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Quit Smoking! Be A Better Murderer!
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 2 hours ago
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One of the worst things about smoking – and this is true – is that it really impedes one’s ability to chase down strangers with chainsaws and brutally murder them. And this is a problem. So much so, in fact, that the European Commission has put together...
Tags: Los Angeles, Habits, Saws, Chainsaw, Tobacco control movement, Smoking, Tobacco, Public health
Anti-smoking vaccine in the works
Rockville :: MD :: USA | about 6 hours ago
Credibility Now, a small company is hoping it can make millions of dollars by creating a vaccine for people who want to kick the habit. Nabi Biopharmaceuticals of Rockville, Md., which is in the late stages of testing its experimental vaccine, took a big step toward...
Tags: Rockville, Nicotine, Vaccine, Smoking, Tobacco, NicVAX, Health Medical Pharma
Secondhand smoke worse for toddlers
Columbus :: OH :: USA | about 8 hours 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
Tackling the real smoking issue --
Port of Spain :: Trinidad and Tobago | about 11 hours ago
Credibility Tackling the real smoking issue Monday, November 23rd 2009 The real problem with smoking in general is not casual smoking, e.g. after-dinner or at outdoor functions. It is smoking as an addiction and being exposed repeatedly to second-hand smoke in confined...
Tags: Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain, Tobacco, Smoking
BOMB FOUND OUTSIDE RAPPER T.I STUDIO
Yesturday a bomb was found outside Grand Hustle Studio which is owned by T.I. Atlanta SWAT team was called in and remove the device. There were two bottles that appeared to be explosives filled with unknown substance. The FBI, ATF and Atlanta SWAT...
Tags: BOMB FOUND OUTSIDE RAPPER T.I STUDIO, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, T.I., Law enforcement in the United States, SWAT, allnews
Southland DHB's health targets performance
Auckland :: New Zealand | about 13 hours ago
Credibility Southland DHB met all three of the Minister of Health’s hospital performance focused targets, which aim to achieve shorter stays in the emergency department, improved access to elective surgery and shorter waits for cancer treatment. Southland DHB Chief...
Tags: Southland DHB, southlanders dhb, New Zealand, Auckland, District Health Board, Smoking cessation, Diabetes mellitus, Healthcare in New Zealand, Tobacco, Diabetes, Health Medical Pharma
ADHB exceeding and progressing towards six targets
Wellington :: New Zealand | about 17 hours ago
Credibility 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
Increase the tobacco tax
Hatoyama :: Japan | about 17 hours ago
Credibility 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
Immigrants strongly support smoking bans
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 1 day ago
Credibility 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...
Tags: black managers, smoke ban, U.S, support smoke, Indonesia, Jakarta, Public health, Smoking ban, Tobacco, Smoking, Habits, Social Issues, Labor
Educate, don't just legislate --
London :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
Credibility 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
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