Hamilton high school students, educators unite to take on tobacco industry. Stoney Creek News Hamilton Community Newspapers Ancaster News Dundas Star News Mountain News Stoney Creek News Grand River Sachem. One hundred educators, public health professionals and volunteers joined more than 400 youth, representing 28 local high schools and five Youth Action Alliances to discuss issues including tobacco awareness, marketing practices of the tobacco industry and the impact of commercial...

Easton, PA 4/11/2007 12:00 PM GMT (TransWorldNews) On Friday, April 20, 2007, Famous Smoke Shop, the nation's leading discounter of imported premium cigars, will present an evening of fine dining and luxury cigars at the Silver Creek Country Club in Hellertown, Pennsylvania as they welcome Jean Emond, the Ambassador for Graycliff Cigars. Easton, PA 4/11/2007 12:00 PM GMT (TransWorldNews) On Friday, April 20, 2007, Famous Smoke Shop, the nation's leading discounter of imported premium...

The committee backed a proposal (Senate Bill 250) to close the loophole for bars that get 5 percent of their income from selling tobacco. Lawmakers said they fear traditional bars are calling themselves cigar bars to take advantage of an exemption in the statewide smoking ban. The exemption was aimed at protecting only a handful of cigar bars, including Churchill's at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, but many other bars have latched on to it, according to Kimberly Hills of the Colorado...

Oral, head and neck cancer (OHNC) encompasses a variety of cancers that develop in the head and neck area, including the mouth, the throat, the paranasal sinuses and nasal cavity, the voice box, the thyroid and salivary glands, the skin of the face and neck, and the lymph nodes in the neck. Oral, head and neck cancer (OHNC) encompasses a variety of cancers that develop in the head and neck area, including the mouth, the throat, the paranasal sinuses and nasal cavity, the voice box, the...

Two challenge the constitutionality of the law and two others challenge a section of the law dealing with private clubs. COLUMBUS For bars, clubs and other businesses that continue to allow smoking in public places, you re running out of time to skirt the law. Q: What constitutes a private club? A: The law requires the clubs to be in free-standing buildings, have no employees unless they are members, not be open to the public and not admit anyone 18 years old or younger. As a result, many...

My wife died two years ago, a statistical clich : one of a growing number of nonsmoking women younger than 45 diagnosed with lung cancer. Cancer Sucks accessories ball caps, coffee cups and Thermos mugs sell well in oncology center gift shops. The cats ate fiber-rich chipmunks and avoided tobacco, alcohol and asbestos. Cindy battled it aggressively. Every now and then they throw us a bone to make us believe they care. I can t speak to my relatives medical histories or dietary habits. The...