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Civil Aviation establishes smoking rooms at Kuwait Airport 

The Public Authority of Civil Aviation announced Tuesday that it will establish special rooms for smokers at Kuwait International Airport.

Deputy Director General for Airport Affairs Zuhair Al-Zamel told KUNA that the establishing of the rooms comes in preparation for the ban of smoking in the airport, noting that the procedure is based on a ministerial ruling issued on March 24th by the Ministry of Health regarding the ban of smoking in public facilities.

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Smokers face hotel room tobacco ban 

Smokers could soon find themselves barred from lighting up in most hotel bedrooms in the UK, according to a survey published here Thursday.

Almost seven-out-of-ten British hoteliers questioned said they expected to ban smoking throughout their premises within the next year. . . .

Campaigners in Britain are keeping a close watch on the Irish Republic which began a smoking ban in public places, including bars and restaurants, last month.

The survey, in the UK trade magazine "Caterer and Hotelkeeper", found 79 percent of hoteliers currently allowing smoking in designated areas.

This is expected to fall to 30 percent within a year.

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Dr Al-Saif .. Ministry of Health continuing anti-smoking campaign 

Ministry of Health Assistant Undersecretary for Public Health Affairs Dr Ali Al-Saif asserted that the ministry will continue its anti-smoking campaign, especially in the ministry's facilities.

In his opening speech of the 1st student convention on the effects of smoking, titled "Non-Smoking Schools", Al-Saif said that a number of procedures were set to carry out this campaign, among which is specifying the non-smoking places such as hospitals, health centers, schools, universities, in addition to the prohibition of selling cigarettes to those below the age of 21.

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'A Non-Smoking Mouth'; slogan of Al-Jahra health week  

The Chairman of Al-Jahra health week committee, Dr. Adel Al-Matouq, announced Tuesday that the slogan of the celebration will be "A Non-Smoking Mouth" to highlight the dangers of smoking on health and society. Dr. Al-Matouq told KUNA that the activities of Al-Jahra health week will be held under the patronage of Al-Jahra governor Sheikh Ali Al-Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah from March 22-28 at the Al-Jahra dentistry center. He added that this slogan has been selected according to the instructions of the health minister, Dr. Mohammed Al-Jarallah for a more healthy society through a program the ministry adopted to prevent chronic diseases which are the cause of 60 percent of deaths worldwide.

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Smoking ban at health units a farce 

The ban on smoking in health clinics and hospitals doesn't seem to be working very well. The results are so disappointing that many who hoped to have a smoke-free environment are angry that even a decree issued by the Minister of Health Mohammed Al Jarallah has not deterred staff and patients alike from lighting up.

The Ministry of Health has been trying to ban smoking at public health units for over two years, one angry patient at a local hospital said. "Unfortunately if just doesn't seem to work. If doctors and health staff smoke blatantly, how do you ask patients and other visitors to put out their cigarettes?"

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Of Ramadan traditions and practices / Anti-smoking drive during holy month 

5 citizens, expat 'held' for eating in public during day 

KUWAIT CITY: Police have arrested five Kuwaitis for violating rules by eating in public places in broad daylight in an open area, during the month of Ramadan, reports Al-Qabas daily. The men, whose identities have not been disclosed were caught smoking behind a commercial complex in Sharq, reports Al-Qabas. In another incident, Fahaheel police arrested an Iranian man for violating fasting rules. He was caught smoking a cigarette at the Fahaheel market. The men were referred to the authorities.

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• Last puff ... Kuwait set to ban smoking in public 

Kuwait is preparing to enforce strict measures to prevent smoking in public places and stop youngsters from taking up the habit. This came after Kuwait's Cabinet reviewed, in its weekly session Sunday, recommendations by its legal committee aimed at banning smoking in public areas.In recognition of the detrimental effect of smoking, "the Council of Ministers reviewed a recommendation by the Ministerial Committee for Legal Affairs in its 7/2/2003 meeting on implementing law 15/1995 on smoking in public places," Deputy Premier and State Minister for Cabinet and Parliament Affairs Mohammed Daifallah Sharar told reporters.

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No GCC move to raise tobacco tariff: Minister 

The GCC countries are not planning an increase in the currently imposed 100 per cent customs duty on tobacco as such a move might lead to contraband of the product and its sale at reduced prices, Qatar's Finance Minister said on Thursday.

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Smoking remains a major killer around the world: Kuwaiti Health Ministe [Source: Middle East News Online] 

The Kuwait Medical Association organised a seminar yesterday dubbed "Exercises without Smoking" under the auspices of Minister of Health Dr Mohammad Al-Jarallah.

The seminar coincided with the occasion of the International Day to Quit Smoking. Dr Ali Saif, the minister's representative and secretary-general for health and environment affairs at the ministry delivered a speech on behalf of the minister.

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• UPDATE 4-UST profit lifted by extra tobacco shipping day 

UST Inc. UST.N , the top U.S. maker of moist smokeless tobacco, on Tuesday posted a higher first-quarter profit, boosted by an extra shipping day for its tobacco, and maintained its forecast for the year.

The Greenwich, Connecticut-based company ships tobacco products like Copenhagen only once a week, on Mondays, so an extra shipping day can cause a notable improvement in results.

UST said domestic industry shipments from wholesalers to retailers were weaker in recent weeks as armed forces stationed in the United States, particularly reservists, headed to the Middle East. Members of the military tend to use smokeless tobacco products more than the broad adult population, and the data only track U.S. retail shipments, the company said.

UST said its smokeless tobacco sales to the military jumped 95 percent, or 3.1 million cans, in the first quarter, including 2.2 million cans shipped to Kuwait via emergency airfreight. The president of UST's U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. estimated that about 1 percent to 2 percent of its consumer base has been temporarily relocated abroad due to troop movement.

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Local youths keep in touch with Marine 

JACOB WELLS of Sidney stands outside of a digital technical center van in Kuwait. Wells is serving with the U.S. Marine Corps. A class at Wells’ former elementary school and the youth group at his church have been corresponding with him. . .

In a recent e-mail from Wells, he acknowledges his family, his girlfriend, Amanda Hall, and his church family and students from Moore’s class. . .

"We love getting snacks of all sorts, shampoo, soap, razors, socks, T-shirts, underwear and tobacco products. [This graph only]

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• Troops take something extra 

The Army regulates, as it does so many aspects of soldiers' lives, much of what they take into battle. But into the crevices of rucksacks and the slender folds of pockets, U.S. troops who are in Kuwaiti camps today but in the Iraqi desert tomorrow find tiny spaces for something of their own.

They choose carefully. What do you pack when you are being sent out to kill? Or when you might be going out to die?

Spc. John Zellers, 28, of the 2nd Battalion of the 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, carries both cigarettes and a tin of Copenhagen smokeless tobacco, because he's prohibited from firing up a smoke at night when they reach combat. [This graph only]

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Life in a Gas Mask: Cigar, Anyone? 

"Cap'n, can I ask a question?"

"What is it?"

"Is there a way I can smoke a cigar inside this?"

As it turns out, the captain claimed that he had figured out a way to convert a water port leading into the mask for drawing on a cigar instead of a canteen, but he declined to show how.

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Iraq fires missiles into Kuwait 

"Damn, I had just put a pinch of chew in when the order came down," said Spc. Dean Bryant, lamenting the loss of valuable chewing tobacco. [This graph only]

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