por incumplimiento.

A partir del 1º de enero de 2015, el MSP comenzará a aplicar sanciones que pueden ir desde los 1.000 hasta los 20.000 dólares, así como la clausura temporal del local dependiendo de la gravedad del incumplimiento establecido en las normativas.

La Ley 18.256 de Control de Tabaquismo, promulgada en marzo de 2008, prohibió la publicidad, promoción y patrocinio de productos de tabaco por cualquier medio a excepción de los puntos de venta.

Con la creación del convenio marco de la OMS, el gobierno amplió el alcance de dicha Ley.

Tan es así que en setiembre pasado se aprobó la Ley 19.244 que sustituyó el artículo 7 de la Ley de Control de Tabaquismo e incorporó también “la prohibición de publicidad, promoción, patrocinio y exhibición de los productos de tabaco en los puntos de venta”.

Lista de precios y advertencia

En tal sentido, la directora del Centro de Cooperación Internacional de Control de Tabaco del MSP, Silvina Echarte, explicó que a partir de la nueva normativa los puntos de venta “no podrán tener ningún tipo de elemento que haga alusión a marcas de productos de tabaco en toldos, relojes, ceniceros, estanterías o macetas”.

“Tampoco podrán exhibir el producto, los logos de las marcas ni utilizar colores exteriores o combinaciones de colores que se identifiquen con productos de tabaco” explicó.

Lo único que se podrá encontrar en los comercios que expendan productos de tabaco, “será una lista textual de los productos que se vendan con sus respectivos precios”.

El detalle deberá estar dispuesto en “letras negras sobre el lado izquierdo de una hoja de papel tamaño A4 con fondo blanco, en orientación horizontal y en la parte derecha se estampará una advertencia sanitaria con leyendas e imágenes de colores que indiquen lo perjudicial que este producto es para la salud”.

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consumeraffairs.com – 14 de diciembre de 2014 – EEUU

NY toddler dies after drinking liquid nicotine in e-cig refill

A toddler in New York is the latest apparent victim of a new household hazard -- liquid nicotine refills for e-cigarettes. Police in Fort Plain, N.Y., said they answered a call concerning an unresponsive child. The child was taken to a local hospital and died a short time later.

Sgt. Austin Ryan of the Fort Plain police said investigators were told the child drank from a bottle containing liquid refills for e-cigarettes.

Though shocking, such accidents are becoming increasingly common. Earlier this year, it was reported that a CDC study published in the agency's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report found that calls to poison control centers for nicotine ingestion by children shot up from 1 per month in September 2010 to 215 per month this past February. And, the report says, the number of calls per month involving conventional cigarettes did not show a similar increase during the same time period.

The New York General Assembly recently passed a measure requiring child-resistant containers on e-cigarette refills, which are often flavored with fruit and other sweet substances attractive to children.

The CDC report said that more than half (51.1%) of the calls to poison centers due to e-cigarettes involved young children 5 years and under, and about 42% of the poison calls involved people age 20 and older.

The analysis, which compared total monthly poison center calls involving e-cigarettes and conventional cigarettes, found the proportion of e-cigarette calls jumped from 0.3% in September 2010 to 41.7% in February 2014.

Poisoning from conventional cigarettes is generally due to young children eating them. Poisoning related to e-cigarettes involves the liquid containing nicotine used in the devices and can occur in three ways: by ingestion, inhalation or absorption through the skin or eyes.

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psychcentral.com – 14 de diciembre de 2014 – Japón

e-Cig Research Raises as Many Questions as It Answers

A recent study commissioned by the Ministry of Health in Japan, has found that e-cigarettes may hold more carcinogens than traditional cigarettes. One brand which was tested contained ten times as many toxins.

The growing popularity of e-cigarettes has raised significant controversy among public health authorities. Organizations as disparate as the World Health Organization and the Food and Drug Administration have shared concerns about the safety of e-cigarettes and the effects of nicotine.

The carcinogens identified in the study included formaldehyde and acetaldehyde. Both ingredients are found in several types and forms of liquids used in e cigs.

The study is the most recent to cause headaches for the industry that sells itself as a safer alternative to nicotine craving.

While still relatively new, the research so far is minimal and often contradicts other studies which show positive effects from “vaping.” What the study does is add another piece to the e-cig puzzle. Researchers have long known that when e-cig liquid is heated, some carcinogens are created. What isn’t known is how much and how many. Thomas Glynn, former director of cancer science with the American Cancer Society said that e-cigarettes hold 10 times more formaldehyde.

