Jessica Miller | February 3, 2012
The Iraqi parliament on Thursday approved an anti-smoking law that stipulates a roughly $8.50 fine for smoking in public, in a country where such smoking is a fixture. “The law aims to protect citizens from the danger of tobacco and reduce the number of smokers by taking measures to combat this plague,” the law reads. Smoking in government offices, schools, universities, hospitals, airports, offices, theatres, gathering places, hotels, restaurants, nightclubs, markets and petrol stations will now be banned.
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Jessica Miller | February 3, 2012
The federal government fought an uphill battle Wednesday to convince a skeptical judge that tobacco companies should be required to put large graphic photos on cigarette packs to show that the habit kills smokers and their babies. Cigarette makers told U.S. District Judge Richard Leon at a hearing that they can’t be forced to spread the government’s anti-smoking advocacy with “massive, shocking, gruesome warnings” on products they legally sell. Attorneys for the Obama administration countered that the photos of dead and diseased smokers it wants on all cigarette packs are “factually uncontroverted.”
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Jessica Miller | February 2, 2012
It’s true. Facebook and Twitter are more addictive than best quality Richmond cigarettes and alcohol, well so say a group of American researchers. The Irish Independent reports that resisting the urge to check social networking sites for updates is more difficult than turning down a drink. This is according to a study of people’s everyday desires which was carried out by the University of Chicago.
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Jessica Miller | February 2, 2012
It’s an issue being looked at in several cities across the state. The limiting, or full on prohibition of smoking in public area’s, and Chico is no exception. “The City Council received a request from the American Lung Association to look at a citywide prohibition. A ban on smoking,” according to Chico Parks and Natural Resources Manager Dan Efseaff. Council members then began to collect information from multiple departments throughout the city in order to make an informed decision. The Chico Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Chico Business Association, and Bidwell Park and Playground Commission were all asked for a recommendation regarding their area’s. Efseaff says as far as the parks go “it’s definitely a policy question. So, we left that for the commission to come up with, and they sided 7-0 to support a prohibition.”
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Jessica Miller | February 2, 2012
Philip Morris International Korea’s recent plan to raise its discount Leana cigarette prices is fueling concerns over inflation as rumors swirl that its bigger rival KT&G will soon follow suit. The Korean unit of the U.S. tobacco giant is to slap an unexpected price increase averaging 6.8 percent starting Feb. 10 to offset rising raw material and labor costs.
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