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Anti-smoking Advocates Call For Stronger Ban In Indianapolis

Nov 22, 2011

Smoke Free Indy and other backers of a comprehensive smoking cigarettes ban covering bars and fraternal organizations kicked off their campaign today with a news conference outside the City-County...

Porter-Starke Services Becomes A Tobacco-free Campus

Nov 20, 2011

On November 17, Porter-Starke Services will implement an organization-wide tobacco-free policy. The policy will be implemented at all of the community mental health center's office locations in...

County Reviewing No-smoking Ordinance To Take Effect In 2012

Nov 6, 2011

A Terre Haute city ordinance takes effect July 1 next year that will ban smoking cigarettes in all bars, taverns, businesses and enclosed public places. A similar action is to take effect at the...

Museum Hosts Lecture On Tobacco And Culture

Oct 18, 2011

With the Autumn Leaves Festival as a backdrop, history buffs and festival attendees gathered in the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History courtyard Sunday afternoon to hear Billy Yeargin deliver a...

Tobacco Consuption By Minors

Sep 10, 2011

If you watch them they won’t smoke, at least that’s what a local study says. Sale of cigarettes store to minors has been reduced by 97 percent in the last seven years since a local program...

Council Votes To Limit Outdoor Smoking

Sep 9, 2011

Attention, Elk Grove smokers: New rules are coming to town that will affect where you can light up.The city council Wednesday voted 4-1 to approve an ordinance banning smoking cigarettes within 300...

Smoking Ban Repeal Ahead

Aug 29, 2011

Four months after Kenton County became the first Northern Kentucky county to ban smoking cigarettes inside most public establishments, the initial furor has died down, but neither side is...

Tobacco Crop Up A Bit

Aug 28, 2011

It's harvest time in much of the nation's cigarettes store patches, and this year's harvest is expected to be among the smallest in at least a decade.Farmers are expected to produce 726 million...

Partial Smoking Ban On Tonight's Agenda

Jul 29, 2011

City councilors meet tonight to discuss a proposal to ban smoking cigarettes at all city parks and athletic facilities.Councilors also are expected to discuss recycling with a regional recycling...

Business React To Proposed OOB Smoking Ban

Jul 28, 2011

Just weeks after a similar ordinance was passed in South Portland, Old Orchard Beach is the latest town to consider banning smoking cigarettes on the beach.A group of high school students drafted...

Smoking Ban Going To Court

Jul 27, 2011

Just two weeks before Delaware County's comprehensive smoking cigarettes ban goes into effect, a legal challenge has been mounted.The Delaware County Licensed Beverage Association, American Legion...

Jewett V. R.J. Reynolds

Jul 26, 2011

A Jacksonville jury ruled yesterday that Barbara Jewett's addiction to cigarettes online containing nicotine was the cause of her COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), and Ms. Jewett's COPD...

Tobacco Users Need Not Apply At NCH

Jul 25, 2011

NCH Healthcare System in Collier County may soon join the growing ranks of U.S. hospital systems refusing to hire tobacco users, a policy that should help reduce insurance costs, the organization...

Plan To Ban Smoking Rejected In Killingworth

Jul 24, 2011

Recent issues with smoking cigarettes at the parks and athletic field has upset a few people in town, so much so that Haddam-Killingworth Youth and Family Services approached First Selectman...

Sunnyvale Public Library Makes Smoking Ban Permanent

Jul 23, 2011

After a 10-month-long pilot project, the Sunnyvale Public Library has made the ban on smoking cigarettes in the library plaza a permanent policy that will be part of the library's rules and...

Smoke Houses Push The Fine Line

Jul 22, 2011

The Westby City Council passed all its beer, liquor, wine, jukebox and cigarette licenses in June, but not without discussion as local law enforcement looks to the council for guidance as they deal...

Smoking Quitline A Victim Of Cuts

Jul 20, 2011

More than a decade ago, Washington received millions as part of the national tobacco settlement. That money's long gone.And now, in the budgetary scramble to cut, cut, cut, the state is cutting a...

