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  January 2008 News Items

DNA May Predict Risk of Getting Hooked on Nicotine [01/31/08-10]

Joe Camel Loses in Court [01/31/08-9]

A Comment on Smoking and Religion [01/31/08-8]

Employers are Less Tolerant of Smokers [01/31/08-7]

Proposed Insurance Plan Would Benefit Nonsmokers [01/31/08-6]

Smoking Bans Cut Need For Dry Cleaning [01/31/08-5]

Environmentalists Fight Heaters for Smokers [01/31/08-4]

State Antismoking Efforts Can Slash Smoking [01/31/08-3]

MA Moves Towards Car Smoking Ban [01/31/08-2]

Secondhand Smoke Weakens Lung Function in Many [01/31/08-1]
ASH: Why They Deny Operations to Smokers [01/30/08-9]

ASH: CDC Report & World Costs of Smoking [01/30/08-8]

Appeals Court Uphold CO Sweeping Smoking Ban [01/30/08-7]

UT Moves Towards Smoking Ban in Cars With Kids [01/30/08-6]

NYS Health Commissioner Cracks Down on Tobacco [01/30/08-5]

EU Takes Austria to Court Over Cig Prices [01/30/08-4]

UK Smokers Kicking Habit After Ban [01/30/08-3]

Smoking Restricted to Doorless Huts [01/30/08-2]

Philip Morris Splitting to Promote More Strongly Abroad [01/30/08-1]
ASH: US's Credit Rating Threatened by Unhealthy Habits Like Smoking [01/29/08-11]

Utah Moves to Ban Smoking in Cars With Kids [01/29/08-10]

How Smoking Hurts Sex [01/29/08-9]

ASH Ireland Urges Car Smoking Ban to Protect Kids [01/29/08-8]

VA Smoking Ban Slowly Gains Support [01/29/08-7]

CDC Survey of Global Smoking [01/29/08-6]

VA Struggles With Smoking Bans [01/29/08-5]

India Moves for Tougher Warnings [01/29/08-4]

Irish Cig Health Warnings to be Biligual [01/29/08-3]

Problems of Quitting Tobacco and Pot Similar [01/29/08-2]

Russian Smoking Rates Double Since Collapse of Soviet Union [01/29/08-1]
ASH: Why 1 in 10 Hospitals Deny Operations to Smokers [01/28/07-10]

Smoking Not Cool Anymore, Say Many Teens [01/28/08-9]

Smoking Disables Anti-Aging Gene [01/28/08-8]

More Apartment Buildings are Banning Smoking [01/28/08-7]

Bollywood Stars Asked to Stop Smoking [01/28/08-6]

Children's Home Limits Smoking to Inside Cars [01/28/08-5]

1 in 10 UK Hospitals Deny Some Surgery to Smokers [01/28/08-4]

More Colleges Ban Smoking Outdoors [01/28/08-3]

German Ex-Chancellor - 'Recklessly Smoking in Public' [01/28/08-2]

Smoking Purges Protective Gene [01/28/08-1]
Smoking Can Be Deadly for Pets [01/25/08-8]

Limo Shows Smokers What Quitting Can Get Them [01/25/08-7]

ASH Objects - Jack Nicholson Flouts Smoking Ban [01/25/08-6]

Nursing Home Spends $100,000 So Residents Can Smoke [01/25/08-5]

Calabasas CA Approves Limits on Smoking in Apartments - Apt Association Supports [01/25/08-4]

Vancouver Island Health Authority Bans Outdoor Smoking [01/25/08-3]

Affleck Tells Oprah How He Quit [01/25/08-2]

Taiwan to Boost Cig Taxes to Curb Smoking [01/25/08-1]
ASH Helps Ban Car Smoking to Protect Kids [01/24/08-10]

Toronoto Moves to Ban Car Smoking [01/24/08-9]

Heart Attack & Stroke Deaths Slashed as Smoking Dips [01/24/08-8]

Liquid Cigs Being Tested [01/24/08-7]

Nigeria Sues Big Tobacco - Follows US Lead [01/24/08-6]

Governor Backs Car Smoking Ban in ME [01/24/08-5]

EU Forces Hungary to Boost Cig Tax TWICE [01/24/08-4]

Smoking is a Dying Habit [01/24/08-3]

Cig Smoke Increases Risk of Cervical Cancer [01/24/08-2]

