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New Additions for March 2007
March
31
One year up in
smoke - Scotland
Call this non-smoking Wales? -
with read-between-the-lines ASH comment
CLUB'S FEARS OVER MOVE - Wales
Last gasp for
smokers - Wales -
with comment from FOREST
Smoking ban is just the start
- An ASH article with all the usual exaggeration
Street noise
complaints 'likely to increase' - Wales
Eyes down for
one last game -
with comment
Lous
Palace calling it quits - US Columbia
Opinion - Nanny State, USA
Letter - Keep
freedom to choose'
Theyre All Bad for You, but Should They Be
Illegal? - New York
Let commonsense be the rule - Sioux City
Our View- Let
common sense rule on smoking issues
Strikes and
spares victim of no-butts law - South Jersey - Closed Bowl
Smoking law has
ripple effect -
Ohio
Total smoking
ban is wrong -
Virginia
Anti-smoking ads
called for at the movies - Australia - Big Pharma promotions!
March 30
No plans to blaze a trail over smoke ban -
Camden Council prepare for violence when smokers forced onto
Street
Actors banned from smoking on stage - Wales
Letter - Smoking in public banned - what next? - Wales
McConnell may widen smoking ban - Scotland-
Because IT has caused problems
PARASOL
BAN IS 'BARMY' - UK
Has the ban been a breath of fresh air- -
Scotland
Smoking ban hits pub trade - Scotland,
Perthshire
6000 SMOKERS STUB OUT FAGS - Scotland - where do
they get these figures from?
Industry stunned as Lords reveal ace in hole -
Government a laughing stock
Closure of clubs a 'devastating blow' -
Northampton
Checks find pubs in breach of no-smoking laws -
7% in Breach of this popular measure
Pharma companies offer NHS 'cash-back' on smoking
cessation products - Old but this is the real basis of bans
Over 4,000 doctors face charges in Italian drugs
scandal - Another oldie but these people are pushing their
NRT products - Lots more like this if you Google
Singapore Anti-Smoking Ads Disturb Kids- -
Inintended consequences?
Review-
"Mrs. Warren's Profession" - Actress has to blow out powder due to ban
Letter - Smoking Ban
Infringes On Rights
Smoking ban on
public patios -
Canada - another step too far
In a changing
climate, Greenie's remains refuge for tobacco users. - US - Norfolk
March 29
Smoke trail of pub owner - Bolton to Fife
STUBBED
OUT - 2000 FIFE SMOKERS GIVE UP - Then read the article -
2,000 tried to give up + 2 pubs of then go to
bottom of page.
Ireland....The Truth
Ireland the SPIN - Minister hails success of three-year-old smoking ban - Short & Sick Making
Ireland - Workplaces complying with smoking
ban - only 95% of
businesses (appear to) comply
Smoking ban
'could close clubs'
- UK - And - Smoking ban
'threat to clubs'
Smoking ban hits
pub trade -
Scotland - Perthshire
Getting used to it - Falkirk, Scotland
Change your clothes if you want a smoke, says
council - Sunderland
Exceptional
emporium proves an exception to the new rule - One place we can smoke
A faint whiff of hypocrisy? - Australia - Mosman
Some in Hampton
Roads aren't happy with smoking ban bill - Virginia
Business groups
oppose smoking ban
- Virginia
Letter - Dont sacrifice choice for
smoke-free places
- North Carolina
Bar owners
against smoking ban
- Iceland
Don't blow smoke
in the face of business faces - Delaware
March 28
PUBLICANS PARTY LIGHTS UP ACTION ON SMOKING
BAN
The future is turning to ashes for every one of us - Quite a comment!!
Action to save historic Scottish pubsCulture
- This is exactly what the smoking ban is doing - Killing Letter
- No smoke without fire in the pub
UC to review the
tobacco industry's funding of researchWhat about Pharma funding?
