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University of Maine student and faculty reactions to a proposed tobacco ban are still mixed despite months of research by the Tobacco Free Campus Committee. According to Lauri Sidelko, co-chair of the committee, extensive efforts were made over the ...
Read more(CBS/AP) The Supreme Court opened its new term Monday suggesting it would side with tobacco companies in their fight to block lawsuits over deceptive marketing of "light" cigarettes. The court's term begins, by law, on the first Monday in October ...
Read moreIndia's smokers were today encouraged to stub out their cigarettes as the world’s biggest public smoking ban came into effect. In an effort to clamp down on a habit that kills an estimated 1 million people every year, the government put in action a ...
Read moreWill the anti-smoking hecklers never give up? They have already banned smoking in all public places (a move with significant merit) and now they're trying to sneak their browbeating way into the most private of places, our handbags. As of yesterday ...
Read moreSOUTHGATE — Tony Palmieri believes smoking is bad and he wants lawmakers to ban it in workplaces — no exceptions. The 79-year-old owner of Palco Electronics not only wears his feelings on his sleeve, but he also has posted them on a sign outside ...
Read moreNASHVILLE - Industry and health groups in Tennessee say the vast majority of restaurants chose to ban smoking a year ago rather than banish those under 21 years old, and most appear glad they did. It's been one year since restaurants went smoke-free ...
Read moreAfter hearing comments both for and against a proposed smoking ban, members of Clean Air Emporia, the group that offered the ban, offered to modify the proposal. “It is not our intent to run anyone out of business or to reduce their sales,” said ...
Read moreBecause of all the election frou-frouing, I recently decided it was high time to see one of the greatest political dramas in American cinematic history: All the President's Men . It was terrific, and I felt pretty embarrassed that as a former ...
Read moreHere's a list of ten sports (if you can call most of them an actual sport, which I don't think you can) that I will not tolerate, and quite frankly, if you're a reasonable human being neither should you. Don't get offended if your favorite pastime ...
Read moreI had an eight-dollar rum and coke in hand shortly after nine last night, three drinks in my system and a shiny red VIP pass around my neck. I’d quit worrying that I was freakishly un-freakish amongst this crowd and was ready for my first Marilyn ...
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