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[Mississippi] McComb board votes against expansion of local smoking prohibition

AP - Associated Press
added May 18, 2013 11:35
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[Mississippi] City snuffs smoking ban expansion ($$)

McComb selectmen voted 5-0 Tuesday to strike down an ordinance that would ban smoking in all public workplaces in the city.  The Mississippi Tobacco Free Coalition proposed the ordinance after the organization conducted an air quality study in several M
McComb (MS) Enterprise-Journal
added May 18, 2013 11:29
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[Mississippi] City snuffs smoking ban expansion

McComb selectmen voted 5-0 Tuesday to strike down an ordinance that would ban smoking in all public workplaces in the cit
McComb (MS) Enterprise-Journal
added May 16, 2013 16:39
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[North Carolina] The 2013 Reynolds American, Inc. Annual Shareholders Meeting: orders, points of order, “out of order” and ordered out!

Dr. Sharon Brown, a grandmother and a shareholder from Pennsylvania, who was seated second from the aisle where the company’s sole microphone ... saw Dr. Brown fall to the floor after she attempted to get by the RAI employee. By the time Dr. Brown was ab
Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI)
added May 19, 2013 13:37
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[Belgium, Finland, France, Sweden, UK] Healthy Lifestyle May Offset Job Stress, Study Finds

Job stress increases the risk of heart disease, but living a healthy lifestyle can significantly reduce that risk, a new study says. Researchers examined data from more than 102,000 men and women, aged 17 to 70, in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Sw
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added May 14, 2013 13:08
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[UK] Cigarettes cost workers nearly £1000

Two workers were fined £434 each for smoking in their work vehicles which is illegal. Abdul Shakoor of Crawley Road and Keith Fairlie of Napier Road were found guilty at Luton Magistrates Court in their absence as neither attended.
Luton Today (uk)
added May 11, 2013 13:33
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[Australia] Call for mine site smoking ban rejected

A call by the Cancer Council for smoking to be banned at all West Australian mines sites has been rejected. The state's Chamber of Minerals and Energy (CME) says such a move would cause resentment. WA's Department of Mines and Petroleum data shows smoki
AAP (Australian Associated Press) (au)
added May 17, 2013 13:01
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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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[Vietnam] Hanoi to forbid smoking in vehicles, aircraft and trams

Hanoi has just promulgated Plan 70, on implementing the National Strategy for Tobacco Harm Prevention toward 2020 in Hanoi. Under the plan, the city will ban smoking indoors and within the campus of medical facilities, educational facilities, facilities
Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) (vn)
added May 7, 2013 09:12
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[North Carolina] Duke Recognized for Tobacco Cessation Programs

12-month program helps 167 employees quit tobacco last year
Duke University News Service
added May 6, 2013 19:11
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