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Montag, 15.03.2010

Cultural Adaptation of Evidenced-Based Treatments for Special Populations

The next step for research with underserved smokers is to consider cultural adaptation of EBTs, as very few trials have been conducted with the groups listed in Table 1. Cultural adaptation
involves any modification of an EBT’s design, treatment components, approach to delivery, or nature of the therapeutic relationship in order to accommodate the cultural beliefs, values, attitudes, and behaviors of the target population (Hawkins, Kreuter, Resnicow, Fishbein, & Dijkstra, 2008). The historical, environmental,
and social forces that influence the target population should also be
taken into account during the cultural adaptation process (Resnicow, Soler, Braithwaite, Ahluwalia, & Butler, 2000). In this special section, one article used key values of the Latino population to culturally adapt a theory-based smoking cessation treatment (Borrelli et al., 2010), and another article evaluated whether African American smokers respond to an evidenced-based smoking cessation intervention without any ethnocultural modifications
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Mittwoch, 13.01.2010

COMBATING TOBACCO USE IN MILITARY

The committee assessed current tobacco-use policies and practices in DoD, VA, and other organizations, such as Kaiser Permanente; addressed such issues as treatment, existing policies, programs, infrastructure, and special populations; and made recommendations for improving efforts. The committee was asked to focus on evidence-based tobacco-control programs and policies in its report and interpreted this to mean assessment of policies, programs,
and activities that used appropriate methods and whose results were published in widely accepted and used peer-reviewed journals. To evaluate the current policies and programs
systematically and provide guidance for future directions for tobacco control in VA and DoD, the committee first identified the evidence base that forms the best practices; in general, the
evidence base consists of successful programs and approaches used in the general US population.
The committee then determined whether DoD and VA were using those best practices or a similar approach. If not, the committee identified possible obstacles to their implementation and
made recommendations on how to overcome them from both a policy perspective and a programmatic perspective, including identification of who must implement the recommendations.
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Dienstag, 15.12.2009

R.J. Reynolds second quarter

“During the second quarter, we were better able to evaluate how the April 1 federal excise tax increases on tobacco products would impact our operating companies,” she said.
Based on those factors and on RAI’s first-half results, the company now expects full-year adjusted EPS, which excludes trademark impairments, in the range of $4.40 to $4.60, compared with its previous guidance of $4.15 to $4.45.
Ivey also noted that in the second quarter:
• R.J. Reynolds posted higher operating income, margin and total cigarette market share, with strong performance by its growth brands, Camel and Pall Mall; and,


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Freitag, 27.11.2009

Policy implications in movies with tobacco

About half of youth smoking initiation in the US is attributed to exposure to movies with smoking. Cumulative exposure to all sorts of tobacco depictions in films predicts adolescent smoking initiation. Depictions of smoking by both “good
guys” and “bad guys” recruit new teen smokers.15 State tobacco control programs have allocated substantial resources to addressing this channel of recruitment. Since 2002, public health experts have pressed major studio distributors and their parent
companies to rate future films with smoking “R,” which would give producers and studios a market incentive to keep smoking out of future youth‐rated films, and to adopt other measures to reduce health harm, such as certifying that productions are no longer taking payoffs from the tobacco industry
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Freitag, 06.11.2009

Gradually Diminishing Thoughts and Urges

During early recovery, periods of challenge may at times felt overwhelming. But
hurricane force winds are now long gone. Still, it is entirely normal during the first
couple of years to still be having thoughts of wanting and even encounter remote,
seasonal or infrequent nicotine feeding cues. They may be associated with uncommon
events such as relationships ending, crossing paths with an old friend, the birth of a baby,
a wedding receptions or even death.
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Donnerstag, 22.10.2009

Confronting alcohol related crave triggers

As mentioned, alcohol use is associated
with roughly half of all relapses. It is an exception to the rule that we should try to
quickly extinguish learned nicotine use associations.
Regarding alcohol, it’s prudent to allow ourselves a few days to get our recovery legs
under us and move past peak withdrawal before attempting to use it. Even then, due to
diminished inhibitions, the smart move is to consider breaking drinking down into more
manageable challenges that present fewer crave triggering cues.
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Donnerstag, 24.09.2009

