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WASHINGTON----The Electronic Cigarette Association today urged decision-makers to seek alternatives to combustible tobacco that reduce Americans’ exposure to the multitude of harmful chemicals and toxins found in cigarettes.
Cigarettes sales are down 27 percent in Florida during the last four months, thanks to a new $1-a-pack tax designed to balance the budget and cut down on smoking.
COLUMBUS - Public health advocates foresee a perfect storm heading to Ohio next year that could increase smoking rates, gut enforcement of the indoor smoking ban and allow Big Tobacco to lure children into using new, mint-flavored tobacco products.
This just may be the year that you quit smoking for good. The American Cancer Society is doing its part to encourage smokers to give up the habit — or at least smoke less or quit for the Great American Smokeout, held annually on the third Thursday of November.
Smokers have tried a long list of ways to quit: cold turkey, counseling, gum, patches and more.
Over the course of the last several weeks, several cigarette and cigar thefts have occurred at local convenience-type stores in Mesquite. The suspects have entered the stores and walked behind the counters, removed the items from the racks and have then fled on foot.
State Senate Finance Chair Carl Kruger knows how to get some much-needed wampum for New York State — tax the cigarettes being sold on American Indian soil.
No, it wasn't more early morning fog you spotted over Centennial Park. It was the smoky haze of the 11th annual Cigar Heritage Festival, which drew aficionados of all things stogie to the Ybor City park today.
She smoked cigarettes for 25 years The sister of former Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle on Thursday won a $300 million jury verdict, the largest individual win in the Big Tobacco lawsuits in Florida.
BILLINGS — When Montana's smoking ban went into full effect Oct. 1, it hit some businesses hard and left others virtually unscathed. In general, establishments that catered specifically to the gambling crowd suffered most.
Most Lake Saint Louis aldermen said Monday they are on board with pursuing a smoking ban for the city.
