http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/cigarettes/ en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:00:36 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417958/posts TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Smokers in 12 states will be lighting -- and relighting -- fire-safe cigarettes designed to go out when they're not puffed as the result of new laws that go into effect Friday. The states are among the last to require that all cigarettes meet standards first implemented by New York six years ago. The states with laws going on the books this week are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. al.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417958/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:00:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416255/posts A noticeable drop in recorded crimes on the Isle of Man is being attributed to the opening of Europe's only completely no smoking prison. The island which is one of the safest places to live in the British Isles, has seen a massive reduction in total crimes since the new £42m jail opened in August 2008. In the nine month period from April 2008 to December 15 2008 the total recorded crimes stood at 2,508. But in the same period this year crimes dropped off 14 per cent, with a total of 2,157 crimes committed. At present there are just... Telegraph (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416255/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:12:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383723/posts A new pill that could cure one of the most lethal forms of cancer is being developed by scientists. British researchers have found that a drug destroys tumours in a form of inoperable lung cancer that kills more than nine out of 10 sufferers. The treatment works by blocking the growth of the cancer cells and eventually causing them to self destruct. In more than 50 per cent of the trials, the treatment, which appears to have no side affects, killed all traces of the disease. "We are very excited about it," said Professor Michael Seckl, the molecular oncologist who... Telegraph (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383723/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:51:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386231/posts In a U-turn that appears to put penny-pinching before the health of the defenders of the motherland, the army said it would keep giving the cigarettes for another two years. This reversed a decision earlier this year to halt the controversial policy. "Everyone can choose to spoil or not spoil their health," Andrei Zezin, the officer in charge of the army's catering corps, told a Moscow radio station. "We have the cigarettes in our warehouses and therefore we are going to keep handing them out until there are no more left. Realistically, we can meet demand for two years." The... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386231/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:32:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1546691/posts Wealthy Democratic political gadfly Connie Milstein, who calls herself "an ordinary Park Avenue matron," will now have to change her tune. Sources tells us the heiress to the Milstein real-estate fortune has just gone to contract to buy a Fifth Avenue duplex apartment with a $15.7 million asking price. Milstein made a name for herself in 2000 during the Bush-Gore election when she was caught on camera bribing homeless potential voters with cigarettes in exchange for a vote for Gore. She was eventually fined $5,000 for her spirited activism. Unlike the homeless, Ms. Milstein has signed on to take a... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1546691/posts#comment Sat, 24 Dec 2005 23:13:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376261/posts ....They say residents and visitors at Solone's home smoke in the backyard at all hours of the day and night. Several people puffing away at once has resulted in smoke settling in their backyard like a low fog, Richard Ganguet said.... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376261/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 03:45:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165483/posts Entitlements: Democrats count on a deadly and declining revenue source to rob from the poor and give to the well-off. It kills private insurance and is income redistribution turned on its head.The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed 289-139 a bill to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program, something President Bush vetoed twice because it expands the program to those who arguably don't need it while increasing the dependence of millions on government. The bill would provide $32.3 billion over 4 1/2 years to add 4 million children to the 7 million already covered in the program. It pays... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165483/posts#comment Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:25:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2318075/posts SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-Democrats in control of California's Legislature are pushing to raise the state cigarette tax by $1.50 to help raise revenue amid a historically severe cash crunch. But critics say the plan to raise the state's tobacco excise tax could collapse if Democrats are unable to muster at least some Republican support since the state constitution requires a two-thirds vote for tax increases. Legal Newsline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2318075/posts#comment Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:02:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304329/posts We've all been there, a restaurant, church, classroom, shopping aisle and yes a bar, when someone will walk in and the place