- They're after Enstrom (again) - Young People
'View Smoking As Normal'idea - CRUK
- Pushing smokers onto the street may not be a good Smoking ban
could kill pub business - Scarborough
Scent of a woman
gets up bus drivers' noses - Canada
Comment- Total smoking ban absurd
Kaine smokes out
the House - A
challenge - would lesser measures achieve the same as a ban
Smoke-easies - Fort Wayne
Smoking ban
lawsuit will fail, get over it - Claims bars are a place to drink - I say
not - They're a place for adults to socialize
Small bars fear
smoking ban -
Tri-States
March 27
Smoke cessation Stats from Scotland (larger image) at what cost? 
A PARTY seeking
a smoking law change was launched yesterday. - Scotland Pro-Choice so it's a
tiny article and -Publican party
back for Holyrood elections
Campaign backs countdown to smoking ban in England - Another £10 Million
Ed Byrne video
on Smoking - Good
Craik
Bar jobs a casualty of the smoking ban -
Inverness
Man injured for cigarette - Scotland
Smoke ban threat
to shisha cafes -
UK
Café culture is
a boon to city -
York
FagNav blows the whistle on illegal smokers -
Now Big Brother for the car
HOME OFFICES ALSO GET SMOKING BAN - UK
Battle of a Wee
Laddie's Twix -
More Scottish thinking
Whats in a
name- Hewitt makes TV gaffe - I wish we'd never heard of her -
Incompetence is her best quality - She even claimed the best year
for the NHS as it was falling further apart
Scrap The ID
Scheme! - UK
Football
REGISTER VIEWPOINT: The smoke clears US Sandusky
Letter - NH becomingtoo
bureaucratic
Owners say smoking ban snuffed pool hall -
US Illinois
March 26
Fierce debate over smoking - UK
Police to face smoking ban in their breaks
- Wales
Smoking ban most important initiative - Scotland
Fewer regulars -
but ban helps barmaid cut down Scotland
Party for new
smoking laws launched - Scotland - PUBLICAN PARTY CANIDATES
Ban 'helping
smokers to give up'1
month of NRTso how mony after 12 months? - SIMILAR -Smoking - Scotland - Check if "the 70%
who want to quit" did - only 15,000 had quit after ban prompted
4000 in Lothians to give up the habit BUT Channel 4 include some extra statistics
- Smokers' 46,000 bids to kick habit -Only about 8,000 quit after 3
Months
Smoking ban
should keep barbecues sizzling in UK
Pub told
canopies must be at the back - UK Oxford
Councillors seek
guidance on pub smoking shelter
Smoking ban will
not stop teens taking up the habit, say doctorswork?
- Wales - So why such a severe ban if it doesn't Slim, ciggy-free
- but still defending smokers' rights
Germans Would
Pick Smoking Rooms Over Ban
Go-go bar
shuttered, change in store for commercial strip - US Trenton
The (un)wisdom
of anti-smoking laws - Interesting comparisons
Ban 'helping
smokers to give up'
- Philadelphia
Tomorrow Night's
Public Hearing on the Proposed Clean Air Act has ... - La Crosse - Campers won't come
back
People still
need freedoms - US
Student opinion
Passive smoking
problem shifts from the pubs into the homes - New Zealand
Designated
smoking times raise ire of ban advocate US - Southern Nevada - Whinging
Gone With His
Wind - Rush
Limbaugh Website - The Scots farting story crosses the pond on a
whiff and a prayer.
March 25
I seem to have forgotten to post this - Ireland
Smoking Rates UP
and Official
Report
Group to challenge smoking ban
Council
chiefs to ban smoking outside offices -
Scotland, Glagow.
Fuming over hol fag ban - Your holiday could be
spoilt
Rebel pubs set to flout laws - Wales
Beware of smoke detectors - Wales
Smoke ban creates bit of a stink - Wales
WHO Has Another Mission - Now it's fires not
smokers causing the problems and they suggest ventilation!!
No butts, it's our liberty that's going up in smoke -
GERALD WARNER - Scottish Truth
Teenage
extroverts more likely to light up - Scotland - Let's make
all kids boring & they'll never smoke!!!
Who's calling time on the British pub? - It's
more about sitting pretty on billions of pounds in property
assets
LAST GASP FOR PUBLIC SMOKERS - Bristol
Police to face smoking ban in their breaks - Wales
Proposed
smoking ban in bowling alleys vetoed - Salt Lake
Forget
Live Free or Die New Hampshire;state is turning into
a ...
