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The figure includes 77% of Maori and 83% of Pacific children...Mr Smith says a key hospital-wide focus area includes working towards shorter stays in Emergency Departments...For example, in October Starship experienced days where 90% of its patients were...
Tags: ADHB, Mr Smith, smith says, New Zealand, Wellington, Target Corporation, Nicotine, Emergency department, Diabetes mellitus, Smoking cessation, Tobacco, Smoking, Diabetes, Health Medical Pharma
He has instructed the government's Tax System Council to study the matter. A tobacco tax increase is long overdue; we hope Mr. Hatoyama's effort will succeed. The World Health Organization says, "Tobacco is the single largest preventable cause of cancer...
Tags: tobacco tax, Japan Language, Japan, Hatoyama, Tobacco smoking, Tobacco industry, Tobacco, Smoking, Cigarette, Health Medical Pharma
Census Current Population Survey from 1995-2002. Over those years, 75.7 percent of foreign-born U.S. residents supported a smoking ban in at least four types of public space, while 59.1 percent of U.S.-born Americans with U.S.-born parents did so. Of...
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Educate, don't just legislate Raffique Shah Sunday, November 22nd 2009 ON many occasions during my 40 years of driving on the nation’s roads, I’ve witnessed drunk drivers endangering the lives of other motorists. Mostly late nights, although I’m sure...
Tags: drunk, alcohol, drinking, drinking alcohol, drunks, United Kingdom, London, Driving under the influence, Traffic collision, Health effects of tobacco, Anti-social behaviour, Prohibition, Smoking, Tobacco, Cigarette
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
I started smoking when I was seven years old, my dad and older brother used to smoke and I thought it was so cool. The way they held the cigarette and blew rings and the way that people seemed to flock to them. I didn't realize then that it...
Tags: Atlanta, Cold Turkey, Tobacco smoking, Tobacco packaging warning messages, Tobacco, Smoking, Cigarette, health, Smoking and its addiction
Joe Imel/Daily News Michael Barron, owner of Morris Jewelers, and Karen Hume, executive director at the Capitol Arts Alliance, clean up in front of businesses Friday morning on Park Row. Several downtown merchants banded together to remove cigarette butts...
Tags: Bowling Green, Cigarette, Smoking, Tobacco
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
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
Winston Churchill as he planned D-Day has been unearthed – after being hidden for 66 years. Christian Williams, 33, was given it when he was 12 by his grandfather Ronald Williams. The cigar, over six inches long, has never been touched by its owner, who...
Tags: Winston Churchill, Christian Williams, United Kingdom, Glasgow, Casablanca Conference, Smoking, Tobacco, Cigars, Religion Belief, Eclipse Award winners