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