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Latest quotables from tobacco news f) Non-Admissibility. The settlement negotiations resulting in this Agreement have been undertaken by the Settling States and the Participating Manufacturers in good faith and for settlement purposes only, and no evidence of negotiations or discussions underlying this Agreement shall be offered or received in evidence in any action or proceeding for any purpose. Neither this Agreement nor any public discussions, public statements or public comments with respect to this Agreement by any Settling State or Participating Manufacturer or its agents shall be offered or received in evidence in any action or proceeding for any purpose other than in an action or proceeding arising under or relating to this Agreement.
— Master Settlement Agreement / FABIANO v. PHILIP MORRIS, ET. AL. (PDF) / New York State Unified Court System, Tuesday, July 22, 2008.
[T]he courts of this State have been so adamant that punitive damages are "a social exemplary 'remedy,' [and] not a private compensatory remedy," that the imposition of such damages for private purposes has been held to violate public policy.
— NY Supreme Court Appellate Panel, in the Fabiano case. The definition of "punitive damages" as a social remedy would seem to render moot the Supreme Court's decision in Williams, that jurors were _not_ to consider the harm to others in deciding punitives. / FABIANO v. PHILIP MORRIS, ET. AL. (PDF) / New York State Unified Court System, Tuesday, July 22, 2008.
The super-profits of US corporations are being paid for by catastrophic repercussions for the health of the younger generation.
— Gennady Onishchenko, Russia's chief public health officer, who has instructed lawyers to explore the possibility of criminal prosecution of tobacco companies in the "service of US state capital". / Russia: US tobacco manufacturers perpetrating 'nicotine genocide' / Electronic Telegraph (uk), Wednesday, July 23, 2008.
It's who I am.
— Supermodel Kate Moss, on why she refuses to quit smoking. / KATE MOSS - MOSS REFUSES TO QUIT SMOKING / ContactMusic.com (uk), Saturday, July 19, 2008.
Anywhere else in the world, you can't have weed in any tobacco. this is the only country where you're not allowed to put tobacco in your weed.
— Ian Thomas, a waiter-cum-dope-sommelier at the Blues Brothers Coffee Shop in Amsterdam. / Joint not the same since the Dutch banned tobacco / WAtoday.com.au (au), Sunday, July 20, 2008.
compression of morbidity
— Scientists' term for extending healthy life expectancy more than total life expectancy. Chronic disease and disability are compressed into a smaller portion of a person’s life -- and his or her lifelong health care management costs are lower and quality of life is improved. / INVESTMENTS IN DISEASE PREVENTION YIELD SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS, STRONGER COMMUNITIES (PDF) / Trust for America's Health , Tuesday, July 1, 2008.
It's vital that duty free carts are taken out into the economy cabin with the cigarettes displayed prominently on top so customers know they are for sale and are aware of our entire product offering.
— Qantas management, in a letter to staff on its decision to reintroduce cigarette sales on board international flights. / Qantas: the smoking kangaroo? / Sydney Morning Herald (au), Thursday, July 17, 2008.
Cigarette packs should carry a radiation-exposure warning label.
— / Waking a Sleeping Giant: The Tobacco Industry's Response to the Polonium-210 Issue / American Journal of Public Health, Wednesday, July 16, 2008.
The American public should view this report for what it is, a politically motivated lobbying tool."
— Lorillard Inc spokesman Michael Robinson, on the Harvard School of Public Health menthol study. / Menthol is used to hook young smokers: study / Reuters, Wednesday, July 16, 2008.
Menthol helps the nicotine go down.
— Dr. Gregory Connolly of the Harvard School of Public Health, co-author of the Harvard School of Public Health menthol study. / Menthol is used to hook young smokers: study / Reuters, Wednesday, July 16, 2008.
[E]veryone can do whatever he likes and no one can be responsible for others. . . . I know what I am supposed to do, and smoking does not harm me but it rather helps me."
— Radhwan, an 11-year-old who smokes cigars while washing cars in Sana'a, Yemen. / Calls to Ban Smoking in Public Areas Increase; Locals Demand Right to Fresh Air / Yemen Post (ye), Monday, July 14, 2008.
No smoker wants to be a smoker. A lot of my friends, people who I thought would never quit, are quitting now.
— Jeana Farelli, an artist from the Lower East Side who quit smoking when NY taxes rose. / CALLS TO 'QUIT' SMOKING HOT LINE TRIPLE AFTER CIGARETTE TAXES RISE / New York Post, Friday, July 11, 2008.
Arnie: Don't stub out movie smokes
— UK's Press Association's curiously-angled headline for its story on Calif.'s DVD/anti-smoking message agreement. / Arnie: Don't stub out movie smokes / The Press Association (uk), Saturday, July 12, 2008.
