Navy Bans Tobacco Use on Its Submarine Fleet

WASHINGTON — The smoking lamp is going out all across the Navy’s submarine fleet, where the mission to “run silent, run deep” now will be carried out by sailors ordered to run undersea operations without cigarettes, cigars or pipes.
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WASHINGTON — New restrictions on mailing tobacco products are about to take effect.

Under a law signed by President Barack Obama in March, limits will be placed on individuals mailing cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco.
The rules take effect June 29, the Postal Service announced on Thursday.
Mailing these products entirely within the states of Alaska and Hawaii will still be permitted and cigars will still be allowed in [...]

Falling into the tobacco trap — Are women different than men?

May 26, 2010 
TANYA THOMAS
AFP Women are falling prey to a well-laid trap.

Does your picture of feminist rebellion feature a leisurely- lit cigarette? If it does, you’ve fallen into a well-laid trap.

In the recent past, Big Tobacco (a moniker for the killer industry) has stepped up its advertising campaigns for a new target group — women. [...]

Jury in tobacco case awards smoker $8 million — Does she deserve it?

Michael P. Mayko, Staff Writer
Published: 09:37 p.m., Thursday, May 27, 2010

AP Photo/Norwich Bulletin, John Shishmanian Barbara Izzarelli points to a tracheotomy tube she breathes from after the removal of her larynx, Thursday, May 27, 2010 at a relative’s home in Norwich, Conn. Izzarelli won an $8 million lawsuit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco after she developed larynx [...]