Salem Council Votes Not To Ban Park Smoking

Jul 19, 2011

Salem City Council on Monday voted down an ordinance that would have banned smoking cigarettes in Salem parks but left the door open for revisitation.The council's decision rested on the difficulty...

Other Maryland Counties Have Partial Bans In Place

Jul 18, 2011

Many other jurisdictions have already placed some restrictions on smokers outdoors, prohibiting smoking cigarettes on playgrounds or athletic fields or during major events.Howard was one of the...

Dayton Accepts GOP Pre-shutdown Budget Offer

Jul 17, 2011

Gov. Mark Dayton sent a letter to GOP leaders of the Legislature on Thursday offering to accept a proposal they made on the eve of the government shutdown — with several significant additions —...

Alexandria Smokers Upset About Thought Of Smoking Ban In Bars

Jul 16, 2011

For Mark Mooney of Alexandria, alcohol and cigarettes online make a good environment for socializing.Mooney, a regular at Sharkey's Sports Bar & Grill in Alexandria, is among many smokers who think...

NY's Long Delayed Collection Of Taxes On Indian Cigarettes Begins

Jul 15, 2011

After decades of delay, New York has started collecting taxes on discount cigarette online and tobacco products sold by Indian-operated companies.Inspections at 357 retailers by state and federal...

First Ohio Bar Loses License Over Smoking Ban Fines

Jul 14, 2011

A Cincinnati-area bar has become Ohio's first establishment to lose its liquor license over the state's smoking cigarettes ban.The Ohio Division of Liquor Control this week notified Peg's Pub in...

Pub's Liquor Permit Denied Over Smoking Violations

Jul 13, 2011

Bar owners who have unpaid smoking cigarettes fees might want to get those checkbooks out - or risk losing their liquor license.Four years after Ohio's smoking cigarettes ban took effect, the state...

Feds Release Identity Of Service Man Caught With Explosives At Yuma Airport

Jul 12, 2011

U.S. Army Private First Class Christopher Eric Wey was arrested and charged today, for attempting to carry an explosive device on a United Airlines flight from Yuma to Los Angeles on Wednesday,...

Casinos Not Included In Smoking Ban Bill

Jul 11, 2011

A new bill that would allow smoking cigarettes to continue in Navajo gaming facilities while prohibiting its use elsewhere is making its way to the Navajo Nation Council.The Smoke-Free Navajo...

Smoking Ban Highlights Health, Safety Efforts

Jul 10, 2011

Effective July 1, 2011, Riverland Community College further restricted the use of tobacco on college property and became a Tobacco-free campus at all three of its locations in Albert Lea, Austin...

Carlson Urges Tax Hikes

Jul 9, 2011

A commission convened by former Vice President Walter Mondale and former Gov. Arne Carlson says Minnesota should raise cigarette, alcohol and income taxes to end a week-old government shutdown.The...

Trucker Charged With Murder In Fatal Buggy Crash

Jul 8, 2011

A tractor-trailer driver was charged with murder after his truck crashed into a horse-drawn buggy in southern Kentucky, killing an Amish toddler and injuring three members of her family,...

W'boro Treasurer Confiscates 800 Packs Of Cigarettes For Unpaid Taxes

Jul 6, 2011

RSS Text Size Print Share ThisHome / news /W'boro treasurer confiscates 800 packs of cigarettes online for unpaid taxesPack taxWaynesboro treasurer Stephanie Beverage unloads cartons of discount...

San Marcos Schedules Two Public Meetings To Discuss Smoking Ban

Jul 5, 2011

The city is soliciting feedback on ballot language for a proposed public smoking cigarettes ban set to go before voters in November.On Tuesday, the city council voted to move ahead with the...

Cigarette Butts On The Sidewalk

Jul 4, 2011

The New York city sidewalk is a battleground. Residents take issue with tourists who walk too slowly. Singletons get annoyed when confronted with double strollers in their way. And non-dog-owners...

Cigarette Tax Petition Aims At Off Brands

Jul 3, 2011

Some local lawmakers and the chairman of the University of Missouri System Board of Curators have made no secret of the fact they want Missouri to increase the sales tax on cigarettes to raise...

