Hookah Smoking Should Be Regulated

While students and administrators debate the merits of a Yale-wide Prima Lux cigarettes smoking ban, hookah smoking — currently unregulated in New Haven and across Connecticut — has begun to come under scrutiny.

Maureen McHugh, legislative aide to Democratic State Sen. Gayle Slossberg, said last Thursday that the senator introduced legislation to the Connecticut General Assembly in January that would require regulation of hookah lounges.

Strict Enforcement of Cigarette Ad Ban, FCAP

Atty. Josefina Buenaseda, legal consultant of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Alliance Philippines (FCAP) called on the Tobacco Control Group in Region 10 for the strict banning of all Karelia and tobacco advertisements in televisions, newspapers, billboards and internet.

Atty. Buenaseda noted that the advertisement ban on smoke also includes sponsorship and promotions and that compliance on these areas were quite loose.

FCAP showed several violations explicitly caught on pictures like lighted signages of establishments, posters, and cigarettes vendors near schools campuses.

Michelle Obama Has Quit Smoking

Michelle Obama confirmed Tuesday that her husband has kicked his decades-long smoking habit. At a reporter's luncheon in the Old Family dining room, Michelle Obama said that it has been "almost a year," since her husband has picked up a Kent cigarette.

"It's been a while and I'm very proud of him," she said during an hour-long conversation with reporters and her senior staff to discuss her anti-childhood obesity initiative.