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An anti-tobacco group Wednesday released a report calling New Jersey’s commitment to deter kids from lighting up smoking "disappointing" because the state spends less than 10 percent of what a federal agency recommends to keep kids smoke-free.
A workplace smoking ban — with exemptions for Detroit casino gaming operations, cigar bars and tobacco specialty retail stores — is on its way to Gov.
LANSING - The Michigan Senate passed a smoking ban Thursday that will take effect in May 2010. It applies to all bars, restaurants and work places, except for the Detroit casinos, cigar bars, tobacco specialty stores, home offices and motor vehicles.
The Michigan Senate passed a bill that would ban smoking in bars and restaurants. The bill, which would exempt cigar bars, specialty tobacco stores, and casino floors, in very similar to one that previously passed the Michigan House of Representatives.
LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan Legislature passed a long-delayed smoking ban Thursday, with exceptions for three Detroit casinos that have to compete with tribal casinos not affected by the ban.
If you thought that smoking tobacco through a waterpipe was safer than cigarettes, think again: Compared to cigarette smoking, a waterpipe -- also called a hookah or shisha -- delivers more deadly carbon monoxide and roughly the same amount of addictive nicotine, according to a new study.
An amendment to the Galveston smoking ban allows customers of a niche business smoke indoors.
Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerA file photo of a teen smoking a cigarette at a Morristown park.TRENTON -- An anti-tobacco group today released a report calling New Jersey’s commitment to deter lighting up among kids “disappointing," because the state spends less than...
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Canada’s federal government, accused of promoting so-called light cigarettes, must be a defendant in a British Columbia lawsuit seeking compensation from tobacco companies for the treatment of smoking-related illnesses.
Michigan lawmakers pass smoking ban that exempts 3 Detroit casinos, cigar bars, home offices
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Oregon ranks 25th in the nation in funding programs to prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, according to a national report released today by a coalition of public health organizations. To reduce tobacco use, health advocates are urging Oregon leaders to raise the state cigarette tax and increase funding for tobacco prevention.
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