£10000 up in smoke for every warning ban
Train firm bans platform smoking -Midland Mainline
Smoking age limit to rise to 18
Comment: Tim Luckhurst: High taxes on drink won't stop the addicts - Interesting read
Last-gasp saloon: Paid leave and free patches for smokers in year ...
Bar annexed to avoid smoking ban - US - Springfield
After one year, smoking ordinance has had little impact on Restaurants. - Texas
December 30
Terence Blacker: Why can't I smoke and be merry?
NHS suspects fraud in £61m stop smoking programme
Terence Blacker: Why can't I smoke and be merry?
Living near Main Streets and Respiratory Symptoms in Adults: The Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults
The English pub is in mortal danger
Bars are smoke-free, but not trouble-free - Nova Scotia
December 29
Unexpected consequences - Queen's toast ban
Letter - SMOKE CLAIM IS UNPROVEN
Letter - Be fair with smoking laws / By Robert Feal-Martinez - + Don’t let the white coats fool you
Graphic £7m adverts try to get smokers off the hook and - Smoking addiction advert launched- Britain - Hooked by smoking- (Photo from the BBC site)
California ranks 27th in cardiovascular deaths - Strange? - They've been promoting healthier lifestyles for years.
Cancer doctor starts smoking in protest at strikes - New Zealand
Another Ban Failed: - UK - West Lancashire
Burnham-On-Sea pubs prepare for introduction of new smoking laws - But will it comply?
Opinion - The tyranny of the majority
Near neighbours who have an 11-year gulf in life spans - Camden
Letter - You hit the mark for smokers - US Greenville MS.
S&N moves into soft drinks in hard times - "....beer market was "depressed", with sales volumes falling 6.7 per cent in the third quarter. "
December 28
Pfizer's new antismoking pill may be a hard sell - 20% success after a year OR 80% failure??
No cigarettes for patients at Dales - "....we do recognise that for some patients at our acute mental health units, quitting smoking is a very difficult thing to do."
Smoking ban ignites a spending frenzy - Manchester
End is nigh for evil weed- Portsmouth - usual rubbish
Conquest smoking ban - Bexhill -SMOKING shelters are to be pulled down as staff and patients are asked to take a 'zero tolerance' approach
December 25/6/7
Much to be proud of in 2006 - Leader of Edinburgh Council wants re-election???
Pub wins 1am music licence - York
In Our View - Still Making Sense - From The Columbian "Before smokers invoke their "we told you so" privilege, we offer a reminder: This is not about you." - Now we know what our status is!
Ireland vows to fight EU over cigarette price controls
Smoking ban a dangerous constitutional precedent + comment
Publicans flayed over smoking claim -Scotland - Andy Kerr has a 'paddy' and KERR ANGER AT SMOKE BAN CLAIMS + Health minister hits back at trade
Rural businesses feeling impact of smoking ban - US - Yerington
Smoking ban a dangerous constitutional precedent - US
'Wartime spirit' will help drinkers accept smoking ban in pubs - Wales - 'claptrap'
Study finds that banning children from R-rated movies reduces tobacco and alcohol usage - Bias + rediculous conclusions
Letter - A considerate smoker
Restaurant managers sound off on smoking ban - Brazoria County
1 in 4 smokers say they will quit - Wales - Read between the lines!!
Great Dive Bars - New York
SMOKING BAN ON COLLEGE CAMPUS - Scunthorpe
Obese, smokers may lose key NHS treatment - Britain - Obese may be denied priority NHS care
December 24
EXCLUSIVE: CIG BROTHER - PUB toilets are to be fitted with hyper-sensitive alarms to catch drinkers having a sneaky cigarette when the nationwide smoking ban comes into force
Alcohol ban for street drinkers - Burnley
Smoking ban extends to 'royal' Commons - part way down the page - we must have it but some think it shouldn't apply to them!!!
