Countywide plan to ban smoking debated
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Gehrmann, of Crafton, was one of a handful of people against the bill who also sought to dispel notions that second-hand smoke was harmful and that the legislation was infringing on smokers’ civil rights. “This bill is a wicked weed of hate,” said a
On small screen, aliens abound
Miami Herald - Working from a list of every evil thing he’s ever done (ranging from inflicting second-hand smoke on the innocent to peeing in the back of a cop car), Earl and his moron brother Randy start trying to square things with the universe. Usually they
Kokomo will ban workplace smoking
Indianapolis Star - It sets a tone that we are a progressive city, and it tells businesses that might locate here that we want to lower the high health care costs created by smoking, and that we care about our nonsmokers breathing second-hand smoke,” McKillip said after
Med students get a life and death lesson from firefighters
KVBC - According to a new study, second-hand smoke is hurting the health of casino workers. The five-year University of Nevada, Reno study found a direct correlation between exposure to secondhand smoke and damage to the employee’s DNA. A warning
Mayor wants smokers to butt out
WOOD - So 24 Hour News 8 asked the mayor why, with shrinking budgets, crime in the streets and a host of other challenges facing the city, is the mayor taking on second-hand smoke? “Anytime that we can separate non-smokers from smoke government has a