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ASH Daily News
02 March 2006
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Cancer specialist president introduces Uruguayan smoking ban
Price rises will offset smoking ban, says Gallaher
Soap actress welcomes smoking ban
Sun offers prizes for No Smoking Day
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Cancer specialist president introduces Uruguayan smoking ban
On Wednesday Uruguay introduced a ban on smoking in enclosed public areas, becoming the first country in Latin America to do so.
Cuba imposed a smoking ban in most public places last year, but the measure has not been seriously enforced on the island famed for its fine cigars.
In Buenos Aires, across the River Plate from Uruguay, the first phase of an anti-smoking law also took effect on Wednesday, barring people from smoking in municipal government buildings.
The measure will expand later to the city's restaurants, bars and shopping centres and will include bans on cigarette advertising in public spaces.
President Tabare Vazquez, a practicing oncologist, was the impetus behind the government-decreed measure.
The ban prohibits smoking in all enclosed public places, from bars and restaurants to office buildings and shopping malls. The government says smoking causes 5,500 tobacco-related deaths a year. About 1 million of Uruguay's 3.2 million people smoke.
Source: Reuters, BBC, 2 March 2006
Article link: (R) http://tinyurl.com/ko6ge: (B) http://tinyurl.com/eoawx
Price rises will offset smoking ban, says Gallaher
Gallaher Group, the maker of Mayfair and Benson & Hedges cigarettes, has shrugged off the pending smoking ban in workplaces and bars in England by claiming that price rises and cost-cutting will partly offset the expected fall in sales.
Nigel Northridge, chief executive, said that he expected the UK cigarette market to fall by about 5 per cent because of the ban, which could come into force in England as early as next year. The financial impact for Gallaher would be "moderately negative" and "incremental".
Mr Northridge said that the likely market size decline would be nowhere near as severe as the 10 per cent slump experienced in Britain at various times over the past decade.
Gallaher has 38.6 per cent of the British tobacco market and therefore is exposed to any drop in cigarette consumption as a result of the bans in England, Scotland and Wales.
Mr Northridge said: "We will keep looking at (reducing operating) costs, but don't forget the two price increases that we had last year equated to an increase in net sales (despite the drop in volumes)."
HEAVY SMOKERS
The world's biggest tobacco markets (cigarettes sold in 2004)
1. China: 1,798.1bn
2. Russia: 365.7bn
3. United States: 360.4bn
4. Japan: 291.3bn
5. Indonesia: 127.5bn
6. Turkey: 123.4bn
7. Germany: 121.5bn
8. South Korea: 111.3bn
9. Ukraine: 103.5bn
10. Brazil: 101bn
18. Britain: 61.3bn
(Euromonitor)
Source: The Times, 2 March 2006
Soap actress welcomes smoking ban
Smoking in pubs is now on the way out, much to the relief of smoke-hating actress Sally Lindsay, who plays barmaid Shelley Unwin in the popular UK soap Coronation Street.
Sally, who has chronic asthma, says the ban is great news: "When pubs are really smoky I hate it. Your hair smells, your clothes smell."
The smoking ban will feature in future storylines and Sally reveals that some of the cast playing prolific puffers will welcome the ban.
She says: "Sometimes they don't like it because continuity means they have to keep lighting up. If there are lots of retakes they have to have a lot of cigs."
Until September 2007, when smoking in public places throughout the country will be outlawed, the pub or club remains the place where willpower is most likely to wilt.
Seven out of ten would-be quitters light up a fag within three months and eight out of ten weaken between 5 and 7pm, unwinding at the bar, often after a day of stress.
Professor Robert West from Cancer Research UK says: "People lose willpower in bars because they're surrounded by temptation and evening time is when quitters are most likely to reach for a fag, especially if they've had a stressful day."
The Sun suggests smokers trying to quit should try ordering a different drink than their usual, to break the association with cigarettes:
'Try a drop of something different and the chain reaction of swig to cig will be broken.'
Source: Sun, 2 March 2006
Article link: http://tinyurl.com/nxm4v
Sun offers prizes for quitters for No Smoking Day
Around 600,000 smokers are expected to quit before the ban comes in and many will take up the challenge on National No Smoking Day, next wednesday.
The Sun has teamed up with NiQuitin CQ to run a 'Pub Quitter of the Year' contest.
There's an award for individual quitters too - a £3,000 prize package for the winner and the person who nominates them.
The runner-up will win £1,500 and six regional finalists will get £750 each. Winners will be tested to confirm they have quit and judged on factors including motivation and determination.
To enter The Sun NiQuitin CQ Quitter Of The Year Awards, put your pint down and ring Quitline on 0800 00 22 00 or go to http://www.quit.org.uk, where you will also find full rules.
Remember to mention if you're entering a pub team so you can be sent a FREE pub quiz. Entries close on April 30 and winners will be announced in December.