Emotional Recovery from smoking addictions

Feelings reflect emotional awareness or how we feel about the emotions stirring within us. The structure and function of these beautiful minds combine with instinctive, subconscious and conscious awareness to create an intuitive emotional richness that rivals the stars. Yet, if the only emotions remaining were those
untouched by our addiction, our mind’s unfeeling night sky would be empty and dark.
That isn’t to say that as nicotine addicts we didn’t have emotionally rich, full and meaningful lives. It means that to varying degrees and frequency, our addiction infected nearly all of our emotions. Rising and falling blood-serum levels of the psychoactive chemical nicotine impacted dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine, acetylcholine, gamma-aminobutyric acid, and glutamate.
Emotion can be broken down into three overlapping categories: (1) primary emotions, (2) secondary emotions and (3) background emotions.


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Dienstag, 15.09.2009

Remove nicotine from blood plasma

A 2006 study found that drinking one liter of full-strength grapefruit juice (34 ounces or about 2 pints) will increase the rate by which the kidneys remove nicotine from blood plasma by 88%, as compared to when drinking 1 liter of water (231 milliliters of nicotine-free blood produced per minute using grapefruit juice vs. 123 milliliters of blood when drinking water).270 The study found that even if the grapefruit juice was halfstrength that nicotine’s renal clearance rate increased by 78% (219 milliliters per minute).
The pH scale ranges from 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral. The further below 7 a substance is, the greater its acidity. The higher a substance is above 7, the greater its alkalinity.


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Dienstag, 25.08.2009

I smke for pleasure

“I smoke for pleasure.” Pleasure? It’s the Newport sales cry and it’s highly effective.
Pleasure is defined as a state of gratification, a source of delight, satisfaction or joy.
Tobacco industry store marketing almost daily crams pleasure suggestions down our throats
and into our subconscious minds. Playing upon dopamine's "aaah," they tout satisfaction as
why smokers smoke.
The pictures associated with pleasure marketing almost
always depict smokers laughing, looking carefree and having
fun. While the conscious mind may not be noticing them, our
subconscious is always listening.
Pleasure rationalizations sink their teeth into nicotine’s
dopamine high while ignoring the anxieties of nicotine’s low.
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Mittwoch, 12.08.2009

Lorillard Tobacco Company

Founded in 1760, Lorillard Tobacco Company is the oldest U.S. tobacco company. Its brands
include Kent, Maverick, Max, Newport, Old Gold, Satin, Triumph and True. The following
telling quotes are from once secret Lorillard documents:
April 13, 1977: “Tobacco scientists know that physiological satisfaction is almost totally
related to nicotine intake.”
 November 3, 1977 - “I don't know of any smoker who at some point hasn't wished he
didn’t smoke. If we could offer an acceptable alternative for providing nicotine, I am
100 percent sure we would have a gigantic brand.”

February 13, 1980: “Goal - Determine the minimum level of nicotine that will allow
continued smoking. We hypothesize satisfaction cannot be compensated for by
psychological satisfaction. At this point smokers will quit, or return to higher tar &nicotine brands.”
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Mittwoch, 05.08.2009

Drug addiction

Drug addiction is about the
brain's "pay attention"
dopamine reward pathways
being taken hostage by an
external chemical. As
previously explained, these
pathways were engineered to
teach and reinforce species
survival priorities associated
with food, water, nurturing,
accomplishment and
reproduction. Enter nicotine,
what some researchers consider
the most perfectly designed
drug of addiction.’‘
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Freitag, 17.07.2009

Health various effects

Because of the
uncertainties associated with health various effects, and because such effects would at
least partially offset each other, CBO cannot estimate the net impact on the federal
budget for purposes of determining whether enacting the legislation would cause a net
increase in deficits in excess of $5 billion in any of the four 10-year periods beginning
after fiscal year 2019.
 Medicaid spending would also be affected. A decline in smoking would reduce the costs
associated with treating low-birthweight babies. Other potential savings to Medicaid are
possible in both the near term and long term, as some Medicaid beneficiaries would be
healthier and cost Medicaid less if they avoid smoking as a result of enactment.
However, greater longevity of such beneficiaries could eventually lead to higher
Medicaid outlays for long-term care services.
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Mittwoch, 01.07.2009

