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Bulgaria struggles to kick chain-smoking habit
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 28 05
Milena hates herself for it, but she lights another cigarette anyway.
She and her husband think it may have been her smoking habit that…
Quit smoking or quit your job, U.S. company says
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 27 05
The owner of a Michigan company who forced his employees to either quit smoking or quit their jobs said on Wednesday he also wants…
San Francisco bars smoking in its parks
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 26 05
Legislators in San Francisco city voted to ban smoking in public parks on Tuesday, becoming the first major American city to embrace such an…
U.S. challenges tobacco executive over addiction
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 26 05
The nicotine in cigarettes is habit-forming but is not the sole cause of addiction, a tobacco company executive argued during testimony on Tuesday in…
Spurn tobacco cash, health groups urge states
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 25 05
Five health and anti-smoking groups urged state lawmakers to turn down an offer of $1.1 million for youth programs from the maker of…
Study shows many alcoholics recover
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 25 05
Many people with alcohol dependence are able to recover completely, sometimes without formal treatment. Some may even be able to drink occasionally without relapsing,…
Tobacco exec challenged about key stance in trial
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 25 05
The departing executive chairman of Reynolds American Inc. refused to concede that cigarette smoking causes disease during testimony on Monday in the government’s $280…
Too early to talk about EU smoking ban-commissioner
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 21 05
It’s too early to talk about a European Union-wide ban on smoking in public places despite moves in several EU states to impose…
Secondhand smoke linked to cervical cancer
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 21 05
Exposure to secondhand smoke appears to increase the risk of cervical cancer, albeit to a lesser extent than active smoking, new research shows.
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Italy’s smokers on the streets as ban takes effect
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 10 05
Smokers in Italy lit up in the streets on Monday as a new anti-smoking law came into effect but some remained defiant, with…
Medical marijuana recount nears end
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 08 05
The Alameda County Registrar of Voters is expected to finish today with a recount of a November ballot measure that would have relaxed medical…
Secondhand smoke lowers kids’ math, reading scores
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 05 05
Kids and teenagers exposed to even trace amounts of secondhand smoke score lower on tests of reading and reasoning, according to new research.
Overall,…
British school starts random drug tests
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 05 05
Students at a school in southeast England returned to class on Wednesday to face a new regime of weekly random drug tests.
A sample…
Italy cafe owners vow to rebel against smoking ban
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 29 04
Italy’s cafe and restaurant owners said on Wednesday they would defy a smoking ban that comes into force in the new year requiring them…
New UK tobacco advertising laws take effect
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 21 04
New controls on tobacco advertising came into effect in Britain on Tuesday, the latest step in a government campaign against smoking.
Cigarette and tobacco…
Many smokers still confused about health risks
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 17 04
The great majority of smokers think they are well informed about the health risks of their habit, but many of them are wrong, a…
Bhutan bans smoking in world first
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 17 04
The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan banned smoking in public and tobacco sales on Friday, the first country in the world to do so.
The…
Britain warns of contraband cigarettes danger
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 15 04
Britain is facing a flood of illegal cigarettes that pose potentially fatal health risks, the government said on Wednesday as it launched a…
Danish kids drunkest in Europe, Turks most sober
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 14 04
Danish youngsters get drunk the most, their Czech peers like to smoke cannabis, the Irish are more prone to binge-drinking and young Turks are…
Antismoking laws curb smoking and lung cancer
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 13 04
A 1970s law in Finland that restricted smoking in public places and banned tobacco advertising appears to have helped curb the country’s smoking habit…
New Zealand stubs out smoking in bars, restaurants
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 10 04
New Zealanders breathed a little more easily on Friday, although smokers grumbled, as it became the third country in the world to ban smoking…
Fertilizer may be root of big Colombia coca plants
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 07 04
Giant coca plants said to resist herbicides and yield eight times more cocaine may be due to extra fertilizer, not a drug cartel’s genetic…
Smoking and the Thrill-Seeking Gene
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 04 04
Some people crave the buzz of a cigarette; others cringe at the idea of lighting up. The difference? Nonsmokers may have a gene which…
Why Our Ancestors Said Yes to Drugs
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 04 04
Narcotic plants such as betel nut, coca and tobacco may have been used throughout the ages to ward off hunger and fatigue, such…
Moderate alcohol use linked to fewer heart plaques
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 02 04
Drinking one or two alcoholic beverages per day seems to reduce plaque buildup in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart, new…