Smoking out (South Bend Tribune)
Businesses prepare for ban to go into effect Monday. With one more day before the countywide smoking ban goes into effect, local businesses are bracing for the impact and attempting to make plans for the future.
Source: www.southbendtribune.com

Studies Explore The Many Complex Linkages Between Smoking And Cancer (Science Daily)
Researchers are delving deeper into the links between smoking and cancer, teasing out the genes and molecules involved as well as other factors that affect cancer risk. They have found, for example, a specific protein that decreases with smoking cessation. Genetic factors are also being implicated in the lung cancers of people who have never smoked. New studies are revealing an association
Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Reducing Your Risk of Stroke (ThirdAge)
You may be able to reduce your risk of stroke by making changes to modifiable risk factors. Extensive research has established smoking as a risk factor for stroke and heart attack.
Source: www.thirdage.com