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POPSNYC Smoking Rate Cut Go ahead, Mayor Mike! You deserved to be memorized for everything what you and your people already have done to our city. What a parking mess was in Manhattan before you! How you calmed down illegals! How many lives was saved with tobacco ban! You took care for everything, even for your own memorial.;) I will vote for you whenever and wherever you will decide to run. On any ticket. I hope you will agree to run next time.;) You are great man, real leader and big politician. Besides your business accomplishments.
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POPSAnti-Smoking Drugs May Have Psychological Effects I saw the physical effects that Zyban can have, and they were mild compared to some reports. Be very careful if any changes happen. On a lighter note, I'm not sure if there were any mental effects as my wife has been not enjoying "change of life". Could be either. :)
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POPSCall to ban child-in-car smoking 
And a spokeswoman for the road safety charity, Brake, said smoking while driving meant people were not concentrating on the road. "All that can add up to not having proper control of your vehicle or dangerous driving." She said it might be useful to have a law banning smoking in the same way there was in force regarding using hand-held mobile phones. But Neil Rafferty, Scottish spokesman for Forest, the pro-smokers' rights group, said: "We don't think that children should be exposed to smoke in a car but a ban would be a waste of police and court time. "Would it be OK if you opened the sunroof or a window while smoking? It's an impractical suggestion. "People like those at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health should be more realistic about what is possible." A Department of Health spokesman said it would look at whether current anti-smoking laws needed to be extended. He added: "We would always strongly recommend that people do not smoke in cars
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POPShttp://www.flickr.com/photos/ezefun/sets/72157611691133261/ Today, not only is smoking banned on domestic and international flights, smoking is also banned inside most airports and many localities have passed smoking bans in most public places, including many bars and restaurants. In 1998 California enacted a complete smoking ban that included an initially controversial ban of smoking in bars. Subsequently, other states such as New York have implemented bans of their own. There are now 34 states with some form of smoking ban on the books. In 2003 New York City amended its antismoking law to include all restaurants and bars, including those in private clubs, making it one of the toughest in the nation. Not satisfied with strict indoor smoking bans, experiments with outdoor bans, especially in public or government-owned spaces, have begun. The state of California, known to be a leader in anti-smoking policy, has enacted certain outdoor smoking bans.
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POPSConsumerist: Beware of your prescription! Golly, are there anything safe anymore? Or are we being too careful? Or its better be safe and to be sorry. Consumerist asked their readers about prescription(s) that they might take and that they might have side effects that could affect their daily function. Oh, wow, do they ever get enough response. There are more in the comments tread. The side effects rings true especially to the folks that have depression or related issues & especially with these issues, its advisable to speak to your family physician before listening to the rest of us & (may you take us with the grain of a salt!)
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POPSHave the tobacco police gone too far? There are genuine scientific questions over some of the more extreme claims made about the dangers of passive smoking and the best strategies to reduce smoking rates, but a few researchers who have voiced them have seen their reputations smeared and the debate stifled.
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POPSSmoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette...No Wait. Satire...Satire...Satire " finally, all these states and the federal government are raising their taxes to fund children's health programs- they say. this latest .60 cent tax increase is what started me thinking that today, as the new tax goes into effect, was the time to quit, so instead of the sick little kids getting $1.01 a day in taxes from me to fund their health programs, they're losing .41 cents, or $4.10 a week from me, State Farm, wants to up my new rate a few hundred a month because now I'm fifty and a smoker, so I'm dropping them and getting accident insurance instead and in two years when my rates would drop because (if) I've been a non smoker for that long, I'll go with another company with my business. "I'll keep you posted on how this is going, but right now I've gotten myself so upset that if I don't stop bitching I'll need a smoke to calm down.
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POPSTop 10 Anti Smoking Ads Telling a smoker that “smoking kills” is like screaming in front of a deaf person, none of them will notice. But still hoping for the best, different anti smoking Ads...
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POPSAnti-Smoking Kook to Help Run Dept of Helpless, Hopeless and Stupid "We are still in the process of structuring the ethics rules for an Obama administration, but it's clear that those rules would require recusal from any regulation or issue at Alston that he actually worked on,” said transition spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter last fall. “We will meet every commitment made during the campaign.” So 2 years means 2 years except when you are an anti-tobacco freak. Last time I checked tobacco is a legal substance. One that the government subsidizes.
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POPSKuiv Productions: The Tobacco Conspiracy (2005) This France-Canada co-production goes behind the scenes of the huge tobacco industry, whose economic power has been expanding for five decades at the expense of public health. A gripping investigation covering three continents, Nadia Collot’s film exposes the vast conspiracy of a criminally negligent industry that conquers new markets through corruption and manipulation. To confront the tobacco cartel, anti-smoking groups are organizing and scoring points, but the fight remains fierce. With ist diverse viewpoints, shocking interviews and riveting images, The Tobacco Conspiracy deftly defines the issues in a complex situation where private interests and the public good collide. Enlightening and engrossing, this documentary is a hard-hitting critique of an industry gone mad.
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POPSKuiv Productions: The Tobacco Conspiracy (2005) This France-Canada co-production goes behind the scenes of the huge tobacco industry, whose economic power has been expanding for five decades at the expense of public health. A gripping investigation covering three continents, Nadia Collot’s film exposes the vast conspiracy of a criminally negligent industry that conquers new markets through corruption and manipulation. To confront the tobacco cartel, anti-smoking groups are organizing and scoring points, but the fight remains fierce. With ist diverse viewpoints, shocking interviews and riveting images, The Tobacco Conspiracy deftly defines the issues in a complex situation where private interests and the public good collide. Enlightening and engrossing, this documentary is a hard-hitting critique of an industry gone mad.
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POPSCountries Meet to Rein in Big Tobacco Some 160 countries are meeting to define the tobacco industry's role in public health. Industry lobbying is considered the primary obstacle to enforcing anti-smoking public health measures worldwide, reports a corporate abuse watchdog group. "Tobacco is the only legally available consumer product which kills people when it is used entirely as intended," according to the Oxford Medical Companion. It is the greatest preventable cause of death and disease in the world. The main forces driving the global consumption of tobacco are Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco, and Japan Tobacco. Each company is known for marketing their products to children and using "their political influence to weaken, delay and defeat tobacco control legislation around the world.,"
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POPSWhy Do People Smoke After Having Sex? "On their first date, a man asked his companion if she'd like a drink. "Oh, no, what would I tell my Sunday school class?" she said. Later he offered her a cigarette. "Oh, no, what would I tell my Sunday school class?" she said again. On the drive home, he saw a motel. Figuring he had nothing to lose, he asked if she wanted to stop in there. "Okay," she replied. "What will you tell your Sunday school class?" he asked, shocked. "The same thing I always tell them: 'You do not have to drink or smoke to have a good time.'" That's my motto :)
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POPSNext They Will Be Singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Weiner" You see, according to their plan I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think; I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech and freedom of choice. I'm the kind of guy likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder - "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecued ribs with the side order of gravy fries?" I WANT high cholesterol. I wanna eat bacon and butter and BUCKETS of cheese, okay? I want to smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section. I want to run through the streets naked with green Jell-o all over my body reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly might feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiener".
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