Toothpaste, rubber bands and smoking
Thief nabbed with 68 tubes of toothpaste
Police in northern Germany are searching for a man who tried to walk out of a supermarket with 68 tubes of toothpaste stuffed into his clothing. "We don't know if he had bad teeth," a police spokeswoman in Rostock said Friday. Noticing his bulging jacket, a store worker grabbed the man when he refused to stop and the tubes of toothpaste spilled all over the floor, police said. The thief struck the woman in the face and ran out.
Toothpaste
Well, at least his teeth are clean.
UK postmen could be fined over dropped rubber bands
British postmen should face on-the-spot fines for throwing away the red rubber bands they use to bundle letters, a litter watchdog said on Monday. Keep Britain Tidy said Royal Mail staff are not above the law and should be subject to the same 80 pound ($119) spot fine for littering as other members of the public. "Elastic bands may not be as visually offensive as dog dirt or half-eaten pizza, but they are most definitely litter," said the charity's Dickie Felton. "Is it really too much to ask them to put the rubber bands in their pocket as they do their daily rounds?"
Bands
Well call me crazy, but I have NEVER equated a rubber band with dog poop. At least rubber bands are small, don't stick to your shoes, and don't stink.
Nicotine replacement could help more smokers quit
Nicotine replacement therapy can help smokers quit even when they do not think they are ready, researchers reported on Friday. Smokers who do not yet want to quit but are prepared to reduce their smoking are twice as likely to stop in the long term if they use nicotine replacements to help them cut down gradually, the University of Birmingham team reported. "Until now experts have advised people not to reduce their smoking but to quit abruptly," Paul Aveyard, one of the researchers, said in a telephone interview. "The worry has been that advising reduction will somehow deter people from the better alternative, which is stopping right now," he added. "This treatment program is a way of potentially encouraging a lot more smokers into actually using nicotine replacement, which in the long term will help more of them stop smoking than if they hadn't done so."
Smokers
For all my friends who smoke: YOU CAN BEAT THIS.
Police in northern Germany are searching for a man who tried to walk out of a supermarket with 68 tubes of toothpaste stuffed into his clothing. "We don't know if he had bad teeth," a police spokeswoman in Rostock said Friday. Noticing his bulging jacket, a store worker grabbed the man when he refused to stop and the tubes of toothpaste spilled all over the floor, police said. The thief struck the woman in the face and ran out.
Toothpaste
Well, at least his teeth are clean.
UK postmen could be fined over dropped rubber bands
British postmen should face on-the-spot fines for throwing away the red rubber bands they use to bundle letters, a litter watchdog said on Monday. Keep Britain Tidy said Royal Mail staff are not above the law and should be subject to the same 80 pound ($119) spot fine for littering as other members of the public. "Elastic bands may not be as visually offensive as dog dirt or half-eaten pizza, but they are most definitely litter," said the charity's Dickie Felton. "Is it really too much to ask them to put the rubber bands in their pocket as they do their daily rounds?"
Bands
Well call me crazy, but I have NEVER equated a rubber band with dog poop. At least rubber bands are small, don't stick to your shoes, and don't stink.
Nicotine replacement could help more smokers quit
Nicotine replacement therapy can help smokers quit even when they do not think they are ready, researchers reported on Friday. Smokers who do not yet want to quit but are prepared to reduce their smoking are twice as likely to stop in the long term if they use nicotine replacements to help them cut down gradually, the University of Birmingham team reported. "Until now experts have advised people not to reduce their smoking but to quit abruptly," Paul Aveyard, one of the researchers, said in a telephone interview. "The worry has been that advising reduction will somehow deter people from the better alternative, which is stopping right now," he added. "This treatment program is a way of potentially encouraging a lot more smokers into actually using nicotine replacement, which in the long term will help more of them stop smoking than if they hadn't done so."
Smokers
For all my friends who smoke: YOU CAN BEAT THIS.