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| "Tobacco
Curbs Broadened in Pasadena" (Los Angeles
Times, Dec 30, 2003) -- Pasadena
officials are pushing tougher tobacco
restrictions, including banning smoking in public
parks, in what they describe as an attempt to
protect residents from secondhand smoke and to
prevent kids from becoming smokers. New
regulations in Pasadena, which is among several
cities nationwide pursuing similar rules, will bar
tobacco stores from opening within 1,000 feet of
schools, parks and other locations frequented by
children. In addition, any store that sells
tobacco will have to obtain a $135 yearly license,
which could be revoked if the store violated the
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"Buffer vs. puffers to grow"
(San Diego Union Tribune, Dec 22, 2003) --
LAURA EMBRY / Union-TribuneAlla Itelson, 22, of La Mesa,
a senior at San Diego State University, smoked outside
the campus library. Effective Jan. 1, the state's
no-smoking zone around public buildings expands from 5
feet to 20 feet. Alla Itelson said she tries to be a
considerate smoker. But she said a new law that will
require her to take a puff farther away from doors and
windows of most government buildings is going too far. ID#
7537
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"Selling smokes to teens tackled"
(Sacramento Bee, Dec 18, 2003) -- Two
16-year-old girls found out this year how easy it is to
do something they shouldn't buy cigarettes.
Brittany Shugart, a Granite Bay High School student,
went to 11 stores in Natomas and purchased cigarettes
from four of them. Cami Stagg, a student at Folsom
High School, went to 12 stores in downtown Sacramento,
and six sold her cigarettes. The number of
cigarettes sold should have been zero under a law that
says no one younger than 18 should be allowed to
purchase cigarettes. ID# 7504
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"Attorneys general from 3 states urge filmmakers to
cut onscreen smoking"
(Sacramento Bee, Dec 17, 2003) -- BALTIMORE
(AP) - Attorneys general met with Hollywood executives
Wednesday to encourage them to reduce the amount of
smoking in films, which they say can encourage young
people to smoke. The attorneys general from
Connecticut, Utah and Vermont met in Los Angeles with
directors and production executives from the seven major
studios. ID# 7505
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"Board Bans Hiring Smoking Deputies"
(Los Angeles Times, Dec 18, 2003) -- Hoping
to stem escalating insurance costs, Riverside County has
banned the hiring of sheriff's deputies who smoke and
may expand the prohibition to all hires in county
government. Riverside County is the latest in a
growing number of municipalities across the nation to
hire only nonsmokers, arguing that they are less likely
to get cancer, heart disease and other ailments linked
to tobacco. ID# 7509
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"Retailers Selling Fewer Cigarettes to Minors"
(Join Together Online, Dec 17, 2003) --
A new survey finds that most retailers nationwide are
complying with efforts aimed at reducing tobacco sales
to children under age 18, according to a Dec. 10 press
release from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA). According to the
report released by SAMHSA, the national retailer
violation rate declined to 14.1 percent in 2002 from
16.3 percent in 2001. In 1996, the violation rate was as
high as 40.1 percent. ID# 7500
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"Survey Finds Program Reduces Alcohol, Tobacco,
Marijuana Use among 7th and 8th Graders"
(Join Together Online, Dec 17, 2003) --
Thirty percent of middle school kids have tried alcohol,
tobacco or drugs. But many middle schools often have a
mix of children from different ethnic groups. Should
these schools have to use drug prevention programs that
are targeted to each individual group? According
to a study published in the December issue of Prevention
Science, middle schools with a mix of Euro- American,
Mexican-American and African-American children can use
one multicultural curriculum (keepin' it REAL) to help
prevent and delay first-time use of alcohol, tobacco and
drugs. Keepin' it REAL, developed by Penn State
University and Arizona State University, teaches kids
skills to "refuse, explain, avoid and leave,"
drug use in a way that reflects their traditions,
culture and values. ID# 7501
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"Boston Bar Workers Praise Smoking Ban"
(Join Together Online, Dec 16, 2003) --
A study presented at the National Conference on Tobacco
or Health finds that bar workers in Boston, Mass., are
breathing much easier thanks to the city's
workplace-smoking ban, enacted in May, the Boston Herald
reported Dec. 10. "I can definitely notice the
difference since the smoking ban," said Bekah
Arndt, 27, manager of the Milky Way bar in Jamaica Plain
and a dance student. "I don't get winded as easily.
