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• Smoking ban leads to drop in heart attacks, finds US study

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  Washington, Nov 15 (ANI): Smoking ban has resulted in a 27 percent decrease in heart attacks in the city of Starkville in United States, reveals a new study.Researchers, led by Robert McMillen and Dr. Robert Collins, have also recommended a statewide public ban on smoking.The study-that focussed on Starkville ...
  6 hours ago

• An Oregon heart miracle?

  
  Jacob Grier — Authority: 473
  Last week the Oregonian ran an op/ed about lottery revenue that turned out to really be primarily about the Oregon smoking ban. I missed it at the time, but it’s worth rebutting now. The piece is by Ty Gluckman, director of the coronary care unit at Providence St. Vincent Heart and Vascular Institute and a board ...
  3 days ago

• A sinner’s governor

  
  Jacob Grier — Authority: 473
  I don’t know much about Virginia Governor-elect Robert McDonnell, but I already like him far more than his paternalist predecessor Tim Kaine. One of the first items on his agenda is privatizing the state’s horrendous liquor stores : [...] the commonwealth currently only has about 300 ABC stores to serve nearly ...
  6 days ago

• No smoking (but plenty of vice)

  
  Letters to the Editor — Authority: 141
  Ironic isn’t? There’s now a smoking ban in place in St. Louis City, but it seems there’s a crack and heroin dealer on every corner! Talk about not being able to see the forest for the trees! Kim A. Knutsen Webster Groves …
  1 week ago

• Family physicians for Proposition N

  
  The Platform — Authority: 575
  By Dr. Walt Sumner, President, St. Louis Academy of Family Physicians The St. Louis Academy of Family Physicians supports the St. Louis County clean indoor air proposal for the following reasons: 1. Fine particles in tobacco smoke hurt smokers and non-smokers alike. These…
  2 weeks ago

• Prop N: Vote no to preserve business owners’ rights

  
  Letters to the Editor — Authority: 141
  A recent letter writer (Oct. 28), regarding Prop N, claimed that second hand smoke “causes approximately 50,000 deaths annually in the United States”, this attributed to a 2006 Surgeon General report. Oh, really? So how many of these 50 thousand deaths…
  2 weeks ago

• Yes on Prop N so that we may bowl again

  
  Letters to the Editor — Authority: 141
  I bowled nearly every day for two years as a varsity bowler in high school, but today I rarely step foot in a bowling alley. Despite my passion for the sport, I have no desire to expose myself to the…
  2 weeks ago

• St. Louis County shouldn’t be a safe haven for smokers

  
  Letters to the Editor — Authority: 141
  Not being a smoker, I can only relate my common experiences with those who do, and the vast majority involve visitors to our fair city.  I always encounter these “out-of-towners” while at various bar/restaurants in the west county area, and even…
  2 weeks ago

• Yes on Prop N: Help curb tobacco addiction in our state

  
  Letters to the Editor — Authority: 141
  As a former smoker, I have watched the debate surrounding Proposition N on next Tuesday’s ballot with great interest. This ballot measure takes an important first step in promoting smoke free indoor air in enclosed public places across St. Louis County.…
  2 weeks ago

• Yes on Prop. N to protect our children and grandchildren

  
  Letters to the Editor — Authority: 141
  Please get out and vote on Tuesday Nov 3 for Propposition N.  Our children, patrons and restaurant workers deserve clean air to breathe.  I have a very hard time when smokers complain about their rights. They have the right to smoke…
  2 weeks ago

• Vote no on Prop N for freedom of choice

  
  Letters to the Editor — Authority: 141
  Fellow Citizens, So lets get this straight; Proposition N proposes to ban smoking in all public places except casinos! Currently the owners of bars and restauarants in St. Louis County make their own smoking policies. These business owners are excericising their…
  2 weeks ago

• Smoking Bans – Are they backwards?

  
  Electronic Cigarettes by Instead E-Cigarette — Authority: 115
  Smoking bans have been popping up across the United States for over a decade now. There is evidence on both sides regarding the harmful affects of second hand smoke. Some studies show that second hand smoke is detrimental to those around the smoker and some studies have shown that with proper air ventilation, [...]
  3 weeks ago

• Proposed Smoking Ban in Indianapolis

  
  United Liberty - Free Market - Individual Liberty - Limited Government — Authority: 603
  Indianapolis already has a limited smoking ban. For the most part, the only places you can smoke are bars which do not employ or allow entrance to anyone under the age of eighteen, smoke shops, and bowling alleys. Smoke Free Indy , an anti-smoking activist group, is leading the charge to strengthen the ban and remove ...
  3 weeks ago

• Smoke-Free Air - Protect your heart from secondhand smoke

  
  COPD News Of The Day — Authority: 122
  An independent report released by the Institute of Medicine on secondhand smoke exposure and heart disease clearly confirms that secondhand smoke could cause heart attacks; smoke-free bans prevent them and save lives.Secondhand Smoke and Heart DiseaseNonsmoking adults who are exposed to secondhand smoke at home or ...
  4 weeks ago

• Balanced tobacco reporting at NYT

  
  Jacob Grier — Authority: 473
  The New York Times’ coverage of the new Institute of Medicine report on smoking bans and heart attacks includes these passages: Dr. Michael Siegel, professor of community health sciences at Boston University, said that such limitations were significant flaws and that the panel was being “sensationalistic” ...
  4 weeks ago

• LOC News 10/16/2009

  
  Left Of Center Podcasts — Authority: 136
  All the news that’s printed to fit for October 15th, 2009
  4 weeks ago

• Secondhand smoke exposure could lead to heart problems

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  Washington, Oct 16 (ANI): Increased exposure to secondhand smoke can result in heart disease in nonsmoking adults, says a new study.The study, titled Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Cardiovascular Effects, reviewed available scientific literature to assess the relationship between secondhand smoke exposure and acute ...
  4 weeks ago

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  Kole Hard Facts of Life — Authority: 106
  Yet Even Still More Smoking Ban for Marion County It seems like there is endless restlessness by those who wish to use the power of government to force businesses to involuntarily adopt no-smoke policies. From WTHR 13s report : A City-County Council committee approved a tighter ban in a 4-2 vote. The measure is ...
  4 weeks ago

• Outlawing Tobacco Would be the Best Health Care Reform

  
  American Reality — Authority: 135
  Many of you know that I have been a long-standing proponent of outlawing tobacco. Today, there is strong evidence to support the idea. The Institute of Medicine has just released a study that proves smoking bans decrease the incidents of heart attacks in nonsmokers. Six months after Butte, Montana’s smoking ban ...
  4 weeks ago

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