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Some Cardinal Fans Unhappy About Tobacco Ban  

If you want to light up at a Sheldon Clark Cardinals game or on Martin County school property the schools superintendent says there are other places to go. The ordinance is not county-wide.

"We are by no means anti-tobacco in the county, that is not our intentions at all. We simply want our sites to be as clean and outstanding as possible," Martin County Schools Superintendent Mark Blackburn said. . . .

We talked to some Sheldon Clark tailgaters and they are not fans of the ban.

"They have took my rights and twisted them to a point where I can not smoke anywhere on the premises," Mable Sites said.

"I disagree. I think they should have a smoking area the parents. They come out and support the kids so they should have a place to smoke," Sheldon Clark Senior Martika McCoy said.

Asked whether or not a designated area for smokers would happen, Blackburn said it was possible but for now the policy stays as is.

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County health department reviews tobacco use survey 

The Barry County Health Department Board of Trustees reviewed the results of a school tobacco use survey at its regularly scheduled meeting on Sept. 18.

The survey was conducted during the 2007-08 school year to identify tobacco use behaviors among sixth through 12th grade students. The Exeter, Monett, Shell Knob and Purdy school districts participated in the survey.

According to the survey, an average of 35.7 percent of all students surveyed reported that they had experimented with cigarettes or cigars. Over 75 percent of 12th grade students reported that they had tried smoking.

The survey results also showed that over 25 percent of both 11th and 12th grade students smoked at least once a month

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Police crack down on students smoking at Bay City Central 

On the first day of school, Bay City Central High School's police liaison officer wrote 11 tickets to underage students who were smoking cigarettes.

Since then a total of at least 25 tickets have been written, said Darren Smithers of the Bay City Police Department.

''I catch them all over,'' said Smithers, who started as the school officer last year.

Sometimes they're behind The Bay City Players building at 1214 Columbus Ave., sometimes they're in ''Smokers' Alley'' on Hampton Street near 10th, sometimes they're sitting in their cars, and sometimes they're just walking down the sidewalk, he said.

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• Law to combat smoking awaits Cabinet approval 

A new law to combat smoking in public and workplaces has been drafted and is awaiting Cabinet approval. Those smoking in public places will be fined SR200.

Suleiman Al-Sabi, secretary-general of the Charitable Society to Combat Smoking, urged those affected by smokers at work and public places to take legal action against them, demanding compensation.

"Parents should file lawsuits against teachers who smoke in schools as well as against traders who sell cigarettes to their children," he said.

He said the new law, which will be effective a year after its publication in the official gazette, was prepared by the committee of experts at the Council of Ministers.

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• Teachers reject smoking bans in school 

A proposal to ban smoking on Victorian school grounds would limit the potential fundraising activities of schools, the education union says.

The Victorian government is considering a reform package as part of a new tobacco control strategy that would ban smoking, including by staff and parents, on school grounds, in addition to existing laws against smoking inside school buildings.

Under current laws smoking is still allowed by parents picking up children, staff on school grounds or at school community events.

Australian Education Union (AEU) state president Mary Bluett said there was little reason to change the law.

"Overwhelmingly schools are smoke-free. People who need to smoke go off school grounds out of sight of students. They're very aware of their role model status," Ms Bluett said.

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No Smoking!  

It's official. Manitoba schools are now completely smoke-free.

While the province-wide smoking ban that went into effect in 2004 included schools, it did not include school property.

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Smoking ban still unimplemented  

Places of worship in the city have committed the most serious violations of the ban on smoking in public places, recent data from the Jakarta Environmental Management Board reveals.

"We checked 15 places of worship throughout Jakarta. None of them had posted no-smoking signs," the board's environmental pollution control division head Ridwan Panjaitan told a seminar on Wednesday.

The board monitored five types of public space last year to check on compliance with local regulations requiring smoking be restricted to certain areas. The board also checked health facilities, workplaces, schools and public transportation.

He said many people still smoked in the parking lots and yards surrounding mosques, churches and temples.

Speaking during the seminar on obstacles to the implementation of the smoking ban bylaw, held by the Indonesian Consumers Foundation, Ridwan said schools and universities ranked second in number of violations.

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Tell me about it: Caught smoking? He’s the man to see 

9. What types of trouble earn an automatic expulsion?

I don't expel many people any more. It used to be right and left. It's for a semester or 90 days, whatever you prefer. Bullying would be one where you're making it unsafe for other kids to be here. Just plain downright fighting ... if we catch them smoking twice that usually ends up being expulsion. Those are the big three.

