Lung-Shaped Ashtrays

Trend Watcher recently reported that AOK, a German health insurance company, has begun installing transparent, lung-shaped ashtrays in public places in various cities. Apparently AOK hopes to raise awareness of the dangers of smoking. It might help if they also showed how the lung is damaged by smoking - perhaps holes in the ashtray???

Good News and Bad News - Fewer Americans Smoking

WebMD has just reported that, according to a new Gallup Poll on smoking, 21% of Americans currently smoke cigarettes. That is the lowest percentage since Gallup started polling smoking in 1944. That is the good news. The bad news is that WebMD reports that smoking is increasing among young adults age 18 - 24.