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Dying smoker left out in the cold

Suzanne Penny, 58, smokes outside Toronto Grace Hospital. Penny, who suffers from terminal cancer, says smoking is a coping mechanism and one of the few pleasures left in her life, but because of the Ontario smoking ban, she must go outside in the cold to light up.
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From Butts to Anti-Littering Taxes

Few smokers understand that cigarette filters are not biodegradable and take the time to dispose of them in the trash, so these bans result in a significant increase in cigarette litter. Most cigarette filters are made of cellulose acetate—in other words, plastic.
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Health Canada New Ad on YouTube

In what may be a first for the federal government, Health Canada has posted its new anti-smoking ad on You Tube.
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Anti-smoking rules result in more cigarette butt litter

The number of cigarette butts tossed on downtown Halifax sidewalks has skyrocketed ever since new anti-smoking rules chased the last indoor smokers outside, says the head of a business lobby group.
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When Don’t Smoke Means Do

From a New York Times Editorial, of November 27, 2006
Philip Morris has adopted the role of good citizen these days. Its Web site brims with information on the dangers of smoking, and it has mounted a campaign of television spots that urge parents, oh so earnestly, to warn their children against smoking. That follows an earlier $100 million campaign warning young people to “Think. Don’t Smoke,” analogous to the “just say no” admonitions against drugs.
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Mexico Launches Anti-Smoking Campaign

The government teamed up with doctors, academics and a U.S.-based drug company Wednesday to announce a campaign to reduce the number of smokers in Mexico by more than 10 percent in three years.
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New York: Cigarettes are eating you alive.

Rotted teeth. Twisted lips. A diseased lung. These startling and sickening images are featured in the New York City's latest anti-smoking television commercial, which debuted yesterday.
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Almost half of lung cancer patients go back to cigarettes

New research has shown that the development of lung cancer and surgery to remove it is still not enough to put many smokers off picking up cigarettes again.
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Smoke is poison (including Polonium 210).

Britain's smokers are inhaling a lethal cocktail of poisonous chemicals including arsenic and Polonium 210, new TV ads will reveal. (see the ads)
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