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1 hr ago | 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

5 hrs ago | 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

9 hrs ago | 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

13 hrs ago | 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

18 hrs ago | 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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18 hrs ago | 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

20 hrs ago | 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

Yesterday | 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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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,

The Jersey Journal

Like NYC, New Jersey pols move to hike smoking age from 19 to 21

Hoboken's New Jersey Assemblyman Ruben J. Ramos went to New York City today to announce that Garden State lawmakers plan to introduce legislation to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products from 19 to 21.

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Related Topix: New Jersey, Medicine, Health, Hoboken, NJ

Thu May 16, 2013

EurekAlert!

Moffitt Cancer Center researchers analyze how Spanish smoking relapse booklets are distributed

Researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center and the University of South Florida have evaluated how Florida health care and social service agencies distribute "Libres para Siempre" , a Spanish smoking relapse prevention booklet series.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, University of South Florida

The Winnipeg Free Press

Cancer doesn't care who it may kill

Mother Ethel Ljubic and brother Donovan Ljubic with tattoos of the late Jason Ljubic .

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Health, Lung Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Medicine, Opinion

Drugs.com

Most Americans Say 'No' to Smoking in Their Homes, Cars

That's the message the vast majority of Americans send to the smokers within their social circle, a new study finds.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Jerusalem Post

Warm and welcoming

Adora is home to creative chef Avi Biton, and when it comes to the many elements of a positive dining experience, the place is a case in point.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Dining, Home, Home Listing, Health, Medicine, Israel, World News, Middle East, Bread, Baked Goods

Philly.com

Smokers, drinkers on tax proposals

At Brownie's Irish Pub in Old City during Wednesday's happy hour, bartender Robert McDevitt was not happy to hear about the mayor's drink-tax proposal.

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