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Casinos' fear may be so much smoke

We don't buy the premise that this is California or New York," said Ron Drake, owner of the Point After Lounge in Las Vegas and a board member of the Nevada Tavern Owners Association, which is backing ...
Most casino executives realize that the horse has left the barn and they're going to have to consider (a smoking ban) now or later," he said ...
To accommodate nonsmokers, some casinos have improved their ventilation systems, leading to noticeably cleaner air ...

Mozambique: NGOs urge Mozambique to ratify UN anti-tobacco Convention

Contrary to a recent government policy, to promote tobacco as a cash crop, she argued that tobacco production perpetuated poverty, because people were busy producing the cash crop rather than food ...
The seminar on leadership in controlling tobacco, brought together civil society representatives from all Portuguese speaking African countries ...
She also argued that taxes paid by tobacco companies would not compensate for the problems caused by smoking , adding that people who claimed that tobacco production helps reduce poverty, "should bear in mind that this is killing Mozambican workers ...

Bans on Industry Research Grants Are Bad for Science

Glantz and his allies claim that the Enstrom/Kabat study is flawed and tainted and has been used to help defeat smoking bans in some localities ...
Presumably, informed readers can form their own conclusions about published results that have been vetted by the peer review process ...
But are the study's conclusions actually flawed or cooked to help the tobacco companies? Despite gargantuan ...

The American Legacy Foundation® and Mayo Clinic Announce Collaboration to Reduce Smoking Rates

Cheryl Healton, president and CEO of the American Legacy Foundation ...
The American Legacy Foundation, with Mayo Clinic providing clinical expertise, has developed cessation materials for the pilot phase of EXsm, an innovative new multi-channel program designed to help people stop smoking ...
Legacy will be conducting extensive research evaluating the outcomes of the campaign in the four pilot cities with the intent of launching EX nationally in 2007 with a comprehensive public-private alliance of national and state-based public health, government, nonprofit and corporate partners ...
Mayo Clinic is a not-for-profit organization with outpatient and hospital facilities in Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz ...
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Group pushes youth anti-smoking amendment

Sure enough, in walks Nick Seth-Ward, a surfer with shaggy blond hair who started smoking his brother's mint-flavored cigar ettes three years ago but recently quit, and Omar Delgado, who wears a black T-shirt painted with the words "I (picture of a heart) Jesus Christ" and complains about wads of chewing tobacco in the water fountains ...
We've betrayed this generation because we won a huge settlement that should have been earmarked to stop the addiction before it starts so we're not taking care of another generation of sick and dying smokers ...
They just felt like there wasn't anything for them to do," Sylvester said ...
We don't have any ads to attract students, and we don't have enough adults ...

Vote to end smoking in public spaces

It should have been titled "Smoke More," because that is the tobacco companies' intention ...
If Issue 4 passes, it would invalidate immediately anti- smoking laws that are currently in effect in 21 Ohio cities, including Toledo and Columbus ...
It would even block municipalities from enacting smoke-free laws in the future ...
Issue 4 was designed by high-powered tobacco company lawyers to mislead ...

Minister visits smoking project

But I also know that giving up smoking is very difficult, and that is why projects like this are so important in giving mums-to-be the support they need to kick the habit ...
The scheme, based at Forth Park Maternity Hospital in Kirkcaldy, is currently helping 50 expectant mothers ...

More cities may copy Dublin rule

His question, he said, is at what level does it become a nuisance ...
The idea of there being some right to smoke just doesn't ring true," Banzhaf said ...
Health experts noted the particularly harmful effects of tobacco smoke on children and infants, citing its role in inducing and exacerbating asthma, as well as increasing infections of the middle ear and respiratory system ...

Task force grapples with no-smoking rules

It must go back to each municipality for individual deliberation as to what is right in that community," said Kurzawa, who also serves as president of the DuPage County Board of Health ...
Chris Hensley, regional vice president of the American Cancer Society, urged the task force to read the executive summary of the Surgeon General's report on the effects of second-hand smoke that was issued in the summer ...
Shanahan said he's been doing his own polling, and that 75 percent of his customers are smokers ...
There is no guarantee this will be addressed at the state level," he said ...

Iowa House hotel goes non-smoking

The Iowa House once had a smoking floor and now we only receive occasional requests for smoking rooms ...
The only current exceptions to the prohibition are in University Apartments and on-stage at artistic performances ...
It's almost an expectation that you can't smoke in a hotel," Kruse said ...