Report: Smoking Bans Protect Nonsmokers' Hearts

By LAURAN NEERGAARD, Associated Press
Thu, 10/15/2009 - 9:05am

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A major report confirms what health officials long have believed: Bans on smoking in restaurants, bars and other gathering spots reduce the risk of heart attacks among nonsmokers....

NEXT
Topics:  washington ap     a   report   smoking   bans   nonsmokers   
BING NEWS:
  • Shareholders push casinos to reassess indoor smoking
    The U.S. surgeon general says separating smoking and nonsmoking sections, cleaning the air and ventilation aren't effective protections against secondhand smoke.
    05/9/2024 - 1:51 pm | View Link
  • Decadeslong push to end smoking in casinos finds new audience: shareholders
    Shareholders at three casino companies are pushing a proposal that would requires corporate management to commission a report on potential cost savings from implementing a smoke-free policy.
    05/4/2024 - 10:08 pm | View Link
  • NYC’s most outspoken smokers’ rights activist keeps up fight by growing her own tobacco — and ignoring bans
    She’s fired up — and still firing ’em up. The city’s most outspoken smoker’s rights activist has turned to “civil disobedience” now that cigarette restrictions are the norm – puffing ...
    04/30/2024 - 11:06 am | View Link
  • New Jersey and union ask judge to dismiss anti-smoking lawsuit targeting Atlantic City casinos
    Atlantic City's main casino workers union on Monday asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a different union that seeks to ban smoking at the city's nine casinos. Local 54 of the Unite Here ...
    04/29/2024 - 11:10 am | View Link
  • Popular vice faces ban on the Las Vegas Strip
    Prostitution isn't legal on the Las Vegas Strip, but escort services nonetheless advertise on billboards mounted on trucks that drive up and down the Strip. In that case legal is ...
    04/24/2024 - 3:45 am | View Link
  • More

 

NEXT
Welcome to Wopular!

Welcome to Wopular

Wopular is an online newspaper rack, giving you a summary view of the top headlines from the top news sites.

Senh Duong (Founder)
Wopular, MWB, RottenTomatoes

Subscribe to Wopular's RSS Fan Wopular on Facebook Follow Wopular on Twitter Follow Wopular on Google Plus

MoviesWithButter : Our Sister Site

Movies With Butter More Movie News

More News

  • Kamala Harris Fires Up Crowd: 'Kick That F*cking Door Down!'
    The Daily Dot, Monday - 05/13/2024 - 02:05 PM

    Vice President Kamala Harris didn't hold back as she fired up the crowd at the Asian-Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies on Monday with a well-placed F-bomb. Harris was talking about breaking barriers; she would know little about that as she became our country's first woman Vice President. She was also the first Black American and South Asian American to be elected to that position, so she broke a few glass ceilings.

    More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
  • Subbing For Trump, JD Vance Attacks Judge Merchan's Daughter
    The Daily Dot, Monday - 05/13/2024 - 01:06 PM

    Sen. JD Vance became Trump's public attack dog and assailed the judge's daughter today. Diminished Don is sending out his flunkies, since he faces jail if he violates the gag order again. Senators JD Vance and Tommy Tuberville are pretending they are showing up "just as friends" at Trump's trial; instead, they are his mouthpieces to circumvent the gag order. JD VANCE: First of all, Michael Cohen is the prosecution's star witness.

    More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
  • Fox News Host Reminds Guest Michael Cohen 'Was Covering Up' For Trump
    The Daily Dot, Monday - 05/13/2024 - 12:34 PM

    Fox News host Arthel Neville pointed out that the defense will have a difficult time discrediting Michael Cohen in Donald Trump's hush money trial because he "was covering up" for the former president. During a Sunday discussion on Fox News, trial attorney Bryan Rotella explained how Trump's defense team would attack Cohen when he takes the stand this week. "They're going to say you can't trust anything that this guy has said," he pointed out.

    More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
  • Kari Lake Makes Believe Migrant Voting Is Costing Her The Election
    The Daily Dot, Monday - 05/13/2024 - 12:23 PM

    MAGA Republican candidate for Arizona Senate seat claimed (with no proof, of course) that as of Sunday, she would lose her Senate race because of election fraud perpetrated by migrants being able to vote illegally. This is false, but Lake lives and dies over her frivolous election fraud claims. Lake tries to hone in on her latest conspiracy.

    More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
  • JD Vance Ignores That Time Trump Had Dinner With A Neo-Nazi
    The Daily Dot, Monday - 05/13/2024 - 10:25 AM

    CNN host Dana Bash pushed back on JD Vance's claims that Trump isn't anti-Semitic, but a huge supporter of Israel when she reminded him of the infamous Nick Fuentes dinner at Mar-A-Lago. Vance was going on and on about Trump's support for Israel, but it is only in proportion to any Jewish person that supports his candidacy. The Ohio Senator's response to Bash's remarks was to do the same thing that all MAGAts do when something happens that makes Trump look bad.

    More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
  • Busted: Roger Stone Uses Old Rod Stewart Concert Pic To Fake Trump Rally Size
    The Daily Dot, Monday - 05/13/2024 - 10:25 AM

    A spokesperson for the city of Wildwood, New Jersey, made a startling claim about the crowd size at Trump's rally. Lisa Fagan might as well have told the Associated Press that eleventy bazillion people showed up. She said that between 80,000 and 100,000 Trumpers showed up to see the orange aberration.

    More | Talk | Read It Later | Share