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Consumers choke as Smoking Ban is put into effect!

August 8th, 2013

Teri Ann Renee Paisley, Gleaner Online Writer I have written in previous posts about the effects that smoking has on those who persist in watching their money go up in ‘smoke’. Since July 15, 2013, the implementation of the smoking restrictions have resulted in public outcry. Some people felt that the ban was too restrictive [...]

Smoking cigarettes – Watching your money go up in smoke!

June 12th, 2013

Teri Ann Renee Paisley, Gleaner Online Writer As a concerned consumer there is one product that really grabs my attention and that is the cigarette. I have never bought a cigarette, but that does not mean I have never smoked. That’s because even though someone else has chosen to smoke a cigarette, if I am [...]

Is a Smoke free Jamaica possible?

April 12th, 2012

I remember reading the back of a cigarette carton and wondering how a product that ‘may cause cancer’ had become so popular. Although I have never tried smoking, those who do smoke describe an euphoric feeling that makes it difficult to quit despite the health risk. However, smoking has certainly become a part of our [...]

Let’s Clear the air!

December 1st, 2010

Smoking is one of those really annoying habits. It seems to me that Jamaicans smoke a lot more than they used too! Almost everywhere I go these days someone is smoking. Now I don’t smoke and I would like to keep it that way, so if you have to light up, why not do it privately? What can be [...]