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In conclusion, it is extraordinarily difficult to quantify the degree to which social class differences in tobacco smoking account for the socioeconomic differences in lung cancer in a setting in which all of these factors have changed dramatically over time. Menvielle et al. are almost certainly correct that some fraction of the socioeconomic differences in [...]
The global tobacco sector further enhanced its reputation as a safe haven for investors on Thursday after British American Tobacco, the world’s second-largest publicly listed cigarette company, delivered a 20 per cent jump in annual pre-tax profits and raised its dividend payment by more than a quarter.
For the year to December 31, sales volume rose [...]
Paul Adams, chief executive officer of British American Tobacco Plc, talks to Bloomberg’s Betty Liu and Deirdre Bolton about the climate for acquisitions.
Adams, speaking from London, also discusses the the impact of Eastern European currency declines on cigarette smuggling and the outlook for price increases. (Source: Bloomberg)
The plunging values of some Eastern European currencies probably will lead to more cigarette smuggling as tobacco becomes cheaper in those countries, British American Tobacco Plc Chief Executive Officer Paul Adams said.
“There is a real danger that illicit trade will increase,” Adams said on a conference call today. He added that cross-border shopping has increased [...]
British American Tobacco Plc, Europe’s largest cigarette maker, reported a 26 percent increase in fourth-quarter profit on price rises and acquisitions, and said smokers are still buying its more expensive brands.
Net income climbed to 604 million pounds (2 million), before minority interests, from 481 million pounds a year earlier, the London-based maker of Lucky Strikes [...]
A Deposit Contract Method to Deliver Abstinence Reinforcement for Cigarette Smoking. (new citation) Dallery, J.; Meredith, S.; Glenn, I.M. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 2008, 41(4): 609-615. Abstract Abstract at the National Library of Medicine
A Psychometric Analysis of Quality of Life Tools in Lung Cancer Patients Who Smoke. (new citation) Browning, K.K.; Ferketich, A.K.; Otterson, [...]
‘Our’ Tobacco Industry ‘Death-lihood’ Up in Smoke? Don’t Dare Dream It! (new citation) Fromdeth, R. Tobacco Control. February 2009, 18(1): 5.
Are Mature Smokers Misinformed? (new citation) Khwaja, A.; Silverman, D.; Sloan, F.; Wang, Y. Journal of Health Economics. December 25, 2008, [Epub ahead of print]. Abstract Abstract at the National Library of Medicine
Assessment of Exposure [...]
Cancer cases are now rising at such a rate in Britain and the rest of the world that the disease poses a threat to humanity comparable to climate change, a leading scientist has warned.
The growing obesity epidemic in industrialised countries will be highlighted this week as a leading cause of cancer in a policy report [...]
Buffeted on all fronts by public health agencies, anti-tobacco activists, federal legislature and multi-billion dollar lawsuits, it is a miracle the industry is still standing on all fours.
Even the tobacco companies agree they are buckling at the knees but warn that the campaign to strangulate the legitimate tobacco industry can only be a trap door [...]
The members of pop-rock band Nidji have broken their silence over a protest by the National Commission for Child Protection about the band’s involvement in a TV cigarette ad.
In their defense, Nidji said they had no intention at all to indirectly call Indonesian children to smoking, as claimed by the commission.
“Appearing in the ad doesn’t [...]
A nonsmoker is forced to find food, but for a smoker breakfast can be a cigarette and a cup of bad coffee.
— Brock Fiant
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