Although Miami University banned smoking on campus in August 2008, the policy still seems to have mixed results in preventing students, faculty and staff from lighting up between classes. “It is absolutely underreported,” said Susan Vaughn, director of ethics and student conflict resolution. Vaughn said the responsibility of enforcing the policy is put in the hands of Miami students and faculty. The first offense on campus is a warning. If a student smokes repeatedly on campus and is reported, they will be charged with a Code Two violation. Vaughn said her office has seen about 20 ... Jump to full article >>

Below if the first video peek at “Wall Street 2,” with the return of Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko and the introduction of Shia LaBeouf. Officially titled “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” the movie filmed in New York in recent months. The trailer begins with Gekko getting sprung from jail and features sightings of his ’80s mobile phone as well as costars Josh Brolin, Frank Langella and Carey Mulligan. WATCH: source: huffingtonpost.com ... Jump to full article >>

People who have a health risk from smoking have an additional risk from breathing environmental tobacco smoke — secondhand smoke — researchers in Italy found. Maria Teresa Piccardo, Anna Stella and Federico Valerio of the National Cancer Research Institute in Genoa, Italy, studied the exposure of newsagents in the city to harmful cigarette smoke. “Newsagents were chosen because they work alone in small newsstands, meaning that any tobacco smoke in the air they breathe is strictly correlated to the number of cigarettes smoked by that newsagent,” Piccardo said in a statem ... Jump to full article >>

Following Gov. Beverly Perdue’s signing into effect the no smoking laws in North Carolina, many businesses struggle to remain open. “We know from the 2006 Surgeon General’s report that there is no safe level of exposure to second-hand smoke,” said Karen Caldwell, a tobacco prevention specialist in Asheville. “The best way to protect everyone is to have smoke-free policies and laws.” Many grassroots coalitions and nonprofit agencies influenced legislators to pass the non-smoking policies and emphasized the importance of smoke-free workplaces, according to Caldwell. “The state legi ... Jump to full article >>

We all know we’re supposed to eat healthy portions. So why is it that a rough day at the office or even just the smell of chocolate-chip cookies can cause us to throw our best intentions out the window? We tapped the nation’s leading experts for the unexpected reasons why so many of us overdo it—so you can break the cycle and prevent an unwanted pile-on of pounds. 1. You’re not getting enough sleep Missing out on your zzz’s not only puts you in a mental fog, it also triggers a constellation of actual metabolic changes that may lead to weight gain. A lack of shut-eye harms your waistl ... Jump to full article >>

Former Coronation Street beauty Tina O’Brien is smoking again – less than a year after she fronted an NHS campaign to help mums quit cigarettes. The 26-year old actress is believed to have started her 10-20 a day habit again after being stressed by the break up of her relationship with co-star Ryan Thomas. Last year Tina – who played Sarah Louse Platt – went public and backed Smokefree North West after she gave up smoking when she became pregnant with Ryan’s daughter Scarlett – saying it was a campaign she ‘truly believed’ in. She went cold turke ... Jump to full article >>

When the Legislature decided to accept the cash negotiated in former Attorney General Mike Moore’s settlement with the group of cigarette-makers who have come to be known as Big Tobacco, Mississippi was riding a wave of prosperity. The year was 1997. The national economy was in such good shape President Bill Clinton was saying the federal government would soon stop spending more than it received. In Mississippi, Gov. Kirk Fordice was crediting his businesslike approach for double-digit percentage increases in state revenue, although the new casino industry had a lot to do with it, too. “Su ... Jump to full article >>

Bay Staters are like most Americans in that they have been smoking less over the last 15 years, which has resulted in longer life expectancy and improved quality of life. But a study recently published in the “New England Journal of Medicine” warns that those benefits could be wiped out by the growing obesity rate. Smoking rates are down 20 percent but obesity rates are up 48 percent – offsetting health gains made by reducing tobacco use. Chuck Reed with the American Cancer Society says few people are aware of the link between being overweight and getting cancer. “In th ... Jump to full article >>

New laws to end the open display of tobacco in shops in Scotland have been passed by MSPs. The Tobacco and Primary Medical Services Bill will also ban cigarette vending machines and introduce a registration scheme for retailers. Ministers said the legislation would make cigarettes less attractive to children and young people. But shopkeepers and manufacturers said the measures were unjustified and would be costly to bring in. Large retailers have until 2011 to implement the ban, while smaller shops have been given a 2013 deadline. Conservative MSP Mary Scanlon, whose party opposed the bill, fa ... Jump to full article >>

Two Ohio inmates working at the governor’s mansion planned to use their position of trust to smuggle contraband into the prison, officials say. The plan was discovered through routine monitoring of inmate telephone calls, The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch reported Tuesday. Julie Walburn, a spokeswoman for the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, said the two inmates are now in segregation at the Pickaway Correctional Institution, along with a third man who allegedly worked out the plot with a female friend. She has been banned from making prison visits. Walburn said officials do not k ... Jump to full article >>

An official in California wants his county to ban smoking in all apartment buildings and parks and to bar drugstores from selling cigarettes. Ken Yeager, the newly elected president of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, made his proposals Tuesday in his State of the County address, the San Jose Mercury News reported. At least two California towns have banned smoking in apartments, and a third is considering it. San Jose, the Santa Clara County seat and biggest city, has already made smoking in parks illegal. Under Yeager’s proposal, condominium buildings and townhouses with con ... Jump to full article >>