Tide Turns Against Smokers on O.C. Beaches
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By Jeff Overley, The Orange County Register, Calif.  Sep. 14--Eventually, the marine layer might be the only haze hanging over  Orange County beaches.    County health and environmental officials are pursuing a plan to stamp  out cigarettes on all seven miles of county sand.
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The province&#39;s crackdown on smoking will be launched tonight with a series of concerts across Ontario. Health Minister George Smitherman&#39;s first step is an ad campaign aimed at young people to get them to stop smoking and to convince them not to start.
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By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  Jun. 20--A coastal community can never have too many qualified lifesavers on the beach.
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Seniors are leading the way in the new battle to ban smoking from communal environments.
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Today is the American Cancer Society&#39;s 28th Great American Smokeout. The event is certainly a smoke-out -- clean air laws kick smokers outdoors for their nicotine fixes.
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OBAN, Scotland -- Retired nurse Carolyn Rowe carries vivid memories of cancer patients she treated and says their suffering drives her strong support for Scotland's plan to ban smoking in all enclosed public places.
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TORONTO (CP) - Retailers, cigarette manufacturers and advocates for the rights of Canada's smokers were mobilizing Wednesday for a long, arduous battle over the Ontario government's stringent new crackdown on smoking.
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Guests at Army lodging facilities who want to smoke will soon have to go outside to do so.
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By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  Jun. 23--Destin beachfront resident Kathy Wright says allowing the public to walk across private beaches allows "violent men" to threaten her family.
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MONTGOMERY-- The Alabama Department of Public Health is encouraging smokers as well as non-smokers to recognize the American Cancer Societyâs Great American Smokeout Thursday, Nov. 18.
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TORONTO (CP) - Retailers, cigarette manufacturers and advocates for the rights of Canada&#39;s smokers were mobilizing Wednesday for a long, arduous battle over the Ontario government&#39;s stringent new crackdown on smoking.
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Millions of Americans will abandon their lighters, hide their cigarettes and avoid temptation as they participate in the American Cancer Society&#39;s 28th annual Great American Smokeout.
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By Brian Skoloff  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Cigarettes are still the biggest trash problem on the world's beaches, according to a group that picks them up.
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By Gwen Break, Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.  May 26--The South Walton Fire District issued a press release early May 24 advising residents that the heavy smoke in the area was from a fi re approximately 250 miles to the east.
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There's a revolt going on in Hawaii as some bar owners openly defy the state's new anti-smoking law, one of the nation's toughest, by letting their customers light up.
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Smokers across England are having their final puff before the ban on lighting up in enclosed public places begins.
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Dude, nothing will harsh your mellow faster than catching a few tasty waves and running into someone else's trash.  The First Coast Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation is teaming with the city's Clean it Up, Green it Up department Saturday to clean up the beaches.