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	Chain smoking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chain smoking is the practice of lighting multiple new cigarettes from one that is finished.
		Chain smoking is a term primarily applied to cigarette smoking, although it can be extended to cover cigar and pipe smoking as well.
		Before the 1960s, when the dangers of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke were not well known, smoking was permitted in nearly all public places, allowing true chain smokers to live fairly typical lives.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chain_smoking (414 words)

	Tobacco smoking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The smoking pipe typically consists of a small chamber (the bowl) for the combustion of the substance to be smoked and a thin stem (shank) that ends in a mouthpiece (also called a bit).
		In Germany, 35% of the population smokes, and in Russia, 39% of the population smokes (63% of all males smoke).
		Passive smoking is one of the key issues that have lead to introduction of smoking bans, particularly in workplaces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tobacco_smoking (6116 words)

	Smoking - Uncyclopedia
		Smoking is the human practice of ingesting enormous quantities of the aerially-dispersed waste products of combustible organic matter, so that they may be sequestered safely within the lungs and out of harm's way.
		The pleasant effects from the inhalation of air-born soot was discovered in 1607 by the Virginia colonist Nathaniel Ebeneezer Smitherspoon, while he was being burnt at the stake by the Jamestown Council of Religious Enforcement for not sufficiently kissing the ass of Jesus in his public and private life.
		Surely smoke becomes a kitchen; also oftentimes in the inward parts of men fouling and infecting them with an unctuous and oily kind of foot as hath been found in some great tobacco-takers that after their death were opened." -- King James I of England, VI of Scotland.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Smoking (721 words)

	Bulgaria Struggles to Kick Chain-Smoking Habit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		As more western countries move to impose all-out bans on smoking in public, EU aspirant Bulgaria -- once a world-leading tobacco producer -- is moving forward with its first attempts to cut through the haze.
		Smoking is now forbidden in hospitals, schools, museums, day care centers and theaters.
		But in a country where half of the population smokes and doctors, teachers and clerks have long grown accustomed to puffing away at work, the new rules, which came into effect on Jan. 1, are proving hard to enforce.
	www.tobacco.org /news/188034.html (250 words)

	Florida Hospital: Stop Smoking
		Smoking is the most significant and potent risk factor for coronary heart disease.
		In fact, if you smoke, your risk of dying from a heart attack is at least 2-4 times that of a person who has never smoked.
		But the good news is that the risk of a heart attack drops by almost a third after the first year of quitting smoking and reaches the level of persons who have never smoked by the third or fourth year.
	www.flhosp.org /services/breakchain (596 words)

	ACS :: Guide to Quitting Smoking
		And smoking is a major risk factor for peripheral vascular disease, a narrowing of the blood vessels that carry blood to the leg and arm muscles, as well as cerebrovascular disease that can cause strokes.
		Smoking also causes premature wrinkling of the skin, bad breath, bad smelling clothes and hair, and yellow fingernails and hair, yellow fingernails and increased risk of macular degeneration, one of the most common causes of blindness in the elderly.
		Smoking by mothers is linked to a higher risk of their babies developing asthma in childhood, especially if the mother smokes while pregnant.
	www.cancer.org /docroot/PED/content/PED_10_13X_Guide_for_Quitting_Smoking.asp (8063 words)

	NYC Smoking Ban Debuts - CBS News
		Owners of establishments could be fined $400 for allowing smoking and eventually could have their business licenses suspended.
		Smoking, ban opponents say, is part of the city's in-your-face, adrenaline-fueled culture.
		A staggering 90 percent of smokers are believed to be addicted before the age of 19, efforts to prevent young people from smoking seem to be working, William Corr has details.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/03/29/national/main546751.shtml (782 words)

