Cities, states, and countries all over the world are banning smoking in public, and I couldn't be happier.In fact, it's such a rout, it's getting out of hand.Now public opinion and governments have turned against tobacco. picked by jenny 1 year ago

A collection of Japanese signs intended to improve people's manners about smoking. picked by ogri2003 1 year ago

According to the data of American scientists, people who suffer from Parkinson's disease are less inclined to smoking and high coffee consumption, than their healthy brothers and sisters. It's a researchers' opinion that coffee and nicotine really can protect our brain from severe neurodegenerative disease. picked by JanetDavis 2 years ago

This year’s World No Tobacco Day focuses on 100 percent Smoke-Free Environments as the only measure to protect people, especially women and children, and people in the workplace, from exposure to second hand tobacco smoke. picked by suebe 1 year ago

The Examiner is Baltimore's "rich right wing" chain newspaper. Dispute over smoking leads to confrontation involving a shotgun. The editor is apparently....an idiot. picked by blurmore 2 years ago

Sometimes women interfered in process of smoking and it brought comical character picked by JanetDavis 2 years ago

Sony Japan announced today a new "Mint Green" PlayStation Portable to be released on February 28, 2008. It is expected to be favored by the heavily pursued female gaming demographic. This makes for the seventh PSP color released in Japan, and you just know there's someone oot there that already owns six. picked by punthe 11 months ago

people at Harvard want to get rid of smoking in movies. A report delivered to the Motion Picture Association of America by the Harvard School of Public Health advised that studios “eliminate the depiction of tobacco smoking from films accessible to children and youths.” I like that Harvard still uses phrases like “accessible to youths.” Harvard is going to have to revamp a ... read full post picked by sholom22 2 years ago

The NicStic kit, retails for 80 euros (about $100), comes with a small plastic heating case, three voltage adapters and a carton of filters. The heating case is powered by a 3.7-volt lithium battery that can vaporize about 20 fume-free smokes. picked by BrownTrout 2 years ago

Belmont, CA wants to ban smoking in outdoor public places such as parks and stadiums, and in "service lines" such as those at ATMs as well as apartments and condos. This would be the first US city to ban smoking in your private home. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

To protect people against the dangers of second-hand smoke, smoking tobacco is banned in public areas. You can still smoke cannabis, provided it isn't mixed with tobacco. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

The days of teenagers fuelling their smoking habits by buying cigarettes in cheaper packs of 10 could be numbered, under radical proposals being considered by the Department of Health. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Harei village, Shingo, Japan, is said to be the grave of Jesus when he died in the village after escaping Roman persecutors in Golgotha, Israel. According to the myth, in Japan his job was as a carpenter and he made his own cross for the grave at the age of 107. picked by mitzuzake 1 year ago

This is a must see for all plimates!

Warning: The last word in this video is b*tch. If you don't like the word b*tch, then don't watch this. However, if the word b*tch doesn't bother you, then go ahead and view it. Just don't b*tch to me aboot the video. picked by punthe 8 months ago

Finally nicotine addicts have the answer to all their winter woes with Smoking Mittens. With a special cigarette-shaped hole in the mitten, smokers can light-up without exposing their digits to the harsh elements. picked by mitzuzake 11 months ago

No, not made in Japan. Made of Japan, or at least made of Japanese blogs. The site taps into 150 blogs each hour, analyzes the colors and brings them together to make a shoe. What you can do then is to click on any of the elements of the shoe and see what it is and which blog it comes from.

Could be nsfw, you never know... picked by BernardBlack 4 months ago

Church officials are objecting to a demand by the British government that "no smoking" signs be posted outside churches and cathedrals. A spokesman for the Association of English Cathedrals, the Very Rev. Colin Slee -- who also serves as Dean of Southwark -- said the rules are completely unnecessary. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Tired of the public smoking ban? Some people are turning to electronic cigarettes to get their fix, which apparently are completely legal to smoke in public. picked by TheAnt314 2 months ago

Blogs are even more popular in Japan than in the U.S. It may be that they represent an appealing outlet in a culture that discourages public self-expression. Japan produced 8.7 million blogs at the end of March, and the U.S. an estimated 12 million blogs -- making blogging far more popular in Japan, taking the countries' relative populations into account. An estimated 25 million Japanese -- more t... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

It was the golden age of Hollywood, a time when movies defined who we were and what we did. But it was also the golden age of tobacco sponsorship, a time when tobacco companies paid stars thousands of dollars - as well as a year's supply of cigarettes - to promote their products on and off-screen picked by suebe 2 months ago