Source: The Sun, 2 March 2006
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ASH Daily News
02 March 2006
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HEADLINES
Cancer specialist president introduces Uruguayan smoking ban
Price rises will offset smoking ban, says Gallaher
Soap actress welcomes smoking ban
Sun offers prizes for No Smoking Day
FULL TEXT
Cancer specialist president introduces Uruguayan smoking ban
On Wednesday Uruguay introduced a ban on smoking in enclosed public areas, becoming the first country in Latin America to do so.
Cuba imposed a smoking ban in most public places last year, but the measure has not been seriously enforced on the island famed for its fine cigars.
In Buenos Aires, across the River Plate from Uruguay, the first phase of an anti-smoking law also took effect on Wednesday, barring people from smoking in municipal government buildings.
The measure will expand later to the city's restaurants, bars and shopping centres and will include bans on cigarette advertising in public spaces.
President Tabare Vazquez, a practicing oncologist, was the impetus behind the government-decreed measure.
The ban prohibits smoking in all enclosed public places, from bars and restaurants to office buildings and shopping malls. The government says smoking causes 5,500 tobacco-related deaths a year. About 1 million of Uruguay's 3.2 million people smoke.
Source: Reuters, BBC, 2 March 2006
Article link: (R) http://tinyurl.com/ko6ge: (B) http://tinyurl.com/eoawx
Price rises will offset smoking ban, says Gallaher
Gallaher Group, the maker of Mayfair and Benson & Hedges cigarettes, has shrugged off the pending smoking ban in workplaces and bars in England by claiming that price rises and cost-cutting will partly offset the expected fall in sales.
Nigel Northridge, chief executive, said that he expected the UK cigarette market to fall by about 5 per cent because of the ban, which could come into force in England as early as next year. The financial impact for Gallaher would be "moderately negative" and "incremental".
Mr Northridge said that the likely market size decline would be nowhere near as severe as the 10 per cent slump experienced in Britain at various times over the past decade.
Gallaher has 38.6 per cent of the British tobacco market and therefore is exposed to any drop in cigarette consumption as a result of the bans in England, Scotland and Wales.
Mr Northridge said: "We will keep looking at (reducing operating) costs, but don't forget the two price increases that we had last year equated to an increase in net sales (despite the drop in volumes)."
HEAVY SMOKERS
The world's biggest tobacco markets (cigarettes sold in 2004)
1. China: 1,798.1bn
2. Russia: 365.7bn
3. United States: 360.4bn
4. Japan: 291.3bn
5. Indonesia: 127.5bn
6. Turkey: 123.4bn
7. Germany: 121.5bn
8. South Korea: 111.3bn
9. Ukraine: 103.5bn
10. Brazil: 101bn
18. Britain: 61.3bn
(Euromonitor)
Source: The Times, 2 March 2006
Soap actress welcomes smoking ban
Smoking in pubs is now on the way out, much to the relief of smoke-hating actress Sally Lindsay, who plays barmaid Shelley Unwin in the popular UK soap Coronation Street.
Sally, who has chronic asthma, says the ban is great news: "When pubs are really smoky I hate it. Your hair smells, your clothes smell."
The smoking ban will feature in future storylines and Sally reveals that some of the cast playing prolific puffers will welcome the ban.
She says: "Sometimes they don't like it because continuity means they have to keep lighting up. If there are lots of retakes they have to have a lot of cigs."
Until September 2007, when smoking in public places throughout the country will be outlawed, the pub or club remains the place where willpower is most likely to wilt.
Seven out of ten would-be quitters light up a fag within three months and eight out of ten weaken between 5 and 7pm, unwinding at the bar, often after a day of stress.
Professor Robert West from Cancer Research UK says: "People lose willpower in bars because they're surrounded by temptation and evening time is when quitters are most likely to reach for a fag, especially if they've had a stressful day."
The Sun suggests smokers trying to quit should try ordering a different drink than their usual, to break the association with cigarettes:
'Try a drop of something different and the chain reaction of swig to cig will be broken.'
Source: Sun, 2 March 2006
Article link: http://tinyurl.com/nxm4v
Sun offers prizes for quitters for No Smoking Day
Around 600,000 smokers are expected to quit before the ban comes in and many will take up the challenge on National No Smoking Day, next wednesday.
The Sun has teamed up with NiQuitin CQ to run a 'Pub Quitter of the Year' contest.
There's an award for individual quitters too - a £3,000 prize package for the winner and the person who nominates them.
The runner-up will win £1,500 and six regional finalists will get £750 each. Winners will be tested to confirm they have quit and judged on factors including motivation and determination.
To enter The Sun NiQuitin CQ Quitter Of The Year Awards, put your pint down and ring Quitline on 0800 00 22 00 or go to http://www.quit.org.uk, where you will also find full rules.
Remember to mention if you're entering a pub team so you can be sent a FREE pub quiz. Entries close on April 30 and winners will be announced in December.
Source: The Sun, 2 March 2006
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