August 29, 2006
Quit smoking - Out of Smokes: Smoking ban in restaurants takes effect Friday (Daily Chronicle)
Out of Smokes: Smoking ban in restaurants takes effect Friday (Daily Chronicle)
DeKALB - A cigarette and cup of coffee at the local diner will become a thing of the past in DeKalb this Friday when a citywide smoking ban passed in February takes effect at local restaurants.
Source: www.daily-chronicle.com
Smoking bill passes Senate (Los Angeles Daily News)
SACRAMENTO - Californians who smoke in motor vehicles carrying young children could be slapped with $100 fines under a bill approved Monday by the state Senate.
Source: www.dailynews.com
Researcher Maps Slippery Slope Of Teen Smoking (Medical News Today)
McGill epidemiologist Jennifer O'Loughlin has added another chapter to her six-year study of more than 1,200 adolescent smokers in Montreal, with a new map of 12 addiction "milestones" that will give fresh ammunition to both health-care professionals and anti-smoking advocates. [click link for full article]
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com
Fiery Furnaces Announce American Tour (Pitchfork)
Boy oh boy, it has been quite some time since we heard from the Friedberger siblings. Since this fine publication last reported on the Fiery Furnaces in July, they've dropped the infamous Rehearsing My Choir , toured cross-country (including a stop at the Logan Square Auditorium in Chicago, where several Pitchfork staffers caught a glimpse of Grandma Sarantos in the balcony), and, as one might
Source: www.pitchforkmedia.com
Push for smoking bans is building (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Kentucky has a strong tobacco legacy and the highest adult smoking rate in America. But it also has a growing number of communities enacting smoking bans.
Source: www.courier-journal.com