Teenage rebellion starts at 10 - There are bigger problems in society - Smoking is just a scapegoat
Protection against cancer may begin during pregnancy - Add this to the unpublished WHO study and then ask questions
Alcohol ban for street drinkers
Cigarettes outlawed on entire hospital site
Delta Dental companies give $930000 in 2006 contributions - Delta Dental also continued to participate in a five-year smoking cessation study conducted by the University of California, San Francisco's School of Dentistry, in partnership with the federal National Institutes of Health, officials said.
Study: New blood tests are no better than the old methods for predicting heart attacks - so all that money for no real progress
Smokers not pleased with latest butt ban - Canada - smokers are now called 'hackers'
December 23
If you can't stand the heart - or the smell - Bolton
Bar, restaurant patrons can smoke till May - Pittsburgh
Opinion - COMMUNITY COMMENTARY: Integrity and corporate money - very revealing about Research money
Speakers oppose a ban - North Kansas
Campaign: Smoking ban not matter of life, death - $25,000 cost of empty match books!!!!!
Lawmakers ignore vote, set sights on smokers -Sacramento
December 22
Shelters to be removed to prepare for smoke free Conquest - or hurt and humiliate the smoker
Fuming Over Smoking Ban - Clark County Washington
MP criticises PCT's smoking scheme - Essex
Wales Set To Ban Smoking On Stage
Change brewing in Armory Square - Syracuse
New study exposes unhealthy divisions - Camden, London - The Ban will help solve the social problems!!!!!
Letter - Smoking ban in place was made too broad - Chilcothe
Letter - Eateries need to ban cologne
Pub kagouls for punters - Glasgow
Two years of Homeland Stupidity - some interesting comment
Smoke outside - except during Ribfest - BUT - Hardship exemptions...... a business can prove ...... they have been negatively impacted by a smoking ban, they can be granted a temporary exemption
Injunction Issued In Allegheny Co. Smoking Ban - Pittsburgh
Commentary: Fat Chance - New York
UNLV Constitutional Expert Explains the Smoking Ban Ruling - Not a clue what this is about!!!!
Orland Hills OKs smoking in its three restaurants
GLENWOOD: Businesses allowed smoking, nonsmoking areas
December 21
Smoke group pledges to fight on - WWW.FREEDOM2CHOOSE.CO.UK
Letter - Freedom, tyranny and smoking - Eirie County
Smoking ban in restaurants - Iceland
Dying smoker left out in the cold - Toronto --- A DISGRACE
Doctor's smoking jibe wins mother £44,000 payout
Smokers are not criminals - Missippippi
Independent pub numbers set to dip
Neighbours pay price of licence defeat
Councilmen's ire raised by inspections - Baytown
Village tweaks plan to restrict smoking - US - Mount Prospect
December 20
Smokeless Bingo Forces U.K. Halls to Seek Ways to Puff and Play
Letter - Children can be harmed by more than second-hand smoke
Letter - Stubbing Out Freedom - Washington
Letter - Smoking ban not about health - US
Letter - Save smoking ban for when we all stop polluting air - Chilcothe
Board votes down smoking ban -Wisconsin
Bingo hall closing Dec. 31 - Canada - "the decline is due to them not being able to smoke.” + Bingo hall closure a blow to charities
Smoking Prevalence Falling Too Slowly - New Zealand
Editorial - County smoking ban should be limited - US - Lenawee County
Watering Hole| - and -Nevada bar, eateries adapt to brand-new smoking ban
December 19
Smoke ban regulations published - up to a point
No-smoke campaign becoming a crusade
Letter - Smokers enjoy night out too
Anger over new council smoking bans - Lancashire
Smokers given a 30-minute warning - Bishops Stortford
Air pollution causes more harm than good for health seekers - Findings revealed that breathing air in that country (India) is equivalent to smoking 70 packs of cigarettes.
Smoking ban to fuel sales of gas-guzzling patio heaters - Smoke ban 'threatens environment' - Lib Dem Norman Baker advised smokers to "enjoy the bracing air" instead.
