http://www.cigarea.com Our discount cigarettes store offers original tobacco menthol products by the world leading cigarette manufacturers. Our products such as Marlboro cigarettes, Winston cigarettes, Camel cigarettes, Salem cigarettes, Virginia Slims cigarettes and many more are made under license world manufacturers and all cigarette packs and cartons are properly marked and labeled by the corresponding tobacco companies. http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html To keep the state’s landmark universal health coverage plan afloat, Massachusetts lawmakers are looking to tap an increasingly popular source of financing for health-related initiatives: tobacco taxes. If the state raises its tax by as much as $1 a pack, it will join New York — and possibly a number of other states — in enacting significant increases this year. 23 Apr 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html It's 11:30 a.m. on a weekday, and six middle-aged men are sitting on plush, leather couches and chairs and talking politics and religion — all while puffing on moderately priced cigars. Welcome to the Lilydale Social Club, an 800-square-foot indoor haven for cigar smokers that opened in November. At a time when Minnesota's statewide smoking ban is pushing smokers outdoors, the Lilydale club — next to a cigar shop on Sibley Memorial Highway — is finding a loyal membership. 21 Apr 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Monday is a day to be remembered by Tobacco farmers and traders across the federation, that was the day they converged at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja Lagos, not for any other thing but to make a special appeal to the Federal Government to review its plan on issues affecting the industry especially on its planned ban and litigation on tobacco and its products. 18 Apr 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html A DIVIDED Shura Council yesterday stubbed out an anti-smoking law, dismissing it as un-enforceable. Members initially approved the proposal last week, but yesterday decided to refer it back to the services committee for complete re-working. 16 Apr 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html The Minnesota Department of Health has filed suit against a Scott County bar, accusing it of violating the state's ban on smoking in bars and restaurants. The suit against the Bullseye Saloon in Elko is the first over a spate of bars and clubs that began holding smoking "performances" this year. The bars claimed an exception in the 2007 Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act, which allows smoking as part of a theatrical performance, meant customers could smoke as long as they are considered part of the performance. 14 Apr 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Until a few weeks ago, Rafea al-Nablisi, a 40-year-old Jordanian immigrant, was one of the biggest cigarette wholesalers in the city, officials said on Wednesday. From warehouses in his home borough of Queens, they said, he sold 12,000 cartons of cigarettes a week, which made their way to store shelves in Queens, Brooklyn and New Jersey. 11 Apr 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html The war of the cigarettes is over at the Ansonia. The lawyer-couple who sued their neighbor at the historic Upper West Side apartment building because, they claimed, she was jeopardizing the health of their 4-year-old son with her smoking, have agreed to drop the lawsuit. Jonathan Selbin, the class-action lawyer who, with is wife, Jenny, also a lawyer, sued their neighbor, Galila Huff, confirmed the settlement. 9 Apr 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Gov. M. Jodi Rell is asking legislative leaders to withdraw a bill on banning smoking in many areas of the two Indian casinos in Connecticut while she tries to reach a deal with tribal officials. Rell has written to top state lawmakers informing them that she has begun preliminary talks with the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes, which run Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun, respectively. 7 Apr 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html New York's $2.75-per-pack tax would jump ahead of New Jersey for the highest state tax in the nation. New York has been ranked the 16th highest with a tax of $1.50 tax per pack. The average price of a pack of cigarettes is about $5.82 statewide, but there is an additional $1.50 New York City tax. That brings the total taxes on a pack of cigarettes for those who purchase in the city to $4.25 a pack. 4 Apr 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html A long-stalled bill that would give the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate tobacco products is picking up momentum in this election season, propelled by sponsors' concessions to some key interests that had opposed the plan. 2 Apr 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html A group of unlikely political activists wants to bring smoking back to some Washington businesses and clubs, more than two years after voters here overwhelmingly approved the nation's most-stringent statewide smoking ban. 31 Mar 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Japan Tobacco Inc. (2914.TO) said Friday that it will cut the monthly salaries of its executives, including President Hiroshi Kimura, by 10%-30% for three months, following food poisoning incidents. 