Trends in tobacco trade

Between 1970 and 1999, the quantity
exported nearly doubled. Imports of tobacco
did not start until 1984, and the quantity
imported in 1999 was more than 10 times that
of 1985. However, the total quantity exported
showed considerable fluctuation during this
period, while import quantity increased. The
volume exported was lowest in 1978, and
peaked in the 1996–98 period. Import volumes
have increased in all years except 1989, 1990,
1993 and 1998. The net trade volume declined
in 1984, with the appearance of imports, but
displayed a consistent pattern thereafter
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Mittwoch, 24.06.2009

General cigarettes Injunctions

The district court permanently enjoined Defendants “from
committing any act of racketeering, as defined in 18 U.S.C. §
1961(1), relating in any way to the manufacturing, marketing,
promotion, health consequences or sale of cigarettes in the
United States,” and from
making, or causing to be made in any way, any material
false, misleading, or deceptive statement or representation,
or engaging in any public relations or marketing endeavor
that is disseminated to the United States public and that
misrepresents or suppresses information concerning
cigarettes.
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Mittwoch, 17.06.2009

Defendants

Contrary to Defendants’ argument, nothing about this
interpretation renders the definition of “enterprise” devoid of
meaning. Encompassing non-enumerated enterprises,
section 1961(4)’s list defines “enterprise,” in part, by listing the
kinds of entities Congress had in mind. Indeed, the Supreme
Court has acknowledged this meaning by requiring enterprises
to exhibit common purpose, organization, and continuity.
 
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Dienstag, 09.06.2009

The best taste

Montag, 01.06.2009

Smoke-free environments

Smoke-free environments are crucial for
protecting the health of smokers and nonsmokers
alike, as well as for sending a clear
message that smoking in public places is not
socially accepted. Smoke-free laws protect
workers from chemicals that cause cancer and
change the way blood clots and flows to the
heart, and they provide a strong incentive for
smokers to quit. Only completely smoke-free
places, without any indoor smoking areas
and with effective enforcement, can protect
workers and the public and also encourage
smokers to quit. Exceptions make enforcement
difficult and negate the effectiveness of
smoke-free laws.
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Montag, 25.05.2009

Philip Morris Filter Kings

The unusual oval Philip Morris flip-top box pictured below was test
marketed in France beginning October 1992. This unsuccessful test
package had targeted women. The manufacturer thought the oval shaped
box perfect for a woman's purse. 
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Montag, 18.05.2009

Sharon Stone smoking star

Actress known for her smoking in the most widely known scene of Basic
Instinct.Early life
Stone was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, located between Pittsburgh
and Erie, Pennsylvania. The second of four children, she is the
daughter of Joe and Dorothy Stone, blue-collar workers with,
reportedly, ancestral roots in Galway, Ireland.
Stone flunked out of Saegertown High School in Saegertown,
Pennsylvania. She is said to have been a smart ass and rebellious
child. She has described herself as "a nerdy, ugly duckling who sat in
the back of the closet with a flashlight, and a set of C cell
batteries. 
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Dienstag, 05.05.2009

Marlboro Cigarettes Ad 1958

1958 Dick Peck Camel Cigarette Whirlybird Ad
Have a real cigarette- have a Camel so good and mild…the finest taste in smoking!
1958 Marlboro Cigarette Man Tattoo Hand Ad
Where there’s a Man…there’s a Marlboro -with a filter that delivers a smoke of surprising mildness YOU GET A LOT TO LIKE…FILTER, FLAVOR, FLIP-TOP BOX
1958 Marlboro Cigarette Man Tattoo Hand Ad - Where there’s a Man…there’s a Marlboro -with a filter that delivers a smoke of surprising mildness YOU GET A LOT TO LIKE…FILTER, FLAVOR, FLIP-TOP BOX
MARLBORO MAN 1958 Cigarette Ad STRAW HAT
New Improved Marlboro Filter Marked improvement in Marlboro filter does not disturb famous Marlboro flavor Improved filter, plus a significant break-through in cigarette engineering, places Marlboro among the leading filter cigarette in mild smoke delivery. New Marlboro gives you more to like than ever—Filter, Flavor, Pack or Box.

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