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Most Americans Say 'No' to Smoking in Their Homes, Cars

Four out of five adults now have smoke-free rules in their homes, while about three out of four have enacted the same ban in their cars, according to the national survey from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Getting tough on smoking
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added May 17, 2013 05:39
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[New York] New Jersey Lawmakers Eye Raising Cigarette-Buying Age To 21

New York City's push to raise the tobacco purchase age has now spread across the Hudson River. Sen. Richard Codey and Assemblyman Ruben Ramos plan to introduce a bill Monday in Trenton to raise New Jersey's minimum age for buying cigarettes from 19 to 2
CBS New York - Ch. 2
added May 17, 2013 05:31
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[North Carolina] Effort to block beach smoking ban stalls

A bill that would have snuffed out local municipalities' rights to limit outdoor smoking hit a significant snag Thursday and is not likely to advance this session. "The bill can go no further as it currently reads," said an aide in the office of Sen. Bre
Wilmington (NC) Star-News
added May 17, 2013 05:30
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[UK] IVF on NHS for Scottish women over 40 ($$)

Women in their forties will be able to get IVF treatment on the Scottish NHS from this summer, but prospective parents who smoke or are obese will be banned. A radical £12 million overhaul of the system, intended to abolish the present postcode lottery an
Times Of London (uk)
added May 17, 2013 05:26
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[UK-Scotland] Scots IVF ban for obese, smokers and drinkers

SMOKERS, drinkers and the obese will be denied access to IVF until they improve their lifestyles, under strict new guidance for the NHS in Scotland. The new criteria, designed to make access to fertility treatment fairer across the country, states that
The Scotsman (uk)
added May 17, 2013 05:23
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[Hong Kong] HK Customs confiscates $18.5 million in crime proceeds from cigarette smuggling syndicate

Hong Kong Customs, with the application of the Organised and Serious Crimes Ordinance (OSCO), recently confiscated $18.5 million worth of realisable properties owned by three persons who were previously convicted in an illicit cigarette-cum-money launderi
7thSpace Interactive (portal)
added May 16, 2013 16:46
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EsmokeHub Introduces the Non-Addictive Way of Smoking with Electronic Cigarettes

The official spokesperson of the website added, “We at EsmokeHub confirm the fact that these electronic cigarettes are only much better and non-addictive than the traditional cigarettes. We don’t believe in promoting the exercise of smoking of cigare
SBWire
added May 16, 2013 16:46
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[Georgia] DeKalb County used tax funds to question strippers about a smoking ban

investigation of money handed out by a Centers for Disease Control program called Communities Putting Prevention to Work. Cause of Action says documents indicate that DeKalb County used funds it received “to support the adoption of a strengthened count
Atlanta (GA) Journal-Constitution
added May 16, 2013 16:43
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[Minnesota] Dayton: Use cigarette, corporate taxes for stadium

Gov. Mark Dayton is proposing that lawmakers use new revenue from taxes on cigarettes and corporate income to shore up the state’s …
La Crosse (WI) Tribune
added May 16, 2013 16:42
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[Minnesota] Dayton, negotiators back cigarette tax as backup funding for Vikings stadium

Fargo (ND) InForum
added May 16, 2013 16:41
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