Bolivar Discusses Snuffing-out Smoking On City Property

Jul 2, 2011

The serenity of Dunnegan Park is a popular place to get some exercise."We just like coming out here walking every day," explained resident Brian Verslues.The park could be getting even healthier...

City Council Reviews Cigarettes Ordinance

Jul 1, 2011

The city of Elk Grove is poised to craft a cigarettes ordinance that is modeled after the sex offender ordinance city leaders passed last year.If passed by the Elk Grove City Council later this...

Most Support College’s Cigarettes Ban

Jun 30, 2011

Though Riverland officials may have banned cheap cigarettes use on Riverland Community College property (except in your car), do students and staff support the new policy?Survey says yes.Out of 347...

Summerville Goes Smoke Free

Jun 29, 2011

Summerville is the latest South Carolina city to pass a smoke cigarettes free ordinance.The city is working to minimize the effects cigarettes has on its residents. The ordinance is specifically...

Another Lowcountry Community Set To Go Smoke Free

Jun 28, 2011

In less than a month the town of the Summerville will be the latest SC community to butt out on cigarettes.On January 12th of this year, Mayor Berlin G. Myers casted the tie breaking vote on the...

City Council Advances No-smoking Measure

Jun 27, 2011

San Marcos city councilmembers took the first steps towards a possible ban of smoking cigarettes from public places. Concurrently, city officials are developing proposals to mostly criminalize...

Catholics, Other Faith Groups Lobby For Smoke-free Workplaces

Jun 26, 2011

During the last week of the state legislature special session, the Texas Catholic Conference is amping up its campaign for bans on smoking cigarettes in most public places and workplaces,...

Lobbyists Take Aim Again At Clean Indoor Air Act

Jun 25, 2011

Foes of the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act remain unrepentant in their determination to reverse one of the most popular and influential public health measures in Nevada history.Current opposition...

Smoking Changes Paid Off

Jun 24, 2011

An airtight, soundproof glass wall wraps around the bar at the Four Kegs sports bar in Las Vegas, separating smoking cigarettes drinkers from dining patrons.Four Kegs even customized its air...

NH Retailers Praise Proposed Cigarette Tax Cut

Jun 23, 2011

New Hampshire's grocers and convenience stores owners are praising a proposed 10 cent cut in the state's cigarette tax that is part of the budget package facing a final vote.John Dumais, president...

Can Smoking Really Kill You?

Jun 22, 2011

On Tuesday, the United States government issued the nine images that cigarette makers will be required to put on the front of every package starting in 2012 to illustrate the dangers of smoking...

Altria Group, Inc. Shareholders Meeting

Jun 21, 2011

MICHAEL SZYMANCZYK, CHAIRMAN, CEO, ALTRIA GROUP, INC.: Well, good morning. Thanks for coming, and welcome to the 2008 Altria Group, Inc. Annual Meeting Of Stockholders. I now call the meeting to...

City Looking For Stricter Beach Smoking Regulations

Jun 20, 2011

The city's regulations for smoking cigarettes on the beaches could become much tighter by the end of this month.During Tuesday night's Long Branch Council meeting, the council introduced an...

2 DeSoto County Cities Without Smoking Ban

Jun 19, 2011

Now that Olive Branch has enacted a partial smoking cigarettes ban for its restaurants and businesses, Horn Lake and Southaven are the last two of the five cities in DeSoto County that have not...

Thank You For Not Smoking

Jun 18, 2011

If you live in Reisterstown, chances are you’re familiar with the custard and Italian ice staple, The Cow. We have spent many a night waiting in the often long line just to get a taste of our...

Smoking Ordinance Suggested At Commission Meeting

Jun 17, 2011

* During the “miscellaneous comments” portion of a recent meeting, Lawrence City Commissioner Ernest Angino suggested that the city consider banning smoking cigarettes in city-owned...

Cigarettes Restrictions Proposed In Linn County

Jun 16, 2011

Linn County could have new restrictions on smokeless cheap cigarettes products as early as June.The Linn County Board of Supervisors will vote in May on three ordinances recommended by Linn County...

