Madison Wisconsin imposing strict smoking ban

Newsletter 2004, Issue #2

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Madison, Wisconsin imposing strict smoking ban

Madison, Wisconsin-AP -- No ifs, ands or butts -- the city of Madison, Wisconsin, has imposed a strict smoking ban. The city council approved a measure early this morning that bans smoking in restaurants and bars. The measure........... Read Full article

Tobacco boss attacks health laws

The outgoing chairman of British American Tobacco has hit out at "unreasonable" health regulations he claimed socially excluded smokers. Martin Broughton, who will move to British Airways when he leaves BAT this summer, said laws appeared to be cut and pasted from pressure group proposals with little ....... Read Full article

Smokers May Quit If Cigarette Prices Increased: Survey

According to a survey, 9 out of 100 smokers said they would quit smoking if the price of cigarettes, which is set at W2,000 per pack, goes up by W500. 56 responded that they would quit smoking if the cigarette price reaches W5,000, while 37 persons answered that they would keep smoking even if the price ascends. Kim Yong-ik, a medical professor at.....Read Full article

People more likely to quit smoking with clinic-based guideline methods

Training intake clinicians at primary care facilities to use specific, guideline-based methods to encourage their patients who smoke to quit increases the likelihood that their patients will successfully quit smoking, according to a study published in the April 21 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Intake clinicians are nurses and medical assistants who......Read Full article

STUDENT VIEWS: ON TESTING, SMOKING, DECENCY

To make sure no child is left behind, schools are required to test frequently until all students pass and understand the concepts. Class time is used to practice taking tests. During this time, students could be learning new......Read Full article

Madison bans smoking in bars, restaurants

MADISON, Wisconsin (AP) -- City officials voted early Wednesday to put the kibosh on lighting up in bars and restaurants, creating the toughest no-smoking policy in Wisconsin. The council voted 15-5 to adopt the measure, modeled after ones in California and New York City........Read Full article

Brad Pitt forced to quit smoking

Berlin - Brad Pitt said on Tuesday he reluctantly quit smoking for months of intense physical training to prepare for his role as Greek hero Achilles in the film Troy but admitted he was now glad he kicked the habit. In an interview with the German magazine Cinema before the May release of the film in the United States and Germany, Pitt said..........Read Full article

BAT boss rues "unreasonable regulation"

LONDON (Reuters) - Outgoing British American Tobacco chairman Martin Broughton says he sees just one area of unfinished business -- "unreasonable regulation which can harass, offend and socially exclude people who smoke". Broughton, due to quit BAT in June after 11 years as CEO and chairman, said........Read Full article

Sales of cigarettes in pubs may be down by 60 per cent

Sales of cigarettes in pubs have dropped dramatically since the introduction of the smoking ban, according to latest figures compiled by vending machine operators. However, while the vending firms say sales have fallen by between 50 and 60 per cent, newsagents around the country have reported a much smaller decline in sales. It is still unclear what impact the.....Read Full article

Cancer rates on rise in Herkimer County

Cancer rates are on the rise in Herkimer County with a 31 percent increase in the number of cases being diagnosed since the late 1980s, according to statistics released by the American Cancer Society. From 1986 to 1990, there were an average of 307 cases a year, which jumped to an average of 402 new cases a year from 1996-00, while the number of ......Read Full article