| Giving More Teeth to Anti-Smoking Laws?
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| | Florida, USA the state will be spending
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| Non-smokers are now inhaling less
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| | $55 million to prevent teenage smoking.
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| secondhand smoke. This development was
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| | The strategy is to stop nicotine
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| reported by the US Center for Disease
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| | addiction before it starts. It can be
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| Control and Prevention. This is owed to
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| | recalled that Florida was one of the
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| the efforts of lawmakers to ban smoking
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| | first American states to win a lawsuit
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| in specific public areas. However, there
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| | against tobacco companies for misleading
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| is still a need to strengthen local and
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| | the public about the dangers of smoking
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| international laws against cigarette
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| | amid warnings and facts about smoking.
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| smoking. Public awareness about the facts
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| | Why Cigarette Smoking Should Be Banned
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| about smoking helps too. The
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| | Smoking is a vicious habit that should be
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| self-destructive habit of millions of
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| | nipped in the bud before it can start. It
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| Americans had officials scurrying to pass
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| | causes a host of deadly heart and lung
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| anti-smoking laws. The Surgeon General is
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| | conditions and affects non-smokers
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| getting full support from governments
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| | through secondhand smoke. There are
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| worldwide. The World Health Organization
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| | better and less known facts about smoking
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| (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco
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| | but the strongest argument for quitting
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| Control, which took effect on February
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| | the lethal tobacco is the early grave and
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| 28, 2005, banned smoking in workplaces,
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| | the overwhelming medical expenses for
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| bars, restaurants, and public transport.
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| | cancer treatments. Tobacco companies are
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| But the real sting is the higher taxes to
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| | targeting the youth with candy flavored
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| be imposed and the ban on advertising.
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| | cigarettes and slick packaging. Addiction
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| The battle against cigarette smoking will
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| | can start with the first puff and
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| create quite a stir in the tobacco
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| | continue for a lifetime with dire
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| industry, which supports millions of
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| | results. The best time to quit the habit
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| workers worldwide. The tobacco industry,
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| | is to nip it before it can even start.
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| which is a major source of government
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| | Tobacco Backlash Smoking kills. This is a
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| revenues, will do their best to protect
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| | fact, and there are emerging issues about
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| their interests. US Laws In the US,
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| | it. Desperate tobacco companies are
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| stringent laws banning cigarette smoking
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| | taking up arms against anti-smoking
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| in indoor public areas are put into
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| | campaigns. According to them, loss of
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| effect. In California, three cities -
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| | revenues will also affect millions of
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| Calabasas, Burbank, and Santa Monica are
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| | workers worldwide. Other negative
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| regulating non-smoking and smoking areas
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| | developments are cigarette smuggling and
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| outdoors. This is to protect residents
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| | dumping the tobacco products in third
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| and tourists from secondhand smoke, which
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| | world countries. But should these be
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| has contributed to several health issues.
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| | considered in the light of the dangers
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| In the enclosed workplace, smoking is
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| | smoking exposes to the public? Smokers
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| banned. The law requires employers to
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| | are also up in arms about the violation
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| designate smoking and non-smoking areas.
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| | of their right to smoke, but efforts
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| The smoking and non-smoking signs should
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| | continue to educate the public on facts
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| be prominently displayed and should be
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| | about smoking - in schools, in the
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| strictly enforced. Violation of the law
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| | internet, print media, and other forms of
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| will cost employers stiff fines. As laws
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| | interactive media. The debate reasons
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| are enacted, public support is necessary
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| | that if smokers have the right to smoke
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| to air the facts about smoking that can
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| | and kill themselves, they should not
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| help the public, especially the youth, to
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| | include the unsuspecting public.
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| understand the health implications of
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| | Want to know more facts about smoking and
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| smoking cigarettes and secondhand smoke.
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| | the effects of cigarettes on the general
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| Schools are enlisting to support
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| | public? Visit and also get information on
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| non-smoking campaigns on the campus. In
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| | today's stop smoking treatment.
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