Daily Archives: May 24, 2009

Thandie Newton: flirting with fame (source: Times Online)

Thandie Newton is in the throes of shooting a drinks ad when I tip up in east London for our meet, so I hang out for a bit, watching her enjoying glass after glass with some fake revellers as the flashbulbs pop. I try to order a drink myself, but it tu… [...]

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Tobacco Quit Line Targets Wisconsin Veterans (source: Topix.net)

Just in time for Memorial Day, the state’s Tobacco Quit Line is offering free medicine to veterans and active members of the military looking to stop smoking. (source: Topix.net) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
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Smoking Ban Marks End To Tobacco Traditions In North Carolina (source: Topix.net)

A statewide indoor smoking ban was signed into effect on Tuesday by North Carolinaa s governor, marking the phase out of a defining era in the United Statesa most prominent tobacco-producing state, the American Free Press reported.A ”This is a historic da… (source: Topix.net) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
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Texas Senator says smoking ban measure is dead (source: Topix.net)

By JIM VERTUNO Supporters of a proposed statewide ban on smoking in most indoor public places, including bars and restaurants, have given up for this legislative session and declared the issue dead Tuesday.Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, author of the Senat… (source: Topix.net) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
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Pool hall files lawsuit over Neb. smoking ban (source: Topix.net)

An Omaha pool hall has filed a lawsuit against the state, saying Nebraska’s smoking ban is unconstitutional. (source: Topix.net) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
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Smoking Hardest on Womens Health (source: Topix.net)

Smoking appears to be much harder on a womans health than a mans. According to U.S. and European researchers who looked at data on 954 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients and 955 control subjects, female COPD patients under age 60 and those who… (source: Topix.net) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
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Smoke alarms help save elderly Westminster couple (source: Chicago Chronicle)

Smoke alarms were credited with the saving the lives of an elderly couple whose Westminster home caught fire late last night. The fire was reported at 11:35 p.m. at the residence in the 4700 block of… (source: Chicago Chronicle) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
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2,000 march in Hong Kong against smoking ban (source: Topix.net)

Around 2,000 people took part in a protest march in Hong Kong Sunday calling for a blanket ban on smoking in bars and restaurants to be postponed. (source: Topix.net) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
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Kids more apt to smoke if mom did while pregnant (source: Topix.net)

Smoking while pregnant ”biologically primes” the unborn child to become a regular smoker as a teen and young adult, according to a theory put forth by University of Arizona researchers. (source: Topix.net) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com
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