Lawyer delays ruling on restaurant smoking ban - Pittsburgh
Ex-PM Lipponen says Finland might ban tobacco in 2040
Major Nevada casinos oppose foes of smoking ban - Las Vegas
Public places still smoker-friendly in Machesney, 4-3- Illinois
December 18
LETTERS - Kansas City smoking ban
LETTERS - Smoke? Let private businesses choose
Council staff banned from smoking at work - Lancashire
Study criticizes anti-smoking ads - Seattle
The cigarette that puts itself out
Smokers, businesses adjusting to ban - Rule has had varied impact on commerce
December 16/17
Phoenix Theatre for sale - But in the six months since the smoking ban went into effect ......That's a 75 percent drop."
Be a quitter — but first give us your money - Alabama -Tax rises don't deter smokers + 68% 'patch' quitters fail within 4weeks
Shane's yule blog: where there's no smoke there's ire - Shane McGowan
Officials may investigate clean air group - Wichita
Smoker plans protest of ban - US - Franklin + Smokers flare up against ban
December 15
Pollet parking banned - Guernsey - FEARS for smokers’ safety have prompted a change to parking laws at the Lower Pollet.
Pub numbers to decline three per cent by 2011 - "The fall will be driven largely by those smaller, wet-led outlets unable to compete under the forthcoming smoking ban."
Fury at bid to ban people from smoking in their homes - Peterborough
Smoking Ban Crippling Local Casinos - Seattle
Smoking Ban Hurting Small Taverns? - Colorado
One last glass for a dying Irish tradition ...
Perley vets' final war - Ottowa - They fought for your freedom, now they need your help to win back one of their few remaining pleasures
Leader of anti-smoking drive now fights annexation - Kentucky
Tavern Owners Unite Against Smoking Ban - Erie County
So. Nevada Health District Files Secondhand Smoke Document
Letter - Reader: Citizens need a liberty lesson
Dec. 13 editorial: No surprise here - The more you tell teenagers not to do something, the more they are likely at least to try it.
Exercising May Reduce Lung Cancer Risk
December 14
Smoking Ban Temporarily Removed - Philadelphia
Guest Column: Smoking article was misleading
Smokers accidentally prescribed Viagra - Glasgow
Williams smoking sparks outrage - Typical reporting - Where's the 'outrage'?
Letter - Try a compromise on smoking issue
'The hidden danger lurking in our pubs and clubs' - Reading - propaganda? + some figures
Guide to polonium: Questions and answers - A cigarette contains less than a Billionth of the Polonium that killed Litvinenko
Bingo hall has closed - Orangeville Ontario
Opinion- Giving law food for thought Montgomery County
December 13
Charities feel the pinch of bingo smoking ban - more evidence of damage to community health
Market Report: Ban on smoking could damage Rank's health - What about the customers? They'll be a touch put out!
Come Thursday, Peter's Grill to be Peter's Grill again - Minneapolis - "The smoking ban killed that business," he said. "Now, people don't come in and spend an hour in the afternoon just talking and relaxing."
Bar owners to Brookfield: Don't ban smoking
Smoking shelter leaves judge fuming Ireland - Subscription
Rabbitte unimpressed by 'Budget for super-wealthy' _ Ireland Budget "John McCormack, of the Irish Cancer Society' -a complete failure by this Government to protect the health of our population and is facilitating a direct resurgence in smoking levels especially in women and in young people.” - The Ban didn't work!"
One in six children smoke - report - Ireland - More evidence that Bans don't work
County rejects Lambert smoking ban
Yes to pub's smoking pavilion - Kings Lynn - But we haven't had the regulations!!
New Haven’s 1st vote opts out of smoke ban
Letters - Non-smokers should open their own bars and Smoking death statistics are misleading public
Various letters to the Editor -Toledo Blade -
December 12
Smoker charged with trespassing; police say he wouldn't leave bar - Ohio
DOHERTY ESCAPES CIGS FINE - Glasgow
Be ready for ban on cigs in public places - Coventry + amazing figures for ETS deaths
Stop smoking or we will kill you - Comment
Mayor proposes new nightlife law - West Seatle
More cancer cases predicted for NS - Begs the question of why so much money has been spent on tobacco alone - Have they missed something?
