Rapper T.I. Being Sued for Child Support

The mother of two of the rapper T.I.'s children is suing him for child support. She says that she is having a hard time financially supporting the boys and wants a court-ordered arrangement for payment. The woman, named Lashon Dixon, and T.I. have known each other since teenagers and have children that are 7 and 8 years old. Dixon says that he currently gives her about $2,000 each month to take care of the children but she is sure that he is able to pay more with his successful career. Both Dixon and T.I. appeared in Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday.

Restaurant Smoking Bans Decrease Teen Smoking

A recent study shows that restaurant smoking bans help to persuade teenagers not to become smokers. Teens who lived in towns with strict bans were 40 percent less likely to become regular smokers than teens that lived in communities without bans or that had weak bans. Smoking bans discourage tobacco use and sends out the message that smoking is not healthy. The ban also reduces the amount of smoke that teens are exposed to in public places.

Having a parent or close friend that smokes can be an influence as to whether or not a teenager experiments with cigarettes but strong bans in public places play a bigger role in whether a not the teen will develop a smoking habit. The study also found that the bans had a greater effect on younger teens than older teens.

New Device Makes Cheating More Difficult

Recently, a New York firm is marketing a new device that would allow spouses or parents to recover old text messages from cell phones. The device is a SIM card reader that costs $149 and will even recover messages that were earlier deleted. Half of spouses find something bad on their partner’s phone and to avoid being caught, the spouses and teens being spied on would have to remove the SIM card from their phone and crush it or cut it up with a wire cutter.