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Bans, Bans, Bans... How Demonising Adults Has Become Popular

Alan Miller | Posted 10.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Anti-Americanism, Obesity, Child Safety, Smoking Ban, Barack Obama, Childhood Obesity, Trans Fat Ban, Living News
Alan Miller

It has become increasingly the case that the sentiment is one that people generally are irresponsible and in need of supervision from bureaucratic politicians. This is extremely dangerous.

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Let's Ban Smoking Outside Too!

Carolita Johnson | Posted 11.15.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Smoking, Comics, Smoking Ban, Comedy News
Carolita Johnson

I'm all for any kind of smoking ban, anywhere, anytime. Even my smoking friends complain about walking in the wake of someone's smoke outside. That's telling, isn't it?

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NYC Parks To Ban Smoking?

AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 11.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Smoking, Anti-Tobacco, Nyc Smoking Ban, Mayor Bloomberg Anti-Tobacco, Thomas Farley, Nyc Parks Department, Smoking Ban, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York News

NEW YORK — New York City's famous parks may be going smoke-free. The city's health commissioner says the next goal in Mayor Michael Bloomberg's...

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How to Quit Smoking (Meddling Hispanic Style)

Daniel Cubias | Posted 09.29.2009 | Home

Read More: Quit Smoking, Latinos, Lung Cancer, Smoking, Smoking Ban, Immigration, Hispanics, Health Care, Healthcare, Home News
Daniel Cubias

My family told my grandmother smokers were taking a grave risk, analogous to stealing a car in broad daylight.

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Sao Paulo, Brazil, Bans Public Smoking

Global Post | Posted 09.07.2009 | World

Read More: Sao Paulo Smoking Ban, Smoke, Brazil Smoking Ban, Smoking, Cigarettes, Smoking Ban, Brazil, Smoking Cigarettes, Sao Paulo, Cigarette Ban, World News

By Seth Kugel SAO PAULO, Brazil -- As part of a campaign to promote the state of Sao Paulo's wide-reaching new "anti-smoking" regulations, an ad ru...

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Sen. Tom Coburn Is Unlikely Supporter Of Tobacco Ban

The Hill | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator Tom Coburn, Senate, Family Smoking Prevention Tobacco Control Act, Tobacco Ban, Cigarettes, Smoking, Coburn, Tobacco, Smoking Ban, Politics News

A Republican senator who is also a doctor is calling for a new era of Prohibition -- outlawing cigarette smoking and other tobacco use....

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Turkey Smoking Ban Sparks Controversy

GlobalPost | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

Read More: Turkey, Foreign Affairs, Turkish Smoking Ban, Turkey Smoking Ban, Tobacco, Smoking Ban, Advocacy, World News

Like many Turkish men, Mevlut Ozhan spends a good deal of time at his local pub, puffing on Marlboros and swigging frothy beer from a thick glass. F...

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Taxing and Banning: The Only Clear Strategies Our Leaders Seem to Have

Alan Miller | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Uk, Salt, Junk Food, Governor Paterson, Smoking Ban, Chocolate, Trans Fat Ban, Alcohol, Mike Bloomberg, Politics News
Alan Miller

In these troubled times it seems the one thing that we can be sure of is that bureaucrats and politicians are keen to go after the small pleasures of life and hit us where it hurts.

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Smoking Ban Leads To Major Drop In Heart Attacks

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 02.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Smoking Ban and Heart Attacks, Smoking, Personal Health, Effects of Smoking Ban, Smoking Ban, Living News

ATLANTA — A smoking ban in one Colorado city led to a dramatic drop in heart attack hospitalizations within three years, a sign of just how seri...

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Residential Smoking Bans Could Become Commonplace

RedEye | Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz | Posted 01.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Smoking Ban, Chicago Smoking Ban, Smoker's Rights, Apartment Smoking Bans, Residential Smoking Bans, War on Smoking, Smoking Ban, Chicago News

Vehemently opposed to what he considers an unconstitutional smoking ban, Jake Perry takes heart that smoking is sacred in the privacy of his own home....

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Boston Tea Party, Arkansas Snuff Fest

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Boston Tea Party, Green Living, Lawmakers, Tobacco, Snuff, Arkansas, Smoking Ban, Politics News
Maggie Van Ostrand

Just when we thought the theft of our personal freedoms had added yet another level of frustration, Arkansas lawmakers rejected a ban on snuff.

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