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3 hrs ago | GO Columbiamo

Improper Disposal of Smoking Materials Determined Cause of Deck Fire

On 05/19/2013, members of the Columbia Fire Department were dispatched, at 6:38 pm, to a reported extinguished fire at 902 Rogers St Apt 2E.

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Related Topix: Fire, Medicine, Health, Columbia, MD

8 hrs ago | Shepparton News Online

Outdoor smoking ban mooted

The research included a survey completed by 277 residents and even though more than a third of respondents were smokers 78.8 per cent said they prefer that nobody smokes cigarettes near them when they are eating or drinking.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

12 hrs ago | Kansas City InfoZine

Majority of Adults Smoke-free Rules in Homes, Vehicles

Washington, D.C. - infoZine - Four out of five U.S. adults report having voluntary smoke-free rules in their homes and three out of four report having voluntary smoke-free rules in their vehicles, according to a study published in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease, a publication of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Lung Cancer

16 hrs ago | The New Zealand Herald

Psych patients fight smoking ban

One psychiatric patient was so desperate to smoke while in intensive care that she hid a lighter in her vagina.

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Related Topix: Health

17 hrs ago | Science Daily

Individuals who drink heavily and smoke may show 'early aging' of the brain

Multiple factors can influence both the type and degree of neurocognitive abnormalities found during early abstinence, including chronic cigarette smoking and increasing age.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Alcoholism, Life, Food, Nutrition, Genetics, UC San Francisco

21 hrs ago | Philly.com

Phila. smokers and drinkers get ready for (tax) hit

The destitute Philadelphia schools are counting on Kevin Sosinavage, and others like him, to come to the rescue by continuing to do what they're doing: smoking and drinking.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Philadelphia, PA, University of Pittsburgh

Sat May 18, 2013

The Sand Trap

what if you were not allowed to use any tobacco products on a course? would you still play?

I love how judgemental many can be about smoking. It's easy.. If you don't like it that your club allows it on the course or in the clubhouse find another club.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

The Miami Herald

Hotel chain's just blowing smoke

Q. I have a concern that I tried addressing with a specific Days Inn and with Wyndham, which owns Days Inn, but have not received a response.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

US News & World Report

U.S. Trade Agreements Threaten Public Health and Freedom

But modern trade pacts reach deep into our lives in ways that have nothing to do with trade.

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Related Topix: World Trade Organization, Financial Services, Health Care Policy, Health, Medicine, Opinion

The Jersey Journal

N.J. Politics Roundup: Christie's controversial ads, a new smoking age, and more

Gov. Chris Christie and his family are starring in tv commercials kicking off a tourism campaign that puts emphasis on the rebirth of the Jersey Shore after Hurricane Sandy.

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Related Topix: Chris Christie, US Governors, Medicine, Health, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Sandy, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, New Jersey

Sunherald.com

City snuffs smoking ban expansion

The Mississippi Tobacco Free Coalition had proposed the ordinance. The Enterprise-Journal reports that the board voted 5-0 this week against the ordinance.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

New Hampshire Public Radio -

The Unsafe Sex: Should The World Invest More In Men's Health?

An man smokes a cigarette as he takes a break at a fruit market in Hyderabad, India.

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Related Topix: World News, India, Medicine, Health, Women's Health

The Jersey Journal

Raise N.J.'s smoking age to 21: Editorial

A woman holds a cigarette while walking on campus at The College of New Jersey. A New Jersey state senator wants to ban stores from selling tobacco products to anyone under 21.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, The College of New Jersey, Lung Cancer, Opinion

The Post-Journal, Jamestown New York

Smoking Around Kids Should Be Criminal

With so many smoke free zones in this country, I think there should be more laws on the books regarding this, especially around kids.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Medicine, Health

Fri May 17, 2013

Post and Courier

MUSC president responds to complaints about hospital smokers in nearby neighborhood

Three months after smoking was banned around Charleston's hospital district dropped butts are so common across the street in Cannon Park that other smokers are appalled.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

KARE-TV Minneapolis

Smokers brace for massive cigarette tax

With the House, the Senate, and the Governor agreeing on a $1.60 tax increase on cigarettes there is very little smokers and owners of tobacco shops can do.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Sports

The New York Times

Well: Safety: Smoke in Nonsmoking Hotel Rooms

Staying in a nonsmoking room in a hotel that allows smoking elsewhere does not prevent exposure to tobacco smoke, a new study reports.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Michigan, ND

KARE-TV Minneapolis

Backup stadium plan taps smokers, corporations

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Gov. Mark Dayton has proposed tapping smokers and corporations to fill in the funding gap for the state's share of the new Vikings stadium.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, US Politics, Mark Dayton, US News, US Senate, US Governors, Democrat

BBC News

More smoking bans call by campaign

Campaigners are calling for more legislation to cut the number of adult smokers in Wales as figures reveal a fall of just 1% in six years.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

CBC News

Smoking ban sought at Sparks Street mall

The president of the Ottawa Council on Smoking or Health says she has fielded dozens of complaints since last fall about second hand smoke on Sparks Street.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Canada,