Initiative Petition Relating To Cigarettes Taxes Approved For Circulation For 2012 Ballot

Jun 15, 2011

Secretary of State Robin Carnahan today announced that an initiative petition relating to cigarettes taxes has met state standards for circulation.The ballot title for the petition reads: Shall...

Madison's Ban On E-cigarettes, Hookahs Begins Monday

Jun 14, 2011

Beginning Monday, Madison County will enforce an amended smoking cigarettes ban that includes electronic cigarettes.The Madison County Board of Health voted in April to include e-cigarettes and...

Officer Admits Guilt In Cigarette, Alcohol Smuggling Scheme

Jun 13, 2011

A former Prince George’s County police sergeant admitted Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt that he took part in a scheme to smuggle untaxed cigarettes online and alcohol from Virginia...

Smoking Bans Aren't 'magic Bullet'

Jun 12, 2011

While indoor smoking cigarettes bans may help provide safer workplaces, they don't necessarily decrease smoking cigarettes rates.In 1995, about 25.8 percent of West Virginians said they smoked on a...

N.J. To Help Smokers Kick Habit With Free Nicotine Replacement Treatments

Jun 11, 2011

The state Department of Health and Senior Services is trying to help smokers kick the butts.The department is now offering free nicotine replacement treatment — such as patches and gum — to...

Senate Committee Advances Renewal Of 4 Cents Of Cigarettes Tax

Jun 10, 2011

The Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs voted 7-2 Tuesday for a bill that would make permanent 4 cents of the state cigarette tax that is set to expire next year.The vote sends House...

Judge Promises Ruling On Smoking Ban By Friday

Jun 9, 2011

Will Springfield's smoking cigarettes ban take effect early Saturday, or be delayed by a bar owner's lawsuit?The answer Wednesday: Ask again later.After listening to attorneys argue for and against...

Myrtle Beach Area Group Calls For Smoke-free City

Jun 8, 2011

A local group is fighting for the right to breathe smoke-free air in Horry County, and on Tuesday they cited statistics that seem to be on their side.Ninety-five percent of 874 residents surveyed...

Smoking In Pendleton On Council’s Agenda

Jun 7, 2011

Residents will have a chance to weigh in on Pendleton’s spending plan for next year as well as a proposed smoking cigarettes ordinance when its council meets Monday evening.On the docket is a...

Talk Of Hookah Safety Is Just Blowing Smoke

Jun 6, 2011

In a family that lost two grandparents to smoking cigarettes-related deaths, online cigarettes is no laughing matter. I always knew Dad wasn't kidding when he said I would have to eat a cigarette...

Smoking Is A Personal Decision;

Jun 5, 2011

Jean Doublin walked into the bar her family has owned since the '70s, greeted each of the two patrons by first name and asked each how their families were doing before sitting down to an...

Smoking Ban Has Hookah Bars In Haze

Jun 4, 2011

Since a smoking cigarettes ban went into effect in St. Louis and St. Louis County at the beginning of this year, numerous hookah lounges and cafés have found various ways to continue lighting up,...

Smoking Ban Could Ignite Controversy

Jun 3, 2011

City officials are not wasting any time moving forward with a survey to gather input on the possibility of a proposed ban on smoking cigarettes in public places in Osage Beach.This week, the city...

State's Smoking Ban Worth Fighting For

Jun 2, 2011

Michigan is breathing easier now that it has passed the anniversary of its statewide smoking cigarettes ban. But citizens must let lawmakers know how much they appreciate the ban or risk new laws...

Jones Day Wins Hargroves Cigarettes Trial

Jun 1, 2011

Jones Day slam-dunked the plaintiff today with a quick win in the Hargroves v. RJR engle-progeny cigarettes trial. Today's verdict was the 44th Engle verdict. Although the defense has frequently...

Palace Will Ban Smoking

May 31, 2011

The Palace Casino Resort in Biloxi will become the first in Mississippi to go smoke-free.General manager Keith Crosby said Tuesday that when the casino opens its latest expansion on June 14,...

