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Smoking may not be as popular as it was, say, 50 years ago, it still has consumed millions -if not billion of people in today's society. As a smoker, I realized that there are not as may smoking promotional campaigns as there are anti-smoking ads  in the media. Obviously there are not smoking ads on TV or the radio due to the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act, however, plenty of other forms of media make up for that loss like magazines, billboards and the Internet.

Just by flipping through a couple magazines, I could have seen half a dozen smoke related ads that either talked about it or displayed it. The most prominent anti-smoking campaign ads are "Truth." Truth compiled experts to conduct research in the year 2002, that found aproximately 300,000 less youth smokers due to the truth campaign ads. This campaign is not pro-smoker or anti smoker, it is merely trying to expose the general facts that we, the public is blind of. They are focusing on the industries that are manipulating the american public with their products, facts ,a dn advertising.

http://www.thetruth.com/aboutUs.cfm

The Truth campaign offical website includes 218 facts targeting the tobacco industry. It provides games, videos, and dowloads alone with various other applications. When I read about this campaigns, they specifically spoke about how they are not appealing to the older 30+ smoking crowd because they are found to be harder to convince about the facts of smoking than the younger generations.

Truth campaign was founded by the "American Legacy Foundation, which was founded under the terms of the Master Settlement Agreement, between the US tobacco companies and 46 US states and 5 territories. TheTruth.com uses Web, print and television to get its message across." The program was set out to drive a wedge between the tobacco industry and the youth audience by providing an in your face style advertising related to high-technology and edgy humor. Funding has become minimal for the campaign since they recieved their last guaaranteed payment in 2003 for the participating tobacco manufacturers. The foundation is currently facing serious funding problem and is attemping to continue the campaign through contributions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheTruth.com

I have posted one Truth Ad Campign below. It may not be the most effective but it was the most appealing to me besides the neew Shards O'Glass advertisements they have recently came out with. Tell me what you think!

The Truth - 1200

This attached to the above blog about the Truth Ad Campaigns.

Squeeze, Click, Change!!

 In the year of 2008, the tobacco industry was altered for centuries. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. invented a smart cigarette that chaned from the regular tobacco to a menthol flavored breeze. With this tiny cigarette containing a small blue capsule in order to release the wo factor to its' users. Reynolds Co. believed this "product as a innovation as a positive and differentaiting way to complete for adult smokers and market shares."

However, this clever idea had critics raving about how Reynolds Co. is targeting the younger generation with this tobacco innovation. Even though the market shares was their top priority in their innovation, R.J. Reynolds Co. is still second in the tobacco industry sales compared to the leading brand Marlboro manufactured by Alria.

Interesting that the Pope would have anything to say about the introduction of the Camel Crush, but he believed that its introduction to socially demonstrated and confirmed that smoking is becoming socially unacceptable.

"I see this as a gimmick that will enjoy a very brief honeymoon," Pope said. "After all, if a smoker wants a menthol taste, they can go to established brands such as Marlboro Green or St. Moritz."

http://www2.journalnow.com/business/2008/may/05/new-camel-brand-contains-crushable-capsule-ar-112951/

So what's the real theory behind the Camel Crush? Was it purposely targeted at the younger generation? Personally, I believe the Camel Crush was targeted at the younger generation because the tiny transformation from a regualr tobacco cigarette to a menthol flavored cigarette. Some of the younger generation may feel that smoking a regular "harsher" non-flavored tobacco cigarette is "cooler" than a menthol flavored cigarette around others or the complete opposite.

What's your thoughts?

How does cheewing feel now?

I think we have always seen this in hot men's back pockets. If you are unsure as to what you are seeing, this would be a can of dip, chew, or smokeless tobacco. Chewing tobacco has been dated to being used in the 1860's in the southern region of the United States. Women and children of both gender's were noted for chewing tobacco.
However, I do not know about you, but I did not see any of that I was not even though of yet. I do know that what sparked my attention with chewing tobacco nowadays, is the baseball players of the twentith century. The United States has associated chewing tobacco with sports especially baseball, however, " its use by participants is almost universally banned at organized sporting events."

INTERESTING FACT**To all those baseball fans, does anyone remember Babe Ruth? Can you recall what it was that he died from. Well it was because of throat cancer also known as nasopharyngeal carcinoma [cancer of the upper throat], which is caused by excessive use of alcohol and chewing tobacco and he was a heavy user of both. Did you know that?

