A look at why youths smoke

SINGAPORE - Despite Singapore's strict laws against tobacco-related products, such as disallowing tobacco manufacturers to market their products to minors, as well as the implementation of smoking areas, the sight of teenagers smoking is still a relatively common one.

According to the National Health Survey 2010, smoking amongst Singaporeans aged between 18 to 29 has increased by 33 per cent in just six years, from 12.3 per cent in 2004 to 16.3 per cent in 2010. This is despite increased youth-targeted tobacco control programmes by the Health Promotion Board (HPB) since 2006.

Do I look like a transvestite?

You are used to seeing her looking nothing but gorgeous on the TV screen or award shows. With her exotic good looks and hourglass figure, Sofia Vergara is the envy of women and desire of men, which is why we are so suprised by what the Colombian beauty said recently.

In the Jews, Najib and Rosmah look to pin fallout from RM24mil ring?

As anticipated, a massive clean-up has begun for Prime Minister Najib Razak, starting with his wife Rosmah Mansor and her alleged RM24.4 million diamond ring. The main purpose - to defend his very shaky UMNO presidency ahead of party polls due next year.

Although the country is also headed for snap elections widely expected to be held in October or November 2011, Najib appears more concerned about his personal power as more leaders from both within UMNO and BN turn to his deputy Muhyiddin Yassin for guidance after a series of governance and political blunders by his administration.

Meanwhile, pundits expressed disappointment that Najib would again revert to Jew-bashing in a bid to get Rosmah and himself off the hook. Although news of the garagantuan diamond ring had shocked everyday Malaysians, not many have doubts that the first couple had more than enough money to make such a purchase, which in US terms is worth $8 million.

“Bitch, Your Pancakes Look Fine to Me” – Brawl Breaks Out at Denny’s Over Syrup“Bitch, Your Pancakes Look Fine to Me” – Brawl Breaks Out at Denny’s Over Syrup

It’s hard to believe that a fight this bad could erupt when the only thing she asked for was some syrup for her pancakes. A mass brawl ensued when one girl asked another table if they could have some syrup, and got the response: “Bitch, your pancakes look fine to me.”

The fight started in a Denny’s restaurant in Chicopee, Massachusetts, when one group of girls did not have enough pancake syrup. Two girls begin to have a stand-up argument and another gets involved while one of them approaches a filming camera and says ‘YouTube it’. 

The video, posted on YouTube, shows one girl in a white shirt and black trousers start rapidly punching another in the face. The girl being punched, who is wearing a light blue top and jeans, is then pushed over to the ground and her black underwear is partially exposed. As she gets up, another girl in a blue stripy top and jeans is pushed over by the same girl who started punching the first victim.

 While the fight happens, some people run out of the way, others clap and everyone else watches in disbelief as a chef comes up and tries to break up the fight before sending out one of the girls.

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