	Costa coffee chain bans smoking in all of its cafes - Evening Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The chain is the latest firm to ban smoking ahead of the Scotland-wide ban which comes into force next March.
		The chain estimates 63% of its customers are non-smokers and 80% prefer a smoke-free environment.
		Since the Scottish Executive announced plans to ban smoking in enclosed public spaces on March 26 next year, a number of establishments and firms have declared themselves smoke-free zones.
	www.eveningtimes.co.uk /print/news/5043275.shtml (433 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Gastronomy chain banning smoking
		No matter what happens in the legislative session starting today concerning moves to ban smoking in private clubs, butts will be snuffed out — permanently — in at least one group of clubs.
		A recent Deseret News/KSL TV poll showed most Utahns do not favor a law that would halt smoking in bars and private clubs, saying the decision should be up to the management of the business.
		Younger people who have grown up knowing about that hazard are asking whether smoking in the private clubs is a problem.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600105350,00.html (515 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Bulgaria struggles to kick chain-smoking habit
		As more western countries move to impose all-out bans on smoking in public, EU aspirant Bulgaria – once a world-leading tobacco producer – is moving forward with its first attempts to cut through the haze.
		Many government officials also say they still privately smoke in their offices and the media has poured scorn on MPs for flouting the law in parliament buildings.
		McKee and other anti-smoking advocates are baffled by such attitudes, which they say arise mainly from the fact that an estimated 60 percent of doctors smoke, as well as a lack of sophisticated scientific rigor in ex-communist Europe.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050128-0500-bulgaria-smoking.html (826 words)

	Hotel chain bans smoking - December 6, 2005
		Westin Hotels & Resorts is banning smoking indoors and poolside at all 77 of its properties in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean, said senior Vice President Sue Brush.
		The 2,400 smoking rooms in the chain are undergoing deep cleaning and air purifying before the Jan. 1 changeover, "and once you smoke in there you’ve violated that entire environment and we have to clean it all over again."
		The smoking ban will apply to hallways, lobbies, and restaurants, except for the eight restaurants that are run by outside companies and not under Westin’s control, Brush said.
	www.mailtribune.com /archive/2005/1206/biz/stories/04biz.htm (376 words)

	GradeSaver: To Build a Fire Essay: Chain-smoking: Causality in "To Build a Fire"
		This instinctual flaw in mankind (relative to that of a husky) is a given, but the man fails to compensate by integrating intellectuality into his journey.
		Were he to use all his resources efficiently, as the dog does, the man could anticipate the chain of events that leads to his demise, and then alter his literal and figurative course.
		The arrogance of the man in venturing out in such weather despite the old-timer's advice, despite his body's frequent warnings, and despite the first accident (the man scoffs "Any man who was a man could travel alone") precludes such a useful apprehension (470).
	www.gradesaver.com /classicnotes/titles/build/essay1.html (2262 words)

	Bangkok Post Breaking News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		New York (dpa) - Westin Hotels and Resorts is banning from January 2006 smoking in all rooms, restaurants, bars and public areas in 77 hotels in North America, Canada and the Caribbean, the American chain has announced.
		Guests will only be allowed to smoke on balconies or in other outdoor areas.
		Smoking is allowed in terms of the respective regulations in those countries, the chain said.
	www.bangkokpost.com /breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=69896 (176 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Pub chain consigns smoking to the ashtray of history
		JD Wetherspoon, the pub chain known for its cheap beer and no-music policy, has become the first company to plan an outright ban on smoking in its bars.
		It says that takings in Irish pubs fell 16% last year when a smoking ban was introduced, and that if a ban were introduced in the UK, 5,000 pubs could close and 70,000 jobs could be lost.
		The campaign group Action on Smoking and Health said the pub chain's move would save lives and improve the health of bar workers.
	www.guardian.co.uk /smoking/Story/0,2763,1397801,00.html (360 words)