Most people believe the increasing use of baseball player using chewing tobacco has lead to the rapid increase of teen use of it also especially among the white and hispanic males. "In 1970, five times as many 65-and-older males used smokeless tobacco as 18-to-24-year-olds did." On the other hand today the statistic are flipped because males from ages 18-24 went from a 1% of the population to a 6.2% of the population, while the 65 and older crowd has decreased from a 4% to a 2.2%. Today, almost a quarter of high school boys are using this product and amazingly the girls are following the trend at only a 2.3%. In the state of Kentucky alone, 26.7 of high school boys are using and a whopping 27% of the same group are using in West Virginia.

Now in the nineteenth century in the peak of its popularity in the Western united States, a device or object was always associated with chewing tobacco. If you chewed you had to own a spittoon for the purpose of being a receptacle for excess spittle or juices that accumulated in the oral cavity from the tobacco. Once the chewing tobacoo's popularity declined in the years following its peak, the spitton became a mere relic of the Old West and is "rarely seen outside museums." "To this very day spittons are still present on the floor of the U.S. Senate."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewing_tobacco

So next time you see a nice male butt walking past you and see that shape in their back pocket, be sure to check thier mouth because that could be so hot!

The causes of chew.

Whose next at the kissing booth. Here's your candidate.

So not only could you have a more likely chance of receiving oral or throat cancer but also pancreatic cancer if the juices produced from the chew are swallowed causing stomach pains and then leading to stomach ulcers. Chew also leads to dental caries, gingival recession, and oral cancer. The CDC and NIH [National Institute for Health] have concluded that chewing tobacco users are four times more likely to to develope dental caries at the root of the tooth than non smokers.

"Studies indicate that possibility the high sugar content in many chew tobacco products to be the reason behind dental caries on tooth roots and crowns apart from the practical way chew tobacco is lodged in the mouth for up to 30 minutes at a time."

So I advise all readers, look at your significant other's teeth and see if they will last long because if they are a user or if you are. You could look like this:

And he was a former Major League Baseball Player.

HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO YOU??

Not only making a pernament indent in your back pocket but also in your jaw, at least what's left of it.

http://www.quit-smoking-central.com/chewing-tobacco-pictures.html

SNUS this?

There it is the new and improved smokeless tobacco. I actually found a website that believes or is whating its readers to believe that this smokeless tobacco is less harmful on you than the traditional cigarettes. Funny Right!! I found it hilarious! However, this website is true is stating that smoking a traditional cigarette causing more harm in smoking it than in using Snus.

"Using modern snus products can reduce the risks of tobacco use by about 90% compared to smoking, is a expert panel saying."

http://buysmokelesstobaccocompany.com/



However, go to Camel's website and it states that WARNING: SMOKELESS TOBACCO IS ADDICTIVE. "Snus is spit-free, smoke-free, mess-free, tobacco that comes in a small pouch. Just slide it under your upper lip and enjoy." How is it spit-free... High moisture + low salt content = no spitting.

So even though one is not smoking the carcinogens in traditional cigarettes, one is allowing all of the other ingredients to head directly to the gums and oral cavities.

https://snus.tobaccopleasure.com/modules/security/Login.aspx

Researchers at the University of Minnesotta have found that Camel SNUS has lower levels of carcinogens than other smokeless tobacco products. "For example, while the new snus products had levels of benzo(a)pyrene of around 3 micrograms/gram, tradional smokeless tobacco products all had levels above 30, and Kodiak Wintergreen had a level of 57." Which means that each metal tin containing 15 tightly packaged pockets are less toxic than the other leading smokeles products. So buy Camel instead of Kodiak and still end up with oral mouth cancer? Yay! Sounds fun right.

http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2009_01_01_smoking_cessation_archive.html

So my theory is not for the moving to smokeless tobacco if quitting is near to one's future, but to the slowly stopping smoking traditional tobacco (cigarettes). By not becoming interested in this products makes a smoker's chances of not acquiring more mouth or oral cancer than what they are already exposed too.

What do you think?

Warning Low Battery

The latest and greatest technology to be discovered is the electronic cigarette. I have focused on the brand of E-Cigarette. The E-Cigarette looks like a traditional cigarette but it is in fact better than such for what's inside this revolutionary product. The body of this product consists of a cartridge, an atomization chamber, a smart chip controller and lithium battery. On the tip of the device is an operating mode indicator that lights up when you inhale it; simulating the burn of a traditional tobacco cigarette.

The most amazing part of this product is the atomization chamber, I believe. This is where all the magic happens. This chamber is responsible for ceating the vapor like smoke, simulating a real cigarette. "This vapor is a result from the heating up or atomizing of the liquid inside the cartridge." Giving the smoker the full efect of smoking the traditional cigarette without the harsh carinogens and without second hand irration.

