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One of three humorous posters promoting smokefree cars with the message "smoke the fish not the kids!". This poster features a woman holding a fish, standing outside a car with a child inside.
http://www.tbdhu.com/NR/rdonlyres/D5E71AEE-A8D8-4898-821D-971B8699FE11/0/TBDHUIvankaverticalposter.pdf
Comment: Sometimes humour can be a better way to convey a message versus scare tactics.
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This document explores how Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) is doing its part to limit the harm to the environment. Also addressing tobacco-related issues and initiatives, the report states how JT is trying to meet smokers' demands for cigarettes with less smell and smoke, attempting to develop biodegradable filters, and address youth smoking.
http://www.jti.co.jp/JTI_E/environ/03/report.pdf
Comment: While this document is pure industry propaganda, I find it an interesting read to see what environmentally friendly measures JT is taking to improve packaging etc.
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Interviews were conducted with both adults who smoke cigarettes and who smoke narghile to investigate the different views, attitudes, and experiences on quit attempts, initiation, and smoker behaviour. Findings imply that differences do exist between the two groups. For example, individuals who smoke narghile believe it to be less dangerous to their own health and to others compared to cigarettes.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tc.2007.020529
Comment: The social aspects of narghile need to be addressed by interventions and incorrect health beliefs that narghile is safer than smoking cigarettes desperately need to be changed.
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The tobacco industry has been marketing potential reduced exposure products, or PREPs, claiming that they have reduced toxins and carcinogens, and that they are less harmful too smokers. This study assessed consumer awareness of PREPs, and interest in trying PREPs. With 77.3% of adult smokers interested in trying PREPs, the need for concrete scientific evidence on the potential health impact of these products is critical.
http://www.atypon-link.com/doi/abs/10.5555/ajhb.2008.32.4.431
Comment: There is an urgent need to regulate the promotion, advertising and labeling of PREP tobacco products.
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Examines the effect of increasing tobacco excise taxes. The focus of the book is on the problem that occurs because people in lower income situations are the ones who are affected most strongly. The study addresses a major dilemma in smoking control: the ways in which tobacco taxation may increase poverty amongst low income families.
http://www.psi.org.uk/publications/publication.asp?publication_id=150
Comment: This same dilemma is also applicable to people who smoke in Canada. A discussion worth having in the tobacco control community.
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College students who were habitual smokers participated in a web and cell phone cessation intervention. At 6-week follow-up, 43% had made at least one 24-hour quit attempt and 22% had quit according to a 7-day measure. Text messaging may be an effective cessation intervention for college students.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15495883
Comment: Embracing new technology is a great way to reach youth.
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An elderly nursing home resident with dementia sustained second-and third-degree burns while smoking in her room. This case report highlights the potential dangers of smoking by patients in long-term care settings and the need to address smoking reform in the long-term care system.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2007.09.02
Comment: How to resolve this complex issue involving resident rights, addictions, social practices, safety and health?
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This longitudinal study assessed the influence of movie smoking exposure on smoking initiation among children ages 9-12. Results demonstrate that exposure to movie smoking predicted smoking initiation, and that overall, movie smoking may be responsible for at least one third of initiation among this age group.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2007-0051
Comment: I find it shocking that 80% of this exposure was from movies rated G, PG or PG-13. Aren't these ratings supposed to mean that the content is appropriate, and thus safe, for children?