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Smoking and Tobacco Use

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Scripps Gets $8 million to Create Smoking Treatment; Could Help Coke Heads, Smack Addicts and Obese People, Too!

    Here's a grim statistic: More than 5 million people around the world die from smoking-related illnesses each year. That's roughly a quarter of Florida's population. Dead. Each year. The financial burden that comes along with these deaths and all those who survive their various bouts o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Have Smoking Bans Help Convert Us into a Nation of Foodniks?

    ​"Do you have a light?" Don Draper asks the waiter in the opening scene of the Mad Men pilot when he's interrupted from writing ideas on a cocktail napkin. The waiter pulls out his lighter marked with his cigarette brand. "Old Gold, huh?" Draper says as he takes a drag. "Lucky Strike here."Wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Binge Drinking and Obesity Increasing in Broward and Palm Beach Counties

    sucksorrules.comAnd then there's this guy.​Residents in Broward and Palm Beach counties are drunker and fatter than before, according new statistics released by the Florida Department of Health.The Florida Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey -- which questions around 500 people in each coun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Vice Mayor's Brother Hits Up Lobbyists For Biz

    Cal Deal Wild art: Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler with a friend (is that Judy Stern behind that mask?). And no, Seiler has nothing to do with the following blog post.​So what do you do when your brother is elected to the city commission? Why you go to political events -- like a meeting of the B ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 9, 2010

    “Made in Hollywood: Photographs From the John Kobal Foundation”

    Cal Deal Wild art: Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler with a friend (is that Judy Stern behind that mask?). And no, Seiler has nothing to do with the following blog post.​So what do you do when your brother is elected to the city commission? Why you go to political events -- like a meeting of the B ... More >>

  • Music

    October 21, 2010

    How High Can Method Man and Redman Get Revolution?

    Cal Deal Wild art: Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler with a friend (is that Judy Stern behind that mask?). And no, Seiler has nothing to do with the following blog post.​So what do you do when your brother is elected to the city commission? Why you go to political events -- like a meeting of the B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Former Executive Blew Whistle on E-Cigarette Maker From Weston Now Being Investigated by AG

    FlickrE-cigarettes are in the strange position of suing to prove they're a tobacco product.​A Weston-based company called Smoking Everywhere wanted an executive who could go to battle against the FDA and U.S. Customs, which had teamed up to ban the import of e-cigarettes. But by hiring Ray Story i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    UPDATED: Florida Bong Ban Passes (Does Not Puff Puff)

    flickr.com​Despite organized opposition from smoke shop owners across the state, the Florida Senate passed a bill that will effectively shut down most headshops in the Sunshine State. Under the so-called "Bong Bill," the only shops allowed to sell water pipes will be stores where the sale of tobac ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 24, 2009

    Sushi Claus

    flickr.com​Despite organized opposition from smoke shop owners across the state, the Florida Senate passed a bill that will effectively shut down most headshops in the Sunshine State. Under the so-called "Bong Bill," the only shops allowed to sell water pipes will be stores where the sale of tobac ... More >>

  • Dining

    May 14, 2009

    Buzzed in Paradise

    flickr.com​Despite organized opposition from smoke shop owners across the state, the Florida Senate passed a bill that will effectively shut down most headshops in the Sunshine State. Under the so-called "Bong Bill," the only shops allowed to sell water pipes will be stores where the sale of tobac ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 12, 2009

    Ani DiFranco

    flickr.com​Despite organized opposition from smoke shop owners across the state, the Florida Senate passed a bill that will effectively shut down most headshops in the Sunshine State. Under the so-called "Bong Bill," the only shops allowed to sell water pipes will be stores where the sale of tobac ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 26, 2009

    Badfish

    flickr.com​Despite organized opposition from smoke shop owners across the state, the Florida Senate passed a bill that will effectively shut down most headshops in the Sunshine State. Under the so-called "Bong Bill," the only shops allowed to sell water pipes will be stores where the sale of tobac ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 13, 2008

    Really, Go Out With Him

    flickr.com​Despite organized opposition from smoke shop owners across the state, the Florida Senate passed a bill that will effectively shut down most headshops in the Sunshine State. Under the so-called "Bong Bill," the only shops allowed to sell water pipes will be stores where the sale of tobac ... More >>

  • Foodstuffs

    May 12, 2005
  • News

    July 22, 2004

    Bustin' a Lung

    A guide to fine dining and internal barbecue

  • Foodstuffs

    May 15, 2003

    Best Fondue

    Fúsha Fondue & Wine

  • Foodstuffs

    May 15, 2003

    Best Chili

    84 Diner

  • Dining

    October 31, 2002

    Weston Goes Gourmet

    Miami-Dade's favorite upscale diner hits the Broward suburbs

  • Dining

    February 28, 2002

    Pick Your Battles

    There are all kinds of reasons not to eat hearty pub fare at Trafalgar Tavern. Ignore them.

  • Dining

    August 16, 2001

    Foodstuff

    No smoking

  • Dining

    February 4, 1999

    Foodstuff

    No smoking

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