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

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

With the recent public smoking ban proposal by the Mayor Bloomberg, public knowledge and concern over the secondhand smoke issue is rapidly increasing. Yet, many people still do not know exactly what secondhand smoke is, or how it can negatively affect non-smokers.

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

John Eastwick, a junior at NYU's Leonard N. Stern School of Business, has a cigarette every day with his Wheaties because it gives him the energy to start his day. To clear his head, he then smokes another on the way to class. Afterwards, he unwinds from the tensions of Managerial Accounting with a third nicotine fix while talking to friends. Then he is off to another class, followed by another cigarette, a walk back to his dorm accompanied by two more (it is a long walk), dinner with his girlfriend, followed by number seven, a few more drinks at a bar with a friends, and finally, a pre-slumber smoke to relax him. By the end of the day, John has smoked an entire pack.

To Tell the Truth :
Smokers Rights Groups, Both Pro- and Anti-Smoking, go Toe-to-Toe
By Andria Lam

Smokers’ rights groups have been toe-to-toe with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration since it made the proposal to ban smoking from all bars and restaurants.