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Jun 09, 2010
Several recent polls and surveys show growing public support for penalizing employees who smoke by making them pay more for their health insurance, reports Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), America's first antismoking organization.

Jun 08, 2010
A new survey shows that almost half of all large companies already penalize employees' unhealthy behaviors, or plan to do so shortly, a trend likely to be accelerated by the new health reform law which permits if not encourages it, reports ASH

Jun 03, 2010
A new report shows that financial incentives offered by companies trying to save money by getting employees to lose weight are largely ineffective as well as quite costly, but shifting the cost of smoking is obviously effective and costs nothing.

May 21, 2010
Bans on smoking in public places are saving lives, as well as money, by slashing hospital admissions from a wide variety of diseases; a phenomena just documented in Arizona where the state's indoor smoking ban slashed admissions by as much as 33%.

Apr 01, 2010
The importation of e-cigarettes will be banned indefinitely as the result of a unanimous ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals which provides strong support for the FDA's position.

Sep 02, 2009
E-cigarettes are running into more legal trouble, with outright bans, restrictions, import interceptions, law suits, and even potential criminal liability for sellers, reports Action on Smoking and Health (ASH).

Aug 20, 2009
ASH recently stood up to an e-cigarette company which tried to bully a newspaper into retracting a story critical of their product. There was no retraction, and imports of the product are being banned nearby.


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