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In precedent, court rules smoker must pay damages
The Tel Aviv Magistrates Court today set a precedent when it ruled that a person smoking in a public place must pay NIS 1,000 to a person harmed by th ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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