Barb may refer to:

• A backward-facing point on a fish hook or similar implement, rendering extraction from the victim's flesh more difficult
• Wind barbs for each station on a map of reported weather conditions
• Barb (feather), the branches issuing from the rachis of feathers
• Barb (fish), several species of freshwater fish
• Barb (horse), a breed from North Africa
• Barb (pigeon), a breed of domestic pigeon
• BARB, the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board
• BARB, a website http://barb.fr
• Barb, a shortened version of Barbara (given name)
• Barding or barb, a type of armor for horses
• Australian Kelpie or barb, a breed of dog
• A type of pipe fitting called barb, used to connect hosing (the ridges face backward, making insertion easy and removal difficult)
• Barb, a shortened version of barbiturate, a drug that acts as a depressant for the central nervous system
• USS Barb, the name of two submarines of the US Navy
• Barb, a term used by Nicki Minaj's female fans to refer to themselves

See also

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• Barb wire (disambiguation)

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Barb Tarbox, MSM (April 10, 1961 – May 18, 2003) was one of the most well-known anti-smoking activists in Canada; a life-long smoker dying of brain and lung cancers whose very open and frank discussions of her illness, its cause and its consequences, propelled her to the Canadian national stage. During the last months of Tarbox's life she went around Canada teaching young adults the consequences of smoking.^[1] Perhaps most memorably, she emphasized how she was unable to quit smoking even after she found out that she had cancer.^[2]

Tarbox died at a hospital in Edmonton on May 18, 2003 at the age of 42 from brain cancer and lung cancer.^[1]

On December 5, 2003, Barb Tarbox was posthumously awarded the Meritorious Service Medal^[3] by Her Excellency, the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, for devotion to the anti-smoking cause. The decoration was accepted in Ottawa by her daughter, Mackenzie.

"Barb's Miracle", a book by Greg Southam and David Staples, chronicles the last days of Tarbox's life.^[2]

On December 30, 2010, the Government of Canada unveiled tougher anti-smoking images on their cigarette packaging including one image which features Barb Tarbox during her last days. ^[4]

See also[link]

• Heather Crowe

References[link]

External links[link]

• Photojournal of Barb's last months^{[dead link]}