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[California] Clean Air Award For Casino
Tuolumne, CA - Black Oak Casino Resort has received the California Clean Air Award. The Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians were presented the award in recognition of their new smoke-free Hotel.
May 20, 2013
MyMotherLode.com (Sonora, CA)
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May 21, 2013 01:25
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[New Zealand] VIDEO: DHB smoking ban 'saves lives', court hears
But the DHB says its smoking ban is in place to save lives and shouldn't be overturned by the courts. In the High Court in Auckland today, a lawyer for the health board, Jonathan Coates, said smoking was responsible for 5000 deaths a year in New Zealand
May 21, 2013
nzoom.com (TVNZ)
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May 21, 2013 01:24
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[New Zealand] Woman desperate to smoke hid lighter inside herself
He says psychiatric patients are often in absolute desperation so should be allowed to smoke. He says one woman was so desperate to smoke, she hid a lighter in her vagina. Mr Francois says it was a terribly degrading act that wouldn't have happened if
May 20, 2013
Radio Network (nz)
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May 21, 2013 01:21
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[New Zealand] Former patients back challenge to smoking ban
Former mental health patient Sue Purdie was a smoker at the time she was in hospital in the 1990s and says if there had been ban she may have risked suicide rather than seek help. Norrie Power, a former mental health patient who now co-ordinates two Wel
May 21, 2013
Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aoteoroa (RNZ) (nz)
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May 21, 2013 01:20
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[New Zealand] DHB defends mental health smoking ban
The Waitemata District Health Board is defending its ban on smoking in its acute mental health units, saying it's about "changing the culture".
May 21, 2013
TV3 (nz)
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May 21, 2013 01:19
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[New Zealand] DHB has right to ban smoking, court told
A lawyer for Waitemata District Health Board has told the High Court a smoking ban at its Auckland hospitals is lawful. Two former psychiatric patients and a retired nurse are challenging the ban saying it breaches the Bill of Rights. Smoking has prohib
May 21, 2013
Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aoteoroa (RNZ) (nz)
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May 21, 2013 01:18
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[New Zealand] Waitakere DHB hospital smoking ban defended
Waitemata District Health Board had the right to control what's happening on its property, the lawyer acting for the board, Jonathan Coates told the court today. That included providing a healthy environment for patients, visitors and staff, and specifi
May 21, 2013
Independent Newspapers Ltd. / STUFF (nz)
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May 21, 2013 01:16
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Barbara Brenner, Breast Cancer Iconoclast, Dies at 61
Breast Cancer Action gained respect for its policy, developed by Ms. Brenner, of not accepting donations ... from drug, oil, tobacco or chemical companies, or from cancer treatment centers or health insurers. That policy freed the group to hold such compa
May 21, 2013
New York Times
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May 21, 2013 01:13
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[Illinois] Students have mixed feelings on proposed campus smoking ban
Smokers at Illinois State University have adapted to a ban on smoking imposed earlier this year on the campus quad and certain high traffic areas. The ban goes beyond state law that prohibits indoor smoking in public buildings and within 15 feet of an en
May 20, 2013
Bloomington (IL) Pantagraph
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May 20, 2013 16:12
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New Jersey residents remain skeptical about raising tobacco age restriction
Young New Jerseyans may not be able to buy cigarettes until they’re old enough to buy a six-pack, after State Sen. Richard J. Codey announced his intention to raise the minimum age for purchasing tobacco to 21. New Jersey residents, however, displayed
May 20, 2013
NJ.com
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May 20, 2013 16:09