Tobacco in the News

Less Tobacco Exposure Required In Women To Increase Colon Cancer Risk
While smoking poses a health threat to both men and women, women require less tobacco exposure than men to have a significant increased risk for colorectal cancer, according to new research presented at the 73rd Annual ACG Scientific Meeting in Orlando.

UK Campaigners Call For Ban on Smoking in Cars
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - British anti-smoking pressure group ASH has asked the government to consider a ban on smoking in cars in an attempt to protect children and young people from second-hand smoke.

Supreme Court Opens Term With a Tobacco Fraud Case
WASHINGTON — Smokers who say they were defrauded by tobacco companies that marketed “light” cigarettes faced a skeptical Supreme Court on Monday in the first argument of the court’s new term.