I didn't know how much the smoke bothered me until I had
been out of it for a while." ID# 7502
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"Group wants no smoking at beaches"
(Los Angeles Times, Dec 16, 2003) -- COSTA
MESA — A Costa Mesa group wants coastal cities like
Newport Beach to ban smoking on beaches to crack down on
cigarette butts littering the sands. Earth
Resource Foundation wants cities to create laws against
smoking at the beach. Its main concern is litter, but
foundation officials are also concerned about the
effects of second-hand smoke. While Newport Beach
officials laud the efforts, they say it will be
extremely difficult to enforce. ID# 7495
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"Smoking dangers"
(Chicago Tribune, Dec 13, 2003) -- Steve
Riedl, executive director of the Illinois Licensed
Beverage Association, says he hasn't seen any hard
documentation showing secondhand hand smoke is deadly
("Smoking's effects," Voice of the people,
Nov. 29). He need not look further than the Web site of
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the lead
federal agency for protecting the health and safety of
Americans, which reports that 38,000 die annually from
heart disease, respiratory disease and lung cancer
caused by exposure to secondhand smoke in workplaces and
public places. ID# 7490
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"Study Youth Still Exposed to Tobacco Ads Despite
Restrictions" (Join Together Online, Dec
12, 2003) -- New
research from the American Legacy Foundation shows that
children and teens are routinely exposed to tobacco
advertisements and promotion despite the restrictions
included in the 1998 tobacco settlement with U.S.
states, according to a Dec. 11 press release from the
American Legacy Foundation. Under the settlement
agreement, tobacco companies pledged not to "take
any action, directly or indirectly, to target youth in
the advertising, promotion, or marketing of tobacco
products." ID# 7491
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"Proud of Solana Beach's cigarette beach ban"
(North County Times, Dec 13, 2003) -- I
live in Solana Beach, and I applaud the City Council for
making Solana Beach the first city in California to
outlaw smoking on the beach. I feel
well-represented here, and I know many neighbors who
also support this ban. It doesn't surprise me that
Solana Beach is first in this regard. ID# 7488
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"City Considers
Tobacco Sales Licenses"
(Yahoo News, Dec 11, 2003) -- A
public meeting was held in Sacramento Wednesday night to
discuss the idea of a tobacco sales license aimed at
curbing the sale of tobacco to minors. The license would
cost $350. Anti-smoking groups say it's the only way to
deal with the growing number of teen smokers, but store
owners say they'll be hurt. ID# 7486
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"Ban tobacco, medical journal demands"
(Reuters Health, Dec 5, 2003) -- LONDON
(Reuters) - The British government should ban tobacco, a
leading medical journal said Friday."If tobacco
were an illegal substance, possession of cigarettes
would become a crime, and the number of smokers
would drastically fall," The Lancet said in an
editorial. "We call on Tony Blair's government to
ban tobacco."The journal said that because 80
percent of people in the United Kingdom are non-smokers,
the majority should be given the right to enjoy freedom
from exposure to proven carcinogens. ID# 7465
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"Medical Journal Calls for Tobacco Ban in England"
(Join Together Online, Dec 5, 2003) --
The medical journal The Lancet is urging officials in
Britain to make tobacco illegal and its possession a
crime, the Independent reported Dec. 5. The
medical journal said tough action is needed to stop the
growing number of health problems and deaths related to
smoking. While the government is considering an
indoor-smoking ban, the Lancet said banning public
smoking fails to address the availability and
acceptability of smoking. ID# 7471
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"Solana Beach gets a rose for beach butt ban"
(North County Times, Nov 30, 2003) --
Solana Beach gets a raspberry ("Politically correct
hooey award," Nov. 24) for outlawing smoking on the
beach. You state that the action was "just
political correctness run amok." Then you award a
second raspberry to the "selfish and
thoughtless" smokers who throw away their butts on
the beaches, claiming their actions "led Solana
Beach to ban smoking on the beach." Huh? Which is
it, political correctness or a last-ditch effort to keep
the lazy and/or ignorant smoker slobs from using our
beaches as an ashtray? ID# 7449
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"Free tobacco to firefighters a bad idea"
(North County Times, Nov 30, 2003) --
Re "State investigating Lung Association's
complaints," Nov. 8. Firefighters are the
heroes of our country The saviors in the wreckage, and
guess what? They're getting free tobacco. Are the
tobacco companies trying to be nice to them? I think
not. Publicity, on the other hand, may be a huge factor
in the handing out of free chew to the
firefighters. ID# 7450
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"Tobacco firms use firefighters to get to youth"
(North County Times, Nov 27, 2003) -- Re