turns to weeping eyes and sneezing. How well do you think people take it when asked to "remove" their perfume? But due to stories like the people above who fell ill due to someone's perfume I believe people are starting to look at perfume as the next cigarette. Associated Content http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304329/posts#comment Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:37:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2298001/posts Funeral date set for oldest manPage last updated at 18:44 GMT, Tuesday, 21 July 2009 19:44 UK A public funeral with military honours will be held for Henry Allingham, who was the world's oldest man before his death at the weekend at the age of 113. Mr Allingham, one of the last surviving World War I servicemen, died at a care home for blind ex-service personnel in Ovingdean, near Brighton, on Saturday. He joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1915, later transferring to the RAF. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said his funeral would take place at St Nicholas... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2298001/posts#comment Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:39:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293709/posts Combat troops put their lives on the line every day, but there is one risk the government considers too dangerous for them -- smoking. "Combating Tobacco Use in Military and Veteran Populations," a new report by the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine, advocates restricting smoking in the military and limiting recruitment of those who smoke. As with so many government regulations, this proposed ban may actually do the opposite of what is hoped and put soldiers' lives in danger. Troops returning from deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan "may be" 50 percent more likely to use tobacco than military... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293709/posts#comment Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:44:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292395/posts As taxes on cigarettes have climbed in some jurisdictions, the shipping of untaxed smokes has become big business, authorities say. For example, New York City slaps $1.50 onto the state's $2.75 cigarette tax, and in Fairfax County the state and local tax combined is 80 cents. Meanwhile, Chinese counterfeiters have seized the opportunity for profit and have been flooding the market with hundreds of millions of fake cigarettes, according to U.S. Customs estimates. The Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292395/posts#comment Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:51:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/958536/posts Posted on Tue, Aug. 05, 2003 Macon mayor defends trip to Africa Ellis says Ghana could process city's parking tickets By Mike Donila Telegraph Staff Writer Macon Mayor Jack Ellis on Monday defended his plans to visit Africa, saying that his mission, in part, is to encourage Ghanian officials to import more goods from Middle Georgia. Ellis also said that during his weeklong trip he will lay the groundwork to possibly enable Macon's Ghanian sister city of Elmina to process local parking tickets. "Ghana is very important to the city, the state - even the region where we live. They... The Macon Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/958536/posts#comment Tue, 5 Aug 2003 15:52:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282514/posts Gimme a pack of Baracks. How about a carton of Hope? The newest poster for college students’ rooms across America would show the president posing with a Kool filter stuck in his mouth. Whoa, how cool is Barack, now? Not cool at all. And now that the president has signed into law new federal regulations for tobacco, we can’t let him off the hook. Obama is a cigarette smoker. And if I were a tobacco company executive, I’d market millions of new cigarettes in a colorful package that looks like the campaign colors of change and I’d call them Baracks.... WILK Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282514/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:36:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279429/posts The coin of the realm in the Big House - as penitentiaries are inevitably called in prison films - isn't money. Prisoners make only a tiny amount for their labor and are not allowed other valuables. Instead, they gamble and barter for supplies using . . . cigarettes. A sign of the times in all federal, and many state, prisons But not so much in real life any more. Last year, pressured by health advocates, officials banned smoking - even in exercise yards - in the nation's 115 federal prisons. And state pens - even in places like Florida, where... Voice of America News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279429/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:13:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2277022/posts President Obama on Monday signed a landmark anti-smoking bill which he said will reduce the number of children who take up smoking and ultimately save American lives. The bill would give the federal government unprecedented authority to regulate tobacco. The law allows the regulatory Food and Drug Administration to reduce nicotine in tobacco products, ban candy flavorings and block labels such "low tar" and "light." Tobacco companies also will be required to cover their cartons with large graphic warnings. www.foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2277022/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:46:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270659/posts Associated Press-June 12, 2009 "Today Congress sent legislation to the Whte House which woul give the Federal Government vast new powers to regulate and restrict cigarettes..." MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270659/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:19:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269998/posts Arizona Sen. John McCain voted for a bill Thursday allowing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco, while fellow Sen. Jon Kyl said no. The bill would give the FDA the power to regulate tobacco and cigarettes for the first time. The Senate voted 79 to 17 Thursday for the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. President Barack Obama supports the bill. Obama and Congress approved a large increase to the federal tobacco tax earlier this year to fund expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, which provides health coverage to uninsured minors. The Business Journal, Phoenix, Ariz. