Electronic Cigarettes Banned In Schools

Concord Community Schools last week officially banned the devices when it had a second reading of a revised tobacco use policy.Items now prohibited on school grounds include electronic, vapor or substitute forms of cigarettes, clove cigarettes or other smoking cigarettes devices...

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This Convert Backs Smoking Ban

One successful piece of controversial legislation amongst the current political turmoil is the smoking cigarettes ban in public institutions. I say it was controversial because it was, at the time, as you may recall.There was concern on the part of bar and restaurant owners...

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Headline: 'Russian Shows Resolve'

It's true, he did! Dmitry Bibikow of Harare, Zimbabwe, and originally of Voronezh, has been wheelchair-bound since a climbing accident, which is a problem because his apartment is on the fifth floor. The local council still hadn't installed a promised elevator after six years,...

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Tobacco Wins Weingart Engle Tobacco Trial

Plaintiff powerhouse Searcy Denney proved every point necessary to establish liability for R.J. Reynolds, Philip Morris, and Lorillard in the Engle-progeny tobacco trial for the death of plaintiff Jerry Weingart's spouse Claire Weingart. Nonetheless, the jury allocated 91% of...

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The Dhofar Insurgency Produced At Least One Laugh

One thing that any decent journalist would be ashamed to do -- and journalists can be shamed, though it's not easy -- is to lead off a column with an illuminating conversation had with a cab driver, especially a foreign-born cab driver from the place the journalist is writing...

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NH Cigarette Tax Rollback Has Little Impact

Some blame the tobacco industry, others blame the government.No butts about it, smokers and cigarette retailers aren't happy.When a 10-cent reduction in New Hampshire's cigarette tax took effect July 1, some people expected cigarette prices to drop. Store owners expected to...

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'Mr. President, We Cannot Allow a Parmigiano-Reggiano Gap!'

Here's something you might not know: If a cheese expert tells you that NASA once called him up to ask, "Why are the Russians sending parmigiano-reggiano into space with their cosmonauts?" all kinds of Cold War embellishments will leap to mind and you will have a very hard time...

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And the Whole Sixth Form Agreed that It Was the Most Anglican Thing Anyone Had Ever Said

I started reading Philip Mason's memoir because I wanted to hear his stories about the Indian Civil Service between 1928, when he joined it as an assistant magistrate, and independence. But before the book gets to Mason's India years, it leads off with a chapter on his schooldays,...

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Marlboro Cigarettes Song

Listen to an amazing song dedicated to Marlboro Cigarettes ! An original song by John Prayhard, entitled Marlboro Cigarettes Song...

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Musicians And Hollywood Actors Smoking Cigarettes

Robert de Niro smoking cheap Marlboro CigarettesRobert De Niro, Jr. (born August 17, 1943) is an American actor, director and producer. His first major film role was in 1973's Bang the Drum Slowly. In 1974, he played the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II,...

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Smoke That Cigarette

An amazing old cigarette song and video which promotes Winston Cigarettes and Admiral Cigarettes. And here are the lyrics:Now I'm a feller with a heart of goldAnd the ways of a gentleman I've been toldThe kind of guy that wouldn't even harm a fleaBut if me and a certain character...

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MS Being Short Changed Millions Of Dollars In Tobacco Settlement

The state of Mississippi is being short changed millions of dollars in the 1998 Tobacco Settlement. That's according to a motion heard in Jackson County Chancery Court today.In arguing for the state Biloxi Attorney Matthew Mestayer said Brown and Williams, one of the four major...

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Tobacco Payment Suit Goes To Trial

A county judge heard Monday a claim by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood that the State has received "substantially less" than it should have under a settlement agreement with tobacco company R.J. Reynolds.According to the Mississippi Press, Jackson County Chancery Judge...

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Whitefish Will Use Grant To Keep Cigarette Butts Off The Streets

he City of Whitefish received a $1,000 grant from "Keep America Beautiful" to keep cigarette butts off the streets.The grant will help purchase cigarette receptacles around town and also purchase portable ash trays for smokers.As a part of the grant, two city volunteers will...

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Cancer Treatment Potential Found In Tobacco Leaves

Research from a Monroe laboratory is poised to make a significant impact on the health of cancer patients. Their work on a compound that attacks prostate and breast cancer cells has just been patented. The source of the miracle compound is something that has a history of health...

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Studies Find Second-hand Smoke Risks

As health advocates go before the Augusta Commission today to ask for a tougher smoking cigarettes ordinance, studies are emerging on the potential dangers of secondhand smoke. In two unrelated studies in separate medical journals, researchers found that male mice exposed to...

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Navajos Considering Measure To Allow Smoking In Casinos

Navajo lawmakers are revisiting a smoking cigarettes ban on the reservation with a bill that would exempt tribal casinos at least until their financing debts are paid off.The ban would apply to smoking cigarettes and chewing tobacco in all other public places across the 27,000-square-mile...

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MCC Takes Campuses Tobacco Free

Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City announced today that the five-campus college district will be tobacco-free, come Aug. 1.A new policy, approved by MCC’s board of trustees on Thursday, effectively prohibits the use of all tobacco products on any MCC property.The policy...

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Town Says Cigar Store Isnt Complying With Rules

In an age when people are buying everything from groceries to cars online, Watch City Cigar says it competes with tobacco e-tailers by letting customers of its Rte. 9 smoke cigarettes shop freely touch and sniff a selection of cigars.But while unlocked cabinets are good for...

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Secondhand Smoke Is First-rate Problem

Secondhand smoke cigarettes can be very dangerous and unpleasant, and people shouldn't be forced to be exposed to it.A recent poll conducted by Gallup finds that 59 percent of Americans now support a ban on smoking cigarettes in all public places. This is the first time the...

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Cigarettes And Tobacco

The wife of a career merchant mariner has filed a wrongful death lawsuit that claims her husband was exposed to asbestos, cigarettes and tobacco resulting in pulmonary disease that caused his death.Katrine Davalie individually and on behalf of the estate of Tookie A. Davalie...

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Make-your-own-cigarettes Shops Rolling Into Region

A carton of discount cigarette online used to cost David Ogilbie about $65. Now, a similar carton costs him slightly less than $27.Ogilbie, 49, of New Kensington, now rolls his own online cigarettes at Superior Smoke Shoppes LLC at the Heights Plaza Shopping Center in Harrison."I...

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Sunrise Hospital Snuffs Smoking

If you want to smoke cigarettes or chew tobacco at Sunrise Hospital, you'll have to go somewhere else.No, not outside the entrance.And not in the parking lot, either. Not even if you're sitting in your car.In fact, if you merely smell like cigarette smoke, forget about getting...

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Alice Curry Puts Face On Smoke-free Campaign

THE anti-smoking cigarettes campaign in Bartholomew County — and perhaps throughout the state — now has a face.It is that of a dynamic woman who is most commonly known for her advocacy of other causes in this community — notably the arts and most especially Columbus Indiana...

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Bill Approved Granting Landlords Authority Over Your Smoking Habits

The California State Assembly approved Senate Bill 332 by Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) today. The bill empowers landlords to prohibit smoking cigarettes in rental units, thus expanding the availability of smoke-free housing in California. Receiving bipartisan support with...

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