June 4, 2007 - When a parent brings a child into this world they want the child to be healthy and to live a happy and enjoyable life. Cigarette smoke has long been known to cause many different problems. Lung Cancer, Asthma, and Emphysema are just a few of those problems. Many mistakenly believe that if they only smoke outside, away from their children and never in the home, that the effects will go away. This is simply not the case. The side effects from second-hand smoke can still be serious even if you think you are being careful. When you hug your child or even sit in the same room as your child, you are emitting harmful chemicals. These chemicals remain on clothing, in your hair, and even yoir skin as long as you continue to smoke and for months after you quit. There is no way to completely avoid cigarette smoke from remaining on you if you smoke. Parental smoking is a leading preventable cause for Asthma and many other childhood diseases and conditions. Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood affecting an estimated five million children and the diagnosed cases of asthma in the U.S. are rising sharply up 58.6% between between 1982 and 1996. Do you want your child to be sickly their whole life and dependent on medication?? Be Smart - quit using tobacco products. When a parent brings a child into this world they want the child be healthy and to live a happy and enjoyable life...
June 4, 2007 - When a parent brings a child into this world they want the child to be healthy and to live a happy and enjoyable life. Cigarette smoke has long been known to cause many different problems. Lung Cancer, Asthma, and Emphysema are just a few of those problems. Many mistakenly believe that if they only smoke outside, away from their children and never in the home, that the effects will go away. This is simply not the case. The side effects from second-hand smoke can still be serious even if you think you are being careful. When you hug your child or even sit in the same room as your child, you are emitting harmful chemicals. These chemicals remain on clothing, in your hair, and even yoir skin as long as you continue to smoke and for months after you quit. There is no way to completely avoid cigarette smoke from remaining on you if you smoke. Parental smoking is a leading preventable cause for Asthma and many other childhood diseases and conditions. Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood affecting an estimated five million children and the diagnosed cases of asthma in the U.S. are rising sharply up 58.6% between between 1982 and 1996. Do you want your child to be sickly their whole life and dependent on medication?? Be Smart - quit using tobacco products. 
Congratulations to the Great State of Tennessee..
June 1, 2007 - Congratulations to the Great State of Tennessee - Tennessee will probably become the first major tobacco-growing state to pass a comprehensive smoke-free-workplace law. Gov. Phil Bredesen, a Democrat, proposed the ban in February 2007. He plans to sign the bill into law, despite his original push for a stricter ban. The ban will take effect in October. Tennessee would become the 22nd state to adopt a statewide workplace ban. Another hit for smokers may come when they buy cigarettes. The Tennessee Senate voted on Thursday (5/31/2007)to raise the state cigarette tax by 42 cents, two cents more than the governor proposed. (At present the tax is 20 cents a pack, 48th lowest in the nation.) Smoking in a prohibited area would be a misdemeanor crime, punishable by a fine of $50 to $350. 26.8% of Tennessee's adults smoke, 3rd highest rate in the nation, making Tennessee one of the least healthy. This translates into $2 billion in health-care costs annually as a result of cigarette smoking. Fire-cured tobacco grown in Kentucky and Tennessee is used in moist snuff. Mild Seven family of cigarettes expands. ..
May 31, 2007 - Mild Seven family of cigarettes expands. Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) will be launching a new brand, Mild Seven Aqua Menthol Super Lights Box , in June 2007. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Mild Seven, and in celebration of this occasion, JT has announced that it would enhance the brand equity of Mild Seven, focusing on quality, value and strengthening sales. Mild Seven products accounted for three of the five leading tobacco products by sales volume in Japan during the last fiscal year. The brand’s total market is 31.6 percent. With the addition of Mild Seven Aqua Menthol Super Lights Box, the Mild Seven brand family will consist of 19 different products. (Tobacco Reporter) JT is the world's third largest international tobacco manufacturer. JT sells 8 out of the 10 top brand styles in Japan, with the top three styles all coming from the Mild Seven brand. In Asia, the group has significant presence through JTI, where Mild Seven is the major brand in the portfolio. In the global market, three of the best-selling international cigarette brands: Camel, Mild Seven and Winston, are within JT's product portfolio, along with Salem, one of the world's leading international menthol brands. Mild Seven is the second most popular brand in the world behind only Philip Morris' Marlboro. On April 18, 2007 JT Group completed Gallaher acquisition. JT remained the third largest international tobacco manufacturer but whose share of the world market moves from 7.4 per cent to 10.5 per cent. Marlboro’s U.S. market share rose 0.4 point in the first quarter (2007) to 40.8 percent, boosted by a new menthol cigarette
May 24, 2007 - Marlboro’s U.S. market share rose 0.4 point in the first quarter (2007) to 40.8 percent, boosted by a new menthol cigarette called Marlboro Smooth (its tag - "A Menthol Like No Other") that arrived on store shelves in February 2007. According to Citigroup's tobacco industry analyst Bonnie Herzog Marlboro Smooth is designed to target Carolina Group’s (Lorillard) Newport brand, the leading menthol brand (MarketPulse News). Consumer tests found 40% of Newport smokers indicated they prefer the new Marlboro Smooth and would purchase it if they had the opportunity, Herzog wrote, adding that she anticipates the brand will be introduced at a lower introductory price for the first few months, and then beaggressively discounted. While fewer people are smoking, menthols' share of the overall cigarette market has grown steadily for several years. In 2000 about 26.5% of smokers were menthol smokers, in 2006 you're looking at 28.5% and (at least according to R.J.Reynolds) they expect the menthol category to continue to grow. Click - For an in-depth history of menthol cigarettes. Click on image to enlarge.(TobaccoWatch.org) 
Saudis to sue tobacco firms for more than $2.7 billion Ryadh, Saudi Arabia,
In November 2006 — Minister of Health Dr. Hamad Al-Manie said that the country intends to sue American and European tobacco companies that sell their products in the Kingdom, for the deaths and diseases caused by smoking.
Reference: Saudis to sue tobacco firms for more than $2.7 billion, Tobacco Reporter, 5/19/2007.
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