Dear Doctors: My understanding is that nicotine and tar are what hurt you when you smoke cigarettes. But you recently said there’s also carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke, and that it’s even more dangerous. Can you please explain? I want my husband to quit, and this may help.
Funeral service for Robert Charles “Buddy” Stevenson, age 74, of Ruston, were held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at the Forest Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Taylor, Arkansas.
A closed-casket memorial service will be held for Rufus Washington, Jr., at 2 pm, Monday, October 7, 2024, at King’s Funeral Home, in Ruston. Visitation will be held at 12-2 p.m., closed-casket, prior to the service.
As states from Florida to North Carolina continue recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, Ruston’s Rolling Hills Ministries has made sure to have boots on the ground to help where needed.
Some of you older readers may recall the name of South Korean lobbyist Tongsun Park, a flamboyant international lobbyist who died this past week. Back in the 1970s, he was intricately involved in the politics of Louisiana.