the Nov. 8 article, "State investigating Lung
Association's complaints." Recently there
were several fires that swept through San Diego. Our
firefighters came to our rescue to try their hardest to
fight these fires and save the homes of San Diego
residents. Everyone in San Diego pulled together and
attempted to save what was left of our homes, even the
tobacco companies. The tobacco companies pulled together
to give the firefighters free tobacco. From one point of
view, the tobacco companies are helping. ID#
7451
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"The right to be intolerant of smoke"
(Chicago Tribune, Nov 26, 2003) -- Middlebury,
Conn. -- I read with interest columnist Steve Chapman's
"Smoking ban has a strong air of intolerance"
(Commentary, Nov. 16). I agree that smoking bans
are intolerant of smokers who would expose others to
potentially harmful secondhand smoke. There is, however,
no reason that the public or workers in high
passive-smoke-exposure environments such as restaurants
or bars should have to tolerate being exposed. ID#
7446
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"As cigarette butts proliferate, health, litter
concerns rise"
(San Diego Union Tribune, Nov 24,
2003) -- Bans on smoking indoors have had an
unintended consequence more cigarette butts littering
the outdoors. It is an issue some people are
beginning to regard as a serious environmental
problem. Across the nation, anti-litter activists
are launching campaigns to get smokers to clean up after
themselves. ID# 7440
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"Federal anti-smoking programs may be working"
(Reuters Health, Nov 18, 2003) -- NEW
YORK (Reuters Health) - Federal programs designed to
help states reduce smoking rates appear to be
encouraging residents to quit for good, researchers said
Tuesday. As evidence, they found that U.S. states
that adopted a federal anti-smoking program showed a
larger drop in the percentage of residents who smoke
than other states. And states that strengthened their
anti-smoking policies showed a significant decrease in
the number of cigarettes consumed per adult resident,
according to their report. ID# 7430
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"China could ban cigarette ads in wake of
anti-smoking treaty"
(Sacramento Bee, Nov 17, 2003) -- SHANGHAI,
China (AP) - China could ban cigarette ads once its
legislature ratifies a U.N. anti-smoking treaty next
spring, dealing a "heavy blow" to the industry
in the world's biggest tobacco market, an official
newspaper reported Monday. A ban on ads and
promotions and other severe anti-smoking measures would
follow ratification of the U.N. Framework Convention on
Tobacco Control by the National People's Congress,
China's legislature, at its annual session next spring,
the Shanghai Daily said. ID# 7428
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"Anti-smoking law is sure to save lives"
(Chicago Tribune, Nov 18, 2003) -- Chicago
-- The Illinois Coalition Against Tobacco commends the
Village of Wilmette for making history on Nov. 11
("Anti-smoking law is approved; Wilmette's
extensive ban will go into effect July 1," Metro,
Nov. 12). The village board approved a model clean
indoor air ordinance that demonstrated courage and
delivered a clear message The health of Wilmette
residents and their families is a top priority. ID#
7429
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"Tobacco giveaways astounding"
(North County Times, Nov 15, 2003) --
I was astounded to read that the tobacco industry was
giving away smokeless tobacco to emergency fire workers
at the staging areas in Valley Center and in East
County. ID# 7422
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"Stores sell counterfeit cigarettes, suits contend"
(San Diego Union Tribune, Nov 13, 2003) --
Forty-six retailers in San Diego County were sued this
week for allegedly stocking and selling counterfeit
cigarettes in their stores. Philip Morris USA
filed lawsuits in federal courts in San Diego and Los
Angeles that seek to stop 131 retailers in Southern
California from selling counterfeit cigarettes of two of
the company's most popular brands, Marlboro and Marlboro
Lights. ID# 7420
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"High school student smoking rate drops, survey
shows"
(Reuters Health, Nov 13, 2003) --
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The percentage of U.S. high school
students who smoke cigarettes fell to just under 23
percent in 2002, but there was no significant drop in smoking
among middle school students, a survey released on
Thursday showed. ID# 7418
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"Anti-smoking programs underfunded, group says"
(Reuters Health, Nov 12, 2003) --
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - States that cashed in on a
landmark $246 billion settlement with tobacco companies
five years ago are spending little on programs to curb smoking,
an anti-smoking group charged on Wednesday. ID#
7413
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"Tobacco ads to be removed from school editions of
magazines"
(Sacramento Bee, Nov 10, 2003) --
NEW YORK (AP) - Several major tobacco companies have
reached an agreement with New York Attorney General
Eliot Spitzer to stop advertising in the school editions
of three news magazines, Spitzer's office said Monday.
Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc.
and U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. will remove all tobacco
advertising from the school editions of Time, Newsweek
and U.S. News & World Report, a press release from
Spitzer's office said. ID# 7406
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"France to push through new cigarette taxes despite
claims of crime linked to anti-smoking campaign"
(San Diego Union Tribune, Nov 11, 2003) --
PARIS – France will press ahead with another tax hike
on cigarettes next year, a government spokesman said
Monday, despite claims by tobacco shops that the price
increases have sparked more thefts. Jean-Francois
Cope reiterated the government's plan to raise cigarette
taxes by 20 percent next year, and vowed a "very
ambitious plan" to provide better security for
tobacconists. ID# 7404
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"University smoking policy may change"
(Daily Aztec, Nov 11, 2003) --
NEW YORK (AP) - Smoking on San Diego State campus could
face stricter regulations in the future. The
Environmental and Safety Committee is proposing changes
to the university's current smoking policy.
Barbara Hemmingsen, chair of the committee, said it's
recommending no smoking within 20 feet of buildings and
other areas. ID# 7405
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"Success of Addicts Doing Treatment, Not Time,
Questioned"
(Los Angeles Times, Nov 10, 2003) --
Two years after implementation, the jury is still very
much out in Ventura County over whether a voter-approved
diversion program for nonviolent drug offenders is a
success. Under the provisions of Proposition 36,
just over 4,000 county drug offenders have been referred
to drug treatment and supervision rather than being sent
to jail. ID# 7402
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"State investigating Lung Association's complaints"
(North County Times, Nov 8, 2003) --
The free distribution of tobacco products on public
property violates state law and the 1998 smokeless
tobacco settlement, Deputy Attorney General Amy Hertz
said Tuesday. "We are taking these allegations
seriously," Hertz said. "Our office vigorously
enforces state laws restricting tobacco companies from
giving out free products to the public. Just last week a
court upheld a $14.8 million penalty in a case we
brought against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. for violating
the state law." ID# 7400
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"Study Higher tobacco use by American Indian
students"
(Reuters Health, Nov 7, 2003) --
ATLANTA (Reuters) - High schoolers at American Indian
schools have higher rates of smoking and drug use
than other U.S. students, underscoring a need for more
health education and counseling programs in their
communities, federal health officials said on Thursday.
ID# 7398
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"School program cuts drug, tobacco use"
(Reuters Health, Nov 5, 2003) --
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research shows that
school programs can combat smoking and alcohol
and drug use, even among kids considered
high-risk. The study of South Dakota
middle-schoolers found that an established
drug-prevention program called Project ALERT cut the
number of new smokers by 19 percent and reduced
smoking by 23 percent among students who had already
taken up the habit. ID# 7393
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"Appeals Court Upholds Huge Fine Against Tobacco
Company"
(KXTV-Sacramento, Oct 31, 2003) --
The U.S. Second District Court of Appeals has upheld a
$14.8 million fine levied by the State of California
against R.J. Reynolds for distributing free cigarettes
at events where children were present. ID# 7389
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"Britons are winning war on smoking"
(SocietyGuardian, Nov 3, 2003) --
The number of smokers in England and Wales has hit a
record low, with levels now plummeting by 170,000 people
each year, according to Cancer Research UK. A huge
drop over the past few years puts the current level of
those who smoke at one out of four people, outstripping
government targets for 2005 of 26 per cent. This means
that half a million fewer people are indulging in the
habit than in 2000. ID# 7387
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"Proposed smoking ban tougher than Skokie's"
(Chicago Tribune, Nov 3, 2003) --
A proposed ordinance in Wilmette banning smoking in
nearly all public places, including bars and
restaurants, would be more restrictive than a similar
ban in Skokie that is considered the strictest in the
state, officials said. Many local restaurant and
business owners have urged trustees to defeat the
measure when it comes up for a vote on Nov.
11. ID# 7382
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"Appeals court upholds judgment against R.J.
Reynolds"
(North County Times, Oct 30, 2003) --
A California state law forbids the distribution of free
tobacco products where children are nearby.
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer sued R.J.
