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王菲被曝不丹归来戒烟戒酒(图) 

王菲再度怀孕的消息至今尚未向其圈内好友正式公布，即使是经常在一起玩的朋友也并不知情。笔者就此向王菲一位密友求证此事，她表示，“没听王菲说过这事，但是从不丹回来，她就把烟和酒都给戒了。”

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青岛司机驾车时禁烟 开车吸烟罚50元记2分 

今后两个月里，凡是司机驾车时吸烟一律将被处罚50元、记2分。今天记者从青岛市公安交警部门获悉，从今天开始至9月30日，本市将开展大规模交通秩序整治行动，重点打击16种交通违法行为。公安交警部门提醒，炎炎夏日正值交通事故高发期，司机驾驶更应注意安全。

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“三低”烟 一样害你没商量 

读者张先生近日给本版电子邮箱发来邮件询问，“听说低焦油、低烟碱、低一氧化碳烟相对安全，能放心抽，是这样吗？”天津医大总医院院长、我国著名肺癌专家周清华教授表示，“三低”烟不仅不会降低患肺癌几率，反而可能增加危险，一样害你没商量！

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WHO：三成癌症死亡能避免 

7月29日，世界卫生组织（WHO）更新了有关全球癌症状况的数据。其中指出，2007年癌症死亡人数达790万，约占所有死亡人数的13%；而30%的癌症死亡是可以避免的。

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二００八年奥林匹克科学大会上的人文中国气息 

广州，白云国际会议中心。来自六十多个国家和地区的二00八年奥林匹克科学大会与会专家，连日来在竞技体育、体育教育、运动医学等十个领域的四十五个学科里进行了广泛交流。中国专家发出的声音则散发出更多人文气息。

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ROBERT FLEURY : les grands contrebandiers [The Great Smugglers] 

It is happy that our governments send the good message: no one cannot be above the law, not even of manufacturing large companies. However, there N ’ is nothing amusing to think qu ’ they contributed certainly to develop the market of the smuggling of cigarettes.

Worse, they fed from the criminal organizations whose activities thus became more flourishing. . . .

For Quebec, these compensations of 210 million $ are a mean consolation. It had failed to recover tax losses of 440 million $ on behalf of JTI-MacDonald — on a total complaint of 1,4 billion $ —, the company S ’ being placed under the protection of the Law on arrangements with the creditors! Its leaders make however vis-a-vis criminal charges!

We recall which was the social context in 1989. . . .

It is at the very least shocking to carry out that the shareholders S ’ draw some on also good account. Aren't they those which it crime benefitted? Indeed, the value of their actions N ’ did not cease D ’ increasing these last years …

Thus, Philip Morris awaited the conclusion of the charges which hung on RBH to offer D ’ to buy remaining actions qu ’ it did not have yet (60%) by making an offer higher than the market of 16,9%. . . .

One can also S ’ question on the part played by certain persons in charge D ’ Imperial Tobacco and of RBH.

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LETTER: Le cynisme corporatif [Corporative cynicism] 

how to explain the reaction of the president d' Imperial Tobacco, Benjamin Kemball, who qualified the conclusion of the legal procedures of factor of “stability for which [our company] need has”? What cynicism!

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Female commuter relives moment thugs threw her on train line because she told them to stop smoking 

A woman commuter was thrown onto train tracks today after she challenged two youths for smoking.

Linda Buchanan, who was travelling to London in the morning rush hour, was heckled and shoved off the platform by one of the men after telling them to 'grow up'.

The 58-year-old landed beside a 750-volt live rail that would have killed her if she had touched it.

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Woman pushed onto rail track after challenging smokers 

Linda Buchanan, 58, landed beside a 750-volt live rail which would have killed her if she had touched it but escaped with burns for which she was treated in hospital.

"I just feel I'm lucky to be alive," she said. "It could have been a lot worse than it is and I'm shocked by the whole experience."

She had asked the pair to stop smoking twice already this week when they began to verbally abuse her. She told them to "grow up".

One of the men then pushed her, causing her to topple backwards and fall onto the track.

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Ban smoking from all WA cafe strips - lobbyist 

In the wake of Perth City Council's decision last night to ban smoking in restaurant al fresco areas, a national anti-smoking group has urged other cafe strip councils to do the same.

"Perth is the big one, with 154 al fresco dining licences," director of the West Perth-based Australian Council on Smoking and Health, Stephen Hall, said.

"Now Subiaco and Vincent, with their major al fresco cafe strips, need to show what they're made of or be left in a cloud of smoke."

City of Perth councillors last night unanimously supported, in principle, a smoking ban in licensed al fresco dining areas

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• Groups rally against extended smoking ban in Dallas  

A coalition of tavern industry, limited government and smokers' rights advocates say they'll battle efforts under way by Dallas politicians and health organizations to expand the city's public smoking ban to bars and pool halls.

"It's a small group of people trying to have their utopia at our expense," said John Barton, manager of tobacco shop Up In Smoke, during a rally Tuesday at Dallas' Havana Social Club cigar and rum bar. "We're going to meet this head-on. What's happening here - this is socialism. This is communism."

Kathy Grant, a spokeswoman for the Amusement & Music Operators of Texas, called on the Dallas City Council to protect smokers' right to puff freely in "adult venues without children present."

Two other organizations - the Americans for Prosperity Foundation and Greater Dallas Bar & Tavern Coalition - also went on record opposing an expanded Dallas smoking ban, which today includes most public workplaces and restaurants.

Group representatives say that in coming weeks they intend to gather petition signatures, lobby City Council members and try to convince Dallas residents that current smoking laws strike a fair balance between smokers' and nonsmokers' interests.

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Woman thrown on live railway line in station no smoking row  

A female commuter was thrown on to railway tracks this morning after telling two young men to stop smoking on a station platform.

Linda Buchanan, 58, who suffered bruising and a fractured wrist, was taken to hospital after the incident, which happened at Farningham Road station in Kent during this morning's rush hour. Police said she had been lucky to escape without fatal injuries as she fell close to a live rail.

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Woman pushed onto railway line in smoking row 

LONDON (Reuters) - Police said a woman was lucky to escape with her life after being pushed onto train tracks following a row with two men about smoking.

The 58-year-old woman was walking along the London-bound platform at Farningham Road train station in Kent at about 7 a.m. when she became embroiled in an argument with the men, said to be in their early to mid 20s.

"It would appear the woman had spoken to the men about smoking earlier this week," said Detective Inspector Bob Richardson of British Transport Police.

"This morning when she was at the station, she was walking past the same men when one of them pushed her and she fell onto the track."

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Alfesco smoking ban gains 'in principle' support 

Smoking is likely to be banned in alfresco dining areas in Northbridge and the city within 12 months after Perth City Council voted tonight to give 'in principle' support to the plan.

The move, which local business owners had warned could send some restaurants to the wall, has put the State Government under renewed pressure to take the lead and introduce smoking bans in all alfresco dining areas across WA.

The ban could take effect from next July and apply to all outdoor eating venues on council-controlled land, such as footpaths and kerbs.

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UALR to Go Smoke Free in 2009  

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Chancellor Joel E. Anderson announced Wednesday a new smoke-free policy for the university that will be implemented in August 2009.

Anderson said the decision was based on a recommendation by the University Assembly. The policy will apply to all locations of the university, including the main campus, the Bowen School of Law and the Benton Center.

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