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Student who smoked forced to leave 

IPOH, MALAYSIA - A few months before M. Reuben was to sit the Penilaian Menengah Rendah examination, his father caught him smoking with a friend. As "punishment" his father pulled him out of school. The 15-year-old didn't sit the PMR, and he has no problems with that.

"I'm not disappointed. I consider myself lucky. I would have failed the examination anyway, just as I did the UPSR (Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah)," he laconically told the New Straits Times.

Reuben is neither studying nor working now. He is content just to hang out at home. . . .

Counsellor Nanthini Ramaloo from the centre's headquarters in Kuala Lumpur said almost half of the school dropouts in the country were Indian youths who left after the PMR examination.

"There are books to buy, notes to photocopy and class trips to attend at school. When they can't afford it, they just leave school."

More than half turn to crime when they can't find jobs, which worsens their problem if they get a criminal record, she said.

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Careless smoker caused school fire 

SHELTON -- A fire that seriously damaged Shelton High School Tuesday afternoon has been ruled accidental, caused by improper disposal of a cigarette, police said Wednesday.

Meanwhile, city officials said it is too soon to tell if school can reopen on schedule Monday.

Police Capt. Michael Madden said the investigation revealed that the fire started from someone throwing a cigarette inside a garbage can in the maintenance supply room on the second floor of the building.

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Cigarette caused Shelton school fire 

A cigarette thrown into a garbage can in the Maintenance Department's supply closet sparked the fire that damaged a large portion of Shelton High School Tuesday.

That is the finding released Wednesday morning by the Shelton Police Department and Fire Marshal James Tortora.

"It has been determined that the nature of the fire appears to be accidental," according to the release. "The fire started from the disposal of a cigarette into a garbage can in a maintenance closet."

That closet, on the second floor of the building behind the cafeteria, contained both paper supplies and chemical cleaning agents, which reportedly led to an explosion in the closet, which set off the fire.

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Cigarette caused Shelton High fire  

- A discarded cigarette caused Tuesday's three-alarm fire at Shelton High School, authorities told News Channel 8.

Count on 8 Investigator Alan Cohn spoke with Shelton Police Capt. Michael Madden, who says the fire marshal has ruled the fire accidental.

According to Capt. Madden, the cigarette was tossed into a garbage can in the maintenance supply closet on the second floor. The investigation is still ongoing.

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Police search boarding school over smoking rooms for students 

SHINSHIRO, Aichi -- Police have searched a private boarding school here following the discovery that it set up smoking rooms for students in their dormitories, in violation of local child welfare ordinances.

Officials from Tsugeno High School in Shinshiro claim the rooms are used for anti-smoking education. Police, however, say that students had tacit permission to smoke there, and are interviewing teaching staff with an eye to identifying and forming a case against those involved.

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Smoke busters 

Weary of stationing teachers outside restrooms, Greenup County High School is turning to technology to cut down on smoking in restrooms.

The Greenup County Board of Education on Monday agreed to place a detection system in student restrooms; the system is designed to help catch smokers in the act.

The system uses heat sensors that send a silent signal to pager-like devices carried by chosen administrators and faculty. When a cigarette sets off the sensor, the pagers show which restroom the signal comes from.

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Sly cigarette leads to court order 

A TEENAGER who caused £15,000 worth of fire damage at a Felixstowe school when he failed to stub out a cigarette is today under a supervision order.

South East Suffolk Youth Court heard that the 15-year-old was having a crafty cigarette in the boys' toilets at Orwell High School during an open evening for the community when he stubbed out his cigarette on some toilet paper. He is not a pupil at the school.

However the court heard that the cigarette had not properly extinguished which caused the toilet pan to shatter in the heat and destroyed the cubicle.

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State hands out tobacco prevention grants  

The state Health Department has awarded nearly $200,000 in tobacco program grants to 14 South Dakota colleges and technical schools.

The grants are designed to help the schools combat tobacco use by students.

State Health Secretary Doneen Hollingsworth says 18- to 24-year-olds have the highest smoking rate of any adult group.

The funds may be used to enhance tobacco-free policies in buildings and grounds as well as implementing tobacco prevention programs through campus organizations and activities.

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State hands out tobacco prevention grants  

The state Health Department has awarded nearly $200,000 in tobacco program grants to 14 South Dakota colleges and technical schools.

The grants are designed to help the schools combat tobacco use by students.

State Health Secretary Doneen Hollingsworth says 18- to 24-year-olds have the highest smoking rate of any adult group.

The funds may be used to enhance tobacco-free policies in buildings and grounds as well as implementing tobacco prevention programs through campus organizations and activities.

Education officials also may use the money to incorporate information about tobacco dependence and treatment into campus health classes.

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exposé contest takes a slapshot at the tobacco industry for a shot at playing with the Ottawa 67's  

The Ottawa 67’s and Ottawa Public Health’s Smoke-Free Youth project, exposé, invite all grade 7 and 8 students to take a slapshot at the tobacco industry in a writing contest and win a shot at playing hockey with players from the Ottawa 67’s. exposé wants to hear about what students are doing, or could be doing, to take a stand against the tobacco industry and make a difference in their schools or communities.

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School fire started by teen's cigarette 

A TEENAGER who caused �15,000 worth of fire damage at a Felixstowe school failed to properly stub out a sneaky cigarette in the toilet.

South East Suffolk Youth Court heard the 15-year-old had set light to toilet paper in a cubicle in a set of boys' lavatories at Orwell High School at an open evening for the community.

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Bangalore: Organizations Violating Tobacco Rules to Face Strict Action  

The State Tobacco Control Board has decided to take strict action against the institutions/organizations which do not implement the tobacco ban properly.

This decision was taken at a meeting of the Tobacco Control Board and other senior officers of the state recently. The meeting decided to give the power to the local bodies to cancel the licences of the restaurants, hotels or other institutions that fail to implement the tobacco ban effectively. The board has decided to punish the institutions which fail to educate and exercise control over the customers. Tobacco ban will be implemented especially in the premises of the educational institutions and the resorts that fall under the tourism department.

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Bitten by chewing tobacco 

Gruen Von Behrens started chewing tobacco when he was 13. Four years later he was diagnosed with oral cancer.

"After that first surgery I had to have a piece of my bone removed and half of my tongue," said the anti-tobacco advocate, who's spoken in 46 states and 10 provinces the past decade.

He made a stop in Sarnia- Lambton this week to speak with area students.

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Reality is different from perception, students need to know  

Keeping students away from danger is Kip Farnum’s job. As the director of student support services for the Campbell County School District, he’s in charge of sustaining programs that discourage violent behavior and substance use among students.

And his office just got some help to do that, thanks to a sizable federal grant.

The U.S. Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Justice recently gave the district a $6 million grant to develop and promote the Safe Schools/Healthy Students program. . . .

One of the big goals of the project is a campaign to get information out to students about how reality is different from perceptions on issues like drinking and smoking, using informational posters.

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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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