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businessweek.com – 11 de diciembre de 2014 – China

The Chinese Government Is Getting Rich Selling Cigarettes

The China National Tobacco Corp., which serves China’s 300 million smokers, is by far the largest cigarette maker in the world. In 2013 it manufactured about 2.5 trillion cigarettes. Its next largest competitor, Philip Morris International (PM), produced 880 billion.

In terms of market share, China National is bigger than its next five competitors combined; its growing sales have accounted for a net increase in global production, even as volume at its competitors has fallen. While Marlboro remains the most popular cigarette in the world, China National boasts 7 of the top 10 brands, including Red Pagoda Mountain and Double Happiness. In all, the company made 43 out of every 100 cigarettes in the world last year, according to Euromonitor International. Despite its size, China National is little known outside of China: Almost all its cigarettes are sold in the country, where it has no real competition.

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nationalreview.com – 14 de diciembre de 2014 – EEUU

Did Tobacco Taxes Really Kill Eric Garner?

This summer, New York City resident Eric Garner was killed by police in the course of an arrest for selling individual cigarettes — “loosies” — on the street. The illicit loosies market exists because of laws against selling single cigarettes (as opposed to packs or cartons). It’s especially important in New York, where a fully taxed pack of cigarettes costs about $12.50, and sellers of loosies often buy much cheaper packs illegally brought in from Virginia or North Carolina, where cigarette taxes are much lower.

If stores were allowed to sell individual cigarettes, and if New York’s cigarette taxes were no higher than those elsewhere, there wouldn’t have been any demand for illicit loosies, and therefore Eric Garner wouldn’t have had the opportunity to sell them. No illegal sale, no arrest, no struggle with the arresting officer, no death. Therefore — according to some pundits and politicians, including one who intends to run for president — the “nanny state” tobacco-control effort is responsible for the death of Eric Garner.

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hindustantimes.com – 14 de diciembre de 2014 – India

Oral cancer not the only risk for those who chew tobacco

Contrary to the prevailing notion that chewing tobacco only increases the risk of oral cancer, a study that looked at different researches conducted in India has shown that smokeless tobacco can also cause oesophageal, throat and even stomach cancer.

The findings are critical. While one-third of the country’s population takes tobacco, 21% of them consume smokeless tobacco, such as gutkha and khaini, according to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey released in 2010.

“While reviewing various studies, we found the incidence of oesophagal [foodpipe] cancer was higher in the north-east, while in the south we found pancreatic cancer was prevalent in those who consumed smokeless tobacco,” said Dr Pankaj Chaturvedi, head and neck cancer surgeon at Tata Memorial Centre and co-author of the review study.

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allafrica.com – 14 de diciembre de 2014 – Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe to Lobby Against Tobacco Law

Zimbabwe and other Sadc tobacco producing countries plan to lobby for the scrapping of plain cigarette tobacco packaging at the forthcoming World Health Organisation (WHO) convention.

The countries say the move promoted illegal sale of cigarettes and would prejudice their economies.

The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) will be held in three months time at the United Nations offices in New York as the world marks the two-year anniversary of tobacco plain packaging that was introduced by Australia.

Deemed to be "the world's toughest anti-smoking law" measures, Australia's plain packaging laws prohibit the use of all trademarks, logos, fonts, and colors, on tobacco products and was introduced to allow the use of standardized huge graphics discouraging smoking.

However, despite the introduction of the law, a survey by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has shown a slight increase in youth smoking among 12-17 year olds, with smoking rates up from 3,8% to 5% between 2010 and 2013, representing an increase of 32%.

Although Zimbabwe's tobacco industry has not yet reported a decline in tobacco sales volumes due to tough tobacco laws, an increase in illegal sales which has the potential of prejudicing the economy has been reported by KPMG in October.

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thestarpress.com – 14 de diciembre de 2014 – EEUU

Tobacco-free advocates to meet with lawmakers

MUNCIE – Local legislators and difference-makers have been invited to meet to discuss tobacco control concerns, progress and goals at the State of Tobacco Control Lunch and Learn 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thursday in Muncie.

The more than 30 advocates who compose the Tobacco Coalition of Delaware County will meet with lawmakers and community leaders at Open Door Health Services.

“Legislators and community leaders will discuss the importance of continued investment in tobacco control work and initiatives, even in these tough economic times, discuss the value of the proposed state cigarette tax increase, and hear the voices of those who support maintaining a commitment to increased smoke-free environments,” according to a press release.

Attendees are asked to take their own lunch.

Information: www.tobaccofreedelawarecounty.org

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