More firms charge higher health premiums for smokers (Houston Chronicle)
Smokers already feeling pressure from increasing cigarette costs and workplace smoking bans are now feeling squeezed from another direction health insurance premiums.
Source: feeds.chron.com

Much of Europe Bans Smoking; Germany Keeps Puffing Away (Deutsche Welle)
While Britain becomes the latest European country to prohibit smoking in public places, Germany seems adamant about clinging to the unhealthy habit.
Source: www.dw-world.de

Council should reopen smoking ordinance (Purdue Exponent)
With the recent debate over the smoking ordinance, I am disappointed by the lack of student voice on supporting legislation for smoke-free air. Restaurant and bar owners showed up by the dozen at the City Council meetings, yet where was the population that makes up a majority of their business?
Source: www.purdueexponent.org

Pill to lose weight, quit smoking may be around bend (NorthJersey.com)
Sanofi-Aventis' anti-obesity medication Acomplia showed "modest but sustained" results in helping obese and overweight patients lose pounds, according to the results of a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Source: www.northjersey.com