Smoking Bans Have Gone Too Far

There has been some major hype around smoking bans, and this is just feeding the fire for those who are against smoking. There is a logic to the fact that such laws are implemented in public buildings. But places like bars, which serve the sole purpose of being a place to socialize, are not a natural place for such rules. Most smokers consider it their constitutional right to enjoy a cigarette after dinner or with a cocktail,...

South Dakotans take Matters into their Own Hands

In South Dakota, the general public is pushing to have a smoking ban stopped. One man has taken the issue into his own hands, starting a petition on the issue. The petition is expected to be turned in on the 22nd of June by the lobbyist coordinating the petition – Larry Mann. He is doing this on behalf of a coalition comprised of video, lottery and licensed liquor establishments. Enough signatures have been gathered and...

Smoking Ban Reversed at Pennsylvania University

According to a recent state labor panel, members of the faculty and coaches at Millersville University in Pennsylvania will be able to light up again. The panel has found that unless their union agrees to smoking restrictions, faculty members and coaches cannot be banned from smoking outdoors. This ban has been in place for about half a year. An unfair labor practice was filled out by the 5,800 faculty members from 14...

Smoking Ban Sees Change in Holland

Last July a law was introduced in Holland, which banned tobacco in all public places including coffee shops. However, it was decided in a Dutch appeals court on Tuesday that small bars, which only have a staff of only the owner are exempt from this ban. Two cafe owners were recently charged for contravening the ban and have been found not guilty at the appeals court of Den Bosch. According to one court statement, "The...

Russia's Black Market Cigarettes

Kaliningrad has the atmosphere of a frontier town, it is an isolated Russian town on the coast of the Baltic Sea, and is also the place of a new phenomenon which has authorities in the West worried. Russians are being held responsible for the cigarettes that are flooding into Europe and Britain, at cut-rate prices. There was a recent seizure of such cigarettes in the UK at Coventry, with an undercover journalist being able to...

Tobacco Preventing Cancer?

We usually associate tobacco with being a cause for cancer rather than a solution or a cure. Arizona scientists would tell you differently, they think that tobacco plants may hold the key to developing a cancer vaccine that is personalized and possibly the cure for many other diseases. The field of plant-based biotechnology is growing at fast paced rate and this type of cancer treatment is gaining so much interest that even...