Smokers Not the Only Target

Smoking used to be allowed just about anywhere, even in places like the supermarket and the workplace, which is almost impossible to imagine these days. Now laws are being passed to ban smoking just about anywhere that is imaginable. Well if you are a bit chubby or maybe fat, you are going to be the next victim of these kinds of attacks. Some organizations like the OSHA have had to admit that smoking indoors is not as...

Smoking is a Question of Class

Most non-smokers have a hard time understading the difference between a pleasant habit and an addiction. Generally, people believe that smokers only smoke because they enjoy it, especially, in social situations. This is a fact that is untrue as nearly 70% of smokers would like to quit. Usually smokers are embarassed when listening to the propaganda of anti-smoking groups as they feel that their lack of willpower and some...

Bollywood at Odds about Showing On Screen Smoking

The filmmaking capital of Asia, Bollywood, is divided on whether scenes showing people smoking ought to be banned or not. Health Minister Anbumani is furious about scenes in Bollywood movie showing tobacco consumption and is set on putting a stop to them. Some Indian actors and members of the filmmaking community feel that it would disrupt their creativity. They feel that the government of India should find another way to...

Teacher Banned from Working after Selling Cigarett...

45-year-old Fiona Forster was caught selling cigarettes from the trunk of her car to students who were under the age of 16. She also asked them to keep it quiet and not to tell their head teacher. Children were handing her money when she was caught on CCTV. She was a supply teacher at the school where she was caught, and was suspended for 6 months for this unacceptable conduct. Forster did deny selling the cigarettes, but she...

What Smoking Used to be Like

Smoking was integrated into American society during the 80's. There never used to be a specific place where people went to smoke. In some schools professors would allow you to smoke in class, it was even allowed in airplanes. It was fun to smoke, cigarette burns were a part of everyone's life. Smoking was used to combat boredom, it wasn't very difficult. Nowadays smokers have to fight the elements to get their...

The Cost of Lighting up on the Beach

The next time you light up in Sarasota County, it could cost you around $97. For now this only applies to Siesta Public Beach but it will be spreading. This past weekend signs were posted all over Sarasota beaches to signify the coming changes. Smoking on beaches will only be allowed at picnic areas and in parking lots. The ban has been in effect since December, but the Sheriff's Office in Sarasota County only started...