Smoking Increases Risk of Radiation for Breast Cancer [01/24/08-1]
Parents' Smoking Kills Thousands of Kids a Year  - NY Times [01/23/08-10]

Finland Can Ban Balcony Smoking Sometimes [01/23/08-9]

Beijing to Cut Smoking in Hotels for Olympics [01/23/08-8]

Canadians Call For Ban on Youth Tobacco Possession [01/23/08-7]

IL Bans Smoking in Cars Near Drive -Thru Windows [01/23/08-6]

Australia Bans Fruit/Sweet Cigs [01/23/08-5]

Nigeria Plans to Chase Tobacco Firms Out [1/23/08-4]

Cell Phone Cigarette Case [01/23/08-3]

Bans Slash Smoking in Canada [01/23/08-2]

In Films, Smoking Remains Glamorous [01/23/08-1]
ASH on Banning Smoking in Cars With Kids [01/22/08-10]

MD Smoking Ban Effective Feb. 1 [01/22/08-9]

WA May Ban Smoking in Cars With Kids [01/22/08-8]

Smokers Will Be Monitored in Smoke Hut [01/22/08-7]

NY Could Ban Cig Sales in Pharmacies [01/22/08-6]

Big Tobacco Fights Bans and Tax Hike in SC [01/22/08-5]

Flavoured Cigs Under Fire in Canada [01/22/08-4]

Finland May Hike Cig Tax [01/22/08-3]

Cigarettes Lighting Up New Markets Abroad [01/22/08-2]

Smoking Very Bad for the Eyes [01/22/08-1]
Florida Tobacco Suits Advance [01/21/08-9]

Big Tobacco Boosts Gifts to Legislators [01/21/08-8]

Should Tobacco Companies Be Forced to Reduce Customers? [01/21/08-7]

"To Hell With Tobacco"[01/21/08-6]

US Fights Major Cause of Home Fire Deaths - Smoking [01/21/08-5]

Kids Offered $5000 to Remain Smokefree [01/21/08-4]

New Delhi Strives to Become Smokefree City [01/21/08-3]

Tobacco Farmers Expect Bailout So They Will Stop Killing [01/21/08-2]

Canadian Pharmacies Slammed Over Tobacco Sales [01/21/08-1]
US Supreme Court to Consider "Light Cigarette" Case [01/18/08-10]

Smoking in Movies Influences Kids to Light Up [01/18/07-9]

"Smoking Like a Turk" May Become Thing of the Past [01/18/07-8]

Lighting Up the Powerful Global Tobacco Lobby [01/18/07-7]

A Global Corporate Network to Undermine Public Health [01/18/07/6]

Calabasas CA Restricts Smoking in Private Apartments [01/18/07-5]

Hell Freezes Over as Christopher Hitchens Quits [01/18/07-4]

Congress Cracks Down on its Own Smoking and Sales [01/18/07-3]

Dallas TX May Expand Smoking Bans [01/18/07-2]

Planned Open Air Casino For Smokers [01/18/07-1]
Huckabee Backpedals/ Contradicts on Smoking Ban [01/17/08-10]

DC Smoking Ban Works Fine, Even Without Fines [01/17/08-9]

Why Man in Antismoking Ad Still Smokes [01/17/08-8]

16% of Large Companies Charge Smokers More For Health Insurance [01/17/08-7]

Low Number of Smoker Law Suits in FL [01/17/08-6]

No Smokeless Tobacco Product Being Developed [01/17/08-5]

VA May Make Cigs Fire Safe [01/17/08-4]

MS Considers $1/pack Cig Tax Hike [01/17/08-3]

India Seeks Pictoral Health Warnings [01/17/08-2]

Little Guy Beats Big Tobacco [01/17/08-1]
AZ Cig Tax Increase Raises Revenue While Reducing Smoking [01/16/08-8]

Antismoking Comic Book [01/16/07-7]

MI Smoking Ban Hits Those on Sidewalk [01/16/08-6]

Antismoking Drug Could Tempt Athletes [01/16/08-5]

WV Bills Would Make State Smokefree [01/16/08-4]

Kansas City Voters May Face Two Antismoking Proposals [01/16/08-3]

Is Snuff Really Less Deadly? - Study [01/16/08-2]

