German puts out cigarette with fire extinguisher
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A virulent anti-smoker in Germany was so  angry when his girlfriend lit up he emptied a fire extinguisher  to put out the cigarette, caking her and their apartment in  powder.
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By Steve Lyttle, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jan. 31--Charlotte fire officials say a working smoke alarm helped minimize damage in a Monday night blaze at an east Charlotte apartment.   The blaze struck an apartment in the 4500 block of Perth Court.   Charlotte fire Capt.
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The owner of a small German computer company has fired three non-smoking workers because they were threatening to disturb the peace after they requested a smoke-free environment.
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A German pensioner has been arrested for  vandalism after being caught spraying the word &quot;Puff&quot;  (whorehouse) on houses in the Bavarian town of Hof, near the  Czech border, a police spokeswoman said on Monday.
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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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For years, anyone needing a  nicotine fix in a German pub or French cafe didn't even have to  light up -- the air was already so full of smoke that they only  had to open their mouth and inhale.
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Europe approves the pharmaceutical's new drug to help smokers quit.
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LEOBEN, Austria A man whose apparent attempt to kill himself using a cobra was thwarted by Austrian police is in critical condition.
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DUESSELDORF, Germany -- At the international airport in this western German city, smokers are shunned. If you want to light up, you're restricted to a handful of bars in the terminal, or else stuck puffing on the dingy street outside.
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Germany may outlaw smoking in cars because it is a health hazard and a safety risk, the government's commissioner for substance abuse Sabine Baetzing said.
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NEW YORK  - Smokers with coronary heart  disease who suffer a heart attack or severe angina, rapidly  benefit from kicking the smoking habit, German investigators  report.
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A German man who had been drinking heavily at Munich&#39;s Oktoberfest beer festival got stuck in a chimney for 12 hours while trying to climb into a friend&#39;s apartment, police said on Friday.
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Nicotine vaccine looks to help smokers kick the habit.
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A letter bomb addressed to a local politician exploded in the southern German town of Regen Monday -- the first device to explode in what police say they suspect is a four-month campaign by a mystery attacker.
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A fire breaks out at the transformer block of a nuclear plant in northern Germany, police say.
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The firefighter, Daniel F. Pujdak, 23, was fighting a blaze in an old warehouse ignited by a cigarette.
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Hairless, brainless and still ciggie-less A German skinhead got a far right going over this week when he tried to nick a pack of cigarettes from a blind man, who just happened be a world-class judo champion.â¦