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Passive smoke harms teen arteries

First published: March 7, 2010
Source: SCMP via Reuters
Children as young as 13 who have evidence of second-hand smoke in their [...]

Bars ignoring smoking ban taking our business, other pubs complain

Updated: February 28, 2010
Source: South China Morning Post
Popular bars on Hong Kong [...]

Explosive quotes from the “tobacco wars”

Source: various; links in text
– Narrated by Walter Cronkite, three-part mini-series makes its North American premiere October 21-22, 1999 –
http://www.tobacco.org/News/9910tobaccowars.html
“It [...]

All designated smoking areas in airports to go

Fiste published: February 22, 2010
Source: Gulf Times
Acting on reservations expressed by the Tobacco Control Cell, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) [...]

Letter from Kenneth

香港吸煙與健康委員會各位委員:

香港地少人多,人口密度世界最高,為保障全民呼吸健康,禁煙措施有需要做到全世界最嚴厲。

銅鑼灣行人專用區,整天都充斥著二手煙,途人根本避無可避。商場的廁所內,經常有人藏匿於廁格內抽煙,彌漫著陣陣煙味。事實上如無必要,本人是不會到銅鑼灣或旺角等鬧市逛街。

本人建議特區政府:

(1) 立法嚴禁18歲以下人士抽煙
(2) 每年大幅增加煙草稅,協助煙民戒煙
(3) 加強教育,減少青少年受煙毒影響

Source: Kenneth

Secondhand smoke raises TB risk: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)
Wed, Feb 10 2010
Smoking has long been known to boost tuberculosis risk, and a new study from [...]

Tobacco tax increase is best way to curb smoking

It took years to extend anti-smoking laws to restaurants and bars, a ban which came into effect last July. It [...]

Book about Secondhand Smoking

Secondhand smoke cause many diseases. The Institute of Medicine of The National Academies had published a book about how secondhand [...]

Tobacco Smoke Has Harmful Impact On Asthma, Rhinitis And Immunity

Tobacco smoke is involved in uncontrolled asthma, a diminished response to anti-asthma drugs, rhinitis, nasal obstruction, and deregulation of the [...]

Even snake itself cannot resist snake venom!

There is a fallacy that people who smoke himself will not be affected by second-hand smoking. However it is not [...]