Presidents Who Smoke

Anti-Smoking activists in the United States are crossing their fingers that president Obama will quit smoking and become an example for other smokers. But he seems to take his habit a bit light-heartedly. Making jokes about it and admitting that he has tried to quit but has "fallen off the wagon." It has been a long time since the president was a regular smoker. Gerald R. Ford was very fond of smoking pipes. Jimmy...

Only Slot Machines Lighting-Up in One Nevada Casin...

Most people living in Nevada would find a casino without smoke very strange. However, about a half-an-hour's drive from Reno, there is a new casino which allows gamblers to breathe a bit deeper. Only two casinos in Nevada prohibit smoking and the Fernley Nugget is one of them. Even though casinos are one of the few places where smoking indoors is still allowed. Jane Magazu, 56, formerly a smoker and a video slot machine...

Salma Hayek up in Smoke

Not only is Barack Obama raising eyebrows with his smoking habit, but Salma Hayek has also given the public a reason to stare — to everyone's surprise she is a smoker. She was caught with the cigarette in her mouth while on a daytrip with her 15-month-old daughter Valentina in Los Angeles. Hayek first shopped up a storm in the Neiman Marcus department store, after which she decided to have a smoke break. She...

Tobacco Products Sold "Under the Counter"...

Cigarettes and other tobacco products are soon to be sold under the counter in the United Kingdom, disregarding fears that this will put pressure on small shops in the economic crisis. These restrictions are a result of efforts to reduce the number of children who take up smoking and to help those who are addicted quit. However, ministers have decided that they will not recommend that all cigarette packaging be...

Tobacco the Best Alternative for Corn Farmers

Many corn farmers in the Philippines are switching back to farming tobacco. The prices of corn are ever decreasing while tobacco prices usually remain at the same level. Victor Vallevor of Barangay Laping says, "prices of locally grown yellow corn have plunged and we have no recourse but to plant again tobacco which prices are more stable. If prices of maize continue to go down our families will starve." Chris...

Obama Having Trouble Kicking the Habit

Over the weekend president-elect Barack Obama admitted that he was having trouble kicking his smoking habit, in an interview with NBC News reporter Tom Brokaw. Mr. Obama said, "There are times where I have fallen off the wagon, I've done a terrific job, under the circumstances of making myself healthier, and I think that you will not see any violations of these rules in the White House." Eyebrows were also...