28 Mar 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Tobacco companies have been steadily selling fewer cigarettes in the U.S., but that rate of decline is likely to accelerate over the next few years. Those declines will mean the biggest cigarette companies could be in for a much tougher fight for their survival and growth in the U.S. 26 Mar 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html SMOKING IS a filthy habit. Not only does it clog a person’s lungs with tar, significantly raise the risk of emphysema and various cancers, expose the smoker to 4000 chemical substances, age the skin and yellow the teeth, it also smells awful and irritates non smokers with pungent smoke clouds which sting the eyes and cling to clothes and hair. 24 Mar 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html The woman is thin-framed, a young mother who has not seen her family all day—it’s late and she is hungry. A nil-by-mouth sign sits with her files which have been on the bed with her since she arrived this morning. It is evening, and she is still waiting to see a doctor. She will spend the night and most of the next day in a public hallway with more than 20 other urgent cases, connected to a drip and coughing her way through conversation. 21 Mar 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Hearing in a multi billion suit slammed by the Federal Government against the Britsh American Tobacco Company and four others was yesterday stalled following a report by government to the effect that one of the principal defendants in the case, Philips Moritz of Switzerland was yet to be served court processes in the case. 19 Mar 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html It’s usually one of the first things you see in a convenience store. The wall of cigarettes typically stands just behind the cashier’s counter and just beyond the racks of chocolate bars and candy. But soon the tobacco displays — known as powerwalls — will have to be taken down. Retailers across the province will be banned from stocking cigarettes and tobacco products in powerwalls as of May 31, under the Smoke-free Ontario Act. 17 Mar 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html In the tobacco family, chew and dip are considered the country cousins. When they visit, a murky cup of tobacco juice soon follows. So it may be a surprise to learn of the Swedish relatives. A neater smokeless tobacco that comes in a small tea bag and doesn't require spitting, tobacco companies say. It arrived in local Sheetz stations last summer. Its name is snus. 14 Mar 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html A new study published by a public interest group finds the smoking bans passed in cities across the state have had a neutral or even positive impact on the bar business. 12 Mar 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html The country’s tobacco industry will not be affected by reduced cigarette consumption, according to Rep. Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel, allaying fears that any move to further strengthen cigarette sale restrictions will displace the country’s tobacco farmers. 10 Mar 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html THE Nationals want to ban smoking in cars and make it unlawful for those under 18 to smoke, a proposed Private Members Bill outlines. Nationals leader and Shadow Minister for Regional and Rural Development Peter Ryan yesterday spoke about the proposed underage smoking laws to Catholic College Bendigo students. His visit to the school was part of a state-wide consultation with teenagers and communities about the proposed laws. 6 Mar 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html The government today gave the assurance that it would retain the price of tobacco at RM13.80 per kg until 2012 for the benefit of the 12,000 tobacco growers in the country. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, in making the announcement, said the promise was not a general election sweetener but a reflection of the desire of the Barisan Nasional (BN) government to guarantee the livelihood of tobacco growers. 3 Mar 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Smokers and restaurateurs and other business owners in Mexico City on Wednesday were debating the ramifications of not one but two groundbreaking laws seeking to curb smoking. Some were scratching their heads over which they would have to obey, and many others expressed skepticism that either would be effectively enforced. 29 Feb 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Despite the sport having banned such sponsorship since 2005, posters advertising tobacco products using the forthcoming Bahrain Grand Prix are to be pulled down as the country attempts to fall into line with increasingly popular smoking restrictions. 27 Feb 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html El Paso's anti-smoking ordinance has freshened the air in the city's bars and restaurants, but a visitor to a local hookah bar on a weekend night is likely to find young adults puffing away on sweet smelling tobacco from traditional Middle Eastern waterpipes and exhaling clouds of billowy white smoke. Those establishments, several of which are found around the UTEP campus, have been operating just under the radar of the police and health inspectors charged with enforcing the landmark anti-smoking ordinance that City Council approved in 2002. 