Even though [kids] see me every so often light up a cigar, I let them know, 'Don't ever try and start smoking.' I, of course, have a wonderful excuse because I can blame my father-in-law (Sargent Shriver) for getting me to start to smoke cigars. Because I never smoked until 1977, until he offered it to me in Hyannis Port.
— CA Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, at an event announcing a deal with six major movie studios to run California public service announcements through 2009 on new movie DVDs that include smoking scenes and are rated G, PG or PG-13. / Smoking governor joins crusade against teen smoking / Sacramento (CA) Bee, Saturday, July 12, 2008.
Tell [those at risk of losing Medicaid payments] to talk to their House members and get their House members to quit holding the doctors and the nursing homes hostage to the House members' political agenda. That's what I would have my doctor do.
— Mississippi Gov. and ex-tobacco lobbyist Haley Barbour, whose doctor may have a different opinion about Barbour's blockage of a cigarette tax increase to ease the states Medicaid crisis. / Miss. Medicaid cuts could take effect in August / AP, Friday, July 11, 2008.
The first thing you do when you open a bar is . . . approach Philip Morris and see what they offer, get BAT to better it and then go back to Philip Morris. It's been going on for years.
— Unidentified manager of a prominent St Kilda (Australia) bar. / Smoked out: big tobacco's deals in clubland / The Age (au), Friday, July 11, 2008.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but when tobacco smells like an apple it can be injurious to health.
— Bombay High Court, which on Thursday upheld Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)’s decision to close down all hookah parlours in Mumbai. / No more hookah parlours in city / The Times of India, Saturday, July 5, 2008.
The impact of modifying or prohibiting such a large portion of the current cigarette market is unclear.
— June 11 letter sent to House Democrats who head the Committee on Energy and Commerce and its health subcommittee from a coalition of health groups, including the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the American Heart Association and the American Lung Association. The letter reiteratad their support for the FDA bill without changes to the menthol provisions. / Black Lawmakers Seek Restrictions on Menthol Cigarettes / New York Times, Tuesday, July 1, 2008.
Urgent! Urgent! Congress wants to make it illegal to smoke Newports and other menthol cigarettes. Call your member of Congress now and tell them to oppose any amendment to ban menthol cigarettes.
— Lorillard, in June 22 e-mail messages sent to smokers of its menthol brand, Newport. / Black Lawmakers Seek Restrictions on Menthol Cigarettes / New York Times, Tuesday, July 1, 2008.
Children learn by imitating their parents. Pause. Do you smoke cigarettes?
— ACS ad from Tony Schwartz, creator of some of the earliest tobacco control ads, who died Sunday. / Tony Schwartz, 84; his 'daisy ad' changed political advertising / Los Angeles Times, Tuesday, June 17, 2008.
THIS FILM CONTAINS DEPICTIONS OF TOBACCO CONSUMPTION
— Advisory on Universal's US ads for "The Incredible Hulk." You can see a depiction of the ad, and closeup of the advisory, at this site. / HULK SMOKE! / MySpace Blogs, Monday, June 16, 2008.
It would appear that one-third of the decline in cigarette sales was reversed [by the use of other tobacco products.] Whether because of cost or the belief that these products are safer than cigarette smoking, consumers could be turning to these products in lieu of cigarettes. We may be overestimating the impact our programs are having on overall tobacco use in our country.
— Greg Connolly, director of Harvard's Tobacco Control Research Program in Boston. / Snuff, Cigars Find Favor as Cigarette Prices Soar (Update1) / Bloomberg News, Tuesday, June 10, 2008.
Our constituents across the country are just livid.
— William S. Robinson, executive director of the African American network, a nonprofit group based in Durham, N.C., on reaction to the menthol-exception in the FDA bill. / Black Antismoking Group Drops Backing for Tobacco Bill Over Menthol Exception / New York Times, Friday, May 30, 2008.
The [Legislature] did not intend the theatrical production exemption ... to become a blanket exception simply by having patrons in a bar put on name tags indicating the word 'actor.' To hold as such would be an absurd result.
— St. Louis County (MN) District Court Judge James Florey, in a memorandum attached to his ruling a bar's "theatre night" case. / Judge ends smoking at Babbitt bar -- no ifs, ands or butts / Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune, Saturday, May 31, 2008.
Half measures are not enough. When one form of advertising is banned, the tobacco industry simply shifts its vast resources to another channel. We urge governments to impose a complete ban to break the tobacco marketing net.
— Dr Douglas Bettcher, Director of WHO’s Tobacco Free Initiative, which has issued a call for a worldwide ban on all tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship. / WHO wants total ban on tobacco advertising / World Health Organization (WHO), Friday, May 30, 2008.