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New Candy Flavored Tobacco Products become popular among Teens
OLYMPIA ¾ More Washington students are making healthier choices by avoiding alcohol according to a recent survey of kids in our teensmokingstate. But declines in cigarette smoking continue to stall and an increase in new candy-flavored tobacco products...
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Winfrey admits to smoking weed in the 80's
New York, August 17 (ANI): Oprah Winfrey has admitted that she had smoked marijuana in 1982 on 'Watch What Happens Live', while promoting her upcoming flick 'The Butler'. Host Andy Cohen coxed Winfrey into playing 'Plead the Fifth,' a game in which he...
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How to Quit Smoking: Practice
A fundamental step in the process of learning how to quit smoking is plain old practice is a must. Smoking cessation can't be rushed, so try to relax and think of time as your quit buddy. The more of it that you put between you and that last cigarette...
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Twitter-based experiment to help smokers quit sees positive results
Smokers looking to kick the habit may try any number of approaches: patches, gums, e-cigarettes, and now tweeting. At the University of California at Irvine, a recently completed clinical trial looked at whether virtual support networks created through...
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Uptake of smoking by young people
Smoking is an addiction largely taken up in childhood and adolescence, so it is crucial to reduce the number of young people taking up smoking in the first place. If smoking is seen by young people as a normal part of everyday life, they are much more...
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Another rationales for smoking restrictions
Another rationales for smoking restrictions include a reduced risk of fire in areas where it is possible explosions; cleanliness in places where pharmaceuticals, food, precision instruments and machinery are produced or semiconductors; decreased legal...
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Hoffman reintroduces smoking ban
A West Monroe lawmaker is back again with his yearly attempt to ban smoking within 25 feet of the entrances to state-owned office buildings, as a way to lessen exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke. The House voted 78-11 Wednesday for the bill by Rep....
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REPORT FROM THE SMOKING PATIO
The patio outside the International Ballroom at the Golden Globes is as star-studded as the room inside. When Globes celebrants need fresh air — or nicotine-tinged air — they head straight there. "12 Years A Slave" co-stars Michael Fassbender and Sarah...
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Breaking news that smoking is bad for your health
It certainly isn’t breaking news that smoking is bad for your health. This has been shown over and over again to the point where both smokers and nonsmokers are tired of hearing about it. But here’s a little extra motivation in case you or a loved one...
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Tobacco Firm Pursues 'Safer' Cigarette
A major tobacco company appears to be serious about developing a lower-risk cigarette, sponsoring clinical tests with prototypes containing reduced levels of toxic components. London-based British American Tobacco (BAT) said Monday that it would launch...
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With pot legal, festival trying to go mainstream
Organizers of Denver's annual April 20 marijuana festival on Wednesday announced that rapper B.o.B and singer Wyclef Jean will headline the event as they try to draw a big post-legalization crowd and shake the memory of last year's event, which was marred...
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Hawaii House passes smoking ban in public housing
The Hawaii House approved a proposal to ban smoking in public housing on Friday. Rep. Scott Saiki says the proposed ban reflects a growing trend in high-rise condominiums that have banned smoking. Under the bill, all new leases and permits for public...
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Earnings Preview: Reynolds American 3Q
— Reynolds American Inc., the second-biggest U.S. cigarette company, should give investors some insight into its premium Camel brand and its lower-priced Pall Mall brand when it releases its third-quarter results before the stock markets open Tuesday....
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Officials say smoking led to fatal Waltham fire
Authorities say an early morning rooming house fire that killed a Waltham man was started by improper disposal of smoking materials. State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan and Waltham Fire Chief Paul Ciccone also said Friday that a smoke alarm in the man's room...
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Experts face new challenges in fight against smoking
Fifty years ago, a war was waged against an enemy the nation didn’t even know existed. One could call it a sort of chemical warfare that big business ingrained into the culture of America. The only way to stop it—the Surgeon General Report. Smoking tobacco...
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Pollution as great a risk as smoking during pregnancy
EXPOSURE to even low levels of common air pollutants during pregnancy significantly increases the risk of babies being born small, according to one of the largest studies of its kind. The research, published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal,...
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Students push to ban smoking on campus
Right now, smoking is allowed 10 feet away from buildings. The people behind a petition hope to change that. "Second-hand smoke is really dangerous," said Corey Kinnan. "Helping people live longer, healthy lives is something I’m passionate about." The...
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Parental smoking 'ages' children’s arteries
“Passive smoking causes lasting damage to children’s arteries, prematurely ageing their blood vessels by more than three years,” BBC News reports. The news is based on emerging evidence that exposure to secondhand smoke damages children’s arteries. This...
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Concern over tobacco packaging as kids say packs have more influence than celebrities
The power of packaging is twice as likely as celebrities to influence children (40 per cent vs 20 per cent) when they think about buying a product, according to a new YouGov survey* - boosting the argument for putting tobacco in plain standardised packs...
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Pilot accuses Justin Bieber of smoking weed before flight
A private jet pilot has allegedly accused Justin Bieber of boarding a plane while high on marijuana, according to a new report. Classic Red TMZ.com claims to have spoken to a pilot who recently took Bieber and his crew on an internal U.S. flight, and...
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Boston approves ban on smoking in city-run parks
Boston has banned smoking in city-run parks, joining a growing list of American cities to do so. The Boston Parks and Recreation Commission on Monday approved a ban covering the 251 parks, squares, cemeteries and other spaces run by the Parks and Recreation...
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5 Ways Smoking Hurts Your Sexual Health
Looking for a reason to quit? How about five? You know smoking can up your cancer risk, but did you know it makes PMS and erections worse? Both of those facts come courtesy of an anti-smoking campaign from the New York City health department. Some say...
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Maple Ridge wants to exceed B.C. smoking law
Maple Ridge’s old smoking bylaw is going up in smoke and being replaced by a new one that will exceed the B.C. minimum of three metres that smokers must be from doorways and windows. Council told staff to draft a bylaw and to ensure the distances exceeded...
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Cigarette firms prepare for new ad, packaging policy
Cigarette companies are preparing for the implementation of a government regulation that restricts tobacco advertisements and requires graphic warnings on cigarette packets. The tobacco control regulation was issued by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono...
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Phelps gets 4 years in prison, ordered to pay $5.1 million in restitution
Mocksville businessman and convicted felon Calvin Phelps was sentenced Monday to a little more than three years in prison and ordered to pay $5.1 million in restitution during his sentencing hearing a U.S. District Court judge in Mississippi. The sentencing...