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Smoking and Tobacco Use

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    Inventive Ways To Get Lifted at Friday's Devin the Dude Show

    Devin the Dude is dropping some of his own supply at the Granada Theater on Friday. No stranger to Dallas hip-hop fans, the Houston-based wordsmith makes frequent trips to our fair city and hopefully you have been able to count yourself in the crowd. It's always a fun night, and Devin's love of wome ... More >>

  • Music

    October 27, 2011

    Dan's Goes Smoke-Free

    Devin the Dude is dropping some of his own supply at the Granada Theater on Friday. No stranger to Dallas hip-hop fans, the Houston-based wordsmith makes frequent trips to our fair city and hopefully you have been able to count yourself in the crowd. It's always a fun night, and Devin's love of wome ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Dan's Silverleaf to Officially Become Denton's First Non-Smoking Venue Later This Month

    ​For a few years now, venerable Denton venue Dan's Silverleaf has adopted a policy of not allowing cigarette smoking inside its venues during shows. Later this month, the venue plans on making its no-smoking policy a permanent fixture of the room.According to a press release announcing the change, ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 31, 2011

    Szechwan Pavilion Chinese Restaurant: Like a G6 Unicorn- Sometimes

    ​For a few years now, venerable Denton venue Dan's Silverleaf has adopted a policy of not allowing cigarette smoking inside its venues during shows. Later this month, the venue plans on making its no-smoking policy a permanent fixture of the room.According to a press release announcing the change, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Smoking Declines and Food Fandom Grows. Coincidence?

    Cigs: They blunt your sense of taste and stunt your growth.​Smoke-Free Texas, a coalition agitating for a state law prohibiting smoking in restaurants and bars, this month released a study showing people would eat out more often if they didn't have to contend with secondhand smoke. No offense ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    Whitt's End: 11.26.10

    ​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *If you're a TCU fan, it goes down like this: Alabama beats Auburn today at 1:30 on CBS. Arizona beats Oregon tonight at 6 on ESPN. And Nevada beats Boise State tonight at 9:15 on ESPN. Oh yeah, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Dwaine Caraway Will Guilt Into Quitting the Smokes. Or SMU Will Pay You. Your Choice.

    Andrea GrimesMayor Pro-Tem Dwaine Caraway improvises at today's Quit Smoking Dallas! press conference by inviting a smoking colleague to be mortified without notice.​Joking happily about how he's already told you to pull up your pants and quit the K2, Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway hosted a press co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Caraway: "Quit Smoking Dallas"

    Health and Human Services/FDA​Speaking of the mayor pro tem ...City Hall just sent word that tomorrow at City Hall, Dwaine Caraway will be joined by SMU associate psychology prof Jasper Smits, clinical psychologist Jay Ashmore of the Cooper Aerobics Center and others to launch a citywide anti-smok ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Picture Show: Jump Smokers at Lizard Lounge on Friday night

    Roderick PullumJump Smokers held a release party at the Lizard Lounge on Friday. See the whole slideshow here.​ The Chicago-based techno jocks in Jump Smokers rolled on through to the Lizard Lounge on Friday night to celebrate the release of their modestly titled new album, Kings of the Dancefloor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Eating Fast Food Might Make You Fat, but not Necessarily a Slob

    You do know that this guy was really an Italian, right?​In a bit of tangentially related-to-food news, the Texas Department of Transportation is reporting that the state's motorists are doing much better at keeping food-related trash off Texas roadways. Smokers, however, are pigs. TxDOT reported ... More >>

  • News

    January 21, 2010

    Dallas-Born Encycloweedia—Exactly What It Sounds Like—Is Trying a New Way to Turn Pot into Dough

    You do know that this guy was really an Italian, right?​In a bit of tangentially related-to-food news, the Texas Department of Transportation is reporting that the state's motorists are doing much better at keeping food-related trash off Texas roadways. Smokers, however, are pigs. TxDOT reported ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2009

    Carter Albrecht's Family Files Lawsuit Against Pfizer

    The stop-smoking drug Albrecht was using at the time of his death.​In fact, they filed the suit against the drug company that produces the stop-smoking drug Chantix yesterday, it turns out. Robert's got all the details over on Unfair Park, including a quick discussion with Carter's father, Ken, o ... More >>

  • News

    August 20, 2009

    Smokey dare: Maybe it's time to regulate marijuana like cigarettes

    The stop-smoking drug Albrecht was using at the time of his death.​In fact, they filed the suit against the drug company that produces the stop-smoking drug Chantix yesterday, it turns out. Robert's got all the details over on Unfair Park, including a quick discussion with Carter's father, Ken, o ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 27, 2008

    Is Expanding the Dallas Smoking Ordinance a Commie Plot?

    City Council debate over expanding the smoking ban gets heated

  • Calendar

    January 11, 2007

    Flip Your Lid

    Orley hypnotizes the Imrpov

  • Dining

    October 21, 2004

    Puff Tank

    New eatery Jaden's Restaurant & Bar coming in November

  • Dining

    January 1, 2004

    Vice Grip

    In Dallas restaurants, 2003 was all about smoke. The future may be all about hooch.

  • Dining

    January 30, 2003

    Puff Puff Poof

    Smoking ban passed in the name of public health--right?

  • Dining

    August 23, 2001

    The Hole in the Doughnut

    Carrollton missed the boom, but still hopes to attract restaurant business

  • Dining

    March 1, 2001

    Cloudy Issue

    Bill proposes to ban smoking in Texas restaurants

  • Dining

    February 15, 2001

    Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

    And your hair, your clothes, and your skin as the Big Smoke blows through Dallas

  • Dining

    December 10, 1998

    Hash Over

    And your hair, your clothes, and your skin as the Big Smoke blows through Dallas

  • Dining

    February 1, 1996

    Top pie

    Sal's offers excellent old-fashioned Amer-Italian pizza

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