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A five-year plan for reducing tobacco use in North Dakota would more than quadruple the state's cigarette tax to $2 a pack, ban smoking in bars and renew efforts to prohibit tobacco in schools and on campuses.
A North Dakota group`s plans for cutting tobacco use include a tripling of the state`s tax on cigarettes. The advisory board also wants to ban smoking in businesses and places where people gather. Smoking in bars and outdoor stadiums would be outlawed.
The iconic image of the US soldier, muddy and tired, with a cigarette hanging from his mouth, could become a thing of the past if the Pentagon accepts new calls for a ban on tobacco products in the military.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota advisory board is outlining its plans to cut tobacco use in the state. The proposal is likely to include suggestions for raising North Dakota’s tobacco tax, and a ban on smoking in bars.
Pentagon health experts are urging Defense Secretary Robert Gates to ban the use of tobacco by troops and end its sale on military property, a change that could dramatically alter a culture intertwined with smoking.
I STARTED SMOKING when I was 16, pilfering cigarettes from my mother’s purse or swiping unfiltered Pall Malls whenever my dad left his opened pack untended.
Some lawmakers say there isn`t much chance the North Dakota Legislature will increase the tax on cigarettes from 44 cents to two dollars a pack. The tax increase is part of a plan devised by a North Dakota anti-tobacco committee to cut down smoking.
The Lee County Health Department is joining a statewide initiative to cut tobacco usage by forming a new coalition called "Tobacco Free Lee." The first Tobacco Free Lee meeting was held Wednesday morning at the new Lee County Health Department facility on Pondella Road after the state awarded the local agency a $600,000 grant.
Don't jump to conclusions if you see someone in a restaurant with what appears to be a cigarette dangling from their lips. They could be kicking the habit by using an electronic cigarette that does not contain tobacco or produces dangerous secondhand smoke.
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Two inmates at the Chatham County jail in coastal Georgia got burned by their own smoking habit when they started a fire trying to light a handmade cigarette with a spark from an electrical socket.
A university committee anticipates drafting a proposal this month about the campus’ smoking policy, after a semester of debate on whether to ban tobacco.
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