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April 2008 News Items

 ASH Corrects NY Times on Cig Warnings [04/30/08-9]

Free nicotine Patches in NYC [04/30/08-8]

Canada Phases in Prison Smoking Ban [04/30/08-7]

Smoking Causes 1/3 of Gum Disease [04/30/08-6]

Can Lasers Kill Smoking Urge? [04/30/08-5]

Smokers Unwittingly Supporting Terrorism [04/30/08-4]

Anti-Nicotine Virus to be Tested [04/30/08-3]

Electronic Cig to be Tested [04/30/08-2]

Secondhand Smoke Blocks Artery Repair [04/30/08-1]
Ploys to Get Around Smoking Bans Usually Fail [04/29/08-10]

Most Chinese Support Smoking Ban [04/29/08-9]

Smoking is a Major Factor in Longevity Gap [04/29/08-8]

CT Cracking Down on Sales to Kids [04/29/08-7]

Testimony: Post Office Delivery of Cigs [04/29/08-6]

Bill Would Encourage Landlords to Ban Smoking [04/29/08-5]

A People's War on Smoking in China [04/29/08-4]

Cig Firm Linked to Smuggling [04/29/08-3]

Behind the Whirlpool Smoker Firings [04/29/08-2]

PA Dithers on Smoking Issue [04/29/08-1]
Former Antismoking Surgeon General Dies [04/28/08-11]

ASH Scotland Wants to Protect Kids in Homes [04/28/08-10]

Russia Signs World Antismoking Treaty [04/28/08-9]

Cig Price Fixing Charged [04/28/08-8]

"Patriotic Health Campaign Committee" to Enforce Smoking Ban in Beijing [04/28/08-7]

100,000 Antismoking Cops in Beijing [04/28/08-6]

Big Tobacco Tries to Bribe Antismokers [04/28/08-5]

Teacher Lets Students Puff Cig [04/28/08-4]

Smoking Bans Working in Prisons [04/28/08-3]

Big Island of Hawaii Bans Most Outdoor Smoking [04/28/08-2]

Smokers Have 41% Higher Chance of Depression [04/28/08-1]
$267,000 Just to Quit Smoking [04/25/08-11]

Racial Disparities in Smoking Cessation [04/25/08-10]

Star Fined $500 for Smoking on Sidewalk [04/25/08-9]

Tobacco Smoke Poses Many Dangers to Pets [04/25/08-8]

Cyprus Judges Want Total Smoking Ban [04/25/08-7]

Why OH Should Boost Cig Tax [04/25/08-6]

Beefed Up Smoking Ban Set For Olympics [04/25/08-5]

Atlantic City Bans Casino Smoking [04/25/08-4]

Philip Morris Profit Up 29% on Global Markets [04/25/08-3]

Marlboro Man Goes Global [04/25/08-2]

Author Has Lung Cancer, But Can Not Quit [04/25/08-1]
See ASH on ABC-TV Evening News [04/24/08-7]

Smoking Contributes to Lower Life Expectancy [04/24/08-6]

Antismoking Celeb Had Many Amputations and Operations [04/24/08-5]

Manager Faces Smokefree Stadium [04/24/08-4]

Yukon Bans Smoking in Cars With Kids [04/24/08-3]

Actor's Quitting Improved Quality of Life [04/24/08-2]

Govt Wastes Money Helping Smokers Quit [04/24/08-1]
Atlantic City to Ban Casino Smoking [04/23/08-9]

Smoking Slashing Women's Life Expectancy [04/23/08-8]

States & Tobacco: Laws, Taxes, & Other Info. [04/23/08-7]

NSW Bans Smoking in Car With Kid [04/23/08-6]

Smokers and Families to Split $600 Million [04/23/08-5]

Link About FL Smoker Class Action Fund [04/23/08-4]

Whirlpool Fires Workers for Pretending to be Nonsmokers [04/23/08-3]

Samoa to Ban Public Smoking [04/23/08-2]

How to Find Smokefree Rooms Worldwide [04/23/08-1]
Big Tobacco Fighting Cig Tax Hike in MA [04/22/08-11]

More Cruise Ships Banning Smoking [04/22/08-10]

"Ashtray of Northeast Coast" Ponders Bans [04/22/08-9]

States Seeking More Revenue From Cig Taxes [04/22/08-8]

Terrorism Laws Used to Find Smokers [04/22/08-7]

Women's Best Time to Quit Depends on Monthly Cycle [04/22/08-6]

Smokers in FL Split Class Action Dollars [04/22/08-5]

CA Affects CA Elections [04/22/08-4]

Maternal Struggle to Quit [04/22/08-3]

Ontario Bans Cig Displays [04/22/08-2]

Cig Firms Threatened With Criminal Charges [04/22/08-1]
ASH PR: Wife Indicted for Killing by Tobacco Smoke [04/21/08-11]

Obama's Health Risk From Smoking Lingers [04/21/08-10]

