smoking

In a moment of frustration, I posted a rant on my personal Facebook page last night regarding those who indiscriminately toss cigarette butts.

The folks at WalletHub calculated the potential monetary losses brought on by smoking and discovered the annual cost to smokers in Washington State.

Washington state has a reputation for being tough on the public nuisance of smoking.

Proposed legislation in Olympia that would raise the legal smoking age to 21 in Washington is gaining public support, according to a new poll of 500 voters.

In my life I have had a ton of resolutions and I have stuck with about half every time. This year I am stepping it up and finishing.... most of them.

A major company is taking a significant stand against smoking and the move is being applauded by the president.

Just today I learned that Oregon is making it illegal to smoke in the car if you have children in there, too. If you're caught, it's a $250 fine. This got me thinking - should Washington State pass this law as well? Take the poll!
Should smoking and driving with kids in the car be illegalvia SeattleT…

This past week at the Yakima City Council meeting, Sara Bristol brought up the idea of banning smoking in city parks. It's an interesting proposition and one I think most families would agree with. Other cities around the country have enacted similar bans. So as we wait for this issue to come b…

Surely everyone has heard or even recited the 189 year-old poem originally written by Clement C. Moore, "'Twas the Night Before Christmas."
It seems though that even Jolly Old St. Nicholas himself  isn't impervious to political correctness.

Most of us are aware by now that not only is smoking detrimental to the health who do it, but also to everyone in their vicinity, as secondhand smoke has been labeled a culprit in diseases like respiratory infections, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and lung cancer.
Oops -- and we almost forgot memory loss…

It appears as if some smokers have been forced to either kick the habit or go broke, as a new study recently found that a massive tobacco tax increase may be responsible for the decline in smokers in this country, specifically among teens, the lower class and those who receive welfare.

The brilliant ladies of MTV's 'Teen Mom' may have met their match in Charlie Wilcox.
Wilcox, a British mother who smoked 3,500 cigarettes while pregnant, claims all that nicotine was actually healthy for her newborn daughter because it made the girl's heart work harder since it re…