'Nanny' laws eat
at freedoms, critics say
Movable roof
opens Derby restaurant to smoking - US
Here come
unintended negative consequences - Des Moines
'Nanny' laws
again on upswing -
Contra Costa Times
Chimps forced to break bad habit
Smoking-ban win
about choice - Durango in Colorado
Editor's Mailbag - Autos as bad as
cigarettes?
Senator who
battled cancer pushes smoking bans - It was Liver Cancer but should any
politician be allowed to promote their own Prejudice?
March 24
BAN 'ENCOURAGES SMOKING'
MAILBOX: FAST BECOMING A POLICE STATE
RFID to stub out cigarette smuggling? Micro
chips!!!
Cloud of smoke
that divides the nation - Borders
Fierce debate over smoking
The Bogus 'Science' of Secondhand Smoke
March 23
LAST GASP SMOKING BID - Freedom2Choose in the Mirror
Pubs 'lost staff' after smoke ban - Scotland
I'VE BEEN BARRED OVER TRUMPED-UP CHARGES - Fife
Question of the week - Scotland
Pubs report
staff cuts in wake of ban on smoking - Scotland
Publican rejects job loss claims - Dundee - but then goes on to say that
pubs have problems
Pubs urged to
carry on selling cigs - North-east England
Lighthorseman
beer garden to stay open until after midnight - York
Cafe curfew - York
A 'giant has
awakened' - Orland
Reynolds takes
stand against proposed smoking ban - North Carolina
Californians
blamed for spoiling West - Nevada
Women's
cigarette cancer peril - Where do they get these figures??? Maybe
there are other non-tobacco reasons
Indoor smoking
ban gets reworked by health dept. - Columbus
Number of women
smokers in New York dips - A prize of recognition only available for
anyone finding the full results of the study!!
Letter - Thanks for rejecting smoking ordinance - Onalaska
Businesses Still
Hurting From Talbot County Smoking Ban - Talbot County
Smoking survives
at bowling alleys
- Idaho
March 22
Group to challenge smoking ban - Freedom2Choose
'Political correctness is killing our
freedoms' - From the President of the
European Commission who has suffered under a dictatorship
Big sell-off for Bankss
Smoking Ban Blamed For Hall Closure - Goole
'Third of pubs'
axed staff after smoking ban - Scotland
One year on- the
Scottish smoking ban
Winners and losers - Scotland
Pub trade has gone up in smoke - Scotland
Mixed fortunes for Fort publicans in licence debate
- Scotland - "weve got to remember that we can get
incidents happening outside pubs which are absolutely nothing to
do with the owners, especially with the smoking ban meaning
people are standing outside."
Is ban stopping
smoking- Highlands
- 500 helped by 2 full & 8 Part-time staff + overheads = How
much per quitter
Tax rises may
leave few operators willing to gamble on a supercasino - Not what Bingo needed
Landlord lashes
out at booze hike
- York
Burnham-On-Sea
pub's terrace plan rejected by planners
Quitting boost
for smokers -
Boost for Pharma Profits
Charest
government forgets about low-income children - Montreal - Charities lose out
from Bingo
Cafe
irreplaceable to regulars - Columbia
Snuffing out a
smoking ban plan -
Chicago
RJR now opposes
ban on smoking -
North Carolina
Great Opinion - Banning dirty
habits
Otter vetoes
bowling alley smoking ban, takes shot at Legislature - Idaho
German officials
back partial smoking ban in restaurants, but ...
Smoke yet to settle - Evansville
Wood-Fired Pizza
Remains Legal in Ohio - but what about the carcinogens in the
smoke!