Fake Cigs With Deadly Chemicals and Rat Turds [04/21/08-9]

Smoking Causes Chronic Cough [04/21/08-8]

Disabled Have Much Higher Smoking Rates [04/21/08-7]

NYC Has Hard-Hitting Antismoking Ad [04/21/08-6]

Nonsmoker Bans Smoking by Neighbor [04/21/08-5]

Fined Landlord Agrees to Enforce Ban [04/21/08-4]

Cig Butts Foul Streets [04/21/08-3]

NJ Casino Smoking Ban "A Sure Bet" [04/21/08-2]

MO Squanders Tobacco Settlement Money [04/21/08-1]
Better Educated Less Likely to Smoke, Live Longer [04/18/08-8]

End of Tobacco Road for Formula One Cars [04/18/08-7]

Antismoking Ad Features Smoker Amputee [04/18/08-6]

IL Senate Moves to Ban Casino Gambling [04/18/08-5]

TX Cigs to be Fire Safe [04/18/08-4]

Santa Monica CA Cracks Down on Smoking [04/18/08-3]

Big Tobacco Infiltrates Hong Kong Govt. [04/18/08-2]

Pioneer Antismoking Lawyers Finally Get Paid [04/18/08-1]
Is US Bowing to Big Tobacco? [04/17/08-10]

Controversial Nonsmokers' Rights Film Screened [04/17/08-9]

VIEW Trailer for  Nonsmokers' Rights Film [04/17/08-8]

Half of Europe's Workforce Subjected to Smoke [04/17/08-7]

Heavy Smoking Associated With Alzheimer's [04/17/08-6]

Passive Smoking Affects Over 500 Million Chinese [04/17/08-5]

The Butt End of a Nasty Habit [04/17/08-4]

Japanese Moving Against Smoking [04/17/08-3]

Cigs at More Than $400/pack - Guess Where [04/17/08-2]

Cigs Giving Way to Fitness [04/17/08-1]
Pub Operator Slammed for Defying Smoking Ban [04/16/08-9]

Smoking Causes Acne, Blackheads, etc. [04/16/08-8]

NC Teen Smoking Rate at Historic Low [04/16/08-7]

Big Tobacco Making Payments Under Settlement [04/16/08-6]

Smoking Rates Higher Among Disabled [04/16/08-5]

Still Another Beach Bans Smoking [04/16/08-4]

The Donald Hates Smoking AND Smoking Bans [04/16/08-3]

Report: Smoking Ban Doesn't Hurt Business [04/16/08-2]

IO Governor Signs Smoking Ban Law [04/16/08-1]
New Death Plan From Philip Morris [04/15/08-9]

How Smoking Encourages Infection [04/15/08-8]

Opponents to Smoking Ban Claim Website Was Hacked [04/15/08-7]

Fresh Air For Women Web Site [04/15/08-6]

Most States Now Required Cigs to be Fire Safe [04/15/08-5]

Most Anti-tobacco Money in OH Goes Elsewhere [04/15/08-4]

Problems With Casino Smoking Bans [04/15/08-3]

Big Tobacco Loses in Canadian Courts [04/15/08-2]

Beijing Backs Down on Smoking Ban Plans [04/15/08-1]
More Hotels Ban Smoking [04/14/08-7]

Love Kicked Off Flight For Smoking in Lounge [04/14/08-6]

Russia Moves to Ratify World Antismoking Treaty [04/14/08-5]

SUMMARY: Cruise Ship Smoking Policies [04/14/08-4]

States May Get Less Tobacco Money [04/14/08-3]

Firefighters Ordered Not to Smoke [04/14/08-2]

Antitobacco Ad Contract to Tobacco Lobbiest? [04/14/08-1]
Celebrity Cruise Line Tightens Smoking Rules [04/11/08-8]

MA House Want $1/pack Higher Cig Tax [04/11/08-7]

ME Bans Smoking in Cars With Kids [04/11/08-6]

Big Problems for Tobacco Growers [04/11/08-5]

Smoking Hurts Australia's Economy More Than Drinking and All Illegal Drugs Combined [04/11/08-4]

Switzerland Remain a Smoker's Haven [04/11/08-3]

Condo Owner Sues Over Smoke [04/11/08-2]

Big Buttlegger Bagged [04/11/08-1]
SHOW Kids How Smoking Causes Lung Cancer [04/10/08-9]

Link Between Smoking, Inhaled Insulin, and Cancer? [04/10/08-8]

Quitting Can Slash Insurance Premiums [04/10/08-7]

China Bans School Smoking [04/10/08-6]

Statewide Smoking Ban Could Reduce Auto Accidents [04/10/08-5]

Battle in OH Over Antismoking Money [04/10/08-4]

Atlantic City Votes to Ban Casino Smoking [04/10/08-3]

IA Passes Pretty Comprehensive Smoking Ban [04/10/08-2]

Higher Cig Taxes Fight Cig Deaths [08/10/08-1]
Pasadena CA May Ban Outdoor Smoking [04/09/08-8]