Starting the E-Cigarette there is no more:

• Standing Outside
• Lost Productivity
• Cigarette Butts
• Tar
• Carbon Monoxide
• Ashtrays
• Offensive Smoke
• Second-hand Smoke
• Smoker Breath

http://www.ecigaretteschoice.com/pages/Benefits.html

However, On September 9th, of this year, The FDA claimed that all electronic cigarettes are classified as "new drugs" because of this specific language:

"Any product that bears labeling claims that it helps stop or reduce the cigarette urge, helps stop or reduce smoking, or similar claims is a smoking deterrent drug product."

The Electronic Cigarette Association was also alerted of the FDA's new policy and was notified of the new application process. These new products were required to file an investigational new drug application, which mandates manufacturers to provide data on animal testing and even human clinical trials. Each manufacturer was given fifteen days to notify the FDA in writing with their plan of actions.

http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/09/fda-warns-e-cig-makers-on-stop-smoking-claims/?iref=allsearch

So with the FDA's conclusion on these "new drugs" does that make these products safer for the public and for others. Should it be qualified for the limits of the smoking bans? I do believe it is a safer cigarette for smokers for avoiding the tar emissions into our lungs. However, the cost for a starter kit is almost ridiculous.
What do you think?

Flavored Smoke

According to ABC News on September 22, 2009, a new law banned the sale of flavored tobacco. It sure does not seem like it has went into effect though. I still see flavored cigarettes being sold at the drive-thrus and gas stations. In the summer of 2009, the FDA was cracking down the the sale of flavored tobacco that health officials believed was targeting the children. A letter was sent out to various tobacco companies giving them an initial warning that if they were to "continue to make, distribute or sell flavored cigarettes in violation of the law." The ban had even the border agents blocking the income of imported flavored tobacco and/or cigarettes.

FDA's head of its' new Center for Tobacco Products beleves that tobacco companies are producting flavored cigarettesbecause they aare favored by teens. "Studies show that 17-year-old smokers are three times as likely to use flavored cigarettes as smokers over the age of 25," Deyton said.

The law stated that the tobacco companies with be required ro register with the FDA. Ans as for Deyton he said that the agnecy will soon require the tobacco companies with have to release the information concerning the "constituent components of tobacco products," which is now leading the FDA to consult with the CDC to investigate the safety of those ingredients.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/QuitToLive/law-bans-sale-flavored-cigarettes/story?id=8640262&page=2

Monkey See, Monkey Do

Teens have been known to follow what they see like if their parents drink they are more likely to try drinking earlier than if their parents did not drink. Well it also boils down to seeing their parents and peers smoking cigarettes. It does happen. When a teen begins to smoke, they believe they are being portrayed as older and more wiser because they are smoking. The differences between the subjective feelings of adult who smoke than teens who smoke are far more apparent especially in behavioral aspects.

"The American Lung Association estimates that every minute four thousand eight hundred teens will take their first drag off a cigarette."

"Research has proven the fact that nicotine has the ability to suppress feelings, suppress appetite for food, is used as stimulation after sex, and is a good way to relax from troubles and feelings of insecurities." I can agree with the research because I began smoking at a young age and the more I read this attached article the more and more the research has proven in my life when I smoked in high school. These are examples that I have either experienced or have witness my follow peers who smoked cigarettes go through as we were in high school:

-   They tried their first cigarette in sixth or seventh grade
-   They feel like they are not a part of the school
-   They become isolated from other students
-   They can’t perform as well at sports events
-   They feel like they need a job to support their smoking habit
-   They start using other illegal substances
-   They begin experimenting with alcohol and other drugs
-   They experience pressure from home and school and use tobacco as a form of relief
-   Teen smokers enjoy trying to hide their smoking

Now some of these known experiences are far fetched but can happen with teens who choose the wrong crowd to hang out with and their habit becomes out of control and leading them into other substances to make them seem "Cool." Being "cool" not only is portrayed with the peers that teens are surrounded by, but their icons such as Lady Gaga above ^, who seems to be advertising the smoke shades as I like to call them. Does it make you want to smoke??Teens of every generation before and after me have and will strive for attention whether it be good or bad. Smoking cigarettes just seems so eaasy to do if almost everyone around your life smokes, therefore, even the more rush to seek cigarettes out of your parents pack and hide in your room and take your first puff. It's a rush and that's what it was about for me. I just wanted the attention it was not about me breaking laws like stealing but breaking the rules my parents set in place and to be sponetaneous and rebellious!