The
Old Red Spitoon - _SONG FOR SMOKERS - Kimberley McLean
March 21
Marston's puts
280 pubs up for sale - sources
Brown pulls off
tax surprise -
with comment
Something
is brewing in the state of Denmark
Rules exempt private clubs with
members as employees - Ohio
`Nanny' laws are
added to the books
- US
If Minnesota state lawmakers do pass a statewide
smoking ban while exempting tribal casinos, this Senate ruling
could easily reverse that ban
Smoking lowers Parkinson's disease risk
SMOKE STAND - Australia
Exempted cigar
bars possible -
Cayman Islands
New Smoking ban
left to wither -
US - Naperville
VFW liquor
license won't be reviewed - Omaha
Johnson-
Anti-smoking zealots get swift kick in the backside - Rocky Mountain
Smoke and fears - US - Arlington
Pro-smoking
protest -
Springfield
UPDATED- State
reverses field on smoking ban - Ohio
Reynolds
American, RJ Reynolds Oppose NC Smoking Ban - North Carolina
Businesses Still
Hurting From Smoking Ban - Maryland - Talbot County
March 20
Punch calls time on 1,000 pubs ahead
of smoke ban
Ban could be fatal for workingmen's clubs - North-east England
Bar Owners Smokin' Mad At
Countywide Smoking Ban - US Upshur County
'R' rating for movies with cigarettes? - US Comment
Thanks for opposing the smoking ban - La Crosse
Sports bar sues
county over smoking case - Olympia Washington
Letter - Banning smoking
in homes infringes on our freedoms
Cig ban bid is
too late -
Australia - an ad with someone smoking is illegal
A Breath of
Fresh Air - Biased
- from Germany about Scotland
Germans Favor
Owner Discretion on Smoking Over Ban, Poll Shows
Lobbyists Pay
for Lawmakers' Food, Drink - Santa Fe
Bar owner files
claim against county over smoking ban - US - Thurston County
Business owner
seeks to overturn Abilene smoking ban - Texas
March 19
Smoker blasted with shotgun in attack outside
Capital pub - Edinburgh
MSP bids to ban smoking outside pubs, cafes -
Scotland
Three quarters want Scots smoke exemptions -
Scotland - Smoking ban - "exclude bingo and clubs"
Passive smoking and associated causes of death in
adults in Scotland - Important word is CALCULATED
Smoking can damage your wealth - Smokers get
higher pension payouts!!!
SMOKE COPS FOR HOSPITAL AS OUTDOOR CIGS BANNED -
Glasgow
BINGO CALL FOR PUFFERS - Scotland - Demanding
smoke ban lifted on clubs & Bingo
Bingo
Association warns Treasury-
- UK
BBC Videos - Lots of PC crap but lots of decent
opposition
Last breath for cigs- - Shropshire with comment
Council worker fined for dropping cigarette
Drink Prices - Guernsey
Yard workers lighting up will face discipline -
BAE workers
Readers (DON'T) back total smoking ban at hospital
- They got the title wrong!!!!
Belmont feels heat of plan to ban smoking
Temecula takes smoking bans to new territory -
Where's this all going?
Council bans all public smoking - Australia
Sydney
WHY SHOULD TOBACCO SMOKE BE MOVED 20
FEET FROM DOORWAYS OR ENTRYWAYS? - Repace @2000 = Mental
Attempts To
Dilute Smoking Ban
- Nebraska
Thanks for
nixing smoking ban
- Onalaska
March 18
Health warning over smoking ban -Children
affected by increase in lighting up at home + usual lies from the
'Experts'
Brown could scrap VAT on aids for giving up smoking -
More Pharma profits and - Chancellor may cut tax on nicotine patches
Landlords install all-weather TVs ahead smoking ban
- UK
Countdown on to smoking ban - Wales
Blair gives food for thought - Scotland -
accepted he'd lost a vote when challenged about Bingo closures
The readers'
editor on... the ethics of a give-away wallchart - Air-brushing history
St. Charles snuffs out smoking ban
Actors worry ban
will snuff out smoking during performances - NY
Alfresco smoke
ban splits city -
Freemantle
Smoke em
if you got em- Not while in uniform with the 31st ...
