Smoking

Passing a Buck to the Smokers

Into the Ashes: Cosmos Cafe, RIP

No Smoking Ban In West U Bar (Note Single, Not Plural)

Smoke Toys: BBQ Pits by Klose

How Could Anyone Criticize Texas' Anti-Smoking Campaign?

Here’s yet another list that Texas finds itself at the bottom of: the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids’ report of how states have been spending (or not spending) the money they’ve been receiving from the landmark 1998 multi-billion dollar settlement with Big Tobacco. Texas comes in at 46, s ... More >>

The Prison Experience Just Isn't The Same Without Cigarettes, Lawmaker Says

After sticking another inmate with a shiv in the showers, there’s nothing better than a tepid cup of apple wine and a smoke. Unfortunately, TDCJ banned all tobacco products in 1994, making it that much more difficult for a prisoner to relax after a hard day of rec-yard baseball or gang rape. ... More >>

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After sticking another inmate with a shiv in the showers, there’s nothing better than a tepid cup of apple wine and a smoke. Unfortunately, TDCJ banned all tobacco products in 1994, making it that much more difficult for a prisoner to relax after a hard day of rec-yard baseball or gang rape. ... More >>

Hard Habit to Break

M.D. Anderson just can't say no to research funding from the tobacco industry

Letters

M.D. Anderson just can't say no to research funding from the tobacco industry

The Wet Look

Waterworld is a whirlpool of dazzling action, and muddled ideas

Houston Lawsuit Calls Foul On Those "Low-Tar" Cigarettes

Vincent Salazar, a Houston man, is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against Philip Morris and its parent company, Altria Group, in Texas, making the state one of four where similar lawsuits were filed in the last two days. The suits are seeking damages allegedly caused by years of advertising w ... More >>

R.I.P., Eleanor Tinsley

Eleanor Tinsley, who served on the City Council for 16 years, has died.She was big on two things -- getting Houston's billboards taken down, and trying to stop cigarette smoking anywhere and everywhere, it seemed.The elegantly coiffed Tinsley -- she always looked like the Dallas-native Baylor alum s ... More >>

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Eleanor Tinsley, who served on the City Council for 16 years, has died.She was big on two things -- getting Houston's billboards taken down, and trying to stop cigarette smoking anywhere and everywhere, it seemed.The elegantly coiffed Tinsley -- she always looked like the Dallas-native Baylor alum s ... More >>

Statewide Smoking Ban For Bars: Coming Soon?

Photo by Daniel KramerIt's been tried before, but this time there may be some possibility of a statewide smoking ban in Texas.Two bills address the subject, (one by Houston's Rodney Ellis) and the Texas Restaurant Association has announced it can support a ban.Although the TRA says it has "som ... More >>

City Says Smoking Ban Has Had No Impact On Bars

Photo by porcelaingirlTwo years ago, Houston City Council approved a smoking ban for local bars. This week, it was announced that the city had spent $12,000 to measure the impact of the ban.Their conclusion? It had no impact on bar sales whatsoever. "It's reassuring that we did the right thing ... More >>

Bar Patrons

Warning: Tobacco companies' advertising money may be addictive in Houston's club scene

Best Sports Bar

SRO Sports Bar & Cafe

If You're Going to Smoke, Stay Away From Siamese Cats

Photo courtesy of Joan ThewlisTexas A&M's College of Veterinary Medicine has tackled the question of whether second hand smoke can give heart disease or cancer to your pets - and comes up with a profound maybe. "Laboratory studies using dogs trained to smoke cigarettes have shown that they develop ... More >>

Smoking, Metal Detectors, Drug Sweeps and Houston Pavilions

The Ban and Business

Fighting Cancer

Who says Texas isn't battling cigs?

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Who says Texas isn't battling cigs?

The Deal sisters bring back the Breeders

Role Playing

Somerville, Smoking and Chicken Fried Porn

Role Playing

The Smoking Ban

Has it been good for Houston? A dozen local music figures sound off

Up in Smoke

The ban's arrival, from a Catbird's seat

Mail Call

Lights Out

Smoked Out

Will "self-enforcement" be enough for Houston's expanded smoking ban to work?

Dates and Camels

A new Afghani restaurant on Bissonnet offers a novel way to break your Ramadan fast

Up in Smoke

City Hall and the Greater Houston Restaurant Association once again threaten the right to light up in bars

Puff Piece

Thank You for Smoking's satire falls short of incendiary

Letters

Thank You for Smoking's satire falls short of incendiary

Letters

Thank You for Smoking's satire falls short of incendiary

Letters

Thank You for Smoking's satire falls short of incendiary

Letters

Thank You for Smoking's satire falls short of incendiary

Letters

Thank You for Smoking's satire falls short of incendiary

Got a Light?

All kidding aside, why smoking may be good for Houston

Dance Fever

HISD kills a reality show on high school dancers

Best Veggie Burger

HISD kills a reality show on high school dancers

Best Jerk Chicken

Reggae Hut

Smokin'!

The Fondue Monks may find their path to success paved with Lucky Strikes

Letters

Behest of Houston?, Paranoia by the Pack, Transsexual Treat

Letters 09-14-2000

Blowing Smoke, Pay to Play, Ill Will

Lucky Strikes Back

A tobacco company takes to the streets to reassure marginalized smokers

Important "Toxic Town" Trial Starts Up Today

Photo by Daniel KramerThe polluters who turned Somerville into the Toxic Town described in an award-winning Houston Press story may have had a good result in the first lawsuit they faced, but a second one -- beginning a week from today in the town of Caldwell in Burleson County -- may be different. ... More >>

Houston Firm Can Stop Your Smoking Habit -- Online!!

Teh Internets can solve almost any problem, it seems, from having to pay for music and news to bringing down Islamofascist dictatorships. Now smoking has apparently joined the list. A small Houston company that runs interactive pay-sites to help with compulsive hair-pulling and skin-picking disord ... More >>