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Smoking and Tobacco Use

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Fat Tax, Like California's, Is Too Much

    In an effort to force citizens to make healthier choices, a few countries have instituted a "fat tax" or "junk food tax," which requires consumers to shell out more for unhealthy foods. So far, Denmark and Hungary have done so. France has so far restricted its levy to sweetened drinks.Health advocat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Miami-Dade Could Ban Flavored Tobacco Products like Grape Blunts

    When it comes to the little vices, Miami-Dade is notoriously lax. Depending on where you are in the county, you can order a drink at a bar til 5 a.m. and smoke inside the whole night. You can also stop by a liquor store until 1 a.m. But the Miami-Dade County Commission is now considering an uncharac ... More >>

  • Film

    March 29, 2012

    Addiction Incorporated at O Cinema March 31 and April 1

    When it comes to the little vices, Miami-Dade is notoriously lax. Depending on where you are in the county, you can order a drink at a bar til 5 a.m. and smoke inside the whole night. You can also stop by a liquor store until 1 a.m. But the Miami-Dade County Commission is now considering an uncharac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Electric Cigarette Explosion Blows Out Florida Man's Teeth and Tongue

    ​The corrosive work of cigarettes is supposed to be a slow thing, quietly eating away at your lungs as you puff away. Though, electric cigarettes are a whole other story. A Florida man is recovering after an e-cigarette exploded in his mouth and knocked out his front teeth and took a chunk of his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2011

    Orange Bowl Slammed By Anti-Smoking Groups For Camacho Cigars Sponsorship

    ​Cigars are as Miami as white guayabaras, cafecitos and questionable uses of teal and pink, but a national group is slamming the Orange Bowl this week for including the Calle Ocho favorites in the bowl week festivities.The American Cancer Society has sent a letter to NCAA and Orange Bowl offi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    Pothead Gummy Candy and Ring Pops: Pot-Shaped Candy is Awesome

    ​The Pennsylvania-based company Kalan LP, a distributor of novelty items like inflatable beer pong games and shot glasses that say "You must be Irish because my penis is Dublin," is now distributing a line of marijuana-shaped candies, and it's blowing up a storm among the right. Which got me think ... More >>

  • Culture

    September 29, 2011

    Swimming in the Shallows at FIU's Wertheim Performing Arts Center through October 2

    ​The Pennsylvania-based company Kalan LP, a distributor of novelty items like inflatable beer pong games and shot glasses that say "You must be Irish because my penis is Dublin," is now distributing a line of marijuana-shaped candies, and it's blowing up a storm among the right. Which got me think ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    Prisoners Butt Out: Cigarettes Will Be Banned in Florida Prisons

    The ban will also bring an end to many Lady Gaga-inspired prison fashion trends. ​Used to be that a couple cartons of cigarettes could buy you some protection in prison, but Florida inmates may want to start trafficking in boxes of Nicorette. That's because in six months time smoking will be compl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    FIU Completely Bans Smoking On Campus

    ​Students and faculty at Florida International University should expect increased incidents of their colleagues incessantly tapping pencils, drinking inhuman quantities of black coffee, and randomly exploding at them for no apparent reason before sending a text message latter saying, "Sorry about ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    University of Miami to Charge Student Smokers

    ​Students who smoke at the University of Miami will soon have to pay a $50-per-semester fee if they get their health insurance through the school's health plan. Some believe it is the school's first step to making the Coral Gables campus smoke-free. The school's medical campus is already a cigaret ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2009

    Students Told to Butt Out: Florida Colleges Restrict Outdoor Smoking

    "Nah bra, it's just a 'herbal cigarette.' Oh, that's banned too, now?"​Theoretically, college campuses are supposed to be safe havens for all sorts of new experiences and personal freedoms. Ideally, that means intellectual pursuits, but let's be real -- in Florida that means the freedom to experie ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 5, 2009

    Make Noise

    "Nah bra, it's just a 'herbal cigarette.' Oh, that's banned too, now?"​Theoretically, college campuses are supposed to be safe havens for all sorts of new experiences and personal freedoms. Ideally, that means intellectual pursuits, but let's be real -- in Florida that means the freedom to experie ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 16, 2009

    Don’t Let the Day Go to Wasted

    "Nah bra, it's just a 'herbal cigarette.' Oh, that's banned too, now?"​Theoretically, college campuses are supposed to be safe havens for all sorts of new experiences and personal freedoms. Ideally, that means intellectual pursuits, but let's be real -- in Florida that means the freedom to experie ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 14, 2008

    Global Warming Can Be Glamorous

    All this and more at the Yacht and Brokerage Show.

  • Calendar

    May 24, 2007

    Beneficial Grooving

    Sweat for charity at Local Motion

  • Calendar

    March 30, 2006

    Thank You for Smoking

    Sweat for charity at Local Motion

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2006

    Fresh off the Boat

    Sweat for charity at Local Motion

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