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University Of Memphis To Become A Smoke-Free Campus
Nov 22, 2011
Officials at the University of Memphis have decided to push for a tobacco-free campus by next summer.The move was spurred by a student government petition last year and similar actions by faculty...
Tobacco Co-ops Competing For Place In Current Market
Nov 20, 2011
The role of the online cigarettes grower cooperatives that formerly administered the cigarettes store price support program has changed drastically since 2004.It had to: the price support program...
Oct 18, 2011
After a lengthy period of consideration, Minnesota State University will become a tobacco-free campus on Jan. 1.MSU, however, won’t be the first institution in the Minnesota State Colleges and...
Smokers, Politicians Struggle With Tobacco Habit
Sep 10, 2011
In most parts of the state, Californians appear to be kicking the cigarettes habit.Last year, 11.9% of Californians said they smoked, down one percentage point from 2009. California has the...
Smoke-Free Policies Could Save Landlords Millions
Sep 9, 2011
When apartment tenants light up a cigarette, it's not just their smoking cigarettes-averse neighbors who suffer. Landlords are also sucking it up — in increased cleaning costs. But by...
State Helping People Quit Smoking
Aug 29, 2011
Did you know that in the past year, one in five Knox County teens has smoked a cigarette?The state also earned an "F" last year in cheap cigarettes prevention and cessation coverage. But...
Appropriate Way To Stop Smoking
Aug 28, 2011
Big Tobacco is making a big deal out of the Food and Drug Administration’s new, graphic cigarette packaging. They have sued the federal government, complaining that the new labels will cost them...
Bill Bans Smoking In Cars With Kids
Jul 10, 2011
Secondhand tobacco smoke cigarettes is a known cause of cancer, lung and heart diseases. Children are even more at risk for health problems, with immediate effects of exposure including respiratory...
Group Honors Anti-tobacco Advocates
Jul 9, 2011
The Rip Van Winkle Tobacco-Free Action last week held its annual recognition dinner, honoring groups and individuals for their work in discouraging smoking cigarettes and tobacco use.“Your work...
Jul 8, 2011
Though cigarettes store sold by members of the Seneca Nation of Indians are again subject to a state excise tax, tribal leaders say they are not done battling such taxation.In a one-page written...
Setback Spurs Senecas To Top N.Y. Appeal
Jul 7, 2011
In the wake of Tuesday's court ruling that dealt the Seneca Nation a setback in its bid to block the state from taxing tobacco sales to non-Indians on its territories, Seneca President Robert Odawi...
Jul 6, 2011
Eastern Long Island Hospital has announced that its campus will be off-limits to smoking cigarettes effective Tuesday, July 5. Smoking will no longer be permitted anywhere on hospital...
Jul 5, 2011
When students return to Corning Community College's campus later this summer, they'll notice at least three changes: a tobacco-free campus, slightly higher tuition and a new president at the...
Free Washington Tobacco Quitline Service Canceled
Jul 4, 2011
The cigarettes Quitline phone service that Washington smokers could call for help is no longer available to everyone. The state Health Department says the free service ended last month because...
Devils Lake Joins The Smoke-free Crowd
Jul 3, 2011
Smokers in Devils Lake lit their last cigarette in bars across the city Thursday night. The city’s new smoking cigarettes ordinance, which went into effect at midnight, prohibits smoking...
Another Fargo Apartment Fire Blamed On Cigarette Butt Discarded In Flower Pot
Jul 2, 2011
A cigarette butt discarded in a plastic flower pot was the apparent cause of an apartment fire that started on a balcony and damaged two units this morning in south Fargo, Assistant Fire Chief...
Jul 1, 2011
Jairo Angeles loves taking his wife, Lyneth, and their nearly 1-year-old daughter, Ailine, to Frank Liske Park on Stough Road in Concord. "We come here because of the healthy air," Angeles, 28,...
Tobacco Prevention Gains May Go Up In Smoke
Jun 30, 2011
Last week 100 teens from across Montana converged on the Carroll College campus in Helena for the Sixth Annual reACT Teen Summit. There won’t be another gathering of teens involved in cigarettes...
New York City’s New Cigarette Prohibition
Jun 29, 2011
Since the mid-90s New York City Mayors Giuliani and Bloomberg have put forth a concerted effort to clean up the city. Out went the graffiti, prostitution, drugs and danger, in came more money from...
