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NYC smoking ban

NY Could Raise Smoking Age to 21

By Sarah Beller

Mayor Bloomberg's crusade against smoking leads to a proposal to raise the legal purchasing age. MORE  

Bloomberg Wants Cigarettes Out of Sight

By Ben Feuerherd

NYC's mayor launches a new initiative to keep tobacco products out of store displays. MORE  

New Yorkers Breathe Easier Than Ever

By Gabrielle Wuhl

Smoking rates have plummeted since NYC's ban was introduced. Is that why Saudi Arabia is following suit? MORE  

Morning Roundup: May 2, 2012

By May Wilkerson

School drug testing might violate students' rights, Bobby Brown says he didn't get Whitney hooked, and Harvard prof caught with pot in her panties. MORE  

Despite Bloomberg, Asian New Yorkers Smoke On

By Bryan Le

The mayor's manic anti-smoking blitz hasn't been able to bust cultural bunkers. MORE  

New York’s Outdoor Smoking Ban Bombs

By Dirk Hanson

Attempt to free parks and beaches from smoke called “an absolute joke.” MORE  

The Quick Fix
Drunk Robs Gas Station With Clear Plastic Bag as "Mask"

A clumsy robber is busted two days later when cops see through his transparent ruse.

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NYC Pastor Faces Off With Local Drug Users

A pastor receives threats after alerting police to "drug addicted behavior" around his Upper East Side church.

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Chinese Official Blows Public Funds on Gaming Addiction

"Chu" faces prison after spending millions of taxpayers' yuan on an online role-playing game.

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Christians and Muslims Unite to Fight Drug Abuse in Kenya

With the government turning a blind eye to a growing "national disaster," religious groups put aside their differences to help.

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"Marijuana Moms" Are Pot-Smoking and Proud

A group of Beverly Hills moms say marijuana makes them better wives and parents.

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Down and Out in the Rooms

"No matter how far down the scale we have gone." I was homeless when I came to AA and the experience helped other homeless men to get sober.

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Cliffside Malibu
 
 
 
 

The “beach-house-relaxed” Cliffside Malibu claims to provide an oasis for recovering addicts and alcoholics. And that’s just what you'll get—if you’ve got the cash.

Newport Academy
 
 
 
 
 

This SoCal rehab fosters a regimented but respectful recovery environment, where teens learn how to live sober through plenty of 12-step meetings and life-skills classes—not to mention "equine-assisted psychotherapy" and mixed martial arts.

Reflections
 
 
 
 

This exclusive Northern California rehab is all about client choice—as well as golf outings, Buddhist field trips and keeping up with the office.

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