Activists used the study's findings against the industry — and, paradoxically, sought to undermine the study's conclusions.On today's Planet Money, we tell the story of the study. And we look more broadly at the economics of this stuff.
Under the town's proposed ordinance, if you're within ten feet of a restaurant or ten feet of a public event at a stadium, ampitheater or ball park, you have to keep walking and smoking, and you cannot not stop, stand, sit or linger.Shock and awe again.
Professor Jeremy Pearson, of the British Heart Foundation, said: “There is lots of help out there for smokers wanting to quit that doesn’t involve nicotine, so there really is no excuse for expectant moms not to kick the habit.”
The couple says, under the human rights code, they were discriminated against “regarding an accommodation, service or facility customarily available to the public because of their physical disabilities,” according to a decision by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal.
From July 2009 until July 2010 the Arndts made several complaints to the strata council claiming that Puffer and her guests smoked on a patio, in a parking area and in other places near their apartment, On one occasion, Kathryn alleges the smoke triggered an asthma attack so severe that she had to go to the hospital for treatment, according to the decision.
As part of the Fleet Drive to Fit-ness campaign, Ford has partnered with nutritional therapist, Elsa Jones, to produce a handy information leaflet that gives helpful nutrition tips for drivers.
The leaflet also includes information on exercises that can help to keep drivers alert and fit for the road.
http://www.drivetofitness.ie./Wow.
Under the scheme, smokers who successfully kick their nicotine addiction receive vouchers for £12.50 a week for a maximum of three months.
But they also have to pass weekly carbon monoxide breath tests at their local pharmacy to prove they are still smoke-free.
