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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Several years ago, I lost two of my closest friends—both smokers—to tobacco-related diseases. Their deaths motivated me to quit smoking myself and to begin a campaign to protect bar and restaurant workers from secondhand smoke, an EPA class-A carcinogen that kills over 53,000 noan-smoking Americans every year...

Author: By Jody Troiano, | Title: Clean Air? Can't Wait! | 9/29/2003 | See Source »

Smoke-free workplaces are a matter of workers’ rights. Hard-working individuals employed in office buildings, airports, schools and even the Massachusetts State House and Congress are all protected from secondhand smoke...

Author: By Jody Troiano, | Title: Clean Air? Can't Wait! | 9/29/2003 | See Source »

Heavy alcohol use is the leading threat to the health of college students, not only for the heaviest drinkers, but also for all college students—including those that abstain. Research has shown that students who do not binge drink experience many “secondhand effects” from the binge drinking behavior of other students, such as physical assault, unwanted sexual advances, vandalized property and interruptions of sleep or study...

Author: By Henry Wechsler, | Title: Social Norms Programs Fail | 9/12/2003 | See Source »

...debt down, but he was never too worried about it. "I see more opportunities to make money in the future," he says. Though not as extravagant as Kapoor, Pawanjit Singh, 25, a manager of a busy McDonald's restaurant in one of New Delhi's main markets, splurged on secondhand golf clubs, which set him back more than $400. He heads out to a golf course (golf is a prestigious hobby in Asia) or a driving range every weekend. "I don't think people my age right now want to save," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: Hey, Big Spenders | 8/25/2003 | See Source »

...debt down, but he was never too worried about it. "I see more opportunities to make money in the future," he says. Though not as extravagant as Kapoor, Pawanjit Singh, 25, a manager of a busy McDonald's restaurant in one of New Delhi's main markets, splurged on secondhand golf clubs, which set him back more than $400. He heads out to a golf course (golf is a prestigious hobby in Asia) or a driving range every weekend. "I don't think people my age right now want to save," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey, Big Spenders | 8/25/2003 | See Source »

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