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Kenya tobacco firms angered by city smoking bans

Quit Smoking — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:52:42 +0000

Kenyaâ€™s besieged tobacco industry is toying with the idea of covertly sponsoring dozens of litigants to sue city and town councils who have banned smoking in public areas for infringing on their constitutional right to smoke, even as more towns line up to impose similar bans. Some...

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Smoking is censored - so, what’ll be next?

Quit Smoking — Thu, 17 May 2007 05:50:54 +0000

Steven Shainberg, director of the speculative Diane Arbus bio, Fur, has a story: “I was developing a project for a studio, and the character was this totally messed-up guy. He was in his mid- to late 20s; he frequented whores; he took an enormous amount of Ecstasy, and in many, many...

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Smoking Ban Will Force Big Changes For Restaurants - Maryland

Quit Smoking — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:48:55 +0000

As Maryland State lawmakers close-in on a statewide smoking ban, restaurants are expecting changes on their end. Warren Custis of the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) in Salisbury says bars and restaurants will miss out on a major part of their business. “It’s wrong to try to...

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Anti-smoking activist loses job in A.C. casino

Quit Smoking — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:39:51 +0000

An anti-smoking activist has lost his casino job at the Tropicana Casino and Resort after 26 years. Vince Rennich, a table games supervisor, doesn’t buy the argument that his dismissal was part of a larger staff reduction as the new owners reorganize the property. “They threw me...

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Confusion Over Smoking in Public Places

Quit Smoking — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:52:22 +0000

Consumers are confused about details of the impending smoking ban in England and Wales. Nearly six out of 10 people do not know when the restrictions come into force, according to trade magazine The Publican. A survey of nearly 1,000 people found 41 per cent thought smoking would still be...

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Texans Fight Over Smoking Ban

Quit Smoking — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:16:18 +0000

A proposed ban on smoking in all bars, restaurants and work sites across the state is igniting a big-money fight at the Texas Capitol. Anti-smoking forces are lining up against the tobacco industry and some restaurant owners, with lobbyists from both sides seeking to win over... Visit...

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France Faces up to Smoking Ban

Quit Smoking — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:19:38 +0000

Thursday marks an important health and cultural shift for France when a new law comes into force banning smoking in public places. Offices and other public buildings come under the new legislation but cafes, bars, restaurants, hotels and casinos are exempt until 2008. The state is to aid...

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Calgary Health Region Launches Anti-smoking Ads for Young Adults

Quit Smoking — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:00:09 +0000

Floyd Black Horse is a smoker whoâ€™s decided to quit. This makes the 22-year-old a natural choice to be one of the public faces of an eight-week advertising campaign launched today by the Calgary Health Region to help young adults butt out. â€œThe anti-smoking campaign … has been a...

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Smoking Shelters in Casinos Disputed

Quit Smoking — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:34:07 +0000

A new squabble has broken out between the food and hospitality industry and the provincial government over Ontario’s smoking regulations. Smoking is banned in all public places in this province, including restaurants, bars and bingo halls. But there are cries of protest following a...

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Will France be the same after smoking ban begins?

Quit Smoking — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:30:14 +0000

Imagine French cafes free of cigarette smoke, without smoldering butts or ash underfoot. The prospect — an imminent reality — raises a question that smoker and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre might have enjoyed contemplating: Will France still be France without widespread smoking...

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Smoking ban not popular in Ohio prisons - No Surprise There..

Quit Smoking — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 06:53:44 +0000

Getting rid of indoor smoking in prisons is about as popular as replacing jelly-filled donuts with cold gruel in the chow hall. A review team told Gov. Ted Strickland that the new state law banning indoor smoking is among the five most controversial regulations in the prison system. Though a...

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UK Man Sacked for Smoking - Not the First Case

Quit Smoking — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:52:23 +0000

A smoker was sacked having a fag break at the factory where he worked. Dad-of-one John Smith was sheltering from the rain in a doorway yards from an official smoking bay when he was caught. Bosses at the Michelin Tyres factory, in Dundee, sacked the 35-year-old on the spot for gross...

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NHS licence for anti-smoking drug to help quitting in UK

Quit Smoking — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:46:31 +0000

The first drug designed to help smokers quit without the use of nicotine has been licensed for use in the Scottish NHS. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) is due to announce today that it has approved Champix after clinical trials showed that nearly half of smokers given the drug were able...

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Bangor Bans Smoking Cars with Immediate Effect

Quit Smoking — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:26:53 +0000

After the City Council voted 6-3 in favor of an anti-smoking measure, Bangor, Maine will become the first city to ban smoking in a motor vehicle when children under the age of 18 are present. Although similar statewide measures have been adopted in Arkansas and Louisiana, Bangor is the first...

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Hong Kong adjusts slowly to citywide smoking ban

Quit Smoking — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:44:21 +0000

John Greene is one of Hong Kong’s 800,000 or so smokers who’ve been grappling with a citywide smoking ban that came into effect this year. Advert for The Scotsman Digital Archive The long-time smoker jokes the ban has overturned one of the traditions of the century-old Kowloon...

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