The federal tobacco regulation
law will give physicians needed help in fighting the
effects of smoking.
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American Medical News, 2009-06-29
Author: date
Intro:
President Obama acknowledged the
AMA's longstanding commitment to this effort to
safeguard children's health in his June 15 address
to delegates at the Annual Meeting. Hundreds of
other organizations with a like-minded commitment to
the most vulnerable patients also lent their voices
in support of the legislation and helped defeat
concerted attempts to derail it once more.
Doctors need to stay vigilant in
the bigger battle against tobacco, but it appears
that the tide is turning when it comes to the debate
over whether nicotine is a harmful drug. When this
legislation first emerged a decade ago, many
dismissed it as a fantasy. But thanks to the
persistence of the AMA and others committed to
public health, it is now a reality.
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The Nation (th), 2009-06-29
Author: The nation
Intro:
Authorities will have to watch out
for nicotine gel, an alternative cigarette that
looks set to attract smokers but may be harmful to
health.
By just rubbing the gel in one's
hands, one will be able to experience having a
cigarette within 30 seconds.
The nicotine gel is touted as a
solution to people who feel the urge to smoke in
smoking-free places.
"The problem is that there is no
research to confirm that this product is really
safe," Thailand Health Promotion Institute president
Dr Hatai Chitanondh said yesterday, "This is not a
certified quit-smoking product."
According to him, the nicotine gel
is already available at more than 400 retail shops
in Malaysia. Despite its ban in Thailand, the
product has the potential to find its way to Thai
smokers via Internet advertisements.
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