US House of Representatives Prohibits Sale of Tobacco [01/16/08-1]
Smoking Linked to Another Eye Disease [01/16/08-10]

Comprehensive Smoking Policies Effective - NY Times [01/15/08-9]

Story of Workers Fired for NOT Smoking is Hoax [01/15/08-8]

Exposure to Smoke Doubles Kids' Risk of Allergies [01/15/08-7]

Tobacco Ads Target Poor [01/15/08-6]

New Smokeless Tobacco Not Up to Snuff [01/15/08-5]

Bethany Beach Considers Smoking Ban [01/15/08-4]

Employers Get Written Warnings About Smoking Ban Violations [01/15/08-3]

Smoking Bans Reduce Health Care Costs [01/15/08-2]

More States join German Smoking Ban [01/15/08-1]
Help a Loved One Quit [01/14/08-11]

ASH PR: US Credit Rating Threatened by Smoking [01/14/08-10]

Russians Combat Smoking Culture [01/14/08-9]

Teens Who Smoke or Are Exposed to Smoke Can Have Hearing Problems [01/14/08-8]

India to be Largely Smokefree by June [01/14/08-7]

Trinidad and Tobago Move to Ban Outdoor Smoking [01/14/08-6]

Louisville KY Adopts Comprehensive Smoking Ban [01/14/08-5]

Tobacco Firms Should be Liable for the Effects of their Product [01/14/08-4]

WI Moves Towards Fire-Safe Cigs [01/14/08-3]

VA Should Ban Smoking -- WashPost [01/14/08-2]

Debate on Chewing Tobacco [01/14/08-1]
Abu Dhabi Plans to Ban Smoking in Malls [01/11/08-10]

Banning Smoking, and Making It Socially Unacceptable, Helps Smokers Quit [01/11/08-9]

Thailand Bans Smoking in Bars [01/11/08-8]

German Jews Protest Star of David on Pro-Smoking T-Shirts [01/11/08-7]

Why Star of Antismoking Ads Still Smokes [01/11/08-6]

Turkey Bans Smoking in Bars [01/11/08-5]

More Must Be Done About Smoking [01/11/08-4]

Passengers Bothered by Smoking on Saga Cruises [01/11/08-3]

Smoking is Top Priority in Hungery [01/11/08-2]

New Report on Federal and State Antismoking Activities [01/11/08-1]
ASH PR: Smoking Bans in Cars Proliferate [01/10/08-12]

Russia to Ban Cig Ads, Ratify FCTC [01/10/08-11]

Turkey Widens Smoking Ban to Restaurants [01/10/08-10]

Kansas City Residents to Vote on Smoking Ban [01/10/08-9]

Hawaii Smoking Ban = Clean Air + No Economic Losses [01/10/08-8]

Crystal Cruise Ships Broadens Smoking Bans [01/10/08-7]

Smoking Major Factor in Heart Attack Risk [01/10/08-6]

SEE VIDEO: Why Smoking in Cars Is So Hazardous to Kids [01/10/08-5]

A History of Women and Smoking [01/10/08-4]

SC High Court to Consider Smoking Bans [01/10/08-3]

WV Bans Smoking in Prisons [01/10/08-2]

California's Newest Antismoking Law [01/10/08-1]
ASH PR: Smoking Bans in "Private" Places Increasing [01/09/08-10]

Smoking Linked to Suicide [01/09/08-9]

Law Suits Against Big Tobacco Gathering Plaintiffs [01/09/08-8]

U of NC Bans Smoking Within 100 ft of Buildings [01/09/08-7]

ASH Smokefree Beach Campaign Working - See FL [07/09/08-6]

"Tobacco Sucks" Say Kids [01/09/08-5]

Croatia Moves Towards Public Smoking Ban [01/09/08-4]

Antismoking Efforts in NY and CT Contrasted [01/09/08-3]

Not Smoking and Other Healthy Habits Can Add 14 Years to Life [01/09/08-2]

Kids Seeing Smoking in Movies More Likely to Become Smokers [01/09/08-1]

Smoking Ban Not Harming Most Pubs [01/08/08-10]

Tobacco Tax Hits Indian Outlets in WI [07/08/08-9]

Bar Owners Support Comprehensive Smoking Bans [07/08/08-8]

Attorneys Fight Smoke Drifting in "Clean" Apartment [07/08/08-7]