On the other hand, when I took my first puff of a cigarette years ago I did not know how addicting they were and I honestly did not think I would continue smoking. Boy I was wrong! To this day I am a Marlboro Medium smoker and just apart of the statistics. I have noticed that the older I become the sicker I always am and the more I smoke when I stress out. Now that my family knows I smoke it is not a problem to smoke and no need to hide it
but if I could go back in time I would and put down the cigarette that I picked up. I was just naive as most teens who begin to smoke and did not think I could get hooked, but I did!

However, times are changing and smoking is becoming almoost impossible and unattractive to the public eyes. Schools no longer have the yellow lined smoking boxes for the staff and students but now have teachers strolling parking lots during lunch hours to make sure students are not smoking. Public places like Buffalo Wild Wings and other family places are becoming non smoking across the state of Ohio. So in theory this smoke free environment that we are living in should decrease the amount of smokers if the cost of cigarettes does not beat it.

http://www.teendrugabuse.us/teensmoking.html

Smoking Babies

"Currently, at least 10 percent of women in the United States smoke during pregnancy."
Without being pregnant smoking still harms the human body, however, smoking while being pregnant can cause serious harm to the unborn fetus. Besides the 4,000 chemicals that are contained in cigarettes, nicotine and carbon monoxide play a role in having complications during a pregnancy.

In 2004, information was gathered about women smoking while pregnant that showed that 11.9% of babies were born with a lower birth-rate than average than compared to nonsmokers with a 7.2%. Smoking has been known to be a cause to many illnesses has been known to cause slow fetal growth. Smoking also increases the risk of having of a preterm pregnancy. "However, if a woman stops smoking even by the end of her second trimester of pregnancy, she is no more likely to have a low-birthweight baby than a woman who never smoked."

Smoking not only effects an unborn fetus's growth during a pregnancy but can double the risk of causing placental problems. Placenta previa is a low-lying placenta that covers a part or all of the opening of the uterus and placental abruption is when a placenta peels away, partly of almost completelt from the uterine wall before labor begins. Both placedntal problems can cause heavy bleeding during labor. If a rupture occurs before 37 weeks often results in a premature baby.

Even if a nonsmoking pregnant woman exposes themselves to secondhand smoke they are likely to have a lower birthweight. It is highly advisable for pregnant women to stay clear from secondhand smoke. "Babies whose mothers smoked during pregnancy are up to three times as likely to die from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) as babies of nonsmokers."


http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/14332_1171.asp

Welcome to the Tobacco Industry cont.

Before viewing my post, I would like my viewers to watch the video below I chose to post because as a smoker I was unaware of how serious smoking a single cigarette could completely change one's life.

Now to introduce my post a step further I want to give you the basic information and facts about what cigarettes is capable of causing. So think about it before you light one up and puff the last bit of your cigarette. Are you willing to take the risk?

Smoking is not only the leading cause of death in the United States, but the hardest habit to part ways with because of its addictive ingredients. Statistics show that with the deaths of HIV, drug use, automobile accidents, suicides, and murders combined do not even add up to the total amount of deaths caused by tobacco use. Studies have been conducted and shown that smokers are almost more than twice as likely to encounter in cardiovasicular problems and other health issues than that of a nonsmoker. Smoking cigarettes reduces the circulation flow in arteries posing a serious risk for developing problems from pain and tissue loss to something as serious as gangrene.

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/effects_cig_smoking/

Until April of 1994, the ingredients of cigarettes had been kept a secret from the public. Now that it is known to the public, we know now that cigarettes contain over 4000 chemical compunds created with lighting a single cigarette with more than forty-three being known carcinogens or cancer causing chemicals to the human body. Some chemicals being formaldehyde more formerly associated as embalming fluid, acetone which is used in finger nail polish remover, and also the most addictive chemical known to man, nicotine.

While doing my research, I found why quitting smoking cigarettes was important; probably the most scariest factor of smoking was that within every puff of a single cigarette the tar that it is contained within it only thirty percent of the tar is exhaled while the other seventy percent is held within your lungs. Putting aside the fact that each puff you smoke contains toliet bowl cleaners, car exhaust fumes, and rat poison, we as Americans that smoke are adding to the statistics of persons leading a smoker's life and death.


http://www.tricountycessation.org/tobaccofacts/Cigarette-Ingredients.html
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_some_of_the_chemicals_in_tobacco_smoke

Welcome to the Tobacco Industry