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Smoking Dad Gets Smoking Banned
These days, smokers everywhere are getting used to having to step outside to light up. But what if you can’t even do that? In the USA (Ayer, Massachusetts, to be exact), smoking is no longer permitted in the city’s parks, thanks to the efforts of Jason Mayo, a member of the Ayer parks and recreation committee. After watching a father...
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Russell Crowe – Really, Smoking While Riding?
I’m not really sure this is the best way to get back in shape, Russell Crowe. Yes, yes, the bike riding is great and all that, but doing it with a cigarette in your mouth is ridiculous. I mean, just look at yourself. Is this what you are teaching your kids - healthy habits with a twist? I suppose this picture is actually of him taking a...
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Is Penelope Cruz Four Months Pregnant?
The rumour has now been confirmed (by another rumour). New quotes from a mystery source (along with incriminating photos) seem to be confirming that Penelope is not only carrying Javier Bardem’s mini-me, but that she’s pretty far along. Says the source: “Penelope is about four months pregnant… She’s really healthy now an...
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Smoking With Kids in Car to be Banned
Hear that noise? It's the sound of thousands of Victorian children breathing with relief, with the news that smoking in cars carrying children under 18 will be banned. Police will be able to fine motorists caught smoking while driving with children under legislation introduced in State Parliament on Thursday. Health Minister Daniel Andrews said...
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Babble Wrap: The Chaser “Goes too Far” with Dying Kids Skit
The Chaser "goes too far" with dying kids skit Last night The ABC was inundated with callers outraged by the "Make a Realistic Wish Foundation" skit on the Chaser in which Andrew Hansen and Chris Taylor ask actors playing hospital bed-ridden children what they wish for, then mock them. Herald Sun The 'cruellest cut' may also be illegal Once ro...
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They Say: You’re More Likely To Smoke If Your Mother Did While Pregnant
In case we needed yet another reason not to smoke — and to harass people who do — here's a new study that shows a four-fold increase in the likelihood of being a smoker at age 22 if your mother smoked during pregnancy and/or your early childhood. Researchers are suggesting that exposure to cigarettes in utero may lead to changes in the brain...
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Babble Wrap: Aussie Family Cleared Of Swine Flu
Aussie Family Cleared Of Swine Flu An Australian family suspected of having swine flu has been cleared, Health Minister Nicola Roxon said today. The Australian Women Who Can't Quit Smoking During Pregnancy Can Blame Their Genes Women who smoke during pregnancy may have a gene that makes it harder to quit, research shows. Mail Online Age 'No...
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They Say: When Parents Smoke, Kids Smoke
If you smoke around your kids, your kids are more likely to smoke when they're older, according to a new study by the Harvard School of Public Health. But there's hope. According to Dr. Stephen E. Gilman, co-author of the study, "that risk goes away if parents quit." The younger the children are when their parents smoke, the more likely the...
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Mum Lets Toddler Smoke
We've all heard of kids sneaking cigarette butts out of Mum or Dad's ashtray and trying to smoke them. Heck, most of us have probably done it ourselves, back in our wild early teen years. But I'd wager that none of us did when we were three years old. But that's exactly what Kelly Pocock's son did, according to Pocock's "friend" Natasha Dudle...
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