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JRA Best Workplaces Awards takes a risk
Ash :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
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I understand workers at BAT were asked to rank their workplace and that final judgement is based on these employee responses,” Stone said. “But of course a company that kills so many of its customers has to offer its employees great incentives to work...
Tags: JRA Best Workplaces Awards, United Kingdom, Ash, Tobacco, Smoking, Human Interest, Tobacco industry, Habits, Cigarettes, Mￄﾁori, Tobacco control movement, Public health
Secondhand smoke worse for toddlers
Columbus :: OH :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Secondhand smoke causes greater blood vessel damage in toddlers than in teens, a U.S. researcher said. Senior author John Anthony Bauer of the Nationwide Children's Hospital & Research Institute at Ohio State University in Columbus said obese adolescents...
Tags: secondhand smoke, John Anthony Bauer, Columbus, Passive smoking, Body shape, Metabolic disorders, Obesity, Tobacco, Nutrition, Cigarettes, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
Ban car emissions, fast food chains --
Port of Spain :: Trinidad and Tobago | 3 days ago
Credibility Ban car emissions, fast food chains Sunday, November 22nd 2009 At this point in time, the Government is focusing on creating laws to curb cigarette smoking and prevent the adverse effects of second-hand smoke. However, I am very concerned about the laws...
Tags: fast food, Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain, Nutrition, Cigarettes, Passive smoking, Tobacco smoking, KFC, Tobacco, Smoking, Habits, Environment
Smokerawarded $300 million
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. When Cindy Naugle took the witness stand in her lawsuit against tobacco company Philip Morris USA, she toted an oxygen bottle and had to pause a few minutes to catch her breath. Lawyers for Naugle, 61, say her...
Tags: Philip Morris USA, Cindy Naugle, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Tobacco industry, Altria Group, Tobacco, Cigarettes, Industries, Law Crime, Damages, Punitive damages, Philip Morris USA v. Williams, Judicial remedies, Tobacco politics, Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, Cigarette, Smoking, Health effects of tobacco
Students vote to keep (under counter) cigarettes for sale
Glasgow :: United Kingdom | 4 days ago
Credibility Scotland's oldest universities have voted to keep cigarettes on sale on campus. Edinburgh University Students Association voted yesterday on moves to stop shops on campus from selling cigarettes and remove all cigarette machines. More than 700 students...
Tags: United Kingdom, Glasgow, Edinburgh University Students' Association, Tobacco, Smoking, Cigarettes, Education
Shoes = anti-smoking display?
Michigan City :: IN :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility McNeal, 13, is a member of the Voice group at Elston Middle School, a statewide, youth-led movement dedicated to anti-smoking efforts. "I don't like smoking. I think it's gross," she said. "I was really glad my mom quit...On Thursday, Voice group members...
Tags: Voice, Taylor Bush, group member, Michigan City, Cigarettes, Smoking cessation, Tobacco control movement, Great American Smokeout, Human Interest, Tobacco, Smoking, Public health, Education
Dangerous bacteria found in cigarettes: Study
Baltimore :: MD :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility A U.S. study suggests that as bad as you think they are, cigarettes may be even worse for your health than you feared. Researchers at the University of Maryland have discovered hundreds of strains of bacteria dwelling within cigarettes, some of which...
Tags: Baltimore, Microbiology, Kool, Camel, Bacteria, Passive smoking, Tobacco, Cigarettes, Smoking, Health Medical Pharma, Microorganism, Pathogenic microbes, Bacteriology, Disaster Accident
Bars of choice --
Port of Spain :: Trinidad and Tobago | 5 days ago
Credibility There are bars/clubs that do not allow smoking. If people are so concerned about second-hand smoke, then why go to the bars/clubs that allow smoking?...Car and truck emissions are just as deadly or even more so, yet why isn’t anyone complaining about...
Tags: Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain, Habits, Addiction, Passive smoking, Bar, Tobacco, Smoking, Cigarettes, Social Issues
Woman wins $300M verdict in tobacco suit
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Phillip Morris says it will appeal the $300 million awarded a Florida woman who claimed the tobacco company hid the addictive and harmful nature of cigarettes. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Friday Fort Lauderdale office manager Cindy Naugle...
Tags: Philip Morris USA, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Cindy Naugle, tobacco companies, Broward Circuit Court, Broward County Circuit Court, million dollar, largest awarded, Fort Lauderdale, Sentinel, Jim Naugle, Fort Lauderdale Florida, Law Crime, Jury, Legal procedure, Tobacco, Altria Group, Tobacco industry, Damages, Punitive damages, Judicial remedies, Cigarettes, Smoking, Tobacco politics, Howard Engle
Great American Smokeout 2009 - What smoking is doing to your kids
Today is the Great American Smokeout 2009. If you smoke, today is a very good day to try putting down the cigarettes...but if you have children, it is even more important that you consider stopping. Don't think your smoking has anything to do with your...
Tags: Great American Smokeout 2009, smoking, secondhand smoke, children, health, Denver, Free, Cigarettes, Habits, Passive smoking, Sidestream smoke, Sudden infant death syndrome, Health Medical Pharma, Tobacco, Smoke, hand smoke
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