25 Feb 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html The iconic Camel cigarette pack has undergone its first makeover since it hit store shelves almost a century ago, as R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company tests new ways to market its biggest brands in a lagging market for smokes. Though the enduring image of the Camel has not changed in the updated packaging, the animal is surrounded by a fresh look - rounded graphics to highlight the oasis scene, larger and clearer pyramids in the distance, darker lettering emphasizing the Camel name and color-coded ribbons to identify the style. 22 Feb 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Nearly 130 countries have taken the first steps towards a new treaty to combat tobacco smuggling, blamed for higher consumption and up to $50 billion in lost tax revenues each year, officials said on Friday. The officials, from several international agencies, were speaking after the first negotiations under the World Health Organisation (WHO). They called for the pact to be ready for adoption by 2010, adding that political will was needed. 18 Feb 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html A tobacco company's attorney told the Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday that the firm shouldn't have to pay $20 million in damages to the husband of a Kansas City-area woman who smoked for decades. 15 Feb 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Another effort to help keep you healthy, this time coming from a local restaurant. The Columbiana Sticky Fingers is going "smoke free." The restaurant is the first in that retail area to do away with smoking sections. 13 Feb 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html To many nightlife lovers, cigarettes have long been part of the fun. "On a night out with friends, I love to drink and smoke," 25-year-old Komkrit said without giving his surname. "If cigarettes are excluded, my pleasure from such times will drop." 11 Feb 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html A BLACKPOOL pub landlord has launched his appeal against losing his licence for breaking the UK's smoking ban. 8 Feb 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Smokers are four times more likely to feel tired when they wake up and they spend less time in deep sleep than nonsmokers do, a new study finds. This may be because smokers experience nicotine withdrawal each night, which may contribute to sleep disturbances, suggest the study authors, whose report appears in the February issue of Chest. 6 Feb 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html If no one had ever complained about smoking at the Oakland Park Bar & Grill, city health inspectors wouldn't have dropped in Thursday night. 4 Feb 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Smokers in Delhi University sent out a message to the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU), which is pressing hard for zero-tolerance against smoking and tobacco consumption in varsity premises. “Our smoking is nobody’s business,” they said. 1 Feb 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Altria Group Inc., the biggest U.S. tobacco company, is becoming more dependent on shrinking American cigarette sales for profit as the spinoff of its international division approaches. 30 Jan 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html The long-predicted demise of cigarettes has not come to fruition, nor is it likely to. But the effect of tobacco taxation and smoking restrictions has made it much more difficult to rely on cigarette sales as the primary category for driving in-store profitability. 28 Jan 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html With little chance a smoking ban will pass Parliament in the near future, Czechs should continue to puff away on their cigarettes in pubs and restaurants undisturbed this year. In the neighboring La"nder of Saxony and Bavaria, however, smokers are getting some government-imposed fresh air. Both German states have passed bans on smoking in public places; Bavaria’s ban came into effect Jan. 1 and Saxony’s will begin Feb. 1. 25 Jan 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html A new tobacco giant incorporating well-known brands Regal cigarettes and Montecristo cigars emerged Tuesday as Britain's Imperial Tobacco won control of Franco-Spanish peer Altadis.Imperial said in a statement that Altadis shareholders overwhelmingly backed its takeover bid for Altadis worth 12.8 billion euros (18.8 billion dollars). The takeover will create Europe's second-largest tobacco company, behind Altria Group's Philip Morris, making about 312 billion cigarettes a year. 23 Jan 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Residents of Laurel Crest – who are allowed to light up cigarettes, cigars or pipes in a smoke hut outside of Cambria County’s nursing home – soon will have an attendant on duty round the clock. It’s described as a cost-saving measure for a monitoring task that had been done by higher-paid employees, including nurse’s aides, President Commissioner P.J. Stevens said. 21 Jan 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html As 19-year-old Jon Little crossed Magnolia Boulevard on Dec. 10, cigarette in hand, he failed to notice the police officer on Olive Avenue. As he crossed the street, Little, a student at Antelope Valley College, was cited and fined $200 for smoking in Downtown Burbank, a violation of the citywide smoking ban that bars smoking on all sidewalks, alleys and other pedestrian areas Downtown, as well as on city property, including Chandler Bikeway and in parks. 