German scientists demand a ban on tobacco additives

Top scientists back human cloning ban

More than 60 of the world's leading science academies have called for a UN ban on the reproductive cloning of humans, to prevent the exploitation of vulnerable people. But they also urged that any such ban should not extend to cloning human tissue for the treatment of diseases. Britain forbids human cloning but has given the go-ahead to research into so-called therapeutic cloning for diseases s...

Hungary introduces a total ban on tobacco advertising.

Although comprehensive tobacco control policy has yet to be adopted in Hungary, a legal framework for tobacco control is in place. The most important regulations on tobacco issues include: the 1997 Act on Advertising, amended by the 2001 Act on Advertising; the Act on the Protection of Non-Smokers and Some Rules of Consumption and Trade of Tobacco Products (smoke-free environments, rules of pur...

Country report on tobacco advertising and promotion ban – Botswana

The impact of tobacco additives on cigarette smoke toxicity: a critical appraisal of tobacco industry studies.

Cigarette production involves a number of substances and materials other than just tobacco, paper and a filter. Tobacco additives include flavorings, enhancers, humectants, sugars, and ammonium compounds. Although companies maintain that tobacco additives do not enhance smoke toxicity and do not make cigarettes more attractive or addictive, these claims are questioned by independent researchers...

The effect of tobacco additives on smoking initiation and maintenance.

1 Insituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. 2 Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brasil. 3 Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, U.S.A. 4 Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. 5 Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. 6 Ontario Institute for Can...