1.
New theory addresses frozen Earth paradox
LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Britain's public health minister will announce this week that the country's legal minimum age to buy cigarettes will be raised from 16 to 18, a report says.
The Times of London said that in her announcement, Caroline Flint will cite government research that shows roughly 450 children across Britain start smoking each day. The research also suggests that half of those children who go on to become regular smokers will eventually die from diseases caused by cigarettes.
The new law will go into effect October 2007, The Times reported.
Advocates for tougher smoking guidelines are also calling for an increase in fines for shopkeepers who sell to minors and a ban on cigarette vending machines. The Times reported that about half of teenage smokers get their cigarettes from such machines.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional Science News Stories | |
WASHINGTON, May 31 (UPI) --
The U.S. House Thursday rejected a bill that would outlaw abortions based on gender, with abortion opponents promising to make the vote an election issue.
|
NEW YORK, May 31 (UPI) --
Actor Michael McKean, who was hit by a car last week while walking in New York, says he has been discharged from St. Luke's Hospital.
|
BALTIMORE, May 31 (UPI) --
U.S. astronomers are forecasting the Milky Way will have a violent collision with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy in about 4 billion years.
|
CLEVELAND, May 31 (UPI) --
Cleveland prosecutors have dropped their case against a man who was ticketed for littering when he dropped a dollar he was attempting to give a disabled person.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