Reynolds, the maker of Camel and other brands, after it
doled out free cigarettes to 14,834 people at six public
events, ranging from a San Jose beer festival to a
motorcycle event in Del Mar. ID#
7371
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"A new ploy to puff on"
(Buffalo News, Oct 23, 2003) -- ALBANY
- If you haven't heard it yet, here's the pitch for
Eclipse. It is a "safer" cigarette, the
"future of smoking," and "may present
less risk of cancer," at least according to R.J.
Reynolds, one of the world's largest cigarette
makers. ID# 7367
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"Norway anti-smoke campaign
targets tobacco giants"
(Reuters Health, Oct 24, 2003) -- OSLO
(Reuters) - Norway portrayed tobacco giants as cynically
damaging public health on Friday in an anti-cigarette
campaign by the Nordic nation that has some of the
world's most draconian anti-smoking laws. ID#
7362
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"Irish ban on
smoking in workplaces - pubs included - set for January"
(Sacramento Bee, Oct 23, 2003) --DUBLIN,
Ireland (AP) - Irish who enjoy a cigarette with their
beer got a last-call warning Thursday - Jan. 25 is the
final day they can legally smoke in a pub. Health
Minister Micheal Martin signed into law regulations
outlawing smoking in all workplaces - including
Ireland's more than 10,000 pubs - starting Jan. 26. ID#
7359
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"Proposed Smoking
Ban on L.A. Beaches"
(Los Angeles Times, Oct 23, 2003) --
The Times' argument against my proposal to ban smoking
on city beaches is reminiscent of the arguments against
a similar proposal to ban smoking in L.A. restaurants a
decade ago (editorial, Oct. 20). Not only did that law
avoid the enforcement headaches that the editorial
fears, it successfully changed attitudes about where it
is socially acceptable to smoke and leave butts —
precisely my goal here. ID# 7354
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"A beach
tobacco ban, but with enforcement?"
(San Diego Union Tribune, Oct 23, 2003) --I
want to applaud the city of Solana Beach and the passing
of its no smoking on the beach ordinance this week. My
three young children and I frequent many places of
recreation in North County, many times with other
children and parents as a group. ID# 7351
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"No aid to cover
smoking ban cost"
(Chicago Tribune, Oct 22, 2003) --
Restaurants required under Skokie's new anti-smoking law
to install floor-to-ceiling barriers and ventilation
systems are not likely to get financial help from the
village. On Monday night the Skokie Village Board
abandoned a proposal to hand out thousands of dollars to
help cover the costs of complying with the state's
toughest anti-smoking law, which bans smoking in nearly
all public places. "Some of these small
businesses are really going to suffer," Sandi
Stamp, executive director of the Skokie Chamber of
Commerce, said Tuesday. ID# 7350
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"No Ifs, Ands
or Butts"
(Los Angeles Times, Oct 20, 2003) --
Jack Weiss is right when he says "it shouldn't be
considered socially acceptable to go to the beach and
puff away and then flick your cigarette butt into the
sand." Not only is it not acceptable to dump your
cigarette butts — and dirty diapers, empty soda cans
and potato chip bags — on the beach, it's illegal,
already. But the Los Angeles City councilman's solution
to the butts-in-the-sand problem makes about as much
sense as the head-in-the-sand behavior of continuing to
smoke despite all the evidence of tobacco's dangers.
Weiss wants the council to ban smoking on local beaches
and issue tickets to scofflaws. ID# 7348
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"France
declares war on smoking – and tobacco shopkeepers
fight back"
(San Diego Union Tribune, Oct 20, 2003) --
PARIS – France's war on smoking faced its first major
battle Monday as the government raised cigarette taxes
and tobacco vendors nationwide hit back by closing shops
and refusing to sell the higher-priced smokes.
