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APril 28-2010
Portland Test Market for Candy-Like Dissolvable Cigerettes
After decades of legislation and
education campaigns aimed at keep
ing kids from starting up tobacco
habits, the industry may have found
an under-handed way to get its
hooks into a new generation.
Portland has been chosen as one
of three test markets for a new set of
products that critics say are tar
geted squarely at kids.
At Plaid Pantry stores in Portland
customers can pick up Camel Orbs,
Camel Sticks, and Camel Strips. All
are made from finely ground tobacco
mixed with mint orcinnamon flavor
ing that you can let hang from your
mouth like a toothpick or slowly
melt in your mouth.
Jeff Merkely, Oregon’s junior
Democratic Senator, is crying foul, that they come in colorful packag
and wants the U.S. Food and Drug ing, look suspiciously like candy,
Administration to use its recently and could be easily consumed in a
acquired authority to ban the prod classroom- unbeknownst to an un
ucts outright.
suspecting teacher.
Critics of the products point out
“The flavoring, appearance and
packaging o f tobacco candy are
clearly designed to appeal to chil
dren. The tobacco companies even
shaped the containers to look like a
ceH phone in a student’s pocket,
making it hard for teachers to detect
and intercept them,” said Merkley
in a prepared statement.
Last week, the medical journal
“Pediatrics” concluded that the
products were intended to appeal to
a younger generation. Because they
deliver a quick shock of nicotine,
they have the potential to poison
children. There is already one inci
dent on record of an infant ingest
ing an orb in Oregon, who did not
need medical attention.
This isn’t the first time tobacco
companies have caused a stir in
Oregon with products that don’t
THE
SPINACOLUMN
Dr. Billy R. Flowers
An ongoing series of questions and answers about Americas natural healing profession.
Part 35. Different Benefits by Age Group
: What age groups can a chi it can almost always be corrected being drugged into num bness
ropractor help most?
when chiropractic care is initiated in are fair rew ards for all the years
time.
o f hard work.
: This is like asking which age
groups benefit most from Needless to say, every teenage girl D ep en d in g on the d eg ree o f
good health. And yet, each age should be checked regularly for subluxations degeneration, your
group has specific problems for sc o lio sis and all teen ag ers and chiropractor can often provide
which your chiropractor has spe young adults should see their chiro help.
cific answers.
practor regularly to make sure their
newly active sports lives aren’t cre For senior citizens who’ve been
Infant and Y oung Children
ating spinal problems they’ll have to fortunate enough to suffered mini
Other mothers are often amazed live with the rest of their lives.
mal trauma in their lives, virtually
to see a mother carrying her in
complete spinal recovery should
fant out of the adjusting room. Adults
be almost as easy as it would be
And yet, since the delivery pro The world today is experiencing a for younger people.
cess itself causes a high percent terrible level of stress. Long work
age of subluxations, infants to weeks, seemingly impossible dead For those w ho have suffered
need chiropractic care. Obviously, lines and economic woes create in needlessly for years, your chiro
children and infants are treated credible pressures. In addition, most practor can often slow or stop the
differently than adults. There are adults breathe in polluted air, drink degeneration, making life more
new, highly sophisticated meth chemically treated water and con comfortable. It is certainly worth
ods of adjusting children and in sume an average of nine pounds of the effort so that our senior citi
fants to insure the best possible food additives and chemical preser zens get the dignity of health care
results with the least possible dis vatives in a year, putting even more they deserve.
comfort. Though young children stress on their bodies. One sure way
can’t tell you they’re in pain, heir to keep the stress level from causing Something for Everyone
irritability is often a sign of the potentially dangerous subluxations As you can see, there are practi
need to be checked.
is with regular chiropractic check cally as many reasons to have
ups.
regular chiropractic checkups as
Young Adults and Teenagers
there are people. Make an appoint
More and more young adults and Senior Citizens
ment for yourself and your loved
teenagers are getting involved in Retirem ent age for many people ones soon.
active sports. As a result, more has becom e ju st plain tiresom e.
and more of them are getting in- Aches and pins, often the result Flowers Chiropractic Office
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resemble chew orcigarettes. In 2006,
Camel began distributing Snus, small
pouches o f minty ground tobacco.
David Howard, spokesperson for
RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company,
the manufacturer of the products,
denies that they are targeted at chil
dren.
“Certainly that’s not the case at
all,” he said.
Instead, he said that they are for
adults, who are aware of the risks
that come with tobacco use, and
want to enjoy them without bother
ing others with the smoke, spit, and
litter associated with more traditional
products.
He also points out that they are
child proof on the same shelf with
other tobacco products, and have
the same warning level as them.
Cigarette Sales Down in Oregon
Oregonians are buying fewer
cigarettes, according to data re
leased last week by the Oregon
Department of Human Services.
In 2009, Oregonians bought 183
million packs of cigarettes, down
from 189 million the previous year.
DHS is also using the numbers to
tout the benefits of the Oregon
Tobacco Prevention and Education
Program. Since it was started in 1996,
the per capita consumption of ciga
rettes has declined 46 percent.
But despite the positive trend,
Oregon still has some work to do
in reducing the use o f tobacco.
A ccording to data from the C en
ters for D isease Control and Pre
vention, Oregon ranks 11 th in the
state for tobacco use, with 16 p er
cent o f adults still smoking. The
state also ranks 16th nationally
for people betw een 12 and 17
smoking.
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