Smoking Infringes On Rights Of Musicians

May 30, 2011

To all musicians, music venues, audience members and concerned citizens, in your recent article, "Smoking Debate Comes to City," many perspectives were presented and overall I am pleased to know...

Cigarettes Use Falls Despite Cuts To Funding

May 29, 2011

Emily Kecskemety, a senior at Pittsford Sutherland High School, was watching the movie Hairspray one day and was bothered by all the smoking cigarettes in the film.The big-screen version of the...

United Restaurant & Tavern Owners Of New York

May 28, 2011

The United Restaurant and Tavern Owners of New York is a grassroots association representing Manhattan's 3,000 on-premise beverage alcohol licensees. Our partnership harkens back to a time when our...

Reynolds American, Inc. “takes Step” And Remains Rigid At Shareholder Meeting

May 27, 2011

On Thursday, May 5, 2011, I made my way to this historic city via the Winston-Salem Express. Friday morning at 9:00 A.M. sharp was the scheduled start of the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of...

As Smoking Bans Grow, It's Adapt Or Quit

May 25, 2011

When the urge struck, George Davis walked out of a Delaware City bar, pulled a Newport out of the pack, lit it and inhaled deeply.Davis has been smoking cigarettes for 20 of his 36 years and...

Smoking Ban May Face Uphill Battle In Texas Senate

May 24, 2011

House lawmakers successfully tacked a statewide smoking cigarettes ban onto a broad Senate fiscal matters bill last weekend. But whether it will stick in the upper chamber is another question...

New Yorkers Defy Outdoor Smoking Ban

May 23, 2011

The day has finally come when smokers can no longer legally light up in New York's public parks, beaches and promenades.But if this lot are anything to go by, they won't be packing it in any time...

GOP Brought Big And Small Changes To State

May 22, 2011

Republican control of the Indiana Statehouse resulted in major legislation on education, immigration and abortion this year, but it also brought changes, big and small, to state government.Tucked...

Good Hike Goes Down

May 21, 2011

There is a general, if not quite universal, agreement, nationally and in Louisiana, that raising taxes isn't the smartest move right now, given the economy. In Washington, where deficits have...

Smoking Rules Make Comeback With Macon Council

May 20, 2011

Two weeks after getting stubbed out on the floor of Macon City Council chambers, an ordinance to further tighten anti-smoking cigarettes rules is ready to ignite again -- with some changes and...

Cutting Cigarettes-cessation Fund Would Cost In The Long Run

May 19, 2011

Someone long ago coined the phrase "penny-wise and pound-foolish" for the kind of action taken by the state House when it eliminated the N.C. Health and Wellness Trust Fund.The House budget kills...

Proposed 70-cent Cigarette Tax Hike Stalled

May 18, 2011

A 70-cent-per-pack increase in the state cigarette tax was sidetracked here Monday, but renewal of a 4-cent-per-pack tax made it through committee and is headed for House floor debate.The House...

The Unseen Cigarette-tax Crime Wave

May 17, 2011

Sophisticated criminal organizations have one incentive: money. They find a need and fill it. It doesn't matter whether the product is narcotics, prostitution or terror, the goal is the same; more...

Ideology Becomes The State’s Bottom Line

May 16, 2011

On Monday afternoon, legislative Democrats held an informal hearing on an idea that will go nowhere this year: an increase in the cigarette tax.That, in a thumbnail sketch, illustrates the 2011...

Dems Hold Cigarette Tax Hearing

May 15, 2011

Democrats in the Idaho House vaulted a majority-party stonewall on Monday, holding an informational hearing on their proposed cigarette tax legislation after being denied an official House...

Cigarette Tax Deserves Hearing

May 14, 2011

In a year dominated by the budget, it’s hard to see why the Legislature would deny Democrats the chance to at least tout their reasons to support an increase in the cigarette tax.Several minority...

Kansas Cigarettes Tax Case

May 13, 2011

The federal government is dropping its case against a Kansas cigarettes wholesaler and several others accused of trying to avoid paying $25 million in cigarette taxes to Indian tribes and the state...