Senecas Determined While NYS Wins Smoke Case
Jun 28, 2011
The Seneca Nation of IndiansbizWatch Seneca Nation of Indians Latest from The Business Journals Senecas seek relationship with biz groupsJudge rules against Senecas in tax caseSenecas get temporary...
City's Ban On Smoking Called 'an Absolute Joke'
Jun 27, 2011
In the first month of New York City's new smoking cigarettes ban in 1,700 parks and along 14 miles of beaches, the city has issued a grand total of one ticket. That single ticket went to a...
Setback Spurs Senecas To Top N.Y. Appeal
Jun 26, 2011
In the wake of Tuesday's court ruling that dealt the Seneca Nation a setback in its bid to block the state from taxing cigarettes sales to non-Indians on its territories, Seneca President Robert...
Montgomery County Considers Partial Smoking Ban
Jun 25, 2011
Smokers would be banned from lighting up in common areas of at least 1,200 properties under a proposal being considered by the Montgomery County Council. The regulation, which received a mixed...
Franchot Won't Enforce Online Sales Ban For Cigars
Jun 24, 2011
Marylanders can enjoy mail-order cigars on the golf course and the beach this summer after all. In a highly unusual letter sent Monday to smokers and out-of-state cigarettes dealers, the office...
City To Hold Off On Tobacco Advertising Ban
Jun 23, 2011
A citywide ban on all visible cigarettes product advertising will not be enforced starting Friday as scheduled, after the city and a group of tobacco companies agreed to stay enforcement while a...
Big Tobacco Smoking Hot At Ad Ban
Jun 22, 2011
Big Tobacco claims Worcester, a city of 182,000, enacted an unconstitutional ban on cigarettes advertising that's so broad it prohibits ads anywhere in the city, indoors or out. Throughout...
Legislative Audit Is Critical Of Virginia’s Tobacco Commission
Jun 21, 2011
A cigarettes commission created to dole out hundreds of millions of dollars in Virginia’s most economically depressed areas spent too much money on projects that did not generate jobs or boost...
Jun 20, 2011
study released Monday by the General Assembly’s investigative arm says Virginia’s Tobacco Commission signed off on millions of dollars in economic development projects with a sketchy...
Guilty Plea In Black-market Cigarette Scheme
Jun 19, 2011
A 50-year-old Alexandria man pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Greenbelt to participating in a scheme that distributed more than 17 million black-market cigarettes. Jose Moreno pleaded...
Health Groups Seek Veto Of Philip-Morris Tax Break
Jun 18, 2011
Public health groups are asking the governor to veto a part of the state budget that would make moist cigarettes products cheaper and more affordable to Wisconsin kids. The change to so-called...
Board Approves Proposal To Ban Smoking In Parks
Jun 17, 2011
City health advocates are trying to ban smoking cigarettes in municipal parks and recreational areas. Racine's Board of Health on Tuesday unanimously approved a proposed ordinance to ban smoking...
Clean Air Regulations Reduce Heart Attacks
Jun 16, 2011
A new study suggests the smoking cigarettes bans popping up in cities and states across the nation may actually be preventing people from getting sick. The findings show that after a ban was...
Bills Announce Two Changes To Fan Behavior Policy
Jun 15, 2011
The Buffalo Bills announced two changes to their Fan Behavior policy that they want fans to be aware of heading into the 2011 season. In order to become more in line with the NFL’s...
Assemblyman David Weprin Pushes To Ban Smoking In Car With Kids
Jun 14, 2011
Lighting up with a kid in the car could soon cost you $100. Assemblyman David Weprin said Sunday he'll push for new legislation that bans adults from smoking cigarettes in cars carrying children...
Day One Of Springfield's Smoking Ban Underway
Jun 13, 2011
Non-smoking cigarettes signs have now replaced ash trays in Springfield bars, restaurants and public places. It's day one of the city-wide smoking cigarettes ban. And many businesses took...
4-H Teen Leaders Challenging Everyone To 'Kick Butts' Today
Jun 12, 2011
Mineral County 4-H teen leaders are challenging adults and teens who smoke cigarettes to ?Kick Butts? for their own health and for their families. Today is national Kick Butts Day (KBD). Youth...
Reduced Smoking Saves State Money
Jun 11, 2011
Ohio once had a model tobacco-prevention and cessation program that helped reduce smoking cigarettes rates among adults and children in Ohio. Currently, more than one-fifth of Ohio adults smoke....
