West

West is a cigarette brand owned by the British company Imperial Tobacco, and manufactured by its affiliated company Reemtsma.
The brand includes several variations: long (100 mm), king size (85 mm) and short (70 mm), 19, 20, 25 or 30 cigarettes in a pack, hard and soft pack. Since the early 90s it has become a popular brand in more 100 countries, with particular strengths in Western, Central and Eastern Europe. Today West Cigarettes is the second largest selling cigarette in Germany, the leading brand in Slovenia and Slovakia and a strong performer in Russia, Azerbaijan and Poland.West has been the principal sponsor of the McLaren Formula One team, renamed West McLaren Mercedes, since 1997. In July 2005 West terminated its relationship with McLaren due to a European Union ban on tobacco advertising.

Exposure To Smokers In Movies Increases Likelihood Of Smoking In The Future, New Study Shows
A new study appearing in the July issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, reports that watching an actor smoke on the big screen may make smokers more likely to continue smoking in the future, and make nons
read more ...06/21/07

Smoke-free Legislation A Breath Of Fresh Air, UK
Opinion research released on World No Tobacco Day 2007 (31 May) by Asthma UK Scotland, shows that 33% of people with asthma - over 95,000 people - are going out to pubs and restaurants more frequently since smoke-free legislation was implemented last yea
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AMA/ACOSH National Tobacco Scoreboard 2007 Awards - Western Australia Wins Again
AMA (Australian Medical Association) President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, today announced the winners (and losers) in the 2007 AMA/Australian Council on Smoking and Health (ACOSH) National Tobacco Scoreboard.
read more ...06/04/07

Doctors Should Be Trained To Confront Parent Smoking
With the growing concerns of children's exposure to secondhand smoke, it has become more critical than ever to involve health care providers such as pediatricians in educating parents about the potential hazardous health consequences.
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Study Of California's Tobacco Control Program
Since the advent of the California Tobacco Control Program, in 1989, the state's young adult smokers are quitting the habit in record numbers and older smokers are consuming far fewer cigarettes, according to a new series of studies from the Moores C
read more ...04/17/07