Illinois Mulls Smoking Ban Loophole For Casinos

May 12, 2011

Clutching his Marlboro, Clifford Hutchison works a slot machine unaware of his role in a desperate competition to balance state budgets. The retired maintenance worker from Chicago could have...

Newton Teen Turns Violent After Being Asked Not To Light A Cigarette At Forest Hills

May 11, 2011

A teenage girl allegedly turned violent after a woman asked her not to light a cigarette in a no smoking cigarettes area of the Forest Hills T busway. The dispute led to both the would-be smoker...

Rio Grande City Expands Smoking Ban

May 10, 2011

Restaurant patrons who enjoy a cigarette in the smoking cigarettes section will have to put out their butts soon.At their Wednesday meeting, the Rio Grande City commissioners voted to make the...

Nebraska Lawmakers Advance Legislation To Keep State In Compliance With Cigarettes Settlement

May 8, 2011

A bill designed to keep Nebraska in compliance with the 1998 U.S. cheap cigarettes legal settlement has cleared a legislative vote.Lawmakers on Wednesday granted second-round approval to the bill...

Louisiana Penal System

May 2, 2011

In the case of fellow offender who, as first reported in the Monroe Free Press recently, contracted bronchitis due to exposure to second-hand cigarette smoke, I could not contain my incredulity at...

Smoking Ban To Have Positive Outcome

May 1, 2011

The smokers and bar owners afraid of a citywide smoking cigarettes ban should take a deep breath of fresh, clean air and relax.Most important is the benefit to public health. The majority of bar...

Antismoking Bill May Mean The End Of Hookah Houses

Apr 26, 2011

California's last governor was so committed to lighting up that he kept a cigar tent outside his office, vetoed the state-park beach smoking cigarettes ban, and even went out of his way to...

Schools Helped by Cigarettes Taxes

Feb 10, 2010

Every package of cigarettes sold in Illinois adds money to the state’s school fund. Illinois tags a 98-cent tax on every package of cigarettes sold in the state, collecting an estimated...

Cigarettes Tax Poll

Jan 25, 2010

Tax increases aren't usually very popular, but a new poll says a huge majority of Idaho voters favor increasing the state's tax on cigarettes by a $1.50 per pack. Supporters of the proposal...

Spain Split On Smoking Ban

Jan 12, 2010

Originally set to be implemented on the 1st of January this year, the smoking ban is still being debated in the halls of power here in Spain with opposition parties failing to agree and Madrid...

Cypriot Smokers Face Tough Anti-smoking Law

Jan 5, 2010

Smokers in Cyprus, which ranks second among the 27 countries of the European Union in smoking prevalence, will wake up on New Year's Day to some of the toughest anti-smoking regulations in Europe....

Owners Mixed On Smoking Ban

Dec 28, 2009

GRAND HAVEN — Opinions differ as to whether or not the state legislature needed to pass a public work place smoking ban, but at least two Grand Haven area restaurant managers say they see a...

Teens Think Smoking More Dangerous Than Drinking, Drugs

Dec 21, 2009

American teens believe that smoking cigarettes is riskier than using illicit drugs or binge drinking, a new government report shows. That perception may increase the likelihood that they'll...

State Regulation Helped Private Clubs Increase Membership Among Smokers

Dec 15, 2009

State lawmakers did some midstate private clubs a favor by passing an indoor smoking ban 16 months ago. Managers and officers of several clubs said membership climbed or held steady as a result...

Public Smoking Ban Heads To Granholm's Desk

Dec 11, 2009

LANSING -- The House has sent to Gov. Jennifer Granholm for signing a bill to ban smoking in bars, restaurants and all other workplaces, but allow smoking on the gaming floors of Detroit's three...

Assembly Funding To Tackle Teenage Smoking

Dec 8, 2009

A NEW drive to stop schoolchildren taking up smoking was today announced by Health Minister Edwina Hart. Ms Hart unveiled an additional £650,000 for smoking prevention, in a bid to further cut...

Smoking Cessation Results Mixed Among Ohio's Appalachian Women

Dec 4, 2009

In the Appalachian region of the country — where smoking rates are high, cigarettes is often a cash crop and income and education levels are low — a smoking cessation effort led by non-medical...