Jun 10, 2011
It's getting harder all the time to figure out where conservatism begins and ends in the Texas Legislature - even though conservative Republicans own commanding majorities in both legislative...
East Harlem Neighborhood Becomes New York City's First Smoke-free Block With Experiment
Jun 9, 2011
Where's a New York smoker to go? Not E. 110th St. between Lexington and Third Aves. The bustling street - home to the East Harlem Asthma Center and several businesses - became the city's...
Vermont Department Of Health Works With Retailers To Offer Healthier Food Choices
Jun 8, 2011
Small Changes in Retail Stores Can Lead to Big Health Impacts Owners, Community Health Advocates Working with Vermont Department of Health to Offer Healthier Options, Reduce Risks Associated with...
Texas House Attempts New Smoking Ban
Jun 7, 2011
Banning smoking cigarettes in public places may save $30 million a year in Medicaid costs and more than $200 million a year in overall health care expenses, experts told a Texas legislative...
Businesses Disgruntled By Possible Ban On Menthol Cigarettes
Apr 18, 2011
Businesses are not pleased about the push by Senator Richard Blumenthal LAW ‘73 to ban menthol cigarettes. In an Apr. 18 letter, Blumenthal expressed his support for the United States Food and...
Some Hookah Bars Are Simply Ignoring State's New No-smoking Law
Jan 12, 2010
RALEIGH - Now that North Carolina's no-smoking cigarettes law has taken effect, most bars and restaurants across the state have thrown away their ashtrays and herded smokers to outdoor patios. ...
Court: Ohio Can Use Tobacco Money To Plug Budget
Jan 3, 2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The statecan use about $230 million set aside for discount cigarettes prevention for other purposes, an Ohio appeals court ruled Thursday in overturning a trial court's decision....
Hamilton County Considers Cigarette Tax
Dec 21, 2009
Hamilton County Commissioners voted 2-1 Wednesday to pursue a new cigarette tax in Hamilton County to bail out the stadium fund. It was unclear how much the tax would be on cigarettes bought in...
Wynn Seeks Dismissal Of Second-hand Smoke Suit
Dec 15, 2009
Attorneys for Wynn Las Vegas are seeking dismissal of a lawsuit claiming its casino workers are exposed to dangerous second-hand cigarettes smoke. In court papers filed Friday, Wynn's attorneys...
Ontario Contraband Tobacco A Rampant Problem
Dec 11, 2009
The rampant contraband cheap smokes problem in Ontario needs a comprehensive solution, and cutting provincial tobacco taxes should not be part of the plan, according to the Ontario Campaign for...
368,000 Teens Into Smoking Yearly
Dec 8, 2009
Kota Kinabalu: About 368,000 teenagers in the country - almost the number who sit for the SPM examination each year - have developed a penchant for smoking cigarettes. And the number is growing...
Head And Neck Cancer Survivors Who Use Alcohol And Cigarettes Have Increased Death Risk
Dec 4, 2009
PHILADELPHIA – Cigarette smoking cigarettes and alcohol consumption before head and neck cancer diagnosis strongly predicts the patient's future risk of death, according to published studies....
Smoking Rooms Debut In Some Local Nightclubs
Nov 30, 2009
The Rainbow Cactus Company in Virginia Beach was closed for business last Tuesday night, but that didn't mean owner Shelly White wasn't working. Behind closed doors, the dance club looked like a...
Hayden Adopts New Smoking, Curfew Rules
Nov 27, 2009
The Hayden City Council adopted a pair of ordinances Tuesday night, one establishing a curfew for minors and the other putting wider restrictions on no-smoking cigarettes designations. The...
Exposure To Lead, Tobacco Smoke Raises Risk Of ADHD
Nov 24, 2009
CINCINNATI -- Children exposed prenatally to online cigarettes smoke cigarettes and during childhood to lead face a particularly high risk for ADHD, according to research done at Cincinnati...
Nov 17, 2009
Tennesseans die of cancer at the fifth-worst rate in the nation. What kills them most frequently is cigarettes, but a powerful mix of misinformation and denial also drives up the death count....
Progress In Stamping Out Smoking Has Stalled
Nov 13, 2009
THURSDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- After decades of progress, the number of Americans who smoke cigarettes hasn't budged over the last five years and actually rose slightly from 2007 to 2008,...
