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Ask Mikey (March 26) - 25 Mar 2008
Ahwatukee Foothills,I have an addiction to chewing tobacco. Now, I am struggling to find a way to empower myself to start the quitting process. What are some reason why I
Tobacco sales to minors up slightly, but still much lower than ... - 25 Mar 2008
The Herald-Times (subscription),Teenagers pair with an excise officer to visit retail outlets and try to purchase tobacco, usually either cigarettes or chewing tobacco.
High tobacco use by NE students, teachers - 25 Mar 2008
MorungExpress,What’s worse, one-fourth of the school personnel reported smoking or chewing tobacco on the school premises. Again it is an irony that incidence of smoking
Pottawattomie Park shore could be smoke free - 25 Mar 2008
Grand Haven Tribune,...ban smoking and lit smoking paraphernalia, such as pipes and chewing tobacco, within 200 feet from the township park's shoreline on Pottawattomie Bayou.
Philip Morris Tries to Engineer the Cancer Out of Tobacco - Mar 19, 2008
Wired NewsThe Philip Morris funded North Carolina State researchers say the work could lead to less cancer-causing chewing tobacco. In large scale field trials,
'But Sir, This Ain't Tobacco. It's Big League Chew.' - Mar 21, 2008
Adrants,Chewing tobacco. Big problem in Wyoming? We thought only cowboys and baseball players did that. (Remember the gum?) Now we'll have something to ponder
Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco - Mar 23, 2008
New York Times,...tobacco and related chemicals such as tar and nicotine can increase your risk of: You have the same risks if you use smokeless tobacco (chewing tobacco,
Youths want government to outlaw chewing tobacco - Mar 17, 2008
Daily Miner and News,Four hundred more teens have added their voices to over 1500 in the Northwest demanding an end to the sale of chewing tobacco. By Jon Thompson Four hundred
Toddler falls prey to chewing tobacco - Mar 5, 2008
NDTV.com,This kindergarten student has to come to the Government Dental College in Nagpur for regular treatment, all the way from his village in Bhandara district.
Rolly: Lockhart and Bramble team up 'for the kids' - Mar 24, 2008
Salt Lake Tribune,Rebecca Lockhart, R-Provo, that sought to change the way chewing tobacco is taxed from the current 35 percent on the product's wholesale cost to a levy
Campus-wide tobacco ban - Mar 24, 2008
Maine Campus Online (subscription),Plans which would prohibit having any kind of tobacco product on the UMaine campus, including chewing tobacco were presented to the General Student Senate
Youth groups seek ban of chewing tobacco - Mar 11, 2008
The Chronicle Journal,By JIM KELLY That‘s why two youth groups, called the Youth Action Alliance, are pushing for a total ban of chewing tobacco in Ontario.
Third try at quitting might be up to snuff - Mar 17, 2008
Indianapolis Star,I have tried to quit chewing tobacco twice in the past -- once for 11 months about 11 years ago and another time for eight months nine years ago.
A strong message: Cancer survivor warns students about tobacco - Mar 11, 2008
Farmington Daily Times,Cancer survivor Rick Bender speaks to Hermosa Middle School students Monday about the dangers of chewing tobacco. FARMINGTON — Rick Bender travels the
Students debate tobacco policy - Mar 21, 2008
USU The Utah Statesman (subscription),A full tobacco ban includes no selling of tobacco, no smoking and no chewing tobacco on campus, Lewis said. "If we're banning chewing tobacco, which affects
High court quashes Chhattisgarh’s ban on chewing tobacco sale - Feb 28, 2008
Thaindian.com,Raipur, Feb 29 (IANS) After an almost two month long ban, gutka or chewing tobacco Friday returned with a bang to shops and kiosks in Chhattisgarh following
What else was made in Rochester? - Mar 24, 2008
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,That's right, Rochester was also once known for L'Amerique cigarettes, Peerless and Fancy Plain chewing tobacco, and Regatta and Fireside smoking tobacco,
Use of spit tobacco ten times higher in NW Ontario - Mar 11, 2008
Thunder Bay's Source,The industry has even introduced candy flavours for chewing tobacco and packaging that is sleek, chic and discreet. One US smokeless tobacco executive was
Quit? Not tobacco distributors - Mar 22, 2008
Kansas.com,...wholesaling cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco and loose tobacco to their independent retail customers -- along with candy, snacks and soft drinks.
A different type of tobacco - Feb 29, 2008
Craig Daily Press,And, unlike chewing tobacco, it doesn’t leave a telltale wad in the lower lip. The substance carries the same health risks as other tobacco forms.
Ralph Mitchell County Agent column: Tiny common beetles like to ... - Mar 23, 2008
Charlotte Sun-Herald,As the name implies, the cigarette beetle, also known as the tobacco beetle, feeds on tobacco leaves, cigars, cigarettes and chewing tobacco.
Bad example: Three out of 10 teachers hooked to tobacco - Mar 19, 2008
Times of India,What's worse, one-fourth (25.1%) of the school personnel reported smoking or chewing tobacco on the school premises. Once again, teachers from the
Tobacco sponsorships rejected by Baca - Mar 22, 2008
Valencia County News Bulletin,Members of the organization passed out "quit spit kits" to help cowboys break the chewing tobacco habit. Dental hygiene students from the University of New
Healthy Ingold focused on championship - Mar 23, 2008
Citizens Voice,A little over a year ago, Ingold, 44, announced he had been diagnosed with throat cancer after years of chewing tobacco. On March 7 he had surgery and less
Man teaches students dangers of nicotine - Mar 11, 2008
Gallup Independent,By Jim Tiffin EASTERN CIBOLA COUNTY — Rick Bender started chewing tobacco when he was 12. At the age of 26 he was diagnosed with cancer and lost much of his
Tobacco 'power walls' coming down May 31 - Mar 22, 2008
Welland Tribune,After May 31, Lorenzo said stores can put the cigarettes, pipes, cigars and chewing tobacco under their front counter or in another location where only the
Richard Feldman: Unregulated Big Tobacco lures young users - Mar 18, 2008
Indianapolis Star,The tobacco industry has come a long way from the days of merely producing plain old cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco and chewing tobacco.
