Drug abusers say they want to quit cigarettes

Newsletter 2005, Issue #1

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Drug abusers say they want to quit cigarettes
Many persons affected by substance abuse who are undergoing treatment through the Department of Substance Abuse Services – either through the Department’s Caribbean Haven Residential Centre or its Out Patient treatment service – identify quitting cigarette smoking as.... Read Full article

Yes, employers have freedom to fire you

IT'S NICE to hear Americans talk about privacy and fighting for their rights. But sometimes I have to say: Do you know what you're talking about? In Okemos, Mich., a 71-year-old health nut named Howard Weyers runs a .....Read Full article

Navy snuffing out the smoking lamp

This month, the Navy Environmental Health Center (NEHC) is launching "The Smoking Lamp is Out," a new Web-based health promotion tool to help tobacco users "kick the habit."
The "Smoking Lamp is Out" is a user-friendly, Web-based program offering a wide.....Read Full article

Zoo Tries to Get Chimp to Kick the Habit

A South African zoo wants a chimpanzee to quit smoking cold turkey.
Keepers say Charlie the chimpanzee picked up the habit from visitors at the Bloemfontein Zoo who sometimes toss him cigarettes. "It looks funny to see a chimp smoking," a zoo spokesman said, but Charlie‘s trick could cost him his......Read Full article

Why keep marijuana out of the mix?

Bravo to The Herald for printing something semi-controversial and for coming down on the right side. I'm talking about the column by Dick Startz regarding legalizing marijuana (April 20, "The case for legalizing pot in Washington pencils out"). Legalizing marijuana holds no special or personal interest for me other than......Read Full article

Smoked out by bar's one-night ban on lighting up

Kim Raymond and Charlie Gora are the first to screw up. When they light up cigarettes at Cherry Red, a bar in Lincoln Park, another customer walks up and says, "It's a nonsmoking night." Kim and Charlie stub out their smokes. Not a problem. But...Read Full article

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