Mystery Ingredient In Cigarettes Spotlighted
Young people seem to gravitate to menthol-flavored cigarettes, and there's evidence menthol may make it harder for smokers trying to quit. Source: NPR, July 2010
A look at mainstream hookah smoking
Florida has dozens of hookah bars in the state’s bigger cities and college towns. A recent Florida Youth Tobacco Survey found “alarmingly high” rates of hookah use among Florida adolescents. Source: Florida Trend, July 2010
Kids pay price for their parents' smoking
Both maternal and paternal cigarette smoking can contribute to adverse chronic conditions -- physical and psychological -- in children, according to 2 studies published in the July issue of Pediatrics.
There is NO safe cigarette, regardless of color.
Tobacco companies continue to try to evade an important part of the new FDA tobacco law: the ban on using misleading descriptors like "light," "mild," and "low tar." Their latest trick? Color coded packs...with the former regular cigarettes in darker boxes and the light cigarettes in light colored boxes.
TFJC and SWAT join Never Quit at Jax Beach
On Saturday, June 5th, 2010, we joined forces with the Petroni Family in an effort to educate the public on what is going on in tobacco through education. We gained much support from passers-by and look forward to what's to come in the future with our initiative of banning the sale of candy flavored tobacco in Duval County.
Check out the new FDA warning labels!
One result of the enactment of the Family Smoking & Prevention Act is the requirement that all advertisements for and packaging of smokeless tobacco products carry significantly larger warning labels. As you can see from the "before and after" ads shown above, the effect is quite dramatic.
1 in 4 young adults has used a hookah
A new survey, published in the journal Pediatrics, confirmed that as many as 23% of young people in North America have used a hookah, also known as a water pipe, shisha, narghile or hubble bubble, in the last year. And according to a study in the current issue of the American Journal of Health Behavior, hookah prevalence is on the rise worldwide.
