Jessica Miller | March 2, 2012
More than 70 percent of respondents to a poll conducted in Mobile County last summer and fall indicated support for policies eliminating all tobacco smoke from indoor public places, including restaurants and bars, according to new data from the University of Alabama’s Institute for Social Science Research. The poll, conducted between August and October, asked 845 Mobile County residents ages 19 and older about their attitudes toward smoke-free policies, tax increases on cigarettes, tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke, among other things.
Category: secondhand smoke, smoking ban |
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Jessica Miller | January 12, 2012
Occasional and low cumulative marijuana use is not associated with adverse effects on pulmonary function, a new study has found. Exposure to tobacco smoke causes lung damage with clinical consequences that include respiratory symptoms, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and lung cancer. Mark J. Pletcher and his colleagues from the University of California examined associations between marijuana, both current and lifetime exposure, and pulmonary function.
Category: Marijuana Use, smoking addiction |
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Jessica Miller | December 19, 2011
The ambience inside the restaurant was marvellous. There was a banquet hall on the same floor as the restaurant and a wedding reception was taking place there. Our meal was great. But after dinner and as we were walking to the lift lobby, we had a shock of our lives. We found the entire lift lobby transformed into a “smoking lounge” with restaurant’s diners as well as those attending the wedding function puffing away.
Category: secondhand smoke, Smoking Exposure |
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Jessica Miller | November 10, 2011
Emergency room visits because of heart attacks appear to have dropped sharply across the state after the beginning of 2010, and health officials think one reason is the ban on smoking in bars and restaurants that took effect then. Such visits fell 21 percent after the law went into effect, according to a report released Wednesday by the N.C. Division of Public Health. The statistical modeling used to generate that number couldn’t take into account everything that cut heart attack rates, but the ban almost certainly played a big part, said Dr. Jeffrey Engel, the state health director.
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Jessica Miller | September 23, 2011
Clients at a Driffield pub may be shocked to see people enjoying a drink and a Armada cigarette. The Blue Bell, on Riverhead, is the country’s first Totally Wicked “Vaping Bar” – offering customers the chance to once again smoke in a pub without breaking the law.
Category: Electronic Cigarettes |
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