Senate Committee Not Recommending Smoking Ban (WMUR News 9)
A proposed ban on smoking in all restaurants and bars in New Hampshire is headed for a battle in the state Senate.
Source: www.thewmurchannel.com
Study gives men another reason to quit smoking (Tallahassee Democrat)
Smoking can shorten lives, and a new study finds it may also hamper men's sex lives. Researchers say men who smoke a pack of cigarettes or more a day are nearly 40 percent more likely to have erectile dysfunction compared with nonsmokers.
Source: www.tallahassee.com
Hospital trust starts smoking ban (BBC News)
A total smoking ban is launched at hospital sites in Grimsby, Scunthorpe and Goole.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
Police: Man Stabs Brother Over Smoking In Home (KSAT ClickOnSA.com via Yahoo! News)
A 29-year-old man stabbed his 23-year-old brother early Tuesday after the younger sibling refused to quit smoking inside their West Side home, police said.
Source: news.yahoo.com
Nov. initiative calls for new tobacco tax (Daily Forty-Niner)
The American Cancer Society (ACS) is gathering signatures to place a proposition on the November ballot in California that would levy a new tax on tobacco. ACS expects this new tax will help encourage people to stop or cut back on smoking because of the added cost to purchase tobacco products.
Source: www.csulb.edu
LSUA discusses limiting smoking (The Town Talk)
Flattened cigarettes aren't uncommon on the Louisiana State University at Alexandria campus. Some of them are dropped underneath "No Smoking" signs outside the buildings or in ash trays not 2 feet from those same signs.
Source: www.thetowntalk.com
Hospital trust starts smoking ban (BBC News)
A total smoking ban is launched at hospital sites in Grimsby, Scunthorpe and Goole.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
U Of I Talks Of Broader Smoking Ban (KCCI 8 Iowa)
A ban on smoking at the University of Iowa doesn't start until July, but there is already talk of expanding it.
Source: www.kcci.com
