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[UK, UK-Scotland] Jane Devine: Having smoking areas at Commonwealth Games venues is hardly sending a healthy message

The Commonwealth Games are a golden opportunity to shape the attitudes we need for a healthier Scotland, but at the moment, we’re not at the races.
The Scotsman (uk)
added May 13, 2013 09:25
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[Virginia] BENNETT: Big tobacco and higher education

it is still embraced by many of the nation's colleges. The industry clearly has targeted higher ed connections . . . Altria, maker of Marlboro, the biggest selling cigarette brand in the U.S., is a case in point. Execs and directors of the Virginia-bas
Muckety
added May 13, 2013 03:08
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Electronic cigarettes may be bad for your health - A column by Drs. Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz

We think smokeless electronic cigarettes threaten the progress that's been made in helping people get free of nicotine and tobacco. E-cigs deliver pure nicotine to the lungs. And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that, if people start
Fort Wayne(IN) News-Sentinel
added May 13, 2013 02:54
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BABIARZ: Smokers in the workplace

Before we even get into whether this is a discrimination issue, let's first take a look at how much the tobacco industry spends on smoking. According to the Federal Trade Commission's Cigarette Report for 2007-2008, the U.S. tobacco industry spent about
The Telescope (Palomar College)
added May 11, 2013 14:19
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[Florida] Reservation for nonsmoking room should have been honored

This is a clearcut case of a hotel offering a product and failing to deliver. But things aren't always so defined. I checked into a Hampton Inn in Van Buren, Ark., recently, and had a nonsmoking room, but it was on a smoking floor. When my kids walked int
Everett (WA) Herald
added May 11, 2013 13:42
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[New Jersey] ROSSI: Burlington County Bans Smoking in Parks -- Why Not Just Ban Them All? [POLL]

WKXW-FM 101.5 FM (Trenton, NJ)
added May 10, 2013 10:15
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[New Jersey] BARRETT: Ban the butts

The Burlington County Board of Freeholders said this week that all county parks will be smoke- and tobacco-free beginning May 31. We join the American Cancer Society in lauding the county for making this decision.
phillyBurbs.com
added May 10, 2013 10:03
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ANDERSON: I'm A Smoker And I Love E-Cigarettes

Though with an e-cigarette, that fix is provided via inhaled, atomized, nicotine-infused water vapor instead of smoke. If you're addicted to nicotine and an e-cigarette smoker, not using an e-cig for a period of time results in the same withdrawal symptom
Business Insider
added May 9, 2013 20:50
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[California] Dan Walters Daily: Will Prop. 30 burnout kill cigarette tax plan?

California's low smoking rates make a proposed cigarette tax seem plausible, but that could run up against wariness about again raising taxes in the wake of Proposition 30.
Sacramento (CA) Bee
added May 9, 2013 17:52
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[Europe, UK] LYONS: The new EU directive: quit smoking or die

In December 2012, the EU's executive, the European Commission, announced its proposals to revise the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), originally passed in 2001, to take account of 'significant scientific, market and international developments' that have
spiked (uk)
added May 9, 2013 17:22
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