Tobacco use is the second leading cause of death in the world, killing half the people who smoke regularly. People who have never smoked die each year from diseases caused by breathing second-hand tobacco smoke. The Makin' It Happen Coalition is a joint effort among business and community organizations to promote positive behaviors to improve the health and well-being of youth, focusing on alcohol tobacco and other drug preventions. Of the 125 retail establishments checked, only two sold...

Prosecutors pointed to robbery as the motive, saying Crews needed money because his tobacco crop was poor. With a 50-year sentence, he would be eligible for parole in a little more than 17 years because of credit for the time he has served in the Boyle County jail. The 34-year-old Maddox was shot in the back and beaten in the head. Jury convicts man in tobacco warehouse slaying. George said there was no gunshot residue on Crews and no blood on his hands, shoes or coveralls. Crews'...

This year, the Withrows invite city slickers and anyone else interested to come to their spot to pick what's turning out to be a bumper crop of strawberries. Hers comes from growing up in Pliny, where her father grew tobacco and hay and the family always had a big garden. Jim raises beef cattle and hay on land at Grandview and when this 5-acre spot became available for lease, it seemed perfect for growing food crops. The 14,000 plants they set last year are brimming with berries -- and if...

Another 55 will die tomorrow, and, in the next year, smoking will kill 20,000, not including others forced to inhale cancer-causing discharges in taverns and bars, and in public buildings and work offices where it is allegedly forbidden, just like at the European Commission, which wants to ban smoking in public places except for its own buildings. Thank you for smoking, Big Tobacco is glad - New Europe News: #1 The European News Source. Another 55 will die tomorrow, and, in the next year,...

Besides, it bans all forms of advertisement, promotion, and sponsorship by tobacco companies, and cigarette sales through vending machines, over telephones, and on the Internet. The new directive, which takes effect next month, also bans the sale of cigarettes at workplaces, schools, hospitals, and aboard public transport, and calls for stronger efforts to crack down on cigarette smuggling. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung issued a decree earlier this month banning smoking in most public...