Posts Tagged smoking
New York Cracks Down on “Smoke-easies”
Posted by The Republican Heretic in Drugs, Food, Liberalism, Regulation and Big Government, State Law on Mon 15 Mar 2010
From Jacom Sullum at Reason Magazine:
New York City is cracking down on “smoke-easies,” bars and clubs that let their customers light up despite a municipal edict that forbids such accommodation … Because many of the targeted night spots are defended by nearly impregnable barriers of coolness, the health department “has deputized a team of inspectors—many of them younger and hipper-looking than the stereotypical bureaucrat—to work into the wee hours, posing as patrons and hunting for tolerance of smoking by clubs’ employees.” Read the rest of this entry »
Smoking Makes You Look Dumb
Posted by The Republican Heretic in National News, Science on Wed 24 Feb 2010
A recent study suggests that people who smoke have lower IQs than people who don’t.
Young men who smoked a pack of cigarettes a day or more had IQ scores 7.5 points lower than non-smokers, Dr. Mark Weiser of Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer and his colleagues found. Read the rest of this entry »