Nautilus
Launches Nicotine Beer- "NicoShot"
Council bans all
public smoking -
Australia - The world's gone MAD
Snuffing out a
place for smokers
- Philadelphia
March 17
I'm stuck in a
timewarp! -
Norwich Publican
Pubs petition against smoking ban - Alderney, Channel Islands
Bans cause
rights to go up in smoke
Just say no
Most Greenville
businesses choose to stay smoke-free
Layoffs continue
at Tropicana Casino and Resort under new owner
Hey, Keith
Richards- Beware the smoking ban - Columbus
Soft on smoking - Indianapolis
Smoking citation issued to city - Violation
found at public works garage - Springfield
Campaign gears for smoking ban - Staines
March 16
'Smoking ban
will destroy community' - UK
Wellingtons
application raises a storm - Hexham
Should GWH be
totaly smoke-free-
- Swindon
Judge Upholds
Exemptions In Omaha Smoking Ban
Bar owner
cleared of violating anti-smoking law - US - Thurston County
Children do not
belong to the state
- New Zealand opinion
Commissioners to
designate smoking areas - some small concession to sense
Council snuffs
smoking ban -
Onalaska
Some Bar Owners Defy Colorado Smoking Ban
Jacksonville
smoking ban proponents regroup - with comment
Bill burns up
smokers -US -
Alton - mentions losses in Springfield
Ban it and watch
it flourish
Editorial - Hitting
businesses with oversold ban - US - Lenawee County
March 15
You vote against cigs ban in
citys hospital grounds - Glasgow
Letter - Danger disputed - York
Licensee hits
out at planning regulators - York
Bosses fear
backlash over smoking ban - Lancashire
SAINTS FANS FUME
OVER SMOKE BAN -
Scotland
Goofy's Smoking
May Cost A Liquor License - US
Butt out or get
out, campers told
- Australia
Reaction mixed
to smoking ban -
Portales
Taste for
Guinness wanes in changing Ireland
Springs Bar
Owner Wants More Bars To Join Protest - Denver
FDA chief warns
tobacco regulation may backfire
Walter E.
Williams- The true cost of smoke-free air - Interesting article
3 businesses
found violating new ban - Chicago
Smoking 2.0 Give
Lungs a Break
Anti-Smoking
Dems Ignore Their Own Rules
The
gastro-preneurs saving London's pubs - Oh no they're not - They're changing them
into Restaurants.
Bar staff 'cheers' ban after US law
threat - They're
'avin' a Larf.
Oldham may ease
smoking rules - US
- a little bit of sense
As We See It-
Smoking bans backfire. - US
AIRPORT SET TO GO SMOKE-FREE - Exeter
March 14
No smoke with this mans fire - Promo for the Alan Carr method
Hazy view over hospital smoking ban - Glasgow
Economics and Smoking By Walter E. Williams
Extra £327,000 to help target groups quit fags - throw more money at it
Tinley, Oak
Forest allow smoking exemptions - US
SMOKING BAN IS CHOKING TRADE, CLAIM PUB BOSSES - Scotland
The new pariahs
Call to quit on No Smoking Day - one of lots of no-smoking day articles
Coffee shop
smoking ban stupid, say MPs - Holland
Ban smoking in
China- A state-run industry has objections
Bingo club-
'It's not game over yet,' says star Linda
Rail firm to ban
smoking anywhere at its stations
Conservatives
say NHS 'Stop smoking' budgets slashed
Town May Snub
Out Smoking at Home
- US - Belmont (of course)
Hawaii Tourism
Slumps on Heels of Smoking Ban
Smoke and Ire - Salt Lake
The Smokescreen-
'Secondhand Smoke '
First the Snakes, Now This- - Philadelphia
March 13
Words Of Wisdom UK - WELL SAID
Mixed views on smoking ban law
switch plan -
Lancashire
The slow erosion
of free choice -
Amusing article with a big point.
Macquarie- TAH -
Smoking Bans in QLD. What Impact on TAH- - Australian Impact in Casinos
SMOKE BAN GOES
STALE - Scotland
Anger as city hospitals ban cigs outside
Protecting
rights or lives-
US opinion (with assumptions?)
Labor ruling
smothers smoking ban - US Harrsburg
Respect smokers,
nonsmokers -
Cayman Islands
Letter - Litter only
logical
Laws are meant
to be broken -
Highlights some rediculous aspects of the laws
Virgins prepare to hit the pub - UK - not quite what the headline
suggests!!
