Cigarette companies kicked out of UN-backed meeting on tobacco smugglingGENEVA — A U.N.-backed meeting on tobacco smuggling has barred cigarette companies from attending for fear they will try to influence delegates, participants said Thursday. New Greek law restricts public smoking _ but gamblers and mental patients exemptATHENS, Greece — Europe’s most nicotine-addicted nation adopted a new public smoking ban Wednesday in a bid to stub out the Greek habit of lighting up practically everywhere. Exceptions have been made for mental patients and gamblers. Florida husband accused of drenching wife with hose for smoking in the houseJENSEN BEACH, Fla. — Authorities said a man has been charged with domestic battery after he drenched his wife with a garden hose and elbowed her for smoking in the house. An arrest report shows that the 51-year-old husband was charged Saturday. Police said the couple began arguing when the wife began smoking a cigarette in their home. Countries mull ban on selling cigarettes on Net, crackdown on smuggling via free trade zonesGENEVA — More than 130 countries met Monday to consider whether to ban the sale of tobacco on the Internet as part of an effort to crack down on the multibillion dollar market in contraband cigarettes. No snuffing out this rumor: Obama smokes occasional cigarette, says he’s ‘95 percent cured’WASHINGTON — It fell to President Barack Obama to confirm the gossip that his aides had spent weeks trying to snuff out: He still sneaks an occasional cigarette. Obama says he hasn’t completely quit smokingWASHINGTON — One day after signing legislation giving the government unprecedented power to regulate tobacco, President Barack Obama is admitting that he’s sometimes “fallen off the wagon” in his own effort to stop smoking. Obama signs anti-smoking bill, citing his own difficulty in breaking the cigarette habitWASHINGTON — Lamenting his first teenage cigarette, President Barack Obama ruefully admitted on Monday that he’s spent his adult life fighting the habit. Then he signed the nation’s toughest anti-smoking law, aiming to keep thousands of other teens from getting hooked. No ifs, ands or butts: Obama signs anti-smoking bill, cites own struggle with cigarettesWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama cited his own long struggle to quit the cigarettes he got hooked on as a teenager as he signed the nation’s strongest-ever anti-smoking bill Monday and praised it for providing critically needed protections for kids. Obama signs anti-smoking measure, saying it will help keep children from getting hookedWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has signed the strongest anti-smoking measure ever, calling it an extraordinary accomplishment that will help keep children from getting hooked on cigarettes. No ifs, ands or butts: Obama lauds anti-smoking bill giving FDA authority over tobaccoWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has signed the strongest anti-smoking measure ever, calling it an extraordinary accomplishment that will help keep children from getting hooked on cigarettes. A look at FDA-tobacco legislation Obama is signing into lawWASHINGTON — A look at legislation President Barack Obama signed into law Monday that gives the Food and Drug Administration regulatory controls over tobacco products. No ifs, ands or butts: Obama to sign anti-smoking bill giving FDA authority over tobaccoWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is set to sign into law an anti-smoking bill that will give the Food and Drug Administration unprecedented authority to regulate tobacco. O Canada: Tobacco advocates claim Canadian proposal would ban some leaf imported from USLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Tobacco advocates used to being on the defensive in their own country are fuming over a Canadian proposal they say could essentially ban some American leaf often used in cigarettes sold across the northern border. |
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