Detroit Slow to Implement Smoking Ban

There has been a push to ban smoking in bars and restaurants in Detroit, but all the edges have not yet been smoothed out so it is still possible to smoke at most establishments in the city. Non-smokers are up in arms about this fact, especially since smoking is not against the law in most restaurants. It is felt by many that smoking can really ruin a person's meal, which is something even for smokers. However, there is...

The Cost of Helping Smokers Quit on the Rise

In Britain, a lot of money has been put into smoking cessation services, but the number of people making use of them has not increased. Officials feel that helping smokers has become more difficult and that doing something to help these services would just be a waste of money. Out of the 671,259 people who had set themselves a quit date in one program, only half managed to stay off cigarettes for more than four weeks. Nearly...

The book you shouldn't miss – Smoke Scr...

I'm glad to report that we have a new Smokeen friend – Rich White from Smoke Screens. He's about to release the book called "Smoke Screens: The Truth About Tobacco," offering an objective analysis of the science and politics of the smoking issue. You know how annoyed you are with all the smoking bans being implemented around the world — well you can read more about it in the book, to help you...

Contraband Cigarettes Keeping Canadians Smoking

Many countries have seen a huge drop in smoking rates, but Canada does not seem to be among them. The Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey showed that overall, about 18% of Canadians reported that they smoked every day or occasionally. This percentage has remained roughly the same since 2005. The senior policy analyst for the Canadian Cancer Society, Rob Cunningham, feels concern for this slow decline in smoking. He feels...

Fired for Smoking off the Job

A lawn care worker fired for smoking on his own time recently had his lawsuit dismissed by a federal judge — not only did he lose his job but he lost his battle in court as well. The Scotts Co. Company has a policy which bans smoking on or off the job, and Scot Rodrigues of Bourne was fired after nicotine was found in his urine following a drug test. Rodrigues sued the company because he felt his privacy was being...

Student Forced to Smoke 42 Cigarettes

According to a report released on Thursday a child in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, was forced to smoke 42 cigarettes in a row, after a teacher found a lighter and a cigarette on him. School officials did not elaborate on the subject, but they felt that even though the punishment was a bit unusual, it was fair and that the student was not forced to smoke all that many cigarettes. The English teacher explained that she had been...