Singapore anti-smoking ads disturb kids (AP via Yahoo! News)
Singapore's graphic anti-smoking TV ads are working but now will be aired only at night following complaints that they're too disturbing for children, officials said Thursday.
Source: news.yahoo.com
Burbank smoking ban extended to outdoor sites (Los Angeles Daily News)
BURBANK - As Mike Karch puffed away on an American Spirit outside a downtown cafe Wednesday, he was still fuming about the City Council's passage of new, outdoor smoking restrictions.
Source: www2.dailynews.com
Smokers Are Dead Weight at the Office (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)
Smokers can be deadweights around the office with lower working performance and more sick days taken than their non-smoking colleagues, two new studies suggest.
Source: news.yahoo.com
Rockland offers its popular stop-smoking program again. (The Journal News)
RAMAPO - The newest session of the county's popular smoking-cessation program will be offered again starting next week. The eight-week Put it Out Rockland program will combine group support and behavioral techniques along with gum, lozenges and nicotine patches.
Source: www.thejournalnews.com
Burbank smoking ban extended to outdoor sites (Los Angeles Daily News)
BURBANK - As Mike Karch puffed away on an American Spirit outside a downtown cafe Wednesday, he was still fuming about the City Council's passage of new, outdoor smoking restrictions.
Source: www2.dailynews.com
Designated smoking times raise ire of ban advocate (Las Vegas Business Press)
The Southern Nevada Health District is catching it from all sides these days. Less than a week after tabling a proposal for tougher fines for smoking-ban violators, the district's policy of allowing smoking times and wall construction is coming under fire.
Source: www.lvbusinesspress.com
HANOVER HOSPITAL: Quit smoking with help (York Daily Record)
Hanover Hospital will begin its next "Freedom from Smoking" program 6 to 7:30 p.m. April 3 at Hanover Community Health & Education Center. The seven-session program presents various ways to break the habit. Sessions are free, but registration is required.
Source: www.ydr.com
Housing authority votes to ban smoking in public housing (Billings Gazette)
HELENA - Helena Housing Authority commissioners have decided to ban smoking at all HHA-owned property, beginning July 1.
Source: www.billingsgazette.net
