Stop-Smoking Tips for You and Obama (RedNova)
When they were serving together in the Illinois Senate, now-retired state Sen. Denny Jacobs said, his colleague Barack Obama was not a heavy smoker. "He'd normally sneak one from me once every three or four days and, of course, when we'd play poker occasionally," Jacobs said.
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Smoking-ban bill advances (The Globe Gazette)
DES MOINES Legislation empowering local officials to ban public smoking cleared a Senate committee Monday.
Source: www.globegazette.com
Proposed smoking ban raises questions (The Daily Iowan)
As a campuswide smoking ban at the UI inches nearer to reality, questions about enforcement and necessity spring up, such as whether the proposal will help smokers quit and if other changes will be noticeable. And if the policy is implemented, it will make an even larger statement by making the UI the first major public university nationwide to have such a ban, although other colleges have …
Source: www.dailyiowan.com
What Prevents Doctors From Counseling Their Patients To Lose Weight, Exercise And Quit Smoking? (Medical News Today)
Israeli doctors believe that part of their job is to encourage their patients towards a healthier lifestyle, better nutrition, exercise and avoiding smoking, but new research conducted by the School of Public Health at the University of Haifa found large gaps between this idea and its actual implementation. [click link for full article]
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com
HYPOCRITE MEPS END FAGS BAN (Daily Record)
EUROPEAN politicians have scrapped a smoking ban in their own buildings after just 43 days. The MEPs backed fag bans across the continent. But when it came to their own offices, they couldn't stop lighting up.
Source: www.dailyrecord.co.uk
Going up in smoke (The Mountain Press)
Legislatures like the one in Tennessee have relied for too long on the revenue generated by smokers. It runs into the millions, and states have come to depend upon that money to run government. As more and more people stop smoking, that revenue stream shrinks.
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