Black flags hung from shuttered tobacco shops across
France, with 90 percent of the country's 34,000 vendors
joining the unprecedented "day of mourning"
for what they declared a dying trade. "Your tobacco
vendor is fighting for survival," read a notice
taped outside several Paris smoke shops. ID#
7346
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"Tobacco
sales to teens fall"
(Sacramento Bee, Oct 16, 2003) --
Based on monitoring done by teams of student decoys,
adult volunteers and law enforcement officers, El Dorado
County health officials say fewer merchants are willing
to sell tobacco to minors. The latest countywide
survey, conducted last summer, shows that of 113 tobacco
retailers surveyed, only nine were willing to sell
tobacco products to youths younger than 18. ID#
7336
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"Smoking ban no
ifs, ands or butts"
(San Diego Union Tribune, Oct 15, 2003) --
In 1987, the same issue split the city of Del Mar wide
open. Crossing ideological lines, it pitted smoker
against nonsmoker, neighbor against neighbor and became
a worldwide story. Convinced that tobacco posed a health
hazard, former Mayor Richard Roe proposed an ordinance
banning smoking on city property, including beaches,
parks, sidewalks and streets. ID# 7335
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"L.A. Considers
Beach Smoking Ban"
(Los Angeles Times, Oct 15, 2003) --
Not to be outdone by a little town in San Diego County,
Los Angeles City Councilman Jack Weiss introduced a
motion Tuesday that would ban smoking on all Los Angeles
beaches. "It shouldn't be considered socially
acceptable to go to the beach and puff away around
families and then flick your cigarette butt into the
sand," said Weiss, who added that he and his
children spent hours "picking up other people's
cigarette butts" at a beach cleanup a few weeks
ago. ID# 7333
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"The Secondhand Smoking Gun"
(New York Times, Oct 15, 2003) --Six
months into New York City's smoke-free ordinance, there
has been a spate of criticism about the wisdom of
sticking by such a ban. . . But if New York — as
well as other cities and municipalities — is ever
tempted to rescind its smoking ban, it should look at
the goings-on in Helena, Mont. ID# 7334
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"Puff, the magic
drag, lives not by the sea"
(San Diego Union Tribune, Oct 9, 2003) --
In a state where a cigar-puffing muscle man can be
elected governor in a mudslide, nothing, least of all a
novel anti-smoking ordinance, shocks. Still, let
me see if I've got this straight. A solitary
smoker (i.e., pariah, leper, outcast, Typhoid Harry) has
decided to sunbathe at Fletcher Cove, Solana Beach's
man-made notch in the bluffs. ID# 7324
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"City moves to ban
smoking on beaches"
(North County Times, Oct 8, 2003) --
By a unanimous vote, the City Council approved a ban of
smoking in parks and along 1.7 miles of city beach. If
adopted during a second reading at the Oct. 21 meeting,
the ban would become effective Nov. 21. Smoking and
substance abuse prevention groups hailed the measure,
which expands an existing smoking ban in such enclosed
public areas as hallways, waiting rooms, banks and
restaurants. ID# 7323
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"Smoking rate dips
among U.S. adults - CDC study"
(Reuters Health, Oct 19, 2003) --
ATLANTA (Reuters) - The percentage of American adults
who regularly smoke cigarettes fell slightly in 2001,
according to a federal study. The numbers cast doubt on
the nation's ability to meet a targeted reduction of the
habit by 2010. About 440,000 Americans die each
year from lung cancer and other diseases related
to tobacco use, making smoking the leading
preventable cause of death in the United States,
according to the federal government. ID#
7320
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"Solana Beach bans
smoking on beaches"
(San Diego Union Tribune, Oct 8, 2003) --
SOLANA BEACH – The city last night became the first
municipality in the state to ban smoking on
beaches. The City Council's vote was unanimous.
The ban also includes city parks. In the coming
weeks, signs will be posted at Fletcher Cove and La
Colonia Park. Smokers, out of courtesy, would be
expected not to light up. Enforcing the ban will not be
a high priority for sheriff's deputies, City Manager
Barry Johnson said. ID# 7314
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"Low-nicotine smoke
may help some break the habit, research suggests"
(Sacramento Bee, Oct 7, 2003) --
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A Duke University nicotine
researcher's preliminary study suggests a renegade
cigarette company's no-nicotine smoke deserves more
attention as a tool to help quit the habit.
Another nicotine researcher said the study, being
released by the company on Monday, had too few subjects
to draw any inferences about Quest cigarettes. But a
tobacco policy analyst said the product gives
researchers a new tool as they try to find ways to help
smokers break the habit.
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"British pop star
urged to quit Malaysia gig over tobacco sponsorship"
(Yahoo News, Oct 3, 2003) --
LONDON (AFP) - An anti-tobacco group in Britain appealed
to chart-topping pop star Craig David to pull out of a
concert in Malaysia that is part-sponsored by a major
cigarette brand. The concert in Penang on October 11 is
part of David's world tour, but campaigners fear he
doesn't know that Salem, a popular cigarette brand in
East Asia, is one of its sponsors.
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