UM To Ban Tobacco Products On Campus Starting In Fall 2011
Nov 10, 2009
The University of Montana is poised to join a growing roster of colleges nationwide banning cheap cigarettes on campus. The ban is set to go into effect in the fall of 2011, and would be the...
The Truth About Electronic Cigarettes
Nov 5, 2009
China.The country that gave us killer dog food, corrosive drywall, lead-based toys, and poisonous toothpaste. Now has a new surprise for you. It's a mystery chemical...completely unregulated. You...
Shands Snuffs Out Smoking At Hospitals
Nov 2, 2009
At the smoking cigarettes atrium outside Shands at the University of Florida, five people sat in silence, each dangling a cigarette between their fingers Wednesday night. One elderly patient had...
Flavored Cigarette Ban Baffles Old Consumers
Oct 30, 2009
As of last week, the clove cigarette and many of its other flavored brethren like vanilla and chocolate are now contraband. If you want some cloves now, you may want to try to find shifty-looking...
Cigarette Pricing Rule A 'risk' To Free Competition
Oct 26, 2009
THE POLICY of setting a minimum price on cigarettes online products distorts competition, a preliminary opinion to Europe’s highest court has said. The imposition by the Government of binding...
Editorial: Put Out That Cigarette
Oct 22, 2009
Santa Rosa County Sheriff Wendell Hall is the latest public official to realize that taxpayers can't be expected to foot the bill for people who ruin their health by smoking cigarettes. Smokers,...
Is Cigarette Smoke A Problem At Disneyland?
Oct 19, 2009
Villains apparently aren’t the only ones fuming in the Halloween character area at Disneyland, according to two guests. The cigarette smoke cigarettes from a nearby smoking cigarettes area...
Wisconsin Is Next-to-last State To Require Fire-safe Cigarettes
Oct 14, 2009
Wisconsin has become the next-to-last state to require so-called fire-safe cigarettes. Gov. Jim Doyle signed the bill a year-and-a-half ago and the law took effect on Oct. 1. Fire-safe...
Oct 12, 2009
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The drive by West Virginia bar owners to protect their businesses from the smoking cigarettes ban has taken a hit from the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department and R.J....
Cigarette Packs May Come With Deathbed Photos
Oct 2, 2009
Health Canada is considering ordering cigarette companies to put deathbed photos of an emaciated cancer victim on every package. Health Canada is testing 49 new health warnings for possible...
L.A. County Bans Smoking At Public Parks, Golf Courses
Sep 23, 2009
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance Tuesday banning smoking cigarettes at county parks, beaches, golf courses and other public spaces, with some exceptions. The...
MELVINDALE: 'No Smoking' Signs Might Be Put Up At Public Park
Jul 1, 2009
MELVINDALE — In an effort to clear the air, “no smoking cigarettes” signs might be going up in Deluca Field. Councilwoman Stacey Striz suggested the signage earlier this month in response...
Secondhand Smoke Threatens Casino Workers’ Health
Jul 1, 2009
New research suggests that casino workers face a higher risk of heart disease and lung cancer because they work in buildings filled with cigarettes online smoke. By one scientist’s...
FDA Will Not Protect Tobacco Companies From Tort Liability
Jul 1, 2009
Further focus will be put on making smoking cigarettes less inviting to young people through a stronger regulation of tobacco advertising. This is certainly a big win for the country’s general...
Ukraine’s ‘Lost’ Cigarettes Flood Europe
Jul 1, 2009
Big Tobacco’s Overproduction Fuels $2 Billion Black Market The hang glider pilot insisted it was a routine flight, and that strong winds had blown him over the border from Hungary into...
Antony Worral Thompson Leads Campaign To Overturn Smoking Ban
Jul 1, 2009
Antony Worrall Thompson, the celebrity chef, is spearheading a campaign to overturn the ban on smoking cigarettes in British pubs. The Ready-Steady-Cook star and restaurateur is leading the...
Last-minute Reprieve For Offices Ahead Of Greek Smoking Ban
Jun 29, 2009
Athens - Greece's health minister Friday announced last- minute exemptions for some offices and casinos, ahead of a public smoking cigarettes ban to due come into force next week. The Greeks are...