Muslims & Cig Smoking [04/09/08-7]

Retailers Get Major Concessions on FDA Regulation Bill [04/09/08-6]

IO Agrees on Smoking Ban [04/09/08-5]

High Cig Taxes Can Cause Buttlegging [04/09/08-4]

Giant Butt in Trafalgar Square Dramatizes Cig Litter [04/09/08-3]

Graphic Health Warnings Coming to Malaysia [04/09/08-2]

New Zealand Protests Covering Graphic Health Warnings [04/09/08-1]
Smoking Can Seriously Affect Dental Health [04/08/08-8]

Beach Smoking Bans May Widen in Australia [04/08/08-7]

MA Cig Tax Bump Would Raise Millions and save lives [04/08/08-6]

Smoking While Pregnant Can Cause Infant Heart Defects [04/08/08-5]

Greece to Gradually Ban Smoking [04/08/08-4]

Pub Sued: Smoking Section Drops Property Values [04/08/08-3]

NYC Smoking Neighbor Suit Settled [04/08/0-2]

Nonsmoking Lawyer Confirms Settlement [04/08/08-1]
HEAR ASH on the Osgood File [04/07/08-13]

Mexico City Gears Up For Smoking Ban [04/07/08-12]

NY to Have Highest State Tax $2.75/pack [04/07/08-11]

FDA Regulation on Cigs One Step Closer [04/07/08-10]

Physical Exercise Can Help Smokers to Quit [04/07/08-9]

MDs Must Do More Than Just Tell Smokers to Quit [04/04/08-8]

Secret Smokers May Lose Insurance Benefits [04/07/08-7]

Tobacco Ads May Be Banned in Russia [04/07/08-6]

Tobacco Displays on Way Out in New Zealand [04/07/08-5]

Beijing to be Largely Smokefree by May [04/07/08-4]

Leading Medical Journal Blasts Hidden Tobacco Reserach Sponsorship [04/07/08-3]

Mentally Ill Consume Far More Cigarettes [04/07/08-2]

SEE: How Smoking Causes Cancer - TIME Mag [04/07/08-1]
Another Bar Smoking Ban Which Didn't Hurt Business [04/04/08-10]

ME Poised to Ban Smoking in Cars With Kids [04/04/08-9]

Youths Told: Smoking Kills >400,000 Americans Yearly [04/04/08-8]

IO Cig Tax Boost Slashes Sales by 36% [04/04/08-7]

Smokers Gripe About Doubling State Cig Tax to $3/pack [04/04/08-6]

But Higher Cig Taxes are Best Medicine, Says WHO [04/04/08-5]

SEE: A Smoker's Regret After 46 Years [04/04/08-4]

Big Tobacco Funded Research at Four MA Universities [04/04/08-3]

Dispelling Myths About Secondhand Smoke [04/04/08-2]

Smoking Ban Reduces Risk to Hospitality Workers [04/04/08-1]
ASH PR: Implications of "Double Whammy" Smoking Gene [04/03/08-11]

ASH PR: Should Transplant Hearts Go Only to Nonsmokers? [04/03/08-10]

Wales Considers Smoking Ban in Homes [04/03/08-9]

1/4 of Heart Transplant Patients Smoke Again [04/03/08-8]

Reynolds' Ads Attacks Cig Regulation Bill [04/03/08-7]

But Bill to Regulate Cigs Picks Up Steam [04/03/08-6]

Philip Morris Set to Spread Death and Disease Worldwide [04/03/08-5]

Cigarettes to be Made Even More Carcinogenic [04/03/08-4]

The First Tobacco Free Community [04/02/08-3]

Tobacco Giant Butts Into Ban Issue [04/03/08-2]

Quit Smoking Ads Work Best on Better Educated [04/03/08-1]
More Smoking Bans in Homes in NYC [04/02/08-8]

BBQ Capital Kicks Butts [04/02/08-7]

DOWNLOAD Antismoking Tunes [04/02/08-6]

Belfast Bans Smoking by ALL Drivers [04/02/08-5]

READ RULING: Austin Smoking Ban Upheld [04/02/08-4]

On John McCain and Tobacco [04/02/08-3]

Cig Taxes Good Way to Slash Smoking [04/02/08-2]

British Columbia Now Smokefree in Public [04/02/08-1]
Beijing Banning Smoking For Olympics [04/01/08-8]

Smoking, Not Pollution, Major Cause of Cancers [04/01/08-7]

ASH UK Targets Fruit Flavored Cigs [04/01/08-6]

Pope Urged to Vatican Smoke Free [04/01/08-5]

Court Upholds Austin TX Smoking Ban [04/01/08-4]

Isle of Man Bans Public Smoking [04/01/08-3]

SC Supreme Court Upholds Locality Smoking Bans [04/01/08-2]

Druggie Keith Richards Opposes Smoking Bans [04/01/08-1]



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