	CNN.com - More NYC firefighters smoke since 9/11 - September 11, 2002
		But as the amount he smoked rose to sometimes three packs a day, so did the disappointment in the eyes of his seven children.
		David Prezant, FDNY's deputy chief medical officer, recruited smoking cessation expert Matthew Bars to put the program in place for firefighters, EMS workers and their spouses.
		Donohue stopped smoking more than a month ago and is trying to get the word out as well.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/HEALTH/09/10/ar911.smoking.firefighters/index.html (577 words)

	reviewjournal.com -- News - EDITORIAL: Marriott hotel chain bans smoking
		More importantly, because Marriott is the largest chain, "This tips the hotel industry, so now virtually every hotel will have to go nonsmoking," comments Edward Watkins, editor of Lodging Hospitality, a leading trade publication.
		But what's important to note here is that this decision -- being celebrated by smoking opponents -- was taken freely by the chain, based on its weighing of market factors.
		Stillman for congratulating Marriott, and thus acknowledging that decisions freely taken in a free market are the best and most flexible way to make sure service-providers adapt their offerings to the needs and desires of the market.
	www.reviewjournal.com /lvrj_home/2006/Jul-24-Mon-2006/news/8621065.html (532 words)

	Smoking list - Olsen
		'She then proceeds to chain smoke in the bathroom of the Metropolitan Museum!' A museum spokesperson was shocked to hear about guests smoking in the prestigious institution.
		Though smoking is prohibited in all public buildings throughout New York City, Mary-Kate's choice of locale for a light up was particularly offensive as the gala took place in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
		Olsen and her twin sister, Ashley, said smoking was a private choice, and 'you have to respect that.
	smokingsides.com /asfs/O/Olsen.html (2314 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Hotel chain challenges smoking ban
		A hotel chain has gone to court in a legal challenge to Scotland's forthcoming smoking ban.
		Chairman Alan Bowes has lodged four petitions at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, seeking to delay the ban on smoking in enclosed public places, which is due to come into force on March 26.
		The ruling-out of designated smoking rooms and the inability of a large number of outlets to set up external smoking areas also creates a competitive disadvantage, it is argued.
	news.scotsman.com /latest.cfm?id=346862006 (387 words)

	The First Non-Smoking Hotel Chain - Softpedia
		The fight against smoking and smokers began a long time ago, therefore in a lot of parts of the world, smoking in private places is no longer allowed, but never before a hotel has taken the decision to forbid smoking in the entire hotel area.
		Even if by now a lot of institutions, restaurants, government buildings, workplaces have adopted the smoking free concept, for an entire hotel chain to subscribe to this is unheard of until now.
		To all the hotels that are part of the chain, smoking will be banned in all indoors areas of the hotels, like guest rooms, banquet halls, restaurants and bars and even pool area and private balconies.
	news.softpedia.com /news/The-First-Non-Smoking-Hotel-Chain-14183.shtml (455 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| Hotel chain in smoking ban action
		Alan Bowes of the Swallow Group has lodged four petitions at the Court of Session in Edinburgh to delay the ban, claiming that it breaches human rights.
		Mr Bowes has complained that designated smoking areas would have been fairer than implementing a total ban and that the consultation process was flawed.
		Mr Bowes denied that he had left it late to mount a challenge to the ban.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/4772462.stm (340 words)

	The Scotsman - S2 - The god-fearing, chain-smoking, demon-bashing angel from Hell
		SMOKING IS bad for you, but it looks mighty cool.
		That’s the "have cake: will eat it" message running through this enjoyably loopy comic book caper, which finds Keanu Reeves endlessly sucking away on non-brand-specific cigarettes while reluctantly saving the world one more time.
		Given that he lives in Los Angeles, the most smoker-intolerant city in America, his commitment to carcinogens could be considered the ultimate act of anti-heroic insouciance, were it not for the fact that his perennial puffing has a plot purpose.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /s2.cfm?id=288022005 (866 words)

