Archive for October, 2009
Law & Disorder in Cassia County
Assault with a knife, et cetera:
Police responded to Oakley High School, on the principal’s request, to talk to a 14-year-old boy about, as the report reads, “bringing cigarettes to school and threatening to kill his step dad” - also calling his parents “white trash losers,” the report reads.
The previous night, he was reportedly told to [...]
Study Says Even One Cigarette Harmful
New research has concluded that just one cigarette can adversely affect young adults, reports ScienceDaily, citing research presented by Dr. Stella Daskalopoulou at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2009. The Congress was co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society, said ScienceDaily.
Dr. Daskalopoulou’s study revealed that just one cigarette can increase arterial [...]
Cigarettes stolen in Shrivenham burglary
Police are appealing for witnesses after a burglary in Shrivenham.
Shortly before 3am on Sunday, raiders forced their way into One Stop Community Store in the High Street and stole cigarettes.
Det Con Pete Semczyszyn said: “It is believed the offenders were wearing hooded tops and made off in a silver Audi A4, registration GL57 XAJ, which [...]
Teen defends himself, wins case
QUITMAN, TX (KLTV) - The night started innocently enough. Three teenagers ate take out, then hopped in the car and headed to a friends house. But, a cop pulled them over and charged the minors with possession of tobacco. One of those teens chose to fight the charges in court. But, he didn’t know that [...]
Green fee may help clean smoker trash
Main Campus students en route to classes on any given day will notice trails of cigarette butts. Despite the university’s efforts to maintain the litter — the many on-campus stone containers — Temple still has many cigarette butts in the streets, on the sidewalks and by the entrances of buildings such as the Student Center [...]
Man jailed for giving cigarettes to toddler
A drug addict was on Thursday jailed for 18 months for allowing a three-year-old child to smoke a lit cigarette.
Newcastle Crown Court heard that 31-year-old Graeme Conroy encouraged the infant to inhale the smoke when she asked him for a cigarette.
Conway then got a 14-year-old to film the act on a mobile phone.
Conroy pleaded guilty [...]
Candidates outline visions for Nyack
Nyack will elect a new mayor and two new trustees when village voters go to the polls Nov. 3.
Village Trustees Denise Hogan and Richard Kavesh are vying to become mayor. Current Mayor John Shields is retiring after eight years of service in the part-time, $18,000-a-year position.
Meanwhile, Democrats Doug Foster and Jen White and Republican Maureen [...]
Who Will Pay?
Michigan lawmakers continue to debate ways to make the state some money. The big questions: “who will pay” and “how much?” Michigan bars are fighting a proposal that would charge nightclubs 15-hundred dollars if they want to stay open until 4am. The Michigan house will likely vote on that and a new tobacco tax later [...]
Jack’s IGA break-in suspect arrested
Adam Kuopis is charged with breaking through the loading dock on Saturday morning and stealing alcohol and cigarettes.
HARVEY — A 30-year old Harvey man has been arrested in connection with a weekend break-in at Jacks IGA in Harvey.Adam Kuopis is charged with breaking through the loading dock on Saturday morning and stealing alcohol and cigarettes.
The [...]
Big tobacco: Is Ontario’s $46.6 billion suit hypocritical?
When 46 states agreed to a $246 billion out-of-court settlement to recover the costs of smoking-related illnesses, they joined the other four that had previously sued and won. In Canada, the province of Ontario now seeks similar compensation from Big Tobacco with its own suit for $50 billion Canadian (about $46.6 billion).
The tobacco companies call [...]
