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

Bar Brawl:
Bartenders Speak Out On Smoking in the City
By Lilit Baron

Two bartenders. One bar. Lilit Baron ventured to Staten Island for the opinions of those most central to the smoking debate: the workers this proposed legislation is intended to protect.

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

"You're conditioned, like Pavlov's dog, the bell rings and you salivate-only not for food, but a smoke." On a quest to end a six-year smoking habit, Darden Reinowski tries everything-from perusing Internet to seeking professional help-all in an attempt to kick her addiction.

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

My hair and clothes stank of stale smoke and I hadn't even touched a cigarette. In my exhaustion, I went for a shower and climbed straight into bed. The next afternoon I woke up to stale, stinky hair, and what had become a stale and stinky bed. My mother was hovering over my head, sniffing my clothes, and glaring. Do I have to live with this? No, I won't if Mayor Michael Bloomberg has anything to say about it.