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NMAC Offering Smoking Cessation Program
Smokers in Bermuda have now been provided with a “cost-effective, quick, supportive and highly successful avenue” to quit smoking, with the Anne Penman Laser Smoking Cessation program available at Northshore Medical and Aesthetics Center [NMAC]. Under the direction of Anne Penman, Dr. Kyjuan Brown, NMAC Medical Director, and Alexander Dill,... Read more of this article
Health Ministry Statement: Tobacco Control Act
The Tobacco Control Act 2015 is intended to make smoking less available and attractive to children the Ministry said, with the Minister of Health, Seniors and Health, Jeanne Atherden saying that “Bermuda is years behind other jurisdictions” when it comes to implementing obligations to the World Health Organization [WHO] Framework Convention... Read more of this article
‘STEPS To A Well Bermuda’ Tobacco Fact Sheet
The Ministry of Health, Seniors and Environment released the STEPS to a Well Bermuda Tobacco Fact Sheet highlighting tobacco use in Bermuda. Last week, Minister of Health, Seniors and Environment, Jeanne Atherden announced the release of the STEPS Fact Sheet to be followed by a series of Fact Sheets on health related issues such as tobacco use, alcohol... Read more of this article
Anti-Smoking Program To Visit Bermuda Again
BF&M and Open Airways have revealed that Allen Carr’s Easyway to Stop Smoking program will once again be making a stop in Bermuda, with the seminar to take place on January 25, 2015 from 1.00pm through 7.00pm at the BF&M Insurance Building at 112 Pitts Bay Road in Pembroke. The program promises to help participants to quit smoking with “no... Read more of this article
Anti-Smoking Program To Visit Bermuda Again
Bermudian cigarette smokers, like their counterparts around the world, are often wanting to quit the expensive and unhealthy habit for a variety of reasons, and an upcoming visit to the island by the team behind the Easyway to Stop Smoking program will present a unique opportunity to quit for good. Over the past 30 years, an estimated 10 million people... Read more of this article
Man Flees Scene After Stealing Cigarettes
[Updated] A man fled the scene of a Front Street store on a motorcycle after stealing two cartons of Marlboro cigarettes yesterday morning. A police spokesperson said, “Around 10:30am on Wednesday, August 28th police officers responded to a report of an unknown male stealing two cartons of Marlboro cigarettes from Onion Jack’s Trading Post on... Read more of this article
Court: Man Charged With Machete Attack
In Magistrates Court this morning [Feb.2] 26- year old Ahijah Dill faced the indictable charge of wounding someone and a second charge of possessing a bladed article – a machete – in an Increased Penalty Zone as he was said to be within 300 metres of Dellwood Middle school. The charges arose out of an incident in which Mr Dill is alleged to have... Read more of this article
Magistrate to Marijuana Smoker: Try Marlboros
In Magistrates Court this morning [Mar.3] 49-year-old Susanne Jones pleaded guilty to possessing 2.4 grams of cannabis outside the Young Men’s Social Club at 8:40pm on 17 September 2010. The arresting Officer’s statement read into evidence was that Police found that her clothes smelled of cannabis smoke. That after being stopped, cautioned, and... Read more of this article
Burglaries: Pitbulls, Alcohol, Cigarettes Stolen
Between yesterday morning [Dec 12] and today, the East Broadway Shell Service Station, Miles Market, Saltus Grammar School and a St George’s home were all broken into. Cash, cigarettes, bottled alcoholic beverages and three pitbulls have been reported as stolen from the various locations. Around 6:20am this morning, Police received a report of... Read more of this article
Cigarettes Stolen From Gas Station
It appears that Bermuda’s criminals like a little puff, as for the second time in five weeks a burglar[s] broke into a gas station and stole cigarettes. Around 6:10am yesterday [Sept 25], the Police received a report of a burglary at the Collectors Hill Esso Service Station in Devonshire. They say that it appears that sometime between 11pm on... Read more of this article
Burglar Smashes Door: Steals Cigarettes
Earlier this month a burglar[s] smashed the front door of the Crawl Hill Gas Station in and stole multiple cartons of cigarettes, with Marlboro and Camels being the suspects’s smoke of choice. The Police say that a store worker arrived on the premises and noticed the front door glass was smashed and someone had gained unlawful entry onto the... Read more of this article
KBB Launches Cigarette Litter Prevention
Keep Bermuda Beautiful (KBB) kicked off its campaign to reduce the impact of cigarette butt litter within the City of Hamilton, with July 2nd being proclaimed Cigarette Litter Prevention Day by Charles Gosling, Mayor of the City of Hamilton. At Friday night Happy Hour hosted by the Fairmont Hamilton Princess, volunteers from the BePro group handed out... Read more of this article