Tobacco products to carry stronger warning messages - Mar 21, 2008
Nashik News Line,Cigarette and bidi packs are required to carry the warning “Smoking Kills� and smokeless or chewing tobacco products “Tobacco Kills.
Smokeless Tobacco Catches on As US Cigarette Smoking Wanes - Mar 22, 2008
RedOrbit,Swedish Match's Red Man has been associated with chewing tobacco since 1887, while Philip Morris is selling its smokeless products using the name of its
Cancers in the mouth - Mar 1, 2008
Malaysia Star,Tobacco use is one cause, which can be either smoking or chewing tobacco. Chewing tobacco exposes your inner cheek and inner surface of the lips to mutation
Through With Chew at Lake State - Feb 29, 2008
Compass Newspaper,Chewing tobacco has some unpleasant effects as well as some deadly ones. On the less hazardous side of things, it’s expensive, it causes bad breath,
Jonathan Ericsson nailed by Birthday Bandit - Mar 3, 2008
MLive.com,To get Ericsson, Mikael Samuelsson walked up to his locker and asked the rookie for chewing tobacco. From behind Samuelsson, Draper jumped out and applied a
Ramadoss Promises Pictorial Warnings on Cigarette Packets by June 24 - Mar 22, 2008
News Locale,Chewing tobacco packets will also have to carry the image of a scorpion in order to depict the dangers of cancer. Speaking at the inauguration of the new
Show It As It Is - Mar 19, 2008
Times of India,Right now, it is important that they set the pace for future awareness campaigns against smoking and chewing tobacco without having to resort to banning
Warning pics will change every year - Mar 18, 2008
Times of India,While the warning "Smoking Kills" on cigarette and beedi products and "Tobacco Kills" on smokeless or chewing tobacco products will appear in white font on
Out of the mouths of babes and adults - Feb 27, 2008
Elliot Lake Standard,These young people are urging their peers, and adults, to avoid getting caught in the trap of nicotine addiction through smoking or chewing tobacco,
Cigarette Smoking Drops to Lowest Level in 25 Year Trend - Mar 5, 2008
StreetInsider.com (subscription),However, we should not forget that eight percent of the adult population smokes cigars or pipes, or uses chewing tobacco, or that many millions are still
Students see the face of tobacco - Mar 10, 2008
Portage Daily Register,His face was disfigured by more than 30 surgeries to save his life from cancer after his continued use of chewing tobacco. By Shannon Green MONTELLO
Ban on spit tobacco urged - Mar 19, 2008
Fort Frances Times,Chewing tobacco can lead to halitosis (bad breath), yellow teeth, and leukoplakia, which is a condition in which thickened white patches form on your gums
TRIP: Indiana tobacco sales to minors return to higher 2005 rate - Mar 19, 2008
Indiana University,...or officer and attempts to buy a tobacco product -- usually cigarettes, but sometimes chewing tobacco if it is a popular product in the area, or cigars.
Pictorial warning mandatory for tobacco products - Mar 19, 2008
Newstrack India,The notification has specified that the warning “Smoking Kills� on cigarette and beedi products and “Tobacco Kills� on smokeless or chewing tobacco products
Mother accused of smugging 'chew' to her son in jail - Feb 27, 2008
Barron News-Shield,19, Regina A. Topinka, 42, Exeland, waived time limits and is set for preliminary hearing on charges of delivering an illegal article (chewing tobacco) to
Feb. 27 Almanac - Feb 26, 2008
PennLive.com,By the age of 12 most of them were regularly chewing tobacco, they wrote. The editors wondered how that would affect the health of the boys.
UW-Green Bay master's grad wins national health-advocacy award - Mar 20, 2008
UWGB,..."The trend is unmistakable," said Dier, himself a former smoker and chewing tobacco user. "We're freeing more people from the shackles of tobacco addiction
Tobacco plants get gene therapy - Mar 18, 2008
Truth about Trade & Technology,The findings could lead to less- harmful tobacco products, in particular smokeless forms such as chewing tobacco. The research was sponsored by the tobacco
Inflation rate spikes further on costlier primary articles - Mar 14, 2008
Hindu Business Line,The index for ‘Beverages, Tobacco and Tobacco Products’ group rose by 0.1 per cent due to higher prices of scented chewing tobacco (2 per cent).
Healthy attitudes: School holds fair to promote better living ... - Mar 4, 2008
Towanda Daily Review,TROY - Whether learning about the amount of sugar in soda pop, discovering the ingredients in chewing tobacco or getting educated about hearing loss,
$17 Million Tobacco Free Florida Campaign Ignites Statewide - Mar 18, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),...replacement therapies such as nicotine patches, gum, and lozenges and provides confidential telephone counseling to cigarette or chewing tobacco users.
Investing in Tobacco-Free Youth: Protect children, Save lives ... - Mar 3, 2008
Akron Beacon Journal,It spends over $2 million a day promoting smoking and chewing tobacco to Ohioans, even in places kids go, like convenience stores.
Huron County Group - Feb 25, 2008
CKNX Radio,They say tobacco companies are flavouring chewing tobacco like candy and packaging it like chewing gum in an attempt to attract young people.
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