You ve seen our all-time low rates for healthy life insurance consumers, and you may be thinking but I smoke, I can t afford life insurance. Can Smokers Find Reasonable Life Insurance Rates Too? Absolutely! By Abbey Wagner, InsWeb. Now (with extreme competition among more and more life insurance companies, distribution methods like the Internet that cut out the middleman, and longer life spans of Americans) term life insurance rates are at record lows, and companies are competing for all...

It is being reported that the World Health Organization is slamming the tobacco industry for misleading consumers when it comes to health risks and the dangers of second-hand smoke exposure It is being reported that today, the World Health Organization is slamming the tobacco industry for spreading lies regarding smoking in public places. It is being reported that the World Health Organization is slamming the tobacco industry for misleading consumers when it comes to health risks and the...

Whatever the Supreme Court decision, government should give high priority to new tobacco law. Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada. Attention: Assignment Editor, Health/Medical Editor, News Editor, Government/Political Affairs Editor OTTAWA--(Marketwire - June 25, 2007) - Whether or not the Supreme Court upholds the federal Tobacco Act when it releases its decision on a tobacco industry challenge to this law later this week, a Canadian doctor-led health charity is calling on Health Minister Tony Clement to move quickly to introduce a new law to end tobacco advertising.'The Tobacco Act was a weak law in 1997, and if the Supreme Court upholds it, its weaknesses will become more apparent,' explained Dr. Atul Kapur, president of Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada (PSC). 'Rather than banning advertising, this federal law specifically allows tobacco companies to advertise in newspapers, magazines, bars and direct mail. Web-site and e-mail advertising is also allowed, as is tobacco company advertising through sponsorship of certain goods and services that are thought not to appeal to youth, such as taxi companies, security services or currency exchanges.'Dr. Kapur explained that the major tobacco companies have voluntarily restrained from advertising during their challenge to the constitutionality of the Tobacco Act, but that this self-restraint is expected to evaporate the moment that the court makes its ruling. 'A decade ago, the

Still, when most people think chewing tobacco, they don't think about one gender or another. According to the National Cancer Institute, smokeless tobacco users absorb 2-to-3 times more addictive nicotine into their bloodstream than smokers do. While nicotine doesn't cause cancer, there are more than 10 other substances found in smokeless tobacco (see table) that do. The appearance of tobacco includes tins, pouches, mint leaves and any substance that mimics a tobacco product. A number of...

The partnership said that overall, air pollution in hospitality venues, including bars and restaurants, has improved by nearly 70 percent in that time. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of bizjournals. Colorado was the 13th state to enact a smoke-free law. Air quality in Colorado's bars has improved 90 percent since the enactment of the Colorado Clean Indoor Act one year ago,...

The Wilson County Board of Education took up the tobacco-free schools issue last week and, for the second time, voted 4-3 against prohibiting tobacco at all school functions and throughout all school campuses. The interesting thing about the vote is that the result is the same as a vote taken in July of last year, but the makeup of the board has changed. The tobacco-free schools rule would forbid tobacco use by anyone, even visitors, anywhere on school property or at any school event....