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Cops: Man Refuses to Pay for Cigarettes Because He's 'the King'

As Mel Brooks famously stated, it's good to be the king. That is, of course, when you really are the king. Police in Michigan say one man learned the hard way that you won't get treated like royalty just because you claim to have regal lineage. Officers in Warren say Joseph Lawrence Borowiak tried to yank a pack of...

China Limits Smoking in Films, TV Shows

BEIJING -- China is ordering makers of films and TV shows to limit the amount of smoking depicted on-screen, the latest effort to curb rampant tobacco use in the country with the largest number of smokers in the world. The order from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television viewed Tuesday on its website...

Opinion: Why Not Discriminate Against Smokers?

The New York Times reports that "more hospitals and medical businesses in many states are adopting strict policies that make smoking a reason to turn away job applicants." The shift from smoke-free to smoker-free workplaces has provoked objections not only from tobacco companies but also from civil libertarians and even...

Smoking French Icons Allowed to Puff on Posters Again

French politicians have voted to amend a strict anti-tobacco law that snatched cigarettes and pipes from images of some of the country's most famous smokers. Fear of breaking the 20-year-old Evin Law, which banned the direct and indirect promotion of tobacco and alcohol in public places, had led authorities to remove...

Spain's Famed Tapas Bars Go Smoke-Free

MADRID -- Spanish sidewalks are crowded with smokers forced to light up outdoors for the first time today, after their government imposed one of the toughest smoking bans in all of Europe, bidding farewell to the smoky haze that used to envelop Spain's famed tapas bars. The ban went into effect Sunday, at the end of the...

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05/30/12 Genes make difference if quitting smoking Source: The Korea Herald Genetics can predict success of smoking cessation and whether a person is likely to respond to drugs for nicotine addiction, U.S. researchers say.
05/30/12 Genes make difference if quitting smoking Source: United Press International (UPI) Genetics can predict success of smoking cessation and whether a person is likely to respond to drugs for nicotine addiction, U.S. researchers say.
05/30/12 Kids need anti-smoking campaign Source: The Courier-Mail Life Education - the largest non-government provider of drug and health education in schools - has criticised the National Tobacco Campaign for not targeting children as well as adults.
05/30/12 Kids need anti-smoking campaign Source: The Daily Telegraph - Australia Life Education - the largest non-government provider of drug and health education in schools - has criticised the National Tobacco Campaign for not targeting children as well as adults.
05/30/12 Alberta seeking $10-billion in lawsuit against... Source: Globe and Mail Alberta is joining the list of provinces suing tobacco manufacturers for the costs of caring for patients with smoking-related illnesses.

Background on Tobacco

Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines.

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