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[Australia] Queensland LNP Government threatens to sue tobacco companies for the cost to health sector

HEALTH Minister Lawrence Springborg has left the door open to launching lawsuits against tobacco companies for the cost of smoking-related illness to Queensland Health. As exclusive new figures reveal scores of Queensland children are regularly being ex
Brisbane (QLD) Courier-Mail (au)
added Feb 2, 2013 18:08
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A family that smokes together, opens a cigar shop and lounge

"I gained back a couple punches on my man card," chuckles Brown, whose family business, Brown & Sons Premium Cigars, passed the one-year mark in September 2012. Although, he notes, "there's plenty of women who enjoy cigars, too."
Tacoma (WA) Weekly Volcano
added Jan 30, 2013 16:27
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[Australia] 'I felt like killing her': man 'freaked out' and strangled mother

A former council worker and fruit picker "freaked out" and strangled his elderly mother, after years of arguments about whether his smoking caused his father to die from oesophageal cancer, a court has heard.
Hills News (NSW) (au)
added Jan 29, 2013 16:44
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Caregivers Corner: Ways to help end mother's smoking habit

Remove all ashtrays from sight and matches from accessibility — out of sight, out of mind works pretty well. Engage her in activities during the times of day she would normally smoke. This is most important in the morning and when she is otherwise unoccup
Capital Gazette Communications
added Jan 27, 2013 23:25
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[Oregon] Should cigarettes be illegal?

Tobacco clearly takes a significant toll on the lives of Americans, causing 450,000 premature deaths a year, and some say cigarettes should be banned.
Mother Nature Network (blog)
added Jan 26, 2013 06:25
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[Uae, Uae: Sharjah] LETTER: 'Number of young smokers is a cause for concern'

Any store caught selling tobacco to children should be handed hefty fines. Moreover, parents who have the habit of smoking should avoid it when in front of their children, as this will not only prevent them from the dangerous effects of passive smoking bu
7 Days (ae)
added Jan 13, 2013 23:40
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[Illinois] Infant severely burned after grandmother removes oxygen mask, lights cigarette

CASEYVILLE, Ill. (KMOV) - A 2-month-old girl was hospitalized after a fire believed to be started by a cigarette started inside a Caseyville mobile home Friday morning. Police said the infant's grandmother had just removed her oxygen mask to light a cig
KMOV-TV (St. Louis, MO)
added Jan 12, 2013 12:21
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[New York] When I Grow Up I Want To Be A Cooker

she shot film footage of her two-year-old son playing with a fake cigarette and added wisps, rings, and puffs of smoke, generated using Hollywood special-effects software. The video is both frighteningly real and blatantly fictitious, echoing the anxious
Metropolitan Museum of Art
added Jan 11, 2013 11:23
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[Illinois] Infant burned in trailer fire possibly sparked from grandma's cigarette

An infant is hospitalized with severe burns ... the infant's grandmother was removing her oxygen mask in an effort to light her cigarette when the fire sparked. ... infant was sleeping alongside the grandmother in a bed when the fire started
KMOV-TV (St. Louis, MO)
added Jan 11, 2013 08:29
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[UK] Smokefree South West and Bray Leino work together on new campaign to stop parents smoking in play parks

Smokefree South West has partnered with Bray Leino . . . The ‘Smokefree Park’ initiative follows a survey which showed over half (57 per cent) of people considered smoking to be a problem in their local play park. The ‘Better Places to Play’ campaign ai
The Drum (uk)
added Jan 9, 2013 14:42
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