September 13, 2007 - Seven of 10 smokers say they want to quit and almost all say they need help to do so. The vast majority of smokers do not want their children to share their addiction. That's why a slight majority of smokers support higher cigarette taxes -- and a strong majority support cessation programs and programs to keep children from smoking (using any tobacco product). The proposal now before the Wisconsin Legislature will raise the cigarette tax by $1.25 and increase funding for anti-tobacco programs to the minimum level recommended by the federal Centers for Disease Control and supported by the U.S. Surgeon General. (Column: State senator wrong about anti-smoking funds by Maureen Busalacchi, Executive Director of Smoke Free Wisconsin, The Tomah Journal - online) Seven of 10 smokers say they want to quit and almost all say they need help to do so. .
September 13, 2007 - Seven of 10 smokers say they want to quit and almost all say they need help to do so. The vast majority of smokers do not want their children to share their addiction. That's why a slight majority of smokers support higher cigarette taxes -- and a strong majority support cessation programs and programs to keep children from smoking (using any tobacco product). The proposal now before the Wisconsin Legislature will raise the cigarette tax by $1.25 and increase funding for anti-tobacco programs to the minimum level recommended by the federal Centers for Disease Control and supported by the U.S. Surgeon General. (Column: State senator wrong about anti-smoking funds by Maureen Busalacchi, Executive Director of Smoke Free Wisconsin, The Tomah Journal - online) duMaurier SNUS - Edmonton, Alberta - Imperial Tobacco Canada...
September 12, 2007 - duMaurier SNUS - Imperial Tobacco Canada 
(a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of British American Tobacco(BAT)) today announced that it will fulfill its commitment to test market a reduced harm product, as compared to cigarettes, later this month with the introduction of Swedish-style snus in Edmonton retail outlets. On May 7, the Company promised to initiate market tests in one or more Canadian regions for a Swedish-style snus product - see related Newsbrief: May 8, 2007. "Many adult smokers continue to use tobacco and we believe the responsible thing to do is to seek out and offer products that may substantially reduce the health risks," said Benjamin Kemball, President and CEO of Imperial Tobacco Canada. Imperial Tobacco Canada's Edmonton test market is designed to assess consumer acceptance of snus. It will also monitor its use to compare it with the Swedish experience that it serves as a gateway from smoking. The company will offer its findings to Health Canada. Decisions on future test markets or expansion will be made later. Although Kemball wouldn't specify exactly why Edmonton was chosen for the test market, Les Hagen of the lobby group Action on Smoking and Health notedthat Alberta currently accounts for 40 per cent of the smokeless tobacco market in Canada. Hagen dismissed the company's efforts to portray snus as less harmful than cigarettes as "a hollow public relations gesture." He said snus will be sold under the DuMaurier brand, which will end up promoting sales of duMaurier cigarettes, not discouraging them. Isn't Imperial the same company that was going to close two Ontario plants and shift production to Mexico resulting in the loss of 635 jobs?? Mr. Hagen has also indicated that 8,000 more teenagers joined the tobacco market in 2006. Alberta may be Canada's most smoking-friendly province. (Edmonton Journal, April 2007) Camel, Kool fans will dig deeper..
September 11, 2007 - Camel, Kool fans will dig deeper.. Reynolds American will raise the prices of Camel, Kool and other cigarettes, helping the company counter a drop in demand that could follow a possible increase in federal tobacco taxes. The price of a pack of Camel will increase 15 cents and Kools will go up 5 cents a pack effective September 17, 2007. Reynolds' moves follow an increase by Philip Morris USA, the maker of top-selling Marlboro cigarettes. (See related Newsbrief: September 7, 2007.) The U.S. retail average for full-price cigarettes was $4.08 a pack in July, 2007. (Raleigh News & Observer) Young people in the US seem to be smoking less than ..
September 10, 2007 - Youngsters using more smokeless tobacco..—Young people in the US seem to be smoking less than they did a few years back, but using slightly more smokeless tobacco, according to a report by Michelle R. Davis for Education Week quoting results from the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, which were released on Thursday. Among those 12 to 17 years of age, the rate of smoking declined from 13 per cent during 2002 to 10.4 per cent last year. However, the use of smokeless tobacco rose from 2.0 per cent to 2.4 per cent. (Tobacco Reporter) The nation's 45 million smokers will probably help pay for the spending increase that Democrats
July 9, 2007 - WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's 45 million smokers will probably help pay for the spending increase that Democrats want for children's health insurance, say analysts familiar with deliberations on Capitol Hill. Democratic lawmakers will push for $50 billion in new funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program over the next five years. To pay for that increase, they must find new sources of revenue or cut existing programs. (USA Today) An extra 61 U.S. cents per pack is what American smokers would pay to finance expanded health insurance to about 2 million children under a tentative agreement worked out Tuesday between Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee. The tobacco tax increase would boost the tax per pack from 39 cents to 1 U.S. dollar, an increase of 156%. (July 17th - also the federal tax on a cigar could rise from 5 cents to $10 per cigar.) It would raise about 35 billion dollars during five years to pay for the largest expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) since its creation a decade ago. "It really does come down to a choice between children and tobacco," said Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., who originally proposed the 61-cent increase. "This is a 'two-fer.' It does decrease smoking, and it does connect public health care costs with one of the drivers of that cost, and that's tobacco." (Chinaview.cn July 7, 2007) Let's Increase the TAX on all tobacco products.. - from The New York Times article by Robt. Pear - July 14, 2007 - The plan calls for proportional increases for other tobacco products. Renewal of the children’s insurance program, which is set to expire on Sept. 30, 2007 is the most important health care issue facing Congress this year, lawmakers of both parties say. Get It Done..
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