July 18, 2007 - Lawmakers in Washington are working to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) before it expires on September 30, 2007 see related Newsbrief - July 9, 2007. The health coverage plan currently covers 6.6 million children and some lawmakers want to reach 3 million more low-income, uninsured children over the next five years. President Bush has reiterated his threat to veto Senate legislation that would substantially increase funds for children's health insurance by levying a 61-cent-a-pack increase in the federal excise tax on cigarettes The renewal of SCHIP, is considered by many to be the most important health legislation that Congress will take up this year. Bush threatens to veto health bill Lawmakers in Washington are working to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) before it expires on September 30, 2007...
July 18, 2007 - Lawmakers in Washington are working to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) before it expires on September 30, 2007 see related Newsbrief - July 9, 2007. The health coverage plan currently covers 6.6 million children and some lawmakers want to reach 3 million more low-income, uninsured children over the next five years. President Bush has reiterated his threat to veto Senate legislation that would substantially increase funds for children's health insurance by levying a 61-cent-a-pack increase in the federal excise tax on cigarettes The renewal of SCHIP, is considered by many to be the most important health legislation that Congress will take up this year. Bush threatens to veto health bill April 2007 issue of Glamour had a 2-page Camel No. 9 ad on a thicker single page (front and back) in the center of the magazine...
July 18, 2007 - April 2007 issue of Glamour had a 2-page Camel No. 9 ad on a thicker single page (front and back) in the center of the magazine. So a reader even when skimming the magazine would stop at this cigarette ad. 41 members of congress led by Congresswomen Lois Capps, Jan Schakowsky and Hilda Solis wrote (on June 5, 2007) to publishers of 11 leading women's magazine - Cosmopolitan, Elle, Glamour, InStyle, Interview Magazine, Lucky, Marie Claire, Soap Opera Digest, Us Weekly, Vogue and W - calling on the magazines to voluntarily stop accepting misleading advertising for deadly cigarettes. Looking at the latest issues available (mainly August 2007) just about all the magazines did not have any cigarette ads. The exceptions were Lucky (8/2007) a Newport ad and Us Weekly (7/23/2007) with a Pall Mall ad; Interview Magazine was not found. We wonder if the refual to accept tobacco ads will continue?? As pointed out by Drs. Garfield and Chung ( Youth targeting by tobacco manufacturers since the Master Settlement Agreement. Health Aff (Millwood). 2002 Mar-Apr;21(2):254-63)an absolute ban in magazines comparable to what exists for television, radio, transit space and billboards would be the best and most effective approach to reducing youth exposure to tobacco ads. See related Newsbriefs - May 5, 2007 and May 4, 2007. Cigarette Sales Fall BUT Revenues from Higher Cigarette Taxes Increase...
SNUS pouches are promoted as being spitless...
July 15, 2007 - SNUS pouches are promoted as being spitless. Compared with other moist snuff products SNUS has less salt and less water but what is crtical is the placement of the pouch. The only place the pouch can be placed in the mouth without the release of large amounts of saliva is behind the upper lip. If for any reason the pouch is moved around in the mouth copious amounts of saliva are released increasing the desire to spit. There are several minor salivary glands in the lips, cheeks and tongue that release saliva to moisten the contents of the mouth. So the tobacco juices produced slowly flow down into the gastrointestinal tract with some of the toxic chemicals settling in your pancreas. (from SNUS.biz - SNUS increases the risk of developing pancreatic cancer.) Most everyone that gets pancreatic cancer dies.) 85% of oral lesions are at the location where the smokless tobacco product was placed. Another problem is the litter created from the discarding of the pouches. From SNUS.biz - in Sweden where snus originated grimy/scuzzy used snus packets litter the otherwise clean streets and subway stations of Stockholm. (TobaccoWatch.org) You can't go to a bar without seeing people pulling some snus out, the used packets are found everywhere. They stick to just about anything right after they've been used and despite the Swedes proclamation of being environmentally friendly they love to throw their snus packets against anything and everything. They can be found on the ceilings and walls in just about every subway station in Stockholm, It is foul. (A Swedish American in Sweden, Friday, October 5.
Skoal Dry Tobacco Packs are being test marketed in Austin, TX and in Louisville, KY. ..
July 14, 2007 - Skoal Dry Tobacco Packs are being test marketed in Austin, TX and in Louisville, KY. In Austin Skoal Dry is going head-to-head with Camel Snus. As you can see from the images the refrigerated Camel SNUS was initially selling for $4.69 while the Skoal Dry Skoal Dry that was suppose to sell for $3.50 -$4 a tin (containing 20 pouches)had an inital introductory price of 99 cents. Maybe they have the same motto as the new deeply discounted smokeless tobacco product Bobcat: "Price gets em, quality keeps em" - see Newsbrief - June 6, 2007. It should read"Price gets em, ADDICTION keeps em." Images from the Tobacco Prevention & Control Program, Texas Department of State Health Services. Click on images to enlarge..(TobaccoWatch.org)
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