	Smoking list - Versace
		She is so passionate about smoking that she wants the artist David Downton to draw her with a cigarette in her hand", Sunday Times (UK), Sep. 22, '02
		"She survives on no sleep, chain smokes her way through the colds she always seems to have...
		"Fag drooping from her inflated lips...'She survives on no sleep, chain smokes her way through the colds she always seems to have and thinks Versace, Versace, Versace,' says one fashion editor....The orange facial glow may, in part, be due to the Marlboros she chain smokes.
	smokingsides.com /asfs/V/Versace.html (1097 words)

	Playbill News: Cigarette Addict Holes Himself Up in the Age of Bloomberg in Chain Smoker, Aug. 9-23
		This wheeze-inducing comedy owes its creation to Mayor Bloomberg and his smoking ban; the playwrights thank him from the bottom of their smoke-filled little hearts.
		We thought to ourselves, 'How would this man, this awkward, crazy, chain smoking man react to the smoking ban?' The answer was clear.
		SMOKE LIKE A PROductions/Terry Jackson Theatrical "is dedicated to producing creative, funky, slightly neurotic material for the stage and screen where creativity shouldn't have to cost a million dollars—just look like it does."
	www.playbill.com /news/article/80917.html (888 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Smoking
		It was not until well into the 20th century that the dangers of tobacco smoking became evident.
		Many seminal studies of the dangers of tobacco, primarily cigarette smoking, cite an article published in 1952 in Reader's Digest titled "Cancer by the Carton." The article described the dangers of smoking, detailing the risks of lung cancer and heart disease, which led to similar reports in other magazines.
		The report concluded: "Cigarette smoking is a health hazard of sufficient importance in the United States to warrant appropriate remedial action."
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/smoking/cancer.html (623 words)

	City Pages - Chain Smoking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The price is so low because it doesn't include either state tobacco or sales taxes, which add about 75 cents to the cost of a pack of cigarettes sold in a store.
		As long as Kintzi buys four cartons a month--"Oh yeah, I'll smoke 'em," he half chuckles, half coughs--he is entitled to earn compensation for introducing new members to the club.
		New members must supply a copy of their birth certificate or driver's license proving that they are of age, agree not to advertise without prior approval from Stone Tobacco, and release the club from any legal liability.
	www.citypages.com /databank/20/947/article7088.asp (1610 words)

	Nicknames Chain smoking Mother’s Day
		Man, I can’t believe that I smoked a full pack in one day.
		When one was gone I immediately smoked another.
		My nostrils hurt right now because of all the smoking I was doing.
	journals.aol.com /sunflowersnstone/Sundrip/entries/2005/05/05/nicknames-chain-smoking-mothers-day/987 (1133 words)

	Cessation Quit Smoking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Research Volunteers who wish to quit smoking are needed to participate in an ongoing smoking-cessation study.
		FAQs Smoking Cessation helps smokers kick their nicotine addiction by providing tools and support for people who want to quit smoking.
		NicoretteÂ® is bringing a fresh new approach to quitting smoking to Chicago as part of a national challenge for a million smokers to commit to quitting.
	www.go2-quit-smoking.com /quit/cessation-quit-smoking.shtml (809 words)

	The Italian Almanac - Chain Smoking in Italian Movie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mezzogiorno's performance bagged her the top acting award for a woman at the Venice fest earlier this month.
		The actors smoke one cigarette after another," Donzelli said.
		There have been growing calls to limit smoking in films and on TV as part of a general crackdown on cigarettes.
	italianalmanac.org /05sep/filmfumo.htm (174 words)

	First Lady Laura Bush Smoked Cigarettes before Public Appearances During Reelection Campaign [11/16/04]
		The presidential campaign was stressful enough to send the First Lady, an avowed nonsmoker, back to her chain-smoking ways.
		"Absolutely no one was allowed to see her smoking," says one insider.
		Bush did not use a smoking room at appearances.
	www.no-smoking.org /nov04/11-16-04-2.html (199 words)

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