Pfizer Fired Up Over Smoking-Cessation Drug (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
After years without any breakthrough products, the smoking cessation drug market is once again lighting up.
Source: news.yahoo.com
'Careless smoking' sparked fatal fire (WCAX 3)
RIDGEWAY, N.Y. Authorities say careless smoking sparked the fire in Orleans County earlier this month that claimed two lives.
Source: www.wcax.com
Smoking blows up $50m in wasted work hours (The Peninsula)
Doha Time valued at $50m is wasted due to smoking in Qatar. There are five million smokers in the GCC, a figure that is increasing by 150,000 per year. In addition, smokers contribute 1,000 tonnes of pollution annually. A staggering $4bn is spent annually on smoking-related products in the region.
Source: www.thepeninsulaqatar.com
Crete reveals surprises (The Olympian)
When Americans visit Greece, they typically stop at Athens to tour the Acropolis, then leave the traffic and smog of the capital for the islands.
Source: www.theolympian.com
'Careless smoking' sparked fatal fire (WCAX 3)
RIDGEWAY, N.Y. Authorities say careless smoking sparked the fire in Orleans County earlier this month that claimed two lives.
Source: www.wcax.com
The Valley snuffs out smoking (Yakima Herald-Republic)
Six months after no-smoking signs went up in businesses across the state, nearly all indoor public places in Yakima County have respectfully pulled their ashtrays.
Source: www.yakima-herald.com
Smokers dislike cigarette tax, but are still smoking (Asbury Park Press)
Jasal Amin says he knows his convenience store customers haven't quit smoking.
Source: www.app.com
Assistance available for smokers trying to quit (Gulf Times)
Staff Reporter TO THOSE wishing to quit smoking, the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) s anti-smoking clinic provides every form of support and assistance, says Dr Issam Abdoh, head of the Health Education and Information Department at the corporation.
Source: www.gulf-times.com
Smokers dislike cigarette tax, but are still smoking (Asbury Park Press)
Jasal Amin says he knows his convenience store customers haven't quit smoking.
Source: www.app.com
Should smoking be banned in restaurants? Tell us what you think (The Town Talk)
The proposal to ban smoking in restaurants in Louisiana is generating lots of opinions, and The Town Talk would like to hear yours. The state Senate on Monday overwhelmingly approved a ban on smoking in restaurants, and a House committee Wednesday went along with the ban in a 13-1 vote.
Source: www.thetowntalk.com
Around the Water Cooler: Best comment thread roundup (Lifehacker)
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Source: www.lifehacker.com
Research into total smoking ban (TVNZ)
Otago University medical research indicates a ban on smoking in New Zealand would cut at least 675 tobacco related deaths a year. The research has just been published in the online edition of the international medical journal, The Lancet.
Source: tvnz.co.nz
Robey signs Howard County smoking ban (Baltimore Sun)
Metro Digest Howard County's smoking ban is official, though not yet in force.
Source: feeds.baltimoresun.com