NHS stop smoking services 'cut' - UK
Anger as city
hospitals ban cigs outside - Glasgow
Garcia- The
state plays mommy politics - San Fransisco
Ban us, but
please stop lecturing us - NI
The Abraham Cherrix cancer story the media won't
print: Harry Hoxsey's cancer cures and the US government campaign
to destroy them - Oldie
but goodie
Smoking ban can
be legitimate -
Ohio
Did Ohioans
really understand their anti-smoking vote- - Ohio
Professionals to eat out - smokers to stay away UK - more evidence that Bans
benefit the rich not the poor!
Stein Club calls
for smoking ban in National Democratic Club
Reform- We don't
need no stinking reform!
Spring Lake Park
takes stand against ban
Lawmakers nix
provision allowing cities to restrict smoking
March 12
E.S.A.D. - European Smokers
Against Discrimination - Link
Cyprus launches
anti-smoking raids on nightclubs
Police hypnotised out of smoking habit - Birmingham Police - £40,000
Privacy victory
for Icelandic star smoking in public
Fag breaks take up 290,000 days - No mention of coffee & tea
breaks
Mr. Tremblay's "Panacea" - A criticl look at Canada's politics
Letter - Smoking ban hurts freedom - La Crosse
Towns weigh
smoking ban effect
- Chicago
Beijing Olympics
Under Pressure to be Smoke Free
Pub customer
left fuming after smoking dispute - Australia
Arrests after
weekend trouble - "These
sorts of large scale fights outside pubs are only going to get
worse once the smoking ban comes in because innocent people may
get caught up in the violence.
Noblesville
stubs out smoking-ban idea - US - Indiana?
Editorial: Smoke-free drive runs out of puff - "Clearly, any
progress will require a more intelligent, sophisticated and
probably more tolerant approach."
March 11
Fife Council
candidate challenges smoking ban - Scotland
Taking the harm
out of drugs - Not
favouring tobacco but "We think, like
toddlers, in exclusively black and white terms: all drugs are
evil, all drug takers are evil, ban all drugs, lock up all drug
takers. That approach demonstrably doesnt work aside
from anything else, it makes drugs seem glamorous, when frankly a
lot of them are less dangerous than a night out in the pub. And
that is where all this infantile thinking becomes fatal."
Tabcorp's Slatter steers out of smoke -
Australia
Tobacco And Smoking - US - Gallop Smoking Trends
Time to obey the new smoking ban - Ohio
Opinion piece
was on the mark
Will you manage
a smoke-free day on Wednesday- - NO
Smokers take
ironic last stand
- Hawii
Peter Bronson - Comment from Cincinnati -
"Founding fathers would have rebelled over smoking ban"
Smoking ban can seriously damage your brand
Editorial-
Smoke-free drive runs out of puff - sums quite a lot up and maybe highlights
the limits of legislation
Slot-route
operations down
March 10
Life behind
bars- John Walsh raises a glass to the perfect watering hole - as things should be
Bars Cited for
Smoking Violations
- Colorado Springs
Our right to
make imperfect choices is going up in smoke - Excellent summary of the
intolerance
Showtime for
smoking ban -
Belmont Madness
Rulings on
smoking bans cause confusion - US Aiken
'Smoking and
spiking' fear - UK
- York
Despite Planned
Ban, German MPs Fight For Right to Light Up
Roundhouse roundup- Saturday - Albuquerque
-governor, ........had not made a decision on whether to sign the
smoking ban proposal. ...
Join smoke
police to stub out lawbreakers - UK - Cambridge
Article - Gastro-pubs throw darts into decline - UK ----
It'll be worse after the ban?
March 8/9
Letter - Smokers can still create a stink over
ban - Scotland
Punters sign up
to save bingo industry - Scotland
Fines for
cigarette litter bugs - Scotland - no mention of fast food
wrappings etc - just 'slam the smoker'.
Fall in pub
drink sales blamed for shutdown of booze depot - Scotland
Smoke canopy 'is
out of keeping' -
Oxford - "and we don't like to idea of patio heaters
that are very wasteful of energy"
Do you know a secret smoker?