18 Jan 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html The reason tobacco has relentlessly moved its main marketing efforts overseas are obvious to all – in one word – Cancer! And the reason the big advertising groups are moving their efforts overseas are also obvious to all – in two words – clutter and unaccountability! Advertising is about as distasteful to its supposed target audience in the Western World as smoking! 16 Jan 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html While restaurateurs and bar owners try to placate crabby patrons who don’t like Illinois’ new smoking ban, prison guards are facing much tougher customers: tens of thousands of hardened inmates who have been forced to quit cold turkey. 14 Jan 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html A leisurely hour of puffs from a hookah -- a kind of tobacco water pipe that's popular among college students -- packs the same carbon monoxide punch as a pack-a-day cigarette habit, a new report claims. The research only looks at a single toxic gas, making it impossible to directly compare hookah use to the well-known hazards of cigarette smoking. Still, the findings suggest that hookah fans should think twice before lighting that pipe, said study co-author S. Katharine Hammond, chairwoman of the division of environmental health sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. 4 Jan 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Now, several local hospital systems are doing their part to help. Starting January 1, the Conway Medical Center is smoke free, along with Loris Healthcare, Carolinas Hospital System and McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence. The hospitals made their joint announcement last April, saying no one would be allowed to use tobacco products on hospital property, including doctors, nurses, workers and visitors. 2 Jan 2008 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html The 800 shisha bars -- half of which are in the Paris region -- will be joining tens of thousands of cafes, bars and restaurants where smoking will be banned under a law already enforced in workplaces and other public areas."There are rumours that we will have to close, but nothing is clear," said Ali Arfa, owner of the Blue Diamond shisha bar in central Paris. "The situation is confused and no one knows what is going on," said Arfa, seated with two friends in a packed room of his bar, painted in cobalt blue. 28 Dec 2007 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html A BD20 fine for violators of a smoking ban in Bahrain malls will be implemented soon, a health official announced yesterday. A smoking ban was introduced in Bahrain on the World No Tobacco Day on May 31 this year, but it has so far been "voluntary" and fines have not been imposed on violators. 26 Dec 2007 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Loews Corp., a conglomerate with interests in financial services, hotels and watches, plans to spin off the third largest cigarette maker in the U.S., Lorillard Inc., as a separate publicly traded company, The Associated Press reported. 24 Dec 2007 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Tobacco use is gradually declining in West Virginia, a state with one of the highest percentage of smokers and dippers. And despite a roughly $21 million gap between what the state spends on prevention and what the federal government recommends, health officials say some indicators suggest the state’s efforts to reduce tobacco use are paying off. 21 Dec 2007 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html David Moir and colleagues note that researchers have conducted extensive studies on the chemical composition of tobacco smoke, which contains a host of toxic substances, including about 50 that can cause cancer. However, there has been relatively little research on the chemical composition of marijuana smoke. In this new study, researchers compared marijuana smoke to tobacco smoke, using smoking machines to simulate the smoking habits of users. 19 Dec 2007 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Cigarette vending machines will be banned from pubs and clubs under Government plans to fight cancer and stop youngsters taking up smoking. Research found many children under 15 bought their cigarettes illegally from vending machines in pubs, bars, hotels and social clubs. There are 70,000 of them, selling 750 million cigarettes a year. 17 Dec 2007 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html A plan to give the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate cigarettes is on hold, but supporters said it likely will resurface in Congress early next year. "By no means is it dead," William V. Corr, executive director of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, said yesterday. The campaign is a public-health advocacy group that has long sought FDA regulation of cigarettes. 14 Dec 2007 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html The biggest single haul of tobacco came from a property at Holyhead, Anglesey, where 155kg (342lbs) was found. At one house in Deeside, officers seized 47,000 cigarettes, and the total duty evaded was ?40,000. Pete Turner, of HM Revenue and Customs, (HMRC) said: "These results show that HMRC is continuing to tackle criminality in north Wales." 12 Dec 2007 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html A new set of regulations for the marketing and consumption of tobacco products took effect in Mozambique over the weekend. From Saturday it was illegal to smoke in any public place, including all state institutions, restaurants, schools, libraries, hospitals, airports, train stations and all forms of public transport. 