You Can Escape The Ciggy Siren's Song, Not Its Silence
Jun 29, 2009
I have a confession to make. Ten years after giving up smoking cigarettes I have started the wretched habit again. And it's not just the occasional puff. Rather, it's the full-on 15-a-day...
Jun 29, 2009
Illegal sales of cigarettes soar in Ontario, while corner stores and tax coffers suffer. Canada's illegal cigarette trade is soaring out of control -- and governments at all levels are...
Hookah Lounges Serve Up Culture, Controversy
Jun 29, 2009
Walking through the door of Sky Hookah Lounge is like entering another world. One passes from the bustling pavement of commercial Kings Highway in Fairfield into a dim, curtained room carpeted...
Cuepacs Told To Remember Non-smokers
Jun 29, 2009
KUALA LUMPUR: Cuepacs is ignoring the rights of non-smokers when it opposed the Public Service Department's stand on no-smoking cigarettes at government departments and agencies. Prof Dr Rahmat...
Langley RCMP Hand Out First Ticket To Man Smoking In Car With A Child
Jun 26, 2009
METRO VANCOUVER — Langley RCMP handed out their first ticket recently to a driver caught smoking cigarettes with a child in the car. The man was pulled over while he was smoking cigarettes...
New Research Discovers Link Between Smoking And Brain Damage
Jun 26, 2009
New research which suggests a direct link between smoking cigarettes and brain damage will be published in the July issue of the Journal of Neurochemistry. Researchers, led by Debapriya Ghosh and...
Pill To Make Smokers Forget Their Craving
Jun 26, 2009
A blood pressure pill might help people quit smoking cigarettes. Researchers believe that the beta blocker drug works on certain brain chemicals and effectively deletes some of the memories...
Public Opinion Sought For Graphic Anti-Smoking Measure
Jun 26, 2009
The new Health Code amendment would require online cigarettes retailers to put graphic warnings in their stores NEW YORK (WPIX) - The Board of Health wants to introduce a new anti-smoking...
Jun 26, 2009
Regarding the article "Congress: Regulate Tobacco" [June 12, front page], stopping the use of discount cigarettes once you are addicted is unbelievably difficult. It may be even harder than killing...
Jun 24, 2009
There is now evidence demonstrating the detrimental effects of exposure to cigarettes smoke cigarettes on the immune system. Evidence that ETS can influence early immune function is becoming...
Jun 24, 2009
Abstract Purpose of Review: We aim to discuss current insights on the influence of active smoking cigarettes and environmental cigarettes online smoke cigarettes in lower and upper respiratory...
Inspired By A Children’s Game, Santa Monica Fights Smoking
Jun 24, 2009
Not so long ago, pitches for online cigarettes were practically everywhere. It was difficult to miss -- or avoid -- radio and television commercials, print advertisements, billboards, signs in...
Regulatory Assessment Of Brand Changes In The Commercial Tobacco Product Market
Jun 22, 2009
Geoffrey Ferris Wayne and Greg Connolly Harvard School of Public Health, United States Correspondence to: E-mail: ferriswayne@gmail.com ABSTRACT Background: Regulatory oversight of...
Smoking-ban Foes Play Game Of Delay
Jun 22, 2009
Opponents of a statewide ban on smoking cigarettes in bars and restaurants say they have collected enough signatures to put the law on hold for at least 17 months and send the issue to voters in...
PRESS BRIEFING BY PRESS SECRETARY ROBERT GIBBS
Jun 22, 2009
MR. GIBBS: Good afternoon. Let me take 10 seconds to get organized. Let me quickly go through a week ahead for your planning. The President will spend the weekend in Washington and has no...
Canada Seeks Ban On Virginia Burley Tobacco
Jun 19, 2009
Bill pending in Canadian Parliament would curtail burley exports RICHMOND, Va., June 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A discriminatory bill currently pending in the Canadian Parliament would...
Cigarette Ban Being Implemented In Va. State Prisons
Jun 19, 2009
System Aims to Be Tobacco-Free by February 2010, Following a National Trend in Corrections Virginia corrections officials have quietly begun banning cigarettes online in some state prisons and...
FDA Wrinkles Its Nose At Electric Cigs
Jun 19, 2009
As the government tightens regulations on online cigarettes and smoking cigarettes, some people have found a new way to get their nicotine fix without smoke cigarettes and ash: electronic...
