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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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Stanton Glantz: "The current science and policy implications of secondhand smoke exposure"

Stanton gave this presentation in Seattle. For the most part he explains what we know about secondhand smoke including the most recent research about breast cancer, heart attacks and the information found in industry documents about the toxicity of ETS.
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More about Cardiovascular effect of secondhand smoke
More about secondhand smoke and breast cancer

Smokefree Restaurants in Paris

A smoking ban in French cafes and restaurants set to begin Jan. 1, 2007, has been modified and delayed for a year.
But there"s hope. Some independent-minded Parisian restaurateurs sick of government dithering or motivated by personal animosity to smoke have already declared their premises off-limits to tobacco. Others offer clients bona fide non-smoking rooms and await the ban.
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New Media Campaign in the UK about the Smoking Ban

In the UK, the Department of Health is launching a new media campaign to prepare the public to the smoking ban. Here are more details from the Observer.
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Marriott Hotels go smoke-free in Canada and USA

As of today, all Marriott Hotels properties in the United States and Canada ban smoking inside.
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Smokefree Hospitals and addicted smokers

How to deal with patients and staff who are addicted smokers in a smokefree hospital. A story in New Zealand.
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Cost of Nonsmokers' Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Nearly $6 Billion a Year

Actuaries: Cost of Nonsmokers' Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Nearly $6 Billion a Year in the US.
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Smoking ban reduces heart risk in Italy.

A public smoking ban in Italy has led to a fall in hospital admissions for heart attacks, research suggests. LISTEN

And a similar study in Pueblo (Colorado, USA)