City Playground Smoking Ban Now In Effect (WGAL.com)
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A ban on smoking at Harrisburg's 16 city-owned playgrounds is now in effect. City leaders say violators will not face the $50 fine until after signs are posted. The playground smoking ban is part of a larger proposal to stop smoking in all city-owned or leased buildings.
Source: www.wgal.com
Uganda: Do You Want to Quit Smoking? Keep Busy With Constructive Work (AllAfrica.com)
IN 1999, I lost an auntie to chronic bronchitis which resulted from smoking. I started a crusade against smoking, especially for passive smokers who are exposed to danger as smokers.
Source: allafrica.com
No ifs or butts: just quit (Bendigo Advertiser)
SMOKERS must want to quit if they want to succeed. That was the message from Quit Victoria yesterday as the nation marked World No Tobacco Day with the theme: Tobacco: deadly in any form or disguise.
Source: bendigo.yourguide.com.au
City Playground Smoking Ban Now In Effect (WGAL via Yahoo! News)
A ban on smoking at Harrisburg's 16 city-owned playgrounds is now in effect.
Source: news.yahoo.com
Batavia Downs to Add 'Smoking' VLTs (R News)
The owners of Batavia Downs say they're moving ahead with a plan to add 50 video lottery terminals in a new smoking room. The project still needs state approval.
Source: www.rnews.com
No ifs or butts: just quit (Bendigo Advertiser)
SMOKERS must want to quit if they want to succeed. That was the message from Quit Victoria yesterday as the nation marked World No Tobacco Day with the theme: Tobacco: deadly in any form or disguise.
Source: bendigo.yourguide.com.au
MAN WINS NT$600,000 IN CONTEST TO QUIT SMOKING (Central News Agency)
Taipei, May 30 (CNA) A smoker won NT$600,000 (US$18,750) in a contest to quit smoking Tuesday after giving up the habit for four weeks and passing a nicotine test.
Source: www.cna.com.tw
Changing stripes (Boston Globe)
Jim Leyland, still wearing his navy blue cap with the old English font "D," sat with his blue-stockinged feet resting on his desk, the cigarette he'd vowed to quit smoking years ago freshly lit in his hand.
Source: www.boston.com
Free Smoking Cessation Center Pops-Up in Atlanta to Give Area Smokers and Their Loved Ones Help to Kick the Habit (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Nicorette is bringing a fresh new approach to quitting smoking to Atlanta, the first stop following the launch of a national challenge for a million smokers to commit to quitting.
Source: biz.yahoo.com
Marketing campaign bolsters smoking ban (Denver Post)
The state health department and anti-smoking advocates launched an $800,000 marketing campaign Wednesday to educate Coloradans about the statewide smoking ban that takes effect July 1.
Source: www.denverpost.com
