smoking

Stricter bans in place for workplace smoking
By Rachel Marcus
February 11, 2011 - 3:36pm
Hospitals starting to turn away job applicants who smoke.

Many hospitals and medical businesses throughout the United States are turning away job applicants who smoke, according to The New York Times.

The Times says the reasons stem from wanting to increase worker productivity, reduce healthcare costs and encourage healthier living.Some job applications indicate that they want tobacco-free workers and applicants can be subject to testing.

Smokers to face more than health risks
By Alexandria Goodson
February 11, 2011 - 10:37am
Nicotine users may lose job opportunities over addiction.

Nicotine is a drug, just like caffeine. But cigarettes are so commonly used and accepted many people may not think of them as "drugs" – until now. The New York Times reports job applications now warn of "tobacco-free" hiring, requiring the job-seeker to submit a urine tests for nicotine. New employees could even be fired if caught smoking.

Onondaga Villages facing cuts
By Nena Garga
April 9, 2010 - 10:15am
Plus, the Navy bans smoking on submarines and Kate Gosselin gets a new show.

Manlius is looking to issue a pay freeze for all its employees, the Liverpool School District is eliminating its universal pre-kindergarden program and Marcellus is thinking of making cuts to its police force. All of this is because of a proposition that would eliminate the revenue coming in from sales tax. 

2 Deaths may be related to beef recall
By Bianca Graulau
November 2, 2009 - 3:22pm
Two deaths and 26 illnesses may be linked to ground beef recall

CBSNews.com is reporting that two deaths and 26 illnesses may have been a cause of eating contaminated meat, according to a federal health official.

Lola Scott Russell, spokeswoman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said this meat may be related to a recall done by New York company  Fairbank Farms.

The company recalled 546,000 pounds of ground beef that may be infected with E. coli...

Why we smoke?
By Matthew Levin
April 16, 2009 - 3:23pm
Today's college students were raised on anti-tobacco campaigns and smoking bans, yet many still get hooked on cigarettes.

In the 1980s, experts finally started to confirm what had been suspected for the last two decades: Smoking is bad for your health.

The result: Kids growing up in the '90s were inundated with anti-smoking campaigns - from the Truth commercials to bans on smoking in many public places. The days of Joe Camel and the Marlboro Man were long gone. Studies still list smoking as the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, resulting in 435,000 deaths a year (18.1 percent).