Clubs prepare to allow smoking - Salt Lake
Green Bay prison
under lockdown after petition discovered - US Green Bay
No more
smoke-ban guidance
Publicans take
the hit for alcohol price increase - Ireland
Trouble brewing - Ireland
Letter - Please preserve our freedom of
choice
'Moral panic' of
drug laws isolates users and fuels crime, says report - Sums it up for their approach to
smoking as well
Judge Rules
Greenville Smoking Ban Violates State Law
Letter - Non-smokers
should just hold their breath - Canada
As a non-smoker,
I say this smoking ban goes too far, and not far enough - Canada BC
Hocking College
smokers want a place to light up
Boehner's Favorite Smoke-Filled
Room - Washington
- smoking can bridge political differences
March 7
Group's
challenge could delay smoke ban - UK - www.Freedom2Choose.co.uk
Letters-
Government shouldn't be imposing on our rights
FDA Chief-
Smoking Regulations Could Backfire
Smoking strictly
prohibited in public housing estates
Passive smoking
research planned -
First ban it then find out if it's harmful
Smoking Ban
Fight Now on the Internet - Fort Wayne
http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2007/02/secondhand-smoke-should-be-regulated.html
Smokers to be
pushed from doorways - Canada
Smokers should
at least have a haven in taverns
China - Smoking
ban causes public unrest
Smoker
Disobedience in Colorado
Smokers can still create a stink over ban - Scotland
Hocking College smokers want a place to light up
US - Cleveland
Smoke canopy 'is out of keeping' - Oxford
No smoking awards up for grabs - Lancashire
Fall in pub
drink sales blamed for shutdown of booze depot
March 6
Insanity - Puffing pupils put on display - Belgium
Police set to clamp down over smoking ban
Anti-smoking
bill would exempt bars - Des Moines
Common Sense
Lost- World Gone Mad - Florida opinion
Smoking Ban Charge Dropped - Ohio
Smokers may be
banned "outside" of one Mid-South hospital - US - Mid-South
Smoking area
gasping for breath in Eugene bars
Bill could snuff
smoking while playing bingo - New Hampshire
Report of threat at smoking-ban
hearing causes quite a stir - Ohio
Bingo needs a
helping hand + Fighting back-
77-year-old Lillian Coid has collected at least 600 ... + UK- Bingo
industry launches national petition, calling on ...
Smoking ban by
hospital trust
Smoking ban
forces pub out of business - Edinburgh
March 5
Ward gets one-year smoking ban delay - They'll
provide a smoking shelter for 'mental' patients but not for staff
use!
Alcohol and tobacco are deadlier than ecstasy,
report
British churches clear the air on smoking
Smoke- free, or be free- Informal
poll finds a sharp division on ... - New Hampshire
Madison
Nightclub Closes Doors, Blames Ordinance
Cynical Letter - Smoking effects
McConnell backs seatbelts on trains - Scotland and Seatbelt idea won't work without seats
IS THE NUMBER UP
FOR BINGO- - NW
England
Will bingo
players be smoked out- new Hampshire
Price of a pint
to soar
Some Bar Owners Defy Colorado
Smoking Ban -
Denver
Smoking ban blow to pubs
We'll smoke out
the cigarette ban rebels! - Wales
The Big Ban Era a bit of fun
LETTER: SMOKING BAN WILL CLOSE SOME PUBS
March 4
Churches told to put up No Smoking signs - with appropriate comment
Champagne and
ciggies socialist
- Playwright John Mortimer - "They
should run the legal system and see that the drains work. But
you're told how to cross the road. And what to eat. For heaven's
sake - think of something more important."
Children are victims of smoking ban, says study - With Comment
Letter -Legislation
shouldn't infringe upon individual rights
Tickets add heat
to ban on smoking
- Columbia - Police ignore murder and rape!!!!!! and Bar owner handed citation for
violating smoking ban - Southern Colorado Bars Say No To Smoking Ban
EXCLUSIVE They
plan a legal fight over cig ban- MURDERERS and
psychopaths are planning legal action against a smoking ban
at their top-security hospital.