10 Dec 2007 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Raela Stabile works the day shift at Molly Brannigans in Harrisburg for one reason: she despises cigarette smoke. "It's not half as much smoke [as the night], so I can handle it," the nonsmoker said in the pub's smoking section. "I hate cigarette smoke." She looks forward to the day when a proposed indoor smoking ban becomes the law of the land, and hopes it will include bars and restaurants. 7 Dec 2007 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html A new set of regulations on the marketing and consumption of tobacco products took effect in Mozambique at the weekend. From Saturday onwards it became illegal to smoke in any public place, including all state institutions, restaurants, schools, libraries, hospitals, airports, train stations and all forms of public transport (though it should be added that in most of these places, smoking had already been frowned upon, if not completely banned, long before these regulations were published) 4 Dec 2007 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html If just 28 deaths from smoking related illness were prevented each year health services in Sheffield would be ?1.6 million better off. The figure has been calculated by health chiefs to show the huge financial benefits to the NHS of saving relatively few lives by persuading people to give up smoking. In Sheffield, 1,200 people die prematurely each year from diseases caused by smoking, such as heart attacks, strokes and lung diseases including cancer. John Soady, public health spokesman for Sheffield Primary Care Trust, which runs Sheffield Stop Smoking Service, said: "If 28 smoking related deaths are avoided each year there are savings of ?1.6 million to Sheffield NHS." 3 Dec 2007 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Dale Wageman is the kind of barfly this city's taverns are desperate to woo. He settles onto a bar stool each Saturday, glues himself to college football on the tube and polishes off beers. But to win him, Vegas bartenders must contend with his drinking buddy: a pack of USA Gold cigarettes. A law voters approved a year ago has outlawed smoking in many businesses that sell food, including some bars and taverns. It drove Wageman to abandon his favorite watering hole. 30 Nov 2007 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html According to a press release from the Yolo County Health Department, a poll of Davis residents taken in 2004 found that 84 percent think smoking restrictions should be implemented in shared housing, and 70 percent support completely smoke-free housing. Now finding a cigarette-free apartment is easier than ever before, thanks in part to the Yolo County Smoke-Free Apartments Project. 28 Nov 2007 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Chennai, Nov 26 (UNI) This burgeoning metropolis will become a smoke-free city by 2010 and Tamil Nadu a smoke-free State two years later, according to Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss. Taking the first step in the direction, he launched the Tamil Nadu Tobacco Control Coalition (TTCC) and an audio CD on ''Smoke-Free World'' at a function here yesterday. In his address, the Minister said he would urge Chief Minister M Karunanidhi to make Tamil Nadu the first smoke-free State in the country by 2012. 26 Nov 2007 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html A B.C. Opposition MLA is spearheading an attempt to ban smoking in any car carrying children. The move by Nanaimo New Democrat Leonard Krog comes just days after Wolfville, N.S., became the first jurisdiction in the country to adopt such a policy. He wants B.C. to follow suit and he has introduced a private member's bill to that effect. 23 Nov 2007 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html On Thursday, Nov. 15, Sen. Joseph F. Vitale voiced his support for the 31st annual Great American Smokeout, and spoke about key legislation that he will soon introduce to call upon the State Department of Human Services (DHS) to develop a smoking cessation pilot program, with eventual goal of banning smoking at all five of New Jersey’s State-run psychiatric hospitals. 21 Nov 2007 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html GEORGE TOWN: The Health Ministry is finalising the Tobacco Product Control Bill, which will see smoking being banned in more places in the near future. Besides a proposal to ban smoking in National Service training camps nationwide, the ministry is looking at expanding the list to include open-air eating premises, health centres and factory buses. Its parliamentary secretary Datuk Lee Kah Choon, however, said the matter was pending discussions. "The enlargement of non-smoking areas is constantly under review. 19 Nov 2007 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html An annual event promoting SF State’s “smoke-free campus” policy and encouraging smokers to quit populated a solitary table Thursday, sharing the Quad with a larger and louder cultural festival. SF State’s third “Great American Smoke Out” since the campus prohibited smoking on campus except within designated smoking areas enjoyed less support than in previous years, promoted by volunteers from Health Education Student Association (HESA) with materials provided by Student Health Service (SHS). 