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Still small and somewhat timid, the campus temperance movement has taken its cue from antismoking campaigns. Restrictions on public smoking gained momentum after nonsmokers learned about the dangers of secondhand smoke. Once those in the smokeless majority realized that their own health and quality of life were directly affected, they stood up and demanded their right to a tobacco-free airspace. In the same way, more and more students who drink little or no alcohol have focused on the fact that other people's drunkenness isn't just unpleasant. It often leads to physical and sexual assaults and even death...
...discovery of secondhand bingeing effects uncovers a new call to action," said Katharine C. Lyall, chair of the Harvard School of Public Health college alcohol study advisory board. Lyall spoke at a press conference held Tuesday at the school to announce the survey. The study defined binge drinking for men as drinking five, and for women four or more, drinks in a row at least once in a two-week period...
...refused to testify before a grand jury investigating O.J. Simpson's friend Al Cowlings was thrown in the slammer for contempt of court. John Dunton claims he would be afraid for his life if he testified. In one TV interview, Dunton said he had secondhand information that three people may have been at Nicole Brown Simpson's condo the night she and her friend Ronald Goldman were slain. BTW: Dunton has twice been convicted of forgery and has been deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial in another case.. . . AND ANOTHER YET TO SURFACE? The Los Angeles police are intensifying...
...tobacco-related diseases rose to $50 billion in 1993, according to new evidence published by the Centers for Disease Control. Although the figure more than doubles previous estimates, many experts say it still falls short, since it doesn't include such factors as prenatal damage or the effects of secondhand smoke. With those costs included, the price tag could double again. The Coalition on Smoking or Health, which unites the efforts of the American Cancer Society, theAmerican Heart Association and the American Lung Association, argues that the new information furthers the case for a tobacco-tax increase...
...More reason for asking pregnant women not to smoke: a study of nearly 9,000 $ children revealed that those whose mothers smoked during pregnancy had nearly 5% less air flow than other children and had more risk of getting respiratory ailments. (The study accounted for the risks of secondhand smoke after birth...