SmokeRing - Proposed Smoking Ban Ignites Debate in NYC

Flying Fists and Cancer Sticks:
A Constitutional Primer on the Smoking Issue

Avoiding the Taxman:
The Ins and Outs of the Online Cigarette Revolution

Big Fat Bill:
A Roadmap to Navigating NYC's Bureaucracy

Smoking Across Borders:
Smoking Policies in the 20 Most Populous Cities in the US

Crossing the Line:
Newborn Cigarette Smugglers

Silence Please...
If You Must Smoke:
The Potential Clash of Two
New Laws

The Ripple Effect:
New York's Legal Influence on the Proposed Smoking Ban

The Culture of Smokes:
Exploring the Role Tobacco has Played in our Society

Program Launch:
Students Earn Cash Prize as Incentive to Quit Smoking Through the NYU Health Center

When You Smoke, Your Child Smokes, Too:
Secondhand Smoke: What Is It?

To Tell the Truth:
Smokers Rights Groups, Both Pro- and Anti-Smoking, Go Toe-to Toe

Bar Brawl:
Bartenders Speak Out On Smoking in the City

Diary of a Quitter:
Our Own Darden Reinowski Documents the Highs and Lows of Quitting Cold Turkey

Innocent Bystander:
The Sickening Stench and Reality of Being a Non-Smoker

Silence Please... If You Must Smoke:
The Potential Clash of Two New Laws
By Brooke Gassel

For the Bloomberg administration, quality of life issues have become hot topics of late. With Operation Silent Night's attempts to keep New Yorker's quiet, and the proposal to enact a citywide ban on public smoking, the mayor's attempts to tidy up the town by introducing a host of new restrictions has met mixed reviews.

The Ripple Effect:
New York's Legal Influence on the Proposed Smoking Ban
By Charlene Kwan

Mayor Bloomberg's recent move to ban smoking from all restaurants, bars and clubs has catapulted New York City into the center of a nationwide media frenzy.

The Culture of Smokes: Exploring the Role Tobacco has Played in our Society
By Adam Wasserman

The man with slicked hair and a pinstriped suit exhales, hiding his face behind a veil of Cohiba cigar smoke. He holds the cigar with his stubby thumb and middle finger. His stomach protrudes behind his forgiving belt in an oddly grotesque pose. That his other hand does not hold the anticipated high ball, or doesn't flip a silver coin, is unsettling.