Broken Sword : The Smoking Mirror
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
An Auckland teenager used a mobile phone to record other students from the school apparently smoking cannabis - then turned the recording over to school authorities. The unusual situation left the Auckland high school's board of...
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
A particular set of genes can turn a teenager who experiments with tobacco into a life-long addicted smoker. Around 40 per cent of people with European origins have 'high-risk' versions of the genes.
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
A particular set of genes can turn a teenager who experiments with tobacco into a life-long addicted smoker, research has shown.
icWales (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
A particular set of genes can turn a teenager who experiments with tobacco into a life-long addicted smoker, research has shown.
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
A particular set of genes can turn a teenager who experiments with tobacco into a life-long addicted smoker, research has shown.
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
A particular set of genes can turn a teenager who experiments with tobacco into a life-long addicted smoker, research has shown.
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
A particular set of genes can turn a teenager who experiments with tobacco into a life-long addicted smoker. Around 40 per cent of people with European origins have 'high-risk' versions of the genes.
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
A bus driver who allegedly smoked marijuana with two teenage passengers was justifiably fired, the Employment Relations Authority has ruled. Rewa Kereopa denied smoking marijuana or sharing a pipe with customers and said she had...
Coyote Blog (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
The government claims that it is important to crack down on gambling because people who gamble might do themselves financial harm. Of course, just like the teenager who is thrown in jail because it is better for him than smoking...
Kalimna (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
'Last twinges of a coffin posting this book where the awning flaps a distant thank-you'. (William S. Burroughs) The US Surgeon General’s ‘Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoking’ is a massive 19MB document with a reasonably accessible Executive Summary . The evidence is mainly for the US but many arguments apply to Australia. It is a 2006 report but I have only just had the chance...
The Temas Blog (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
How did Brazil celebrate World No-Tobacco Day (May 31)? With assaults on tobacco and smoking from many sides, and some of them hard-hitting. This year's theme selected by the World Health Organization (WHO) for this year's Day was "Tobacco-Free Youth." Most of Brazil's activities followed the theme directly. One was a new publicity campaign of [...]
Masson's Blog (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
Indianapolis hasn’t been getting very good press the past couple of days. First it is #5 in a pollution study, now it’s ranked 12 out of 16 metropolitan areas in terms of health and fitness. Then again, health & fitness is probably an elitist liberal thing given that San Francisco ranked #1 with an unmanly [...]
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
"The Smoking Gun" has court documents that detail the story of Crystal, the Florida teenager who turned to YouTube after her rape case was dropped in by prosecutors. And it just might be a case of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
East Grinstead Courier (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
The Importance for youngsters in East Sussex to give up smoking has been outlined in a campaign inspired by a Heathfield teenager.
lying for a living (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
My son has just gone out to apply for a job. And, because he’s a teenager, he declined any advice from me. (Have you ever seen anybody's hair heat toward the ignition point and begin smoking?) He pointed out that it's waaaay too easy for me to think I can offer gratuitous suggestions about work, [...]
