Alcohol and Tobacco
April 18, 2012
Drinking On The Job: Is 2012 The New 1966?
The TV show Mad Men has won fans for breathing life — and a heavy whiff of bourbon — into the fictional advertising world of 1960s New York. But surely no American company has such a liver-pickling culture in this day and age, right?… An article at the Mayo Clinic site gives a brief overview […]
April 17, 2012
Fort Worth Weighs the Cost of Tobacco Use
An employee’s money-saving idea is one hot topic in Fort Worth. He wants the city to hire only non-smokers, and that proposal is getting a reaction from co-workers and City Council members. City Manager Tom Higgins presented the idea informally as one of several possibilities to the Council at Tuesday’s meeting…Employment attorney Quitman Stephens said […]
Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Forth Worth, smoking, Tom Higgins
April 11, 2012
Twins Lift Ban on Chewing Tobacco at Target Field
Target Field may be smoke-free inside and out, but for the first time the ballpark is permitting fans to chew tobacco in public — as long as it’s done discreetly and doesn’t prompt complaints. Not even the players can do that. The Twins, which prohibit smoking in the ballpark and last week shut down the […]
Tags: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, chewing tobacco, Target Field
April 11, 2012
Are Cigarillos Any Better Than Cigarettes For Jack White?
An interview with Jack White in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine quotes the musician as saying, “I quit smoking cigarettes like six years ago. … These [the cigarillos he’s described as now smoking] are just baby cigars. I don’t inhale.” That sounds as though Mr. White (of whom, I must disclose, I am a huge […]
Tags: cigarillos, Dr. Richard Hurt, Jack White
April 5, 2012
The Post’s View: Waking Up to Dangers of Smokeless Tobacco
BIG-LEAGUE BASEBALL’S season has begun with a rule change for players, who will no longer spit, squirt and dribble tobacco juice as they conduct televised interviews, sign autographs or appear at team-sponsored events…Like cigarettes, smokeless tobacco contains nicotine, which makes it addictive. While it may not be quite as lethal as cigarettes, it does raise […]
Tags: baseball, nicotine, smokeless tobacco
February 25, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
February 24, 2012 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations oestreich.karl@mayo.edu […]
Tags: Altru, alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Casey Ryan, CBS Sports, CNN, Dr. John Noseworthy, Dr. Martha Grogan, Dr. Martha Hartz, Dr. Robert Spinner, Dr. Ronald Petersen, Dr. Terry Scheenkloth
February 17, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
February 17, 2012 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Whitney Benedett with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations oestreich.karl@mayo.edu Woman’s […]
Tags: American Academy of Neurology, Dr. Robert Spinner, Dr. Sharonne Hayes, Dr. Terry Schneekloth, Dr. Yonas E. Geda, Florida Times-Union, Fox News, Fox Sports Southwest, Huffington Post, Journal of Adolescent Health, Mat McBriar, Mayo Clinic in the News
January 19, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Summary
January 19, 2012 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to benedett.whitney@mayo.edu with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations oestreich.karl@mayo.edu […]
Tags: alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, american heart association, Bill Clinton, Cholera, Dr. John Wilson, Dr. Michael Stuart, Dr. Raymond Gibbons, Dr. Richard Hurt, Dr. Ron Petersen, Dr. Victor Montori, Dr. Yogish Kudva