A Swedish woman has been banned from smoking in her garden in a trial headed by the Environmental Court in Vaxjo. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A 49-year-old woman banned from smoking in her own garden has appealed the decision to the Environmental High Court. Update on this story. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Sweden's Environmental High Court has given the green light to a woman who wants the freedom to smoke in her own garden. Update on this story. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The government wants to shock smokers into quitting by putting graphic pictures of the damage caused by smoking on cigarette packs.
The new images show rotting teeth and lungs, throat cancer and a 'flaccid cigarette' – the "grim reality" of the effects smoking can have on health, as chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson says. picked by bingo 12 months ago

For women who want to give up smoking, it could be a matter of timing, say scientists.

The chances of succeeding are much higher if they call a halt to the habit in the days before their menstrual cycle. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A 24-year-old Dallas woman allegedly made up a story that her baby was inside a stolen car in an attempt to get police to start an all-points search for the vehicle. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A woman was arrested and charged with arson and burglary after police say she set fire to the home of a neighbor she thought had stolen her keys. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A woman was arrested in Virginia Beach, Va., after she posted a video on the Internet of a 2-year-old child attempting to smoke a cigarette. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Sometimes women interfered in process of smoking and it brought comical character picked by JanetDavis 3 years ago

The Examiner is Baltimore's "rich right wing" chain newspaper. Dispute over smoking leads to confrontation involving a shotgun. The editor is apparently....an idiot. picked by blurmore 3 years ago

For the first time astronomers have witnessed a super massive black hole blasting its galactic neighbor with a deadly beam of energy. The "death star galaxy," as NASA astronomers called it, could obliterate the atmospheres of planets but also trigger the birth of stars in its wake of its destructive beam. See animation & hi-res pictures here. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The days of teenagers fuelling their smoking habits by buying cigarettes in cheaper packs of 10 could be numbered, under radical proposals being considered by the Department of Health. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

A woman kicked out of a women's toilet after a New York City restaurant mistook her for a man has settled her discrimination lawsuit for $US35,000 ($37,116). picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A couple in a suburban community have filed a lawsuit against their neighbour citing the "low lying fog" of tobacco smoke that wafts over their property. picked by Moogle 4 weeks ago

A Vancouver dad has lost his fight to keep the awesome pirate ship treehouse he built in his backyard for his kids. His neighbor doesn't like it, and it apparently violates a few city ordinances. He has 90 days to tear it down, but plans a sleepover for his kids in it first. picked by meggysue 1 year ago

Sigh...it has come to this then. Sources for the Stones were quoted as saying "Ronnie and Keith have been smoking on stage for the last three decades and they're not going to stop for the next two" Don't they realize that cigarette smoke and tar is ALL that keeps Keith alive nowadays? (seriously someone should get some of the man's DNA - I bet it cures cancer) picked by moe 2 years ago

A man said he broke into an apartment with a cavalry sword because he thought he heard a woman being raped, but the sound actually was from a pornographic movie his upstairs neighbor was watching. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

According to the data of American scientists, people who suffer from Parkinson's disease are less inclined to smoking and high coffee consumption, than their healthy brothers and sisters. It's a researchers' opinion that coffee and nicotine really can protect our brain from severe neurodegenerative disease. picked by JanetDavis 3 years ago

A feud in Åkarp in southern Sweden between a cigarette-puffing woman and her smoke-sensitive neighbour has finally been put to rest by Swedish courts. picked by kakana 4 months ago

An Audi sedan written off by an elderly German woman as stolen two years ago has resurfaced _ in her neighbor's garage beneath a thick layer of dust. Police said Thursday the 82-year-old from the northern city of Hildesheim took the car in for repairs two years ago and had the mechanics drive it back to her house and park it in her garage. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago