Smokers' rights could be at risk once again: a medical expert is currently advocating for some drastic regulations that would make it mandatory for all smokers to obtain a smoking license.
February 29, 2012 A North Carolina man lit up a cigarette after he accidentally drank gasoline, burst into flames.
In a 29-page decision on Monday, US District Judge Richard J. Leon blocked the implementation of a law on graphic cigarette photos. It would’ve required tobacco companies to include explicit photos detailing the dangers of smoking on cigarette packages.
The 36 images proposed by the Food and Drug Administration include a picture of diseased lungs next to healthy lungs, a man exhaling smoke through a hole in his throat, and a male cadaver with chest staples down his torso.
TV reporter Brad Woodward picked about the worst time possible to be caught taking a smoke break.
The five-year veteran of KHOU news in Houston was happily puffing away when the anchors cut to his coverage of an oil fire.
