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18/08/08
Home Smoking Bans Prevent Teens From Lighting Up
Parents who enforce no-smoking rules at home are less likely to have teens who experiment with cigarettes, a new study finds.
"This basic int ...
13/08/08
Holding Tobacco Firms Accountable: How Realistic?
Recently, the Federal Capital Territory Administration took a landmark decision when it banned tobacco smoking in all public places within the territo ...
11/08/08
KPK wins support to dress up suspects
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has received a morale boost to execute its plan to dress graft suspects in special uniforms in a bid to de ...
06/08/08
North Texas Neighborhood Bans Smoking
Across the country, smoking has been outlawed in bars and restaurants. But now, one North Texas community has outlawed smoking in its neighborhood.
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04/08/08
Tobacco settlement a little too `neat'
To a casual observer, the record-setting penalties of $1.15 billion would indicate the Mounties got their men, but the settlement between the federal ...
30/07/08
Tobacco Ban Remains Elusive at U.N. Headquarters
When a state-wide ban on smoking came into effect in New York in July 2003, perhaps the only institution outside that stringent law was the United Nat ...
28/07/08
The FDA and smoking
Congress is one step closer to doing what even the most ardent anti-smoking activist would have thought impossible just a few years ago × giving the g ...
23/07/08
Battle Lines Drawn in War Over Smoking
Public smoking bans have helped smokers to quit, improved health and cut health-related costs. Although about half the states have enacted bans over d ...
21/07/08
Federal anti-smoking initiatives burning slowly
A year after pledging to close any legal loopholes that allow tobacco companies to reach children and youth through advertising campaigns, Health Mini ...
16/07/08
Access Is Key to Kids' Decision to Smoke
Kids who can get their hands easily on cigarettes -- say from friends or close acquaintances -- are more likely to end up with a regular smoking habit ...
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