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269998/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:02:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242987/posts HEALTH Secretary Alan Johnson is being lined up to act as emergency Prime Minister amid growing concerns among Labour MPs about Gordon Brown’s state of mind. The 58-year-old could take over as an interim measure if Mr Brown quits for the sake of his own health after an expected meltdown at next month’s local and European polls. A former postman with a common touch, he is seen as the candidate the Tories fear the most. Senior Labour sources said last night he would be the “magic wand” solution to avert a landslide defeat at the next General Election. An increasing... UK Express http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242987/posts#comment Sun, 3 May 2009 01:11:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246803/posts RALEIGH -- The state Senate voted Thursday to ban smoking in bars and restaurants in North Carolina, setting the stage for what would be a historic prohibition of a product that created thousands of jobs, built Duke and Wake Forest universities and has long been an integral part of the culture in the nation's top tobacco-producing state. House members passed a tougher version last month, meaning that lawmakers will still have to work out a compromise, assuming the Senate passes the measure in a second vote Monday. The bill passed Thursday by an eight-vote margin, 26-18. The state's tobacco interests... Charlotte Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246803/posts#comment Fri, 8 May 2009 11:51:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2258436/posts Police in Nebraska are looking a man who stole cigarettes while disguising himself with a beer carton on his head. Lincoln police Capt. Bob Kawamoto says the man walked into a Kwik Shop convenience store before dawn Monday wearing an empty Bud Light box on his head as a mask. Kawamoto says the man also had wrapped something around one of his hands, suggesting he was armed. But the man never showed a weapon. Police said the bandit left with nine packs of smokes valued at nearly $50. Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2258436/posts#comment Tue, 26 May 2009 17:07:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254585/posts You know, enough is enough. In what he casts as an attack on litterbugs and nicotine addiction alike, Mayor Gavin Newsom wants to impose a fee on an age-old inhabitant of city streets: the cigarette butt. The proposal, to be introduced next month to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, would add 33 cents to the cost of a pack of cigarettes, to offset the estimated $10.7 million the city spends annually removing discarded butts from gutters, drainpipes and sidewalks. Let's get something started. On the last weekend of every month, cigarette smokers (who use a legal product properly yet... Bob Parks: Black & Right http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254585/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 12:28:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254168/posts San Francisco, CA (AHN) - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is hoping to impose a fee on one of the biggest culprits of streets and sanitation systems across the nation: the cigarette butt. Newsom's proposal, which is slated to be introduced next month to the San Francisco Boards of Supervisors, would add 33 cents to the cost of a pack of cigarettes in an effort to offset the $10.7 million the city spends removing discarded butts from the city streets, gutter, and drainpipes. Despite the likely protests from tobacco companies and smokers, Newsom maintains that the new law will help... All Headline News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254168/posts#comment Tue, 19 May 2009 20:47:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2250662/posts For the first time, consumers can actually take a look at how electronic cigarettes are produced in China. New Smoke has published pictures of it's production in Shenzhen. Will this be the future alternative to tobacco? New Smoke http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2250662/posts#comment Thu, 14 May 2009 11:20:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1740027/posts PARIS (AP) - French customs officers are inspecting a North Korean ship at an Indian Ocean island off the coast of Africa as part of U.N. sanctions prompted by the communist nation's nuclear test, but they found nothing illegal so far, officials said Thursday. It was the first time a country was known to have stopped a North Korean vessel under U.N. Security Council Resolution 1718 authorizing searches as part of the sanctions imposed on Pyongyang for its nuclear test. Since the resolution was passed Oct. 14, at least four other North Korean vessels have been stopped, but the countries... Las Vegas Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1740027/posts#comment Fri, 17 Nov 2006 02:26:23 GMT