16 Nov 2007 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Despite major efforts to educate the public on the dangers of smoking over the past 40 years, a new national survey conducted by the American Legacy Foundation and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, an industry leader in smoking cessation, indicates major knowledge gaps exist in what smokers believe to be true about the risks associated with smoking compared the actual realities of tobacco-related disease and death. 14 Nov 2007 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html The St. Clair County Health Department would like to remind smokers Nov. 15 is the day of the 31st annual Great American Smokeout. The event is designed to highlight the dangers of tobacco use and encourage smokers to quit. 09 Nov 2007 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html In order to successfully give up smoking, there has to be a desire to quit. Even though there had been a social push for all smokers to quit, I was enjoying the seven minutes of inhaling and expelling the smoke from a cigarette after a meal or when taking a break. I had been doing this for over thirty years. I had tapered down on how many cigarettes I was smoking each day. I was down to ten. My husband had already quit because of high blood pressure. I decided to limit my smoking to the patio and, when the weather was nasty, the upstairs bathroom. Even with the reduction of cigarettes per day, I was beginning to feel that all my time was being spent at the picnic table outside or sitting in a lawn chair I had in the bathroom upstairs. I had tried to quit several times before but wasn't able to do without them for more that 5 days. 17 Oct 2007 13:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Efforts to raise South Carolina's lowest-in-the nation cigarette tax have failed as lawmakers will adjourn today without resolving the issue. With record state revenues and disagreement on whether to spend the money on health care or tax cuts, lawmakers said there was no reason to raise the tax in the session's final hours. 08 Jun 2007 12:59 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html A sympathetic newspaper reporter's search for a missing dog turned up the stolen animal - 1,500 miles from home. Bobby, a brown-and-white beagle-terrier mix, was slated to take a free airplane ride on Continental Airlines on Wednesday from Fort Wayne, Ind., to his home in Apache Junction, where he vanished April 3. 07 Jun 2007 13:44 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html If you must smoke at all, why not do so in style? Cigarette lighters, cigarette holders, and cigarette cases help you light up with panache. Dual Purpose. Cigarette cases are often metal, hinged cases designed to store cigarettes in small amounts and keep them fresh, especially when traveling. Cigarettes are kept from falling out of their cases by a spring-loaded retaining arm. 06 Jun 2007 13:41 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Curled up corn leaves and dry, dusty fields. That was the scene last week on farms across Eastern Carolina. Thanks to this weekend's rain, fields were able to quench their thirst. The rain provided much needed moisture to crops such as corn, soybeans and tobacco. 05 Jun 2007 11:07 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Police are hunting for a missing young mother whose toddler was found wandering the streets. Natasha Adekusibe, 22, from Charlton, south-east London, has not been seen since she left her flat early on Thursday morning. 04 Jun 2007 13:33 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Alberta is about to become one of the last provinces to ban smoking in all public places and worksites, a major turnabout for a Progressive Conservative government that has been reluctant to force bar patrons to butt out. The government caucus approved a plan Thursday to introduce legislation that will also prohibit retail tobacco displays and prohibit sales in pharmacies, health facilities, colleges and universities. 01 Jun 2007 10:31 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Police captured two bandits Wednesday as one of them tried to walk out of a Greenville Avenue convenience store with a bag full of pilfered tobacco products, authorities said. The two men are suspected in a rash of cigarette and cigar thefts in what police are saying is a growing problem among petty thieves. 31 May 2007 10:22 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/menthol_cigarettes.html Menthol cigarette was just a concept till 1924 but as of now it is quite a force to reckon with for cigarette manufacturers, both cheap and regular alike. Take a few facts to chew on - menthol cigarettes are most popular amongst African Americans (79%) across gender than Native Americans. However, interestingly enough, an average African American smokes about 8-10 cigarettes less than his or her white American compatriot. But when it comes to choice of alternate tastes, 56% of Afro Americans prefer to avoid a regular (non menthol) cigarette which is twice the figure for whites. 30 May 2007 12:01 GMT http://www.cigarea.com/page/news.html Smoking in public places like cinemas and department stores will become a thing of the past in this southern city under a forthcoming tobacco-control regulation. The regulation, which could take effect by the end of this year, will also make Guangzhou eligible for the title "National Sanitary City", as tobacco control is one of the major factors weighed in the selection of such cities, said Zhu Shunxian, vice-chairman of the Guangzhou tobacco control association, during a meeting last week. 30 May 2007 09:33 GMT