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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
Lou’s Palace calling it quits - US Columbia
Opinion -
Nanny State, USA
Letter -
‘Keep freedom to choose'
They’re 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 -
Don’t 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
What’s 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 Banks’s
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 - "we’ve 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
Wellington’s 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 city’s 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 man’s 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, non–smokers - 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 doesn’t 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
Bogie’s 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)