IRELAND - Clancy Still Not Satisfied and Irish Market Lights up Gallaher
Results
SCOTLAND - Bingo halls hit back at tough
legislation -
Eleven clubs have closed in the first year of the ban
Judge strikes
down Erie County smoking ban, citing 1988 state law
READ IT- Smokers Protest Proposed
Ban - Milwaukee
Public cast in
smoking ban ads -
Anger Management Part II - Freedom2Choose
Vets say they
won freedom to smoke - New Jersey
Opinion - No more
smoke-filled back rooms- What gives-
Stokin' the fire - Sioux City
Q&A with
anti-smoking crusader Patty Young - Anti-smokers can make us ill!!
March 3
Health budget 'fiddled to save Hewitt's skin' - a couple of weeks old but
...................
Anti-passive smoking ad unveiled
Beaumont City
Officials Remove Chairs That Violate Smoking Ordinance
Operators are
losers as bingo profits fall - Scotland with comment
Faltering pub
sales at Wetherspoon prompt caution
Leave Your
Drink, Leave Yourself Vulnerable
Bogies
awarded exemption to smoking ban - Mount Pleasant
March 2
Smoking ban drives sales -
Ireland ciggie sales up
VOTES CAST ON HOSPITAL SMOKE BAN -Wales
One in four people in deprived areas
struck down by depression - Scotland - Glasgow and only 1 in 10 are
thinking about stopping smoking!!!
Beaumont Business
Owner Demands City Of Beaumont Ticket Itself For Breaking Smoking
Ban Rules
Wales set for
smoking ad campaign
New proposal-
Give bars tax break to go smoke-free - Minnesota
No smoking,
wink, wink - Las
Vegas - with comment
Third of pubs 'not ready for ban' - Wales with 'health minister' comment!
Mums-to-be carry
on smoking
Mind if I spit
in your food- -
Silly article - you can comment
Rank profit hit
by smoking ban -
15% like-for-like fall in Scotland
Bingos plan
butt-law fight -
Canada, Calgary
Wetherspoon Profit Gains 20% on
Broader Range of Food, Drinks -Food & coffee But not from beer
Fight to stop time being called on
community pubs -
All a bit late from CAMRA & BBPA
GM plant to
prohibit smoking as community debates citywide ban - Kentucky
Tavern owners to
rally against state smoking ban - Wisconsin
Smoking ban update - WashingtonDC- Trade well down after 2
months
Bill Reverses Hawaii's Smoking Ban in Bars,
Nightclubs and Restaurants
March1
Gov't to launch 'shock' smoke campaign - This is
on top of the £12.5+ million they've already spent this year
Smoke ban hits actors' rehearsals - England -
"The government's view is that people can practise
smoking outside."
Touch and go for clubs - Falkirk
CHARITY CLOSED BY SMOKE BAN - Scotland - Fife
Assembly slammed over ban literature - Wales
Smoking ban for
markets -
Wolverhampton - from April 1
Report card for
Henderson's smoking ban - US - city commission passed the
first reading of amendments to the ordinance to allow smoking in
some bars.
Letter - Hot and bothered
over smoke ban -
Australia
Get rational
about when the state should pre-empt local decisions - US - Twin Cities
4m to stop smoking after ban - Cobblers - if NRT is
used that might be as many as 3,680,000 fail
Letter - Cigs ban bigotry
Bars rebel against smoking ban - Colorado
Santa Cruz County bans use of all tobacco in parks - Even possessing it
No smoking at the CBC- - Canada - Federal buildings are
outside the regs
Alexandria's End Run on Public Smoking - Washington
Senate loosens proposed smoking ban - Committee
OKs escape clause for ventilated bars - Twin Cities and Senate Loosens Proposed Smoking Ban and Air quality testing and secondhand smoke.....an
update
Editorial: City Council priorities out of whack
Backlash From Smoking Ban - Indiana + video
St. Louis County
eyes Duluth-style smoking regulations
BAT Net Rises; Shares Gain on Buyback, Dividend
Boost (Update1) - Tobacco consumption in western Europe has
been falling between 2 percent and 2.5 percent a year because of
higher taxes, advertising prohibitions and smoking bans.
Legislative
Briefs - A
smoking ban in fraternal clubs .......... even drove one VFW hall
out of business - has been overturned (only temporary)