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Discouraging people from smoking 

MIRI: Various concerned quarters, including the authorities, continue to carry out activities to deter the people from smoking - a habit that not only endangers the smokers’ lives but also that of their family members and others.

The Health Department, for instance, is mounting relentless operations and activities to drive home the message that there is no benefit at all in puffing.

And as part of the efforts, the department’s Investigation and Prosecution Unit here seriously enforces the Control of the Tobacco Products Regulations 2004 under which smoking in gazetted no-smoking areas is an offence.

From January until now, a total of 31 people, including 15 students had been booked for puffing in gazetted no-smoking areas in the city. . . .

He said the students were aged between 13 and 16.

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• Smoking ban ensures a healthy Games 

the city's municipal government is also making efforts to ensure a healthy Games by prohibiting smoking in public areas.

The regulation was enacted to meet requirements from the World Health Organization (WHO).

In a 2004 meeting with Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing, former WHO Director-General Dr. Lee Jong-wook said it was his hope that all athletes and spectators coming to the Beijing Games have a smoke-free environment at the competition venues.

Premier Wen agreed, noting that a smoking-free Olympic Games is in line with the Olympic spirit, and would further enhance tobacco control in Beijing.

Health authorities in Beijing banned smoking in public areas beginning on May 1. . . .

To meet the regulation, a total of 6,700 no smoking signs were place at all Olympic sports venues.

To create a smoke-free dining environment, the Beijing Health Bureau and other organizations issued a regulation requiring no-smoking areas in the city's 40,000 restaurants in February 2007. . . .

Another no-smoking campaign requires medical organizations to take the lead to turn hospitals into a no-smoking environment, then promote the initiative to all of society.

The Beijing Health Bureau has formulated six standards for smoke-free hospitals. . . .

From April to June in 2008, a total of 165 reports on smoking control appeared in the news media.

Posters to promote tobacco control were placed in many communities in Beijing. . . .

The Beijing Health Bureau has also strengthened cooperation with WHO and other international organizations to enhance the tobacco control task in the city.

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Schools beef up bans on tobacco 082308  

School systems in Columbia and Richmond counties are strengthening policies that restrict tobacco products on school grounds. The Columbia County school board is expected to give final approval Tuesday to a policy prohibiting all tobacco on school property.

"It's more or less smokeless tobacco that is being targeted," Superintendent Charles Nagle said.

The Richmond County school board approved a similar policy revision earlier this month. It expands the definition of tobacco products, tobacco use and school property and stipulates that tobacco use is prohibited 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The school systems are updating their policies to support an initiative by Georgia's East Central Public Health District to create tobacco-free schools.

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13所学校成省级“健康促进学校” 

本报讯（记者 陈 羚 通讯员 吕宜民）记者昨天从市疾病预防控制中心获悉，我市省泰中附中、实验学校等13所中、小学被授予2008年“江苏省健康促进学校”铜奖。

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Govt turns the heat on tobacco vendors near educational institutes  

Through an order, the Executive Magistrate-cum-Director Public Instruction (Schools), SK Setia, has prohibited nearly 125 shops from selling cigarettes and other tobacco products within 100 yards of all educational institutes in Chandigarh . The said shops face closure should they fail to comply with the order.

The order has come in response to a number of complaints filed by social activist Hemant Goswami, who is also a member of the 'National Steering Committee on Tobacco Control' constituted by the Union Government.

Earlier, the entire city was surveyed, and an NGO named 'Burning Brain Society' prepared a list of nearly 125 tobacco vendors selling tobacco products within 100 yards of any educational institution.

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LETTER: Upcoming treat  

Congratulations to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for having the courage to make San Francisco the first city in the United States to stop sales of tobacco products in pharmacies. . . .

And there is an additional benefit that will accrue to the children of San Francisco. The ban takes effect in October. That means this back-to-school shopping season will be the last one that children buying crayons and other school supplies in their neighborhood pharmacies will be faced with a colorful cigarette display at the check stand. The best way to stop smoking is never to start. By the time the kids are back in force to buy their Halloween costumes, the cigarette displays will be gone. Now, that will be a treat.

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Bladen County Schools going tobacco-free 

As parents prepare to send their children back to school, there is a new policy in place they may not be aware exists. The Bladen County Board of Education has declared all school grounds throughout the county to be “tobacco-free.”

“The board adopted a policy of absolutely no smoking on the school grounds or district offices anywhere in the county, and that includes during such after school events as ball games,” said Superintendent Kenneth Dinkins. “Actually, that’s the law that all school campuses in the state are tobacco-free.”

Dinkins said the new policy was formally adopted at the board’s June meeting and applies to everyone on the school campuses and at all school events.

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