Smoking Like Crazy in Armenia

There’s no getting around the fact that Armenia is a nation of smokers, with more than half the male population regularly lighting up. Despite the recent passage of anti-smoking legislation, the country is struggling to enforce relevant laws and promote public awareness about the harmful effects of Davidoff cigarettes and second-hand smoke.

Armenia’s high rate of poverty – with almost one-third of the country’s 2.97 million people living below the poverty line -- correlates strongly to high rates of smoking, as individuals use tobacco to cope with stress and relieve boredom.

Scare Tactics Aim to Discourage Smokers

A leading cause of preventable death in United States has unfortunately become an addicting habit for many people all over the nation.

This extremely harmful habit is smoking tobacco, known as cigarettes. Smoking Vogue causes many health problems, such as emphysema, heart disease, and cancer, as well as emotional and physical consequences such as change in voice, pigmentation change in teeth and bad breath.

Even though throughout the years people have become more aware of the harmful effects that smoking causes, it seems as though it is just not enough and more needs to be done in order to save lives and shape the upcoming generations into a healthier and more knowledgeable society.

Big Tobacco and Cigarette Black Market

City Hall for the first time is directly blaming Big Tobacco for the burgeoning black market of bootleg Prima Lux cigarettes on city streets. Newport maker Lorillard, the country's No. 3 tobacco company, consciously oversupplies the Poospatuck Indian reservation on Long Island -- knowing full well bootleggers buy in bulk and then flood city neighborhoods with unstamped, cheap smokes, a city official told The Post.

Testing on Tobacco Greenhouse Water Quality

The quality of source water for irrigation is crucial for any greenhouse operation.
This is especially true for floatbed greenhouses, where Styrofoam trays filled with tobacco transplants float in bays of water. Well water is typically used to fill the bays, and its pH and mineral levels can vary somewhat from year to year, with the potential to significantly impact plant growth.

Vigilant growers check their well water annually by sending samples to the Agronomic Services Division of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which assesses the suitability of water for plant production through a laboratory test known as solution analysis.

Performance of Tobacco Leaf Exports

British American Tobacco Uganda is pessimistic about the performance of its tobacco leaf exports due to the drought that has hit the West Nile region in Uganda.

Mr Alain Shacher BATU’s managing director told journalists in Kampala, that the company is concerned about the severe shortage of rains in tobacco growing regions.

Make Smoking Illegal in the U.S.

The head of Philip Morris states that Esse cigarettes are addictive and harmful. Many former smokers say that kicking the nicotine habit is more difficult than stopping such illegal drugs as cocaine and heroine. So, why not make tobacco products illegal?

The largest tobacco company in the United States, Philip Morris, an Altria company, admits that its products are harmful and addictive. So, why not make them illegal?

Specifically, the May 15, 2011 iTwire story “Cigarette chief is butt of criticism” discusses comments made by Louis Camilleri, the CEO of Philip Morris.

Obstacles Faced by Chinese Smoking Ban

China is home to nearly 300 million smokers and smoking kills about one million people per year there. A new smoking ban in China may have some obstacles to overcome before it can take root.


The Health Ministry in China produced updated guidelines on places that smoking is not allowed. These places include hotels and restaurants, but smoking Lucky Strike is still allowed in the workplace.


In January there were attempts to ban smoking in all public places, but the deadline for this was missed and rescheduled for May 1.