No Revolts Over New French Smoking Ban [07/08/08-6]

Judge Rules Louisville Smoking Ban is in Effect [07/08/08-5]

VA Governor Seeks Bar/Restaurant Smoking Ban [07/08/08-4]

Apartment Building Bans All Smoking [07/08/08-3]

European Smoking Bans [01/08/08-2]

HEADINE: "Long Live France Without Tobacco" [01/08/08-1]
ASH ("one of the nation's leading anti-smoking law groups") Quoted on New Smoking Restrictions [01/07/08/15]

Tokyo Taxis Ban Smoking [01/07/08-14]

Smoking Doubles Risk of Tuberculosis [01/07/08-13]

Smoking Raises Risk of Psoriasis [01/07/08-12]

Smoking Bans Cut Gambling Losses - Give Smokers Times to Thank [01/07/08-11]

Wegmans Supermarkets to Stop Selling Cigs [01/07/08-10]

Spanish Smoking Ban Cuts Smoking by 10% [01/07/08-9]

USA Moves Towards Fire-Save Cigarettes [01/07/08-8]

VA Governor Wants State Smoking Ban [01/07/08-7]

Smoking Banned at Portugal Airports [01/07/08-6]

Comprehensive Smoking Ban in MD to Begin 2/1/08 [01/07/08-5]

Smokers Given Fleece Smoking Jackets to Smoke [01/07 /08-4]

Corporations Seeks to Reduce Costs of Smoking [01/07/08-3]

French Smoking Ban Works Well, Generally Accepted [01/07/08-2]

Indianapolis Airport Bans Smoking [01/07/08-1]
Smoking in Cars More Dangerous Than Previously Believed [01/04/08-12]

Turkish Parliament Passes Comprehensive Smoking Ban Bill [01/04/08-11]

On the Future of Philip Morris [01/04/08-10]

Smoking Linked to Domestic Violence [01/04/08-9]

Report: Is Snuff A Safer Substitute for Smoking [01/04/08-8]

Younger Smokers Find It Easier to Quit [01/04/08-7]

"If You're Smoking in Here, You'd Better Be On Fire" [01/04/08-6]

Smoking Jackets Now Made of Fleece [01/04/08-5]

Smoking Bans Cut Smoking in Spain [01/04/08-4]

Private Clubs Not Exempt From OH Smoking Ban [01/04/08-3]

Atlantic Magazine Considers History of Smoking [01/04/08-2]

Smoking Disrupts Concentration of Teens [01/04/08-1]
Smoking by Teens May Harm Their Brains [01/03/08-9]

Fewer NY High School Students Smoke [01/03/08-8]

Smoking Bans - A Challenge and Relief [01/03/08-7]

Giuliani and Cigars [01/03/08-6]

Eight States Now Mandate Fire Safe Cigs [01/03/08-5]

Update on IL Class Action Law Suits [01/03/08-4]

German Smoking Bans Challenged [01/03/08-3]

Most States Spend Little on Antismoking [01/03/08-2]

"Thank You For Smoking" says Washington [[01/03/08-1]
Bulgaria Hikes Cig Taxes; To Ban Public Smoking [01/02/08-8]

Turkey Considers Banning Smoking in Bars and Restaurants [01/02/08-7]

Iran Begins Enforcing No Smoking Law [01/02/08-6]

Portugal Moves to Protect Nonsmokers [01/02/08-5]

Smoking Bans Are Proliferating as Consumer Tastes Change [01/02/08-4]

Pub Landlords and Drinkers Hail Smoking Ban [01/02/08-3]

Kansas City Forced to Consider Smoking Ban [01/02/08-2]

Two Texas Towns Limit Smoking [01/02/08-1]
Maryland Cig Tax Doubles to $2/pack [01/01/08-8]

Wisconsin Cig Tax Increased by $1/pack [01/01/08-7]

California Prohibits Smoking in Cars When Kids Are Present [01/01/08-6]

Illinois Comprehensive Smoking Ban Becomes Effective [01/01/08-5]

Colorado Bans Smoking in Casinos [01/01/08-4]

"World Class" Tobacco Rules Effective in Alberta, Canada [01/01/08-3]

French Smoking Ban in Bars and Restaurants Effective [01/01/08-2]

Comprehensive Ban on Smoking in Germany Goes Into Effect [01/01/08-1]



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