On Friday, a new element to the smoking issue was introduced in Columbia. Located at 32 N. Ninth St., 9th Street Hookah Lounge opened its doors to the public. The city has a 3-year-old smoking ban, but the hookah lounge is exempt from it because it sells tobacco and tobacco accessories as its main retail products. ... read more >>
Posts Tagged ‘tobacco’
Should hookah lounges be exempt from Columbia’s smoking ordinance?
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Hawaii residents back anti-smoking efforts
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
More than nine of 10 Hawaii residents consider it important to continue using the state’s tobacco settlement money for smoking-cessation programs and to reduce smoking among minors, according to a new survey. Tobacco companies pay settlement monies to Hawaii to compensate taxpayers for smoking-related health-care costs, and much of it goes to fund tobacco-prevention and control programs statewide. ... read more >>
More than nine of 10 Hawaii residents consider it important to continue using the state’s tobacco settlement money for smoking-cessation programs and to reduce smoking among minors, according to a new survey. Tobacco companies pay settlement monies to Hawaii to compensate taxpayers for smoking-related health-care costs, and much of it goes to fund tobacco-prevention and control programs statewide. ... read more >>
Biker investigation leads to litigation
Friday, February 12th, 2010
A federal agent who went undercover to investigate the Hells Angels is involved in cross-litigation with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. After a federal judge refused last month to dismiss Jay Dobyns’ suit, the agency filed a countersuit, The Arizona Republic reported Thursday. While he says the agency failed to protect him after the Hells Angels threatened his life, the agency says he published an unauthorized book, “No Angel: My ... read more >>
A federal agent who went undercover to investigate the Hells Angels is involved in cross-litigation with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. After a federal judge refused last month to dismiss Jay Dobyns’ suit, the agency filed a countersuit, The Arizona Republic reported Thursday. While he says the agency failed to protect him after the Hells Angels threatened his life, the agency says he published an unauthorized book, “No Angel: My ... read more >>
Glazer: Cost of smoking goes beyond the price of a pack
Monday, February 8th, 2010
I grew up among smokers. Both grandfathers were Prince Albert men, rolling their own cigarettes in tissue-thin paper filled with shreds of tobacco. I kept my preschool treasures in one of the empty red tins with its hinged lid and drawing of the portly prince on the front. My father was a Winston smoker. Almost every dad I knew smoked. Most of the moms did, too. ... read more >>
I grew up among smokers. Both grandfathers were Prince Albert men, rolling their own cigarettes in tissue-thin paper filled with shreds of tobacco. I kept my preschool treasures in one of the empty red tins with its hinged lid and drawing of the portly prince on the front. My father was a Winston smoker. Almost every dad I knew smoked. Most of the moms did, too. ... read more >>
Teen Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Monday, February 1st, 2010
What is teen substance abuse? ... read more >>
What is teen substance abuse? ... read more >>
Scientists want more safety studies on e-cigarettes
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Greek researchers called on Wednesday for more safety studies into electronic cigarettes, saying scientific knowledge of them was “very limited”. Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, were first made in China and are sold mostly on the Internet. They are battery-powered devices which emit a “puff” or fine mist of nicotine into the lungs and are intended to replace normal cigarettes and help smokers quit. ... read more >>
Greek researchers called on Wednesday for more safety studies into electronic cigarettes, saying scientific knowledge of them was “very limited”. Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, were first made in China and are sold mostly on the Internet. They are battery-powered devices which emit a “puff” or fine mist of nicotine into the lungs and are intended to replace normal cigarettes and help smokers quit. ... read more >>
Are e-cigarettes safe to use?
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Sharon Bosworth is running out of ways to break the grip of the cigarette. Suffering from emphysema, the 51-year-old Overland Park, Kan., woman has tried gum, the patch and classes on how to give up smoking. Now she is turning to a cigarette for the 21st century, one that relies on electricity, batteries and liquid nicotine instead of matches, fire and tobacco. ... read more >>
Sharon Bosworth is running out of ways to break the grip of the cigarette. Suffering from emphysema, the 51-year-old Overland Park, Kan., woman has tried gum, the patch and classes on how to give up smoking. Now she is turning to a cigarette for the 21st century, one that relies on electricity, batteries and liquid nicotine instead of matches, fire and tobacco. ... read more >>
The e-cigarette lights up a debate
Monday, January 18th, 2010
Sharon Bosworth is running out of ways to break the grip of the cigarette. Suffering from emphysema, the Overland Park woman, 51, has tried gum, the patch and even classes on how to quit. Now she is turning to a cigarette for the 21st century, one that relies on electricity, batteries and liquid nicotine instead of matches, fire and tobacco. ... read more >>
Sharon Bosworth is running out of ways to break the grip of the cigarette. Suffering from emphysema, the Overland Park woman, 51, has tried gum, the patch and even classes on how to quit. Now she is turning to a cigarette for the 21st century, one that relies on electricity, batteries and liquid nicotine instead of matches, fire and tobacco. ... read more >>
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