cigarettes

At hearings in Ottawa, some heated words over how the government should handle the packaging and branding of pot

Say goodbye to cigarette lighters in your car

Tax-free have long been a big business in Ontario and Quebec

They may say they’re going out for milk, but secret smokers go to great lengths to feed their habit

Characters on ABC’s new show will be flying high—but they won’t be able to light up.

Cigarettes would only be available with a prescription

Graphic labels won’t deter young smokers, nor motivate those already addicted to quit

On September 28, the Globe reported that provincial health ministers had been told by that the federal government would not be moving forward with new warning labels for cigarette packaging. When NDP health critic Megan Leslie asked about the apparent cancellation that day in the House, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq ignored the question. A month and a half later, Ms. Leslie asked again about the apparent decision and again Ms. Aglukkaq ignored the question.

Smokes for seniors are among the targets of Castro’s austerity drive

The Alberta senator insists on applying fact to the great cigarillo debate.

This was just e-mailed to me, and I can’t believe I didn’t think to look for it online: my favourite cigarette ad campaign ever, Camel’s “More Doctors Smoke Camels!” campaign. I first heard this on an old tape of Abbott and Costello radio shows from the ’40s, and this is the TV version. It is essentially the same as the radio version — same slogan, probably even the same announcer — except that it ends with a shot of a woman who is either not a doctor or the most elegantly-dressed medical professional in the world. Because one of the early rules of TV advertising was to get a hot woman into the commercial, no matter what the product was.

Chinese schools were told to buy 140 cartons or else