HEADLINES

• Belfast: Coroner warns over cigarettes
• Sutton: Underage cigarette sale costs £233 fine
• USA: States could see substantial savings with tobacco control programs
• Indonesian resort island of Bali bans smoking in all public places
• Studies: Therapy can help smokers quit, even if they don't want to
• Boy George urges Adele to give up smoking

• Belfast: Coroner warns over cigarettes

  Smokers have been urged by a Belfast coroner to exercise extreme caution when disposing of cigarette butts this Christmas.
  
  The call came during an inquest into the death of a woman who died when a lit cigarette ignited the chair she was sitting on.

  Source: Newsletter - 29 November 2011
  Link: http://bit.ly/vCTCeH

• Sutton: Underage cigarette sale costs £233 fine

  A newsagent has been caught selling cigarettes to children in an under-cover operation to crack down on underage sales.
  
  Trading standards officers from Sutton Council had teamed up with child volunteers to monitor the sale of age restricted goods to under-18s.

  Source: Sutton Guardian - 29 November 2011
  Link: http://bit.ly/sxms5q

• USA: States could see substantial savings with tobacco control programs

  States that have shifted funds away from tobacco control programs may be missing out on significant savings, according to a new study.

  If these programs were funded at the levels recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), states could save 14-20 times more than the cost of implementing the programs

  Source: EurekAlert - 28 November 2011
  Link: http://bit.ly/s2G15i

• Indonesian resort island of Bali bans smoking in all public places

  The provincial legislature on the Indonesian resort island of Bali has passed a new law which will soon ban smoking in all public places.

  Source: Channel 6 News - 28 November 2011
  Link: http://bit.ly/ug1exq

• Studies: Therapy can help smokers quit, even if they don't want to

  Better, prolonged therapy for smokers helps them kick the habit, even among smokers who have no desire to quit, according to newly released studies.

  Source: USA Today - 28 November 2011
  Link: http://usat.ly/rH0svC

• Boy George urges Adele to give up smoking

  Singer and DJ Boy George has advised singer Adele to quit smoking after her recent vocal troubles.

  Source: The Daily Mirror - 27 November 2011
  Link: http://bit.ly/ujMF6m