Smoking allowed at Bloomington airport
Anti-Smoking Briefs -Nevada's anti-smoking law is unconstitutionally vague because it doesn't specify who should be held accountable
Tennesseans Prefer Smoke-Free Work Places - Dodgy Polls again! -12 percent somewhat favored and 53 percent strongly favored a Tennessee law to make all workplaces smoke-free. - But had they specified places the figure for bars would be much lower!!!
December 11
HRI urged to provide a place for smokers - Huddersfield
SOUTH LOCKPORT: No more BINGO! - US - “When smoking was restricted, there was an immediate drop in attendance,”
Scotts employee gone in a puff of smoke - US - "Scotts' anti-smoking policy treats the lungs of employees as essentially company property."
Anti-smoking ads dropped over Polonium claim - UK
Smoking is only latest front in war on American rights
Trans-fat ban neglects responsibility - "Today, I am unsure passing the smoking ban in Washington was the right choice."
Get tougher on toxic chemicals, scientists urge PM - Canada
December 9/10
NIH Scientist Pleads Guilty in Accepting $285,000 from Pfizer - - "As a result of concerns over possible conflicts of interest, NIH officials began administrative actions against 34 scientists and referred 10 others" !!!!!! AND on similar lines Patient groups special: Swallowing the best advice? AND while we're at it Medical researchers fail to disclose conflict AND "Distortion" of passive smoking evidence provokes controversy in Israel AND if you want a bit more Reanalysis of epidemiological evidence on lung cancer and passive smoking !!!!!!!!
Former Tobacco Lobbyist Turned Governor Kills Statewide Anti-Smoking Program
Opinion - Ban the smokes, but not the smokers
Stand up for smokers
Smoking ban already being challenged - Cleveland
Police probe kneecap threat to smoke ban MSP
Smoke-free: Ban applies to apartments
Study: Ban not hurting businesses
November 8
(HALF EMPTY) HOUSE! - Scotland
FEARS MILLOM WILL BECOME GHOST TOWN - North West England
The Last Gasp of a Smoke-Filled Room? - Washington -Lawmakers ...... have exempted themselves from the city's smoking ban, not to mention rules that forbid lighting up in federal buildings across the country.
Towns May Opt Out of Smoking Ordinance - US - Allen County
Berrien County's Clean Indoor Air Regulation controversial - US -Under a state law, bars and restaurants would be exempt. The ban would cover public places such as schools and workplaces but not private clubs. - Sensible 'restrictions'
Smoking ban enforcement to be delayed - Cincinatti
Bucking EU trend, Germans stub out broad tobacco ban
-Renowned cancer scientist was paid by chemical firm for 20 years - Sir Richard Doll
The Healthy Skeptic: Banning Trans Fat; Another Bad Idea From The Food Police - !!!!!!
Trade group, state reach compromise on smoking ban enforcement - Cincinatti
Landlords ‘snookered’ over smoke ban rules - Why have no regulations been published?
Business hazy one year after smoking ban - Washington - not hazy - bars have lost out and - One year of taking cigarettes outside Smoking ban not as bad as feared Bar culture cleverly adapts, bonds under smoking ban and Bar owners feel burn of ban: Taverns see drop in business in wake of smoking ban
December 7
Baseball Men - The Organizer - Spend money encouraging health NOT banning smokers!!!- New York Councilman Eric Gioia "I think a kid who starts dedicating himself to baseball is significantly more likely to avoid smoking and drugs."
Sidewalk cafes may get OK for year-round - New Jersey
Marshall County smoking ban dies on first reading - US
Campisi sabotaged smoking ban for Lambert, Odenwald fumes - St Louis
Foster ban should go up in smoke - Texas -"But it’s just too dumb to make a rule that could keep otherwise qualified foster parents out of a system that can use all the help it can get."
Rank sells Hard Rock to Native American tribe - but Scotland's smoking ban in March had decreased bingo revenues there by 15 percent ... + Smoking ban hits UK bingo halls - There was a “modest impact” on revenues at its Spanish bingo business, Rank Espana, caused by a partial smoking ban in the country.
