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http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Smoking-ban-for-cars-in-force-in-SA/2007/05/31/1180205402770.html
One of the last havens for smokers, the family car, is under siege in South Australia - and other states may soon follow.
South Australia has banned anyone lighting up in their car while carrying children as passengers.
The smoking ban is an Australian first and applies when children under the age of 16 are in the car.
It will attract a $75 on-the-spot fine, although repeat offenders could be forced to pay as much as $200.
Smoking may damage your sperm: study
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Smoking-may-damage-your-sperm-study/2007/06/03/1180809311163.html
Here's one more reason not to smoke - smoking may damage sperm, passing along genetic damage to a man's children, Canadian researchers report.
A study in mice shows that cigarette smoke caused changes in the DNA of sperm cells, the researchers said in this week's issue of the journal Cancer Research. Such mutations, know as germline mutations, are known to be permanent.
"We have known that mothers who smoke can harm their foetuses, and here we show evidence that fathers can potentially damage offspring long before they may even meet their future mate."
NSW Nats push for smoking ban in cars
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/NSW-Nats-push-for-smoking-ban-in-cars/2007/06/15/1181414523248.html
Smoking in vehicles carrying passengers under the age of 16 would be banned in NSW under a proposal supported by the state's Nationals.
At a state conference in Singleton, in the Hunter region, NSW Nationals delegates voted in favour of the motion to support the legislation.
The low rate in central London is probably more to do with age.
Maps show smoking, cancer blackspots
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Maps-show-smoking-cancer-blackspots/2007/06/24/1182623713843.html
Maps showing the health and income profile of every council in England have been being published by the government.
The charts, published for the second year running, are designed to help local officials identify areas and populations where public health needs improvement.
They show that Chiltern in Buckinghamshire has the lowest number of deaths from smoking with 147 people dying per 100,000, while Kensington and Chelsea in central London has the fewest dying from cancer - 81 deaths per 100,000 people.
Summarised at a regional level, the charts show that people in the north west are the most likely to die from smoking related diseases, from cancer and from heart disease and stroke.
England stubs out public smoking
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/England-stubs-out-public-smoking/2007/06/30/1182624211623.html
England slams the door on smoking in bars, workplaces and public buildings this weekend in what campaigners hail as the biggest boost to public health since the creation of the National Health Service in 1948.
Smoking 'as difficult to kick as ever'
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Smoking-as-difficult-to-kick-as-ever/2007/06/30/1182624211824.html
Nicotine reaches the brain as quickly as 10 seconds after inhalation, triggering feelings of pleasure, increasing heart rate and raising blood pressure.
But alongside the nicotine, smokers breathe in a deadly cocktail of chemicals including arsenic, formaldehyde and polonium.
"Cigarette smoke contains at least 69 different cancer-causing chemicals and thousands of other poisons which can increase the risk of several different types of cancer," said Ed Yong of Cancer Research.
"Nicotine itself doesn't cause cancer, it just keeps the smokers hooked," he added.
Tobacco is so addictive that doctors writing in the Lancet medical journal this year said it should be classified as an illegal drug, on a par with amphetamines and barbiturates.
Swag of new laws come into force in NSW
Smokers and young drivers will be the groups most targeted by new laws coming into force in NSW on Sunday.
An expansion of the ban on smoking in licensed premises and tightened restrictions on P-platers and learner drivers are among a swag of new laws and fee changes taking effect with the start of the new financial year on July 1.
Drinkers who like a smoke with their tipple do get a further day's grace but will no longer be able to light up indoors in licensed premises from July 2. The only exemptions are private gaming rooms at Star City Casino.
High rollers can keep puffing in Vic
http://www.smh.com.au/news/breaking-news/high-rollers-can-keep-puffing-in-vic/2007/06/29/1182624159769.html
The Victorian government has defended its decision to continue to allow high rollers to smoke at Crown Casino, despite state-wide bans for all other venues that start on Sunday.
From July 1, smoking will be banned in all enclosed licensed pubs, clubs, bars and gaming rooms across Victoria - except high-roller rooms at Crown in Melbourne.
Stafford Sanders of SmokeFree Australia says all enclosed workplaces should be smoke-free and giving an exemption to Crown was wrong.
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