News Survey: More than 75 percent favor Mich. smoking ban More than 75 percent of people surveyed by the state Department of Community Health favored Michigan's smoking ban, according to results of a study released this morning. Researchers with the agency completed the public opinion survey before the law, which bans smoking in bars, restaurants and other public venues, went into affect May 1. U.S. cigarette brands tops in cancer causing chemicals Smokers of U.S. brand cigarettes may get more bang for their buck in the worst way according to a small study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hidden Cam: Bar Ignores Smoking Ban A Local 4 Defenders hidden camera investigation finds out that a Redford sports bar is not only ignoring the new Michigan smoking ban, but also encouraging customers to puff away. Bars see increase in business since smoking ban It's been only weeks since Michiganians were forced to extinguish nearly every form of indoor smoking - and surprising to many, business at many local bars has already increased. For years, as the Michigan legislature talked about the smoking ban, many bar owners quietly worried that doing so would kill their business; even though they were concerned about secondhand smoke risks for their employees and themselves. The opinions of business owners were controversial. If they spoke against a ban, they would offend their non-smoking clients. If they wanted clean air, their cigarette-loving patrons might grow angry. Michigan's Smoke-Free Law Goes into Effect May 1 On Saturday, May 1, Michigan becomes the 38th state to enact a smoke-free law which bans smoking in all worksites, including bars and restaurants. Smokers, bar owners adjust to new ban On the morning after Michigan’s new smoking ban went into effect for bars and restaurants, some tavern owners saw first-hand evidence of the consequences. Smoke-free era to begin in Michigan For the first time in 97 years, the Detroit bowling alley will be smoke-free. And so will most other public places in Michigan as the state institutes a smoking ban in 17,000 bars, restaurants and other establishments. Smoking ban enforcement begins at 6 a.m. Saturday in Metro Detroit Health officials from Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties will begin enforcing the state's new ban on smoking inside public buildings at 6 a.m. Saturday. Tobacco ‘mints’ tied to kids’ poisoning Smokeless, flavored tobacco products that look like candy and come in packages shaped like cell phones may be contributing to accidental poisonings in very young children, new research suggests. Nicotine-laced pellets, strips and sticks that dissolve completely in the user’s mouth — dubbed “tobacco candy” by critics — have joined chewing tobacco and snuff to become the second-most common cause of unintentional tobacco ingestion in kids younger than 6. Cloud of confusion envelops Michigan smoking ban With less than a month before Michigan's smoking ban goes into effect, the state isn't sure who should enforce the law, and counties are warning it shouldn't be them. FDA Takes Action to Protect Kids from Tobacco Addiction On March 19 the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products published a new rule to protect kids from tobacco addiction and premature death from tobacco use. The new rule, which becomes effective on June 22 – exactly one year after President Obama signed the historic Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act into law -- prohibits a wide range of sales, distribution, and marketing of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco to youth. Michigan eateries snuff out smoking before ban Michigan's smoking ban might seem unfair to smokers or another blow to a wobbling restaurant industry. But others see an opportunity to do what they've wanted to do for years: toss out their ashtrays. What´s in a cigarette? The Food and Drug Administration is working to lift the smokescreen clouding the ingredients used in cigarettes and other tobacco products. Want to quit smoking? See your doctor, try the 4 D's If your resolution is to quit smoking in 2010, there have never been more resources to help. Michigan's smokes now will burn themselves out A state law that took effect Friday requiring stores to sell only self-extinguishing cigarettes, may help snuff out smoking-related deaths. The benefits of going smoke-free As a physician, I want to help people live healthier and happier lives. Yet no matter how many patients I see in my lifetime, I will never make as big a difference in the health of Michigan citizens as our Legislature can by passing comprehensive smoke-free legislation. Tobacco companies scoping younger crowd with social networking, smokeless products Big tobacco companies are looking for new ways to market products to young people in America. Tobacco companies have started advertising on social networking Web sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. Shisha ´as harmful as cigarettes´ Smoking a shisha pipe is as bad for people as smoking tobacco, the Department of Health and the Tobacco Control Collaborating Centre has found. Mich. health leaders target growing hookah use Dearborn -- Everybody that Rola Rayes knows smokes the ornate water pipe that has become popular in Metro Detroit and around the world. But no one realizes the dangers linked to the pipe, known here as a hookah, because it is so ingrained in her Middle Eastern culture. President Obama Signs Anti-Smoking Law Twenty years ago, the Senate passed a measure -- by just one vote -- that banned smoking on airplanes. Today even tobacco-producing states have smoking bans in bars and restaurants. Today President Obama signed a new tobacco law that public health organizations and many lawmakers have been advocating for nearly a decade… Tobacco Regulation Bill Poised for Passage All sides in the debate over whether tobacco products should be regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agree that the odds are good that Congress will soon pass an FDA regulation bill, the Washington Post reported May 11. U-M to ban smoking on all campuses Smokers at the University of Michigan already have to go outside, but beginning in 2011, they'll have to go off campus to light up, officials announced Monday. Prisons adapt to ban on tobacco Whether they wanted to slap on a nicotine patch, chew gum or go cold turkey, smokers at Michigan correctional facilities were forced to kick the habit under a statewide tobacco ban enacted Feb. 1. Secondhand Smoke Linked to Dementia People exposed to secondhand smoke may face as much as a 44 percent increased risk of developing dementia, a new study suggests. Smokers Will Stop for Their Pet's Sake Many smokers who won't kick the habit for their own health will do it for their pets, a new survey finds. Students warn retailers about teen tobacco sales Four nervous-looking students enter a gas station store and hand a folder labeled "Youth Tobacco Act" to a clerk, who at first doesn´t seem too interested… Officials, doctors urge smoking ban Public health officials and doctors on Tuesday implored the Legislature to ban smoking inside bars, restaurants and other workplaces before adjourning for the year, saying lives are at stake. Cigar smoke wafts into children´s movies A new study by the American Medical Association Alliance, the volunteer branch of the AMA, finds that over the past six years more than half of the movies geared toward children feature characters smoking. House vote treats tobacco for what it is: unhealthy The federal government regulates many things that are inherently less dangerous than tobacco, which may be the only product one uses by sticking it in one´s mouth and setting it on fire. Opposition to Menthol Cigarettes Grows Seven former federal health secretaries joined on Wednesday to protest menthol´s special treatment in a tobacco bill pending in Congress. Study Finds Big Social Factor in Quitting Smoking For years, smokers have been exhorted to take the initiative and quit: use a nicotine patch, chew nicotine gum, take a prescription medication that can help, call a help line, just say no. But a new study finds that stopping is seldom an individual decision. Pilots And Air Traffic Controllers Prohibited From Using Chantix After Negative Report Pfizer Inc.´s once promising anti-smoking drug Chantix received another blow Wednesday after a nonprofit group´s report about serious physical side effects prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to ban the drug´s use by pilots and air traffic controllers. Study: Smoking Bans Don´t Hurt Bars – Detroit News Story – WDIV Detroit Smoking bans in other states don't have any net economic effect on bars and restaurants, according to a study released Tuesday. Hookah pipe users risk herpes, says doctor People who opt for the supposedly safe smoke of a hookah pipe are sucking in the chemical equivalent of dozens of cigarettes and are risking mouth herpes and other diseases, a Colorado State University doctor says. TF LUNG SAYS: Support tobacco-free initiatives. Sponsored by the Macomb County Tobacco Prevention Coalition, Macomb County Health Department. 586.469.5373. Disclaimer