Jun 17, 2009
A Winnipeg woman is hoping to succeed where all other smokers have failed in the fight against Big Tobacco. Deborah Kunka has filed a class-action suit alleging the industry has intentionally...
Not Enough Done To Prevent Smoking, RCSI Report Finds
Jun 17, 2009
IRELAND HAS become complacent about its smoking cigarettes cessation achievements, with evidence that advice on giving up smoking cigarettes was offered to just half of smokers who were seen by a...
FDA Law Could Affect Punitive And Equitable Tobacco Claims
Jun 17, 2009
A bill that will give the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate online cigarettes products could make it harder for plaintiffs to obtain punitive and equitable remedies in tobacco...
Jun 15, 2009
The number of teens puffing on cheap cigarettes has dropped to a record low, an annual survey of smoking cigarettes habits shows. But the survey's author has warned that new smokefree policies...
H.R. 1256, The Family Smoking And Tobacco Control Act
Jun 15, 2009
CBO released a cost estimate yesterday for H.R. 1256, the Family Smoking and Tobacco Control Act. This bill would authorize the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate discount cigarettes...
Jun 15, 2009
WASHINGTON — The 17 senators who voted against allowing the Food and Drug Administration to regulate online cigarettes included some of the top recipients of campaign contributions from tobacco...
Jun 12, 2009
KILGORE — Lighting up in some area businesses, stores and public places is all snuffed out. The Kilgore City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a citywide anti-smoking cigarettes...
Jun 12, 2009
Smoking costs the NHS five times as much as previously thought, researchers have calculated. Treating disease directly caused by smoking cigarettes produces medical bills of more than £5bn a...
Jun 12, 2009
Newswise — Smokers who have tried to kick their habit may have used gum, patches or even the “cold turkey” method but probably not a computer. It may seem unusual but Dr. Scott Strayer,...
Jun 10, 2009
Smokers will no longer be permitted to light up in public places in Moorpark once a revised smoking cigarettes ordinance goes into effect this summer. The law will bring Moorpark regulations,...
Jun 10, 2009
WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Lois Capps and other public health advocates have a hard time understanding why it has taken so long to convince the federal government that cheap cigarettes should be...
Officials at the University of Memphis have decided to push for a tobacco-free campus by next summer.The move was spurred by a student government petition last year and similar actions by faculty and staff leaders. Maria Alam, who is chief human resources officer for the university, told The Commercial Appeal that she is "reviewing and putting together a policy" for the campus."The idea is not to go around policing," she said. "But we'd address it as complaints come in."In her position with the university, Alam oversees workplace regulations, including smoking...
The role of the online cigarettes grower cooperatives that formerly administered the cigarettes store price support program has changed drastically since 2004.It had to: the price support program was ended after that season, and the cooperatives had to find new services to offer to their members.Perhaps the most drastic changes among the cooperatives has been made by the Burley Stabilization Corporation (BSC), which served Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia. In 2010, it moved its headquarters 200 miles to get closer to its primary production area, and it has implemented an aggressive...
After a lengthy period of consideration, Minnesota State University will become a tobacco-free campus on Jan. 1.MSU, however, won’t be the first institution in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system to enact the cheap cigarettes ban.In 2010, the MnSCU Board of Trustees passed a resolution encouraging campuses to adopt such a policy. Shortly after, South Central College became one of the first to do so and has been followed by a number of others, including Winona State and Minnesota State-Moorhead.“This is a movement that’s been endorsed by MnSCU,” said Rick Straka,...
In most parts of the state, Californians appear to be kicking the cigarettes habit.Last year, 11.9% of Californians said they smoked, down one percentage point from 2009. California has the second-lowest smoking cigarettes rate in the country, according to recent reports from the California Department of Public Health and CDC. Utah, where 9.1% of residents are smokers, has the lowest rate.Another recent report paints a picture of a different kind of cheap cigarettes habit in Sacramento. The report -- "Tobacco Money in California Politics" by the American Lung Association in California --...
When apartment tenants light up a cigarette, it's not just their smoking cigarettes-averse neighbors who suffer. Landlords are also sucking it up — in increased cleaning costs. But by implementing complete smoke-free rules throughout their properties, owners of California multi-unit rental buildings could save up to $18 million a year statewide on the cost of cleaning apartments vacated by tenants who smoke, according to a new UCLA study. These policies can also protect their other tenants from the secondhand smoke cigarettes that seeps between units.The study was published online Aug....