EVEN though we don’t need another reason to support the county’s latest anti-smoking campaign, we found one. That is, a reported link between cigarettes and terrorism. In its Aug. 14 edition, Newsweek reporters Dan Ephron and Michael Isikoff uncovered a federal indictment against Imad Hammoud and other Lebanese Americans who allegedly would buy cigarettes in [...]

The “Arkansas Clean Indoor Air Act” will go into effect July 21st, banning smoking in indoor workplaces in the state. To get business owners ready, the River Valley Tobacco-Free Coalition hosted meetings and handed out information clearing up the laws. “Our assistance is to show the best practices, and lay it all out in a [...]

That’s according to campaigners for tobacco giants who are saying smoking can fight disease and can even be good for fertility Smoking will not cause damage to fertility and can in fact fight disease – according to some “pro-smoking campaigners. Sophie Goodchild and Martin Hodgson say that tobacco companies are taking a new marketing approach [...]

A medical burns specialist has issued a warning to smokers and people who use heating devices about the potential for serious burns after an incident in South Australia’s Riverland last week. Dr John Greenwood from the Royal Adelaide Hospital’s burns unit is treating a 67-year-old Loxton woman who suffered burns to a large area of [...]

A total of 272 smokers have pledged to quit the habit by entering an international competition. The Quit and Win competition, organised locally by the Bahrain Anti-Smoking Society, attracted 259 men and 13 women, society vice-president Dr Mariam Al Jalahma told the GDN yesterday. The aim is to initially get smokers to quit for four [...]