Newport Ads Target Black Youth

Cigarette maker Lorillard Inc targeted California school neighborhoods with high proportions of African-American students for its Newport menthol cigarettes, Stanford University said on Friday.

Stanford School of Medicine researchers compared pricing and advertisements for Lorillard's Monte Carlo cigarettes, the top menthol brand, and Marlboro, the top non-menthol brand, at 407 stores within walking distance of 91 schools in California in a 2006 survey.

Dubai shops sell cigarettes to minors

The World Anti-Tobacco Day has come and gone. As expected there were free health camps, awareness campaigns and a slew of familiar programmes on May 31. Not to be left behind 63 Dubai hypermarkets and supermarkets took cigarettes off their shelves, with some even getting certificates of recognition from Dubai Municipality for showing solidarity with the cause.

But if you thought the World No-Tobacco Day gesture by retail outlets here was a positive (healthy) step towards a tobacco-free world, you couldn't be more mistaken.