Passive smoking report &#39;suppressed&#39;
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MINISTERS were accused yesterday of delaying the publication of a report on the damaging effects of passive smoking for fear of increasing pressure on the Government to ban smoking in public places.
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(InfoWorld) - Where there's smoke, there's a door. A U.K. security company is warning that smokers may impact IT security, leaving open doors that could let in intruders who could abuse a company's network. It may sound slightly far-fetched. But a penetration tester from NTA Monitor, a company based in Rochester, England, gained access to a professional services company outside London that way, said Roy Hills, technical director. The company hired NTA to test if it was possible to get inside the premises without proper identification, Hills said. The penetration tester waited until the smokers finished their break, then slipped in through the unlocked door, which wasn't the main one but publicly accessible. The tester -- who skirted past other employees by saying the IT department had sent him -- made his way to a meeting room, where he hooked up his laptop to the company's VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) network, Hills said. The tester could have launched a denial-of-service attack or intercepted phone calls. However, the VOIP network was segregated from the company's data network, a wise precaution IT managers can take, Hills said. "It's much more dangerous if you can get on to the data network, copy data and be gone," Hills said. Regulations that create smoke-free buildings or zones in some areas of the U.S. and Europe have driven smokers outside. In the U.K., a ban on smoking in buildings and facilities used by the public will come into effect in April in Wales and Northern Ireland, and in July in England. Scotland banned public smoking in March 2006. The ban includes smoking in train stations, restaurants and pubs, among other places.
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Philip Morris, one of the world's  leading tobacco manufacturers, was involved in research into  the health effects of smoking 30 years ago but did not reveal  data on the dangers of passive smoking, scientists said on  Thursday.
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A new report claims that the Bush administration has suppressed scientists' climate-change work.
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[Health India]: Washington, Oct 30 : Putting a restriction on smoking at workplaces can help significantly in curbing the habit, a recent study has revealed.
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Government curbs on secondhand smoke in New York led to nearly 4,000 fewer hospital admissions for heart attacks in 2004, according to a new statewide study.
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NEW YORK  - The final excuse for smoking --  that it might reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease  -- has just been stubbed out, findings from an animal study  suggest.
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A lab owned by US tobacco giant Philip Morris uncovered evidence in the early 1980s about potential risks from passive smoking but its findings were never made public, a new study says.
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Here&#39;s one more reason not to smoke -- smoking may damage sperm, passing along genetic damage to a man&#39;s children, Canadian researchers report.
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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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Your chances of getting a peaceful night&#39;s sleep are better if you don&#39;t smoke, or spend time around anyone who does. That&#39;s because smoking -- both active and passive -- makes
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NEW YORK  - Results of a new study provide   more evidence that exposure to second-hand smoke has long-term   adverse effects on respiratory health, and reaffirms the   benefits of banning smoking in public places, researchers say.
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Philip Morris, one of the world's leading tobacco manufacturers, was involved in research into the health effects of smoking 30 years ago but did not reveal data on the dangers of passive smoking, scientists said on Thursday.
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One of the world&#39;s leading tobacco manufacturers, Philip Morris, hid data on research into the dangers of passive smoking, alleges a paper published in the British medical journal The Lancet.
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According to media reports, the British Government is not going to follow Ireland&#39;s lead an initiate a national smoking ban in public places.
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FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick Health Department is trying to clear the air about the province&#39;s new smoking ban as the countdown begins to for public places to go smoke free.
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Draft raising the possibility of health threats from industrial pollution was suppressed, author says.