They had 'em, smoked 'em, put 'em out - Tales from Ohio
Smoking Ban Sets Off Brawl Among Wiseguys - New York 'Gangland'
Using patch before quitting increases chance of success - Ohio - In the study of 96 quitting smokers, 50 percent of smokers quit smoking for at least four weeks after using the patch ahead of time, compared with 23 percent who used a placebo. -Junk Statistics but they show how patches fail most people
Public smoking ban backed by residents - Evesham -That's not what the article reads like - most say there should be somewhere for smokers
German government rejects nationwide smoking ban - report
Court Delays Nevada Smoking Ban - "there was a reasonable likelihood that a group of business owners could persuade him that the voter-approved ban, to take effect on Friday, was unconstitutional."
Opinion - Baltimore - Smoking bans are dangerous to a free society's health
December 6
‘I will not throw out the smokers’ - Bolton Lancashire - with comments
Executive 'airbrushed' criticisms from report on youth crime courts - Studies are fiddled to suit the 'client'
Cheaper drink may be behind rise in violent home deaths - Scotland - They rule out the smoking ban as a cause!
Bars, restaurants and bowling alleys won’t have to ban smoking in Wheeling - US- sensible
Wales set to ban smoking on stage
Council hands out its 100th smoke ban fine
SMOKING BANNED FOR FOSTER FAMILIES - Texas
Spencer: Trouble at Fair Acres? Or just a smoke screen? - US
Opinion : Smoking bans are dangerous to a free society's health - Baltimore
Will clearing the air clear out the bar? - Atlantic City
Smokers blazing mad about statewide ruling and Bars and restaurants preparing for unknown - Ohio
December 5
Allen Carr - The ASH 'sadness' I omitted a few days ago - see how they slam his succes!! - ASH rebuttal to Allen Carr’s ‘message from the grave’
Cheaper drink may be behind rise in violent home deaths - Scotland
Peninsula Smoking Ban Proposal Prompts Death Threats
VFW in Danger of Closing - Colorado
Boro Won`t be Dragged into Smoking Ban - US - Erie
Citywide smoking ban stalled - Baltimore
Cigar club goes up in smoke - Ohio
Council deluged with angry e-mail - Belmont
December 4 -- back after a rather long power cut
Landlords' fury over smoking ban comment - Wetherby
CANCER CHARITY SLAMMED FOR 'BAD TASTE' BEER MATS - Polonium content would mean a 20-a-day smokers has to smoke for over 400,000 years to get lethal dose!!
Cost of selling ban on smoking will burn a hole in healthcare budgets
Industrial air pollution and the country doctor -an interesting read
Critics would snuff out smoke ban - Anchorage
Health warning: doctors kill
Firm under fire over 'snuff bullets' - Scotland with a fantastic quote - The idea that this company is trying to profit on an attempt to try and improve the health of Scotland by trying to move them from cigarettes on to another form of nicotine is contemptible" - What is NRT?????
Germany-wide smoking ban 'may not be possible'
Authorities stumped by controversial smoking cessation product - China
Movie, TV Smoking Doubles Kids' Chances of Lighting Up - You can prove anything with meta-analysis
December 2
Letter - I'M DREADING SMOKING BAN - 60+ year old
Landlords’ fear over smoke ban - York
Smoking ban is 'healthy triumph' + comment
December 1
Germany to Ban Smoking in Restaurants, Discos; Bars Are Exempt
JULY 1: THE DAY SMOKING WILL BE STUBBED OUT + Comment
RE: Smoke ban starts July 1, 2007 - Trade comment
Pre-teens who date 'at least twice as likely' to turn into smokers - Studies like this keep people employed!!
Eyes down to battle bingo tax
Blanket Smoking Ban Bid - Burnley -A CONTROVERSIAL new smoking ban will see people forbidden to light up anywhere owned by Lancashire County Council.
COUPLE BLAME SMOKE BAN OVER LOSING BAR - Glasgow
Smoker sues company for firing him - Boston
Council gives city smokers a holiday gift It passed a minor adjustment to the smoking ban that, curiously, would suspend the ban entirely until Jan. 8. - Philladelphia
Smoking ban hasn't hurt business US? - OPP but this shows no one really wanted it
Hospital-ban call - Wales - Doctors call for regulation