Cigarette giant began years ago to fight smoking bans
Las Vegas Sun - Last year the advisory group that sets air-ventilation standards adopted by building codes nationwide determined that no filtration system can effectively remove the health risks associated with second-hand smoke. Liz Benston can be reached at 259
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Cleveland Plain Dealer - He spoke of the health dangers of second-hand smoke and said that minorities make up a disproportionate share of service workers and asthma sufferers. Cosgrove said he has seen the devastating effects of tobacco both as a heart surgeon and as witness
Cancer Society tries out smoking lectures
Meridian Booster - Despite lower than usual attendance numbers, the Lloydminster chapter of the Canadian Cancer Society is pleased with the response to their annual lecture on the dangers of second-hand smoke. Held Thursday night at the Legacy Centre, the fourth annual
Tougher Second-Hand Smoke Restrictions Sought in Nevada
KVBC - Nevada lawmakers hoping to use a bill designed to curb smoking in day care centers and video arcades to enact tougher second-hand smoke restrictions could have a fight on their hands. Earlier this month, the Assembly Judiciary Committee found itself
Comedian Speaks Out About Smoking
KHNL News 8 - (KHNL) - A well known stand-up comedian is standing up against tobacco, cigarettes and second-hand smoke here in the islands. “Comedy Central” regular Rene Hicks is in Hawaii, working with the coalition for a tobacco-free Hawaii. She is a very funny
Stubbing it out: The smoking debate
Daily Mail - The cancer societies object to this study on bases which would invalidate every prior study of second hand smoke ever performed. It is a complete and crushing disregard for ordinary personal liberty to outlaw public smoking even if it *were* harmful
Debate, Confusion Over Propositions 201 and 206
KOLD-TV - It kills 53,000 Americans every year just from second hand smoke,” said Kaback. Still, some fear a smoking ban of any kind is an ongoing erosion of individual rights. For whatever reason, Karon Hasson says smokers are just easy targets. “When they