Ghana: Smokers Get New Deal (AllAfrica.com)
The Ministry of Health has introduced a Quit and Win smoking cessation competition that would provide a positive method to induce large numbers of people to stop smoking.
Source: allafrica.com

Smoking offers unfiltered laughs (The Weatherford Democrat)
By Scott Meeker THE JOPLIN GLOBE (JOPLIN, Mo.) Just picture this scene from Message from Sector Six a sci-fi epic that Brad Pitt and Catherine Zeta Jones are attached to star in.
Source: www.weatherforddemocrat.com

Smoking law's author shuns the spotlight (Louisville Courier-Journal)
When a partial ban on smoking goes into effect June 14 in Jeffersonville, the author of the new law won't be looking for publicity. Barbara Wilson, who engineered the ban last year, said it was one of the most significant pieces of legislation she has written since joining the City Council in 1993.
Source: www.courier-journal.com

Speedway to consider smoking ban tonight (The Indianapolis Star)
Speedway residents and business owners will get their chance today to address a possible no-smoking ordinance. Following the lead of other area communities, Speedway officials will consider approving an ordinance to prohibit smoking in many public areas.
Source: www.indystar.com

Both Alcoholism And Chronic Smoking Can Damage The Brain's Prefrontal Cortex (Science Daily)
A study in the current journal issue reveals alcoholism commonly co-occurs with chronic smoking; both alcohol and nicotine act on the brain's "drug-reward pathway" or mesocorticolimbic system; and new findings indicate that alcoholism and chronic smoking have a higher number of common genetic targets than previously believed.
Source: www.sciencedaily.com