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A partial smoking ban started two years ago to clear the air around campus has succeeded, university officials say, though none of the money raised in fines has gone to help students quit smoking, as planned.
Tags: Money, Smoking Ban, University Officials
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Despite the Indianapolis City-County Council's recent failure to adopt a stricter smoking ban for the city, the General Assembly is now considering taking up the measure. Clearly, the issue is not going to go away. From a faith perspective, why should a person consider whether or not to quit smoking?
Tags: Debate, Failure, Faith Perspective, General Assembly, Indianapolis City, Quit Smoking, Smoking Ban
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Despite the Indianapolis City-County Council's recent failure to adopt a stricter smoking ban for the city, the General Assembly is now considering taking up the measure. Clearly, the issue is not going to go away. From a faith perspective, why should a person consider whether or not to quit smoking?
Tags: Debate, Failure, Faith Perspective, General Assembly, Indianapolis City, Quit Smoking, Smoking Ban
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MANILA, Philippines — The smoking ban in Metro Manila continues as agencies and individuals have expressed support for the campaign. As part of its “Kalusugang Pangkalahatan’’ (Health for All) program, the Department of Health (DoH) is supporting the move of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to push the campaign against smoking, because of the harmful effects it causes not only to ...
Tags: Department Of Health, Doh, Manila Philippines, Metro Manila Development Authority, Quit Smoking, Smoke Free, Smoking Ban
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Tobacco-prevention programs went 1 for 2 in a last-minute budget agreement.
Tags: Budget Agreement, Smoking Ban, Tobacco Prevention Programs
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Smoke-free laws substantially improve indoor air quality, reduce exposure to tobacco smoke and related health problems among nonsmokers, help smokers quit, and change public attitudes regarding the acceptability of smoking.
Tags: Acceptability, Health Problems, Indoor Air Quality, Public Attitudes, Related Health, Smoke Free, Smokers, Smoking Ban, Tobacco Smoke
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A 2007 ban on smoking inside public places across the United Kingdom may be responsible for a spike in prescriptions for medications to help smokers quit, researchers report.
Tags: Attempts, Ban Smoking, Medications, Prescriptions, Quit Smoking, Smokers, Smoking Ban, Spike, United Kingdom
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Ninety days after Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed into law this most recent expansion of the city's smoking ban, it became illegal on Monday to smoke in the New York City's over 1,700 parks and on its 14 miles of beaches. This came in the wake of a 32-16 City Council vote back in February. Smoking is now also prohibited along the city's boardwalks, marinas and pedestrian plazas, such as Times ...
Tags: Beaches, Boardwalks, City Council Vote, Marinas, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, Ninety Days, Pedestrian Plazas, Smell Flowers, Smoking Ban, Smoking Signs
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Starting Jan. 1, one of the liveliest spots aboard most submarines will wither away into the history books. RIP, Smoke Pit. Its death was scripted in April, when Navy officials announced smoking would no longer be allowed on submarines at sea. The reason: testing showed that despite air filtering, there were “unacceptable levels” of secondhand smoke on submerged submarines.
Tags: April, History Books, Navy Officials, Navy Submarines, Secondhand Smoke, Smoking Ban, Unacceptable Levels
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The USS Michigan got a jump on a dozen other Kitsap-based submarines, and its sailors are breathing easier because of it. The Blue Crew of SSGN-727 went smokeless in July, but by midnight on Dec. 31, the rest of the Navy's subs must follow suit.
Tags: Navy Submarine, Smoking Ban, Ssgn, Submarine Sailors, Submarines, Subs, Uss Michigan
