09 avril 2009
Advertising industry
"Ideas to ban outdoor advertising based on the false assumption that people are supposedly less smoking - said Dmitry Redko. - A ban one of the most powerful channels of advertising leads to the continuation of the market. Every advertising restrictions only lead to increased competition in the market for the dominant player ".
Elena Khomenko also confirms that the information on the trademark is the basis of fair competition. "We do not oppose the ban outdoor advertising. But any unforeseen changes will lead to a redistribution of forces and reshuffle in the market "- Elena Khomenko said.
Mr. Krasowski also explains that in some countries, which has been completely banned cigarette advertising, tobacco consumption fell. This advertising industry as a whole has suffered. Affected only a few advertising agencies that worked on advertising of tobacco products. Therefore, in the opinion of Konstantin Krasovsky, in the Ukraine followed a total ban on tobacco advertising. "Only a total ban advertising can reduce tobacco consumption" - he says.
20 juin 2008
Electronic Cigarette Lights Up
They just won’t stop nagging. No matter how
many excuses you come up with, some individuals will still go on and on about
how smoking is dangerous for your health. But people know the risks that come
with cigarettes. Some choose to ignore them while some try to create a healthy
lifestyle for themselves by cutting back or quitting altogether. One new
invention has created the opportunity to making those cutbacks easier.
The SuperSmoker is an electronic cigarette that contains no tobacco whatsoever. It doesn’t need to be lit, there’s no combustion, no tar or real smoke. As an alternative cigarette, the SuperSmoker uses a vaporization chamber and a disposable cartridge that contains a small amount of nicotine. To operate it, all a person has to do is simply inhale as there is no on or off switch.
Since it is an electronic device, it runs on batteries and cartridges. Available in various concentrations of nicotine, each cartridge is equal to 15-20 cigarettes. The product also comes with a battery charger as it has to be charged after one day of regular use.
The electronic cigarette is a great alternative because it’s free of certain health hazards. When you exhale, condensation is released instead of smoke. The cigarette also prevents nicotine poisoning as it has a security system that stops automatically for 30 seconds after 15 inhalations.
Legally used in public areas in the UK, the SuperSmoker is a great alternative to ordinary cigarettes. The device contains no tobacco, helps make sure that you’re not overusing and causes no hazards to the people around you.
12 mai 2008
Kentucky tobacco payments could hit $359M by 2010
Kentucky can expect to receive nearly $359 million in the next three years from a national tobacco settlement that has helped fund projects from horticultural production to water and sewer infrastructure.
An estimated $117.5 million from the 1998 settlement agreement is expected to be sent to the state this fiscal year, with about $115 million already received, legislative staff told the General Assembly's Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight Committee on Thursday in Frankfort.
The amount is more than the approximately $103 million the state received from settlement in 2006.
According to a news release from the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, Kentucky should receive an estimated $120 million in 2009 and $121.6 million in 2010. The actual payments depend on the amount of cigarettes sold by tobacco companies, inflation, payments to states that were not part of the national settlement and market share.
Under a Master Settlement Agreement, cigarettes manufacturers are required to make annual payments to states to help compensate them for billions of dollars in health care costs associated with treating tobacco-related diseases.
08 avril 2008
Cigarette price hike 'leads to more intense smoking'
Increasing the cost of cigarettes may actually force smokers to smoke more intensely, an international researcher says.
Francesca Cornaglia from the University of London will speak at the Australian National University in Canberra today to challenge several policies aimed at reducing the harm associated with smoking.
Dr Cornaglia has measured cigarette exposure by examining the level of a by-product of nicotine, called coniine, found in saliva.
She says smokers may buy fewer cigarettes when the price goes up, but they inhale more deeply or smoke more of the cigarette to ensure nicotine levels in the body remain constant.
"When that happens, the filter doesn't really work for the second half of the cigarette as good as it does for the first half because it has already absorbed tar and substances," she said.
"So the second half of the cigarettes actually gets filtered less properly than the first half."