Sales of tobacco products have been banned in all Senate buildings, and key lawmakers say tobacco lobbyists don't come around much anymore. Apparently the makers of cigarettes are focusing their dollars and attention elsewhere. Let's see, disappearing lobbyists in Washington and a halt in the downward trend in smokers. There would be little reason to lobby older folks, who either smoke or they don't smoke. The new target almost certainly is young people. And the thing is, smokers tend not...

Buying the whole damn crop for $4,000,000,000 or so, which is a drop in the bucket compared to the trillion-plus spent on the Iraq and A'stan "missions" so far, would deprive the Taliban and other odious characters, such as many members of the Karzai "government'" of at least part of their revenue stream and would mean more painkillers for the needy or maintenance rations for drug addicts. Buying the whole damn crop for $4,000,000,000 or so, which is a drop in the bucket compared to the...

Reezie DeVet, chief operating officer for Northern Michigan Regional Hospital (left), and Brian Peters, senior corporate vice president of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association, stand in front of the hospital s new Let s Clear the Air logo to promote its campus being smoke free beginning Thursday, Nov. Reezie DeVet, chief operating officer for Northern Michigan Regional Hospital (left), and Brian Peters, senior corporate vice president of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association,...

Although numbers aren't increasing, officials say tobacco company marketing techniques and general attitudes keep adolescents and young adults smoking. Tobacco companies also market to youths by creating flavored cigars and cigarettes, as well as smokeless products to get around state no smoking laws, said April Sutters, prevention specialist for Poudre School District. Health dangers of smoking seem very far off to teenagers and don t have, perhaps, the compelling reasons for quitting...

The policy applies to employees, patients, physicians and visitors and prohibits tobacco use in hospital buildings, parking lots and outdoor areas. The release said THR s decision to prohibit smoking on all its properties demonstrates a commitment to improving the health of the communities we serve. We see it as really demonstrating our commitment to providing a healthy environment for our patients, the community as a whole as well as our employees and medical staff, McKinney said she knew...