Jessica Miller | December 30, 2010
And businesswoman Susi Russell is the proof. The 34-year-old has smoked Marlboro on and off since her teens but has been successfully winning her battle against the evil weed since trying laser therapy last month. Her tale will offer hope to those who have pledged to beat their addiction in the New Year. About ten million adults in the UK smoke – about a sixth of the population – and each year 80,000 people die because of illnesses caused by cigarettes.
Category: quit smoking |
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Tags: nicotine craving, stop smoking laser
Jessica Miller | December 30, 2010
Penalties for breaking laws regarding tobacco and alcohol products will be raised 7.7 percent starting New Year’s Day, Anatolian news agency reported Wednesday. The Tobacco and Alcohol Market Regulatory Agency, or TAPDK, said fines given within the scope of Law No. 4207 on preventing harm from tobacco products and Law No. 4733 regarding the agency and its duties have been made more stringent.
Category: Indoor Smoking Ban |
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Tags: cigarettes butts, smoking ban, tobacco products
Jessica Miller | December 30, 2010
A study released by Charleston’s Covenant House shows gay people in West Virginia smoke much more often than the general population. The state has about 40,000 gays and lesbians and the study found that about half of West Virginia’s gay men smoke, and 47 percent of gay people in the state smoke. The study pointed to tobacco industry marketing, stress, and the traditionally social element to smoking as causes.
Category: Smoking Habit |
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Tags: gay smokers, smoke, tobacco industry
Jessica Miller | December 30, 2010
Spaniards will wake up on Sunday to find that what many consider an inalienable right – puffing on a Hilton cigarette with a drink at their local bar – has overnight become illegal. On January 2, one of the laxest anti-smoking laws in Europe will have become one of the strictest, along with that of Ireland.
Category: anti-smoking regulation |
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Tags: smoke-free, smoking area, Tobacco Company
Jessica Miller | December 29, 2010
The police have booked 509 persons, including 25 foreigners, for smoking Davidoff in the ‘no-smoking zone’ at the Sunburn Goa electronic music fest. “We have formed a special team of 10 PSIs to keep a check on people who smoke at the venue, as the same is declared as a no-smoking zone. We booked about 100 cases on the first day of the festival and the rest of the cases were booked on Tuesday,” said police sources.
Category: No Smoking |
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Tags: no smoking zones, smoking cigarettes, tobacco control
