Tobacco Info No. 1, June 2010 SUMMARY Ontario health groups call for measures addressing contraband tobacco (pp.1-2); Tobacco Info, first issue (p.3); Economists quash claims of Canadian Convenience Stores Association on impact of 1994 tax rollback (pp.4-5); Federal government subsidizes tobacco farming? $300 million buyout full of loopholes (p.6); Medicare cost recovery lawsuits: can public health win? (pp.8-9); Imperial Tobacco proved that nicotine is addictive, then ordered the evidence destroyed (pp.10-11); Research update by the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (pp.11-12) Health groups press for a moratorium on the introduction of new tobacco products (pp.12-13); Addressing tobacco addiction while in treatment helps prevent relapse (p.14); Briefs (pp.15-16) - Cigarillos in packs of 20 - Tobacco tax hikes - The doctor’s not always right - World No Tobacco Day MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TOPICS IN THIS ISSUE www.tobaccoinfo.ca/links1.htm (External links) Homepage See this issue in PDF: No. 1, June 2010. (16 pages, 0.9 Mo)

Tobacco Info No. 1, June 2010

SUMMARY

Ontario health groups call for measures addressing contraband tobacco (pp.1-2);

Tobacco Info, first issue (p.3);

Economists quash claims of Canadian Convenience Stores Association on impact of 1994 tax rollback (pp.4-5);

Federal government subsidizes tobacco farming?
$300 million buyout full of loopholes (p.6);

Medicare cost recovery lawsuits: can public health win? (pp.8-9);

Imperial Tobacco proved that nicotine is addictive, then ordered the evidence destroyed (pp.10-11);

Research update by the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (pp.11-12)

Health groups press for a moratorium on the introduction of new tobacco products (pp.12-13);

Addressing tobacco addiction while in treatment helps prevent relapse (p.14);

Briefs (pp.15-16)
- Cigarillos in packs of 20
- Tobacco tax hikes
- The doctor’s not always right
- World No Tobacco Day

MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT TOPICS IN THIS ISSUE
www.tobaccoinfo.ca/links1.htm
(External links)

Homepage

See this issue in PDF:
No. 1, June 2010.
(16 pages, 0.9 Mo)