Daily Digest 4.1
Daily Herald, UT – 2 hours ago
In Utah County, where it is often felt that “smoking is not a problem,” OUTRAGE will be collecting cigarette butts in area parks to show the Board of Health …
Daily Herald, UT – 2 hours ago
In Utah County, where it is often felt that “smoking is not a problem,” OUTRAGE will be collecting cigarette butts in area parks to show the Board of Health …
Do Kennedy and Waxman know about electronic or e-cigarettes?
WhyQuit (press release), SC – 29 Mar 2008 Question: How does it compare to smoking tobacco? Andy: It’s different. The “smoke” has a different feel to it than actual cigarette smoke does. … |
House Bill pushes to raise legal smoking age to 21
LSU The Reveille, LA – 27 Mar 2008 If a person is eating and cigarette smoke wafts in his or her general direction, the disgust in understandable. But in a bar or casino, where an age limit … |
More and more girls getting hooked
Daily Times, Pakistan – 27 Mar 2008 Data analysis revealed links between cigarette smoking and body weight/shape concerns, and awareness by subjects of these links; there was also a tendency … |
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In India smoking kills 104 per hour
NDTV.com, India – 19 Mar 2008 The next time you light a cigarette think again, India loses 9.9 lakh people every year due to smoking. That’s a scary 104 deaths every hour. … |
Police Briefs for March 28
phillyBurbs.com, PA – 28 Mar 2008 A suspected marijuana cigarette was found in Terinoni’s pocket, police said. Teens cited for underage drinking: Three teenage girls were cited for underage … |
Fury at cigarette vending machine ban plan
Bradford Telegraph Argus, UK – 24 Mar 2008 Our cigarette machine is right in front of the bar and if anyone underage was trying to use it we would have something to say about it. … |
McCain’s stand on tobacco is put to test
Boston Globe, United States – 25 Mar 2008 He also supported a $1.10-per-pack tax on cigarettes to fund programs to cut underage smoking. “I still regret we did not succeed,” he said as recently as … |
Teens roll eyes at effort to make underage tobacco possession illegal
Grand Junction Sentinel, CO – 10 Mar 2008 In Mesa County District 51, it would mean the before-, after- and during-lunch cigarette crowds that often line the outskirts of some school perimeters … |
Lawmakers can do more to stop underage smoking
Cherry Hill Courier Post, NJ – 16 Mar 2008
More than 3 million American children under age 18 smoke 947 million packs of cigarettes each year, according to the bill sponsors, who include Assemblyman …
Cherry Hill Courier Post, NJ – 16 Mar 2008
More than 3 million American children under age 18 smoke 947 million packs of cigarettes each year, according to the bill sponsors, who include Assemblyman …