Alabama
News 12 Chattanooga, TN
» Healthy States Rankings Put Tennessee, Georgia, & Alabama Near the Bottom (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
WSFA 12 (Montgomery, AL)
» Prattville smoking proposal fails (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
California
1350 KSRO (Santa Rosa, CA)
» Cigarette Tax Debate (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
Capital Public Radio
» AUDIO: Feature News Story | Health Advocates Push Ballot Measure To Raise Cigarette Tax For Cancer Research (Nov 16, 09) [intro]
Clinical Trials.gov (NIH and FDA)
» Dose-dependent Effects of Second-hand Smoke on Vascular Function (Nov 16, 09) [intro]
Contra Costa (CA) Times
» Perata's cigarette tax measure finds First 5 foes (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
Glendale (CA) News-Press
» Get tough on smoking ban, residents say (Nov 20, 09) [intro]
Grass Valey (CA) Union
» Nevada City council to review smoking ban, solar farm (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Legal NewsLine
» Calif. group pushes for $1 tobacco tax increase for cancer research (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Long Beach (CA) Press-Telegram
» EDITORIAL: Letting smokers smoke (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Marin (CA) Independent Journal
» No sanctuaries left for smokers at two Marin hospitals (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Oakland (CA) Tribune
» Perata, health groups launch tobacco tax initiative (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Palm Springs (CA) Desert Sun
» LETTER: Lose the cigarettes, gain more customers (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
» EDITORIAL: Fresh air for nonsmokers in Palm Desert (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
San Francisco Bay Times
» The Castro Tells the Grim Reaper to Butt Out! (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Colorado
Denver Business Journal
» Colorado ranks 8th in health report (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Florida
(Ft. Lauderdale, FL) Sun-Sentinel
» NAUGLE v. PHILIP MORRIS: VERDICT - PHASE 2 (PDF) (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
» NAUGLE v. PHILIP MORRIS, et. al. (PDF) (Sep 2, 08) [intro]
» Ex-smoker wins $300 million tobacco verdict (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
» Florida cigarette sales have dropped sharply since new tax (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Altria Group, Inc.
» Philip Morris USA Will Seek Further Review of Verdict in Engle Case; Company Says Award is Grossly Excessive (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
AP
» Ex-Smoker's Lawyers to Discuss $300M Fla. Verdict (Nov 20, 09) [intro]
» Fla. jury awards $300 million in ex-smoker's suit (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
» Ex-smoker hopes verdict will buy a lung transplant (Nov 20, 09) [intro]
Bloomberg News
» Philip Morris Must Pay Smoker Almost $300 Million, Jury Says (Nov 20, 09) [intro]
Bradenton (FL) Herald
» SCF campus may move to go tobacco-free (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Jacksonville (FL) Observer (JaxDaily blog)
» Tobacco Tax Estimates Remain Right On Target (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Media Law Prof Blog
» Tobacco Company Seeks Access To Historian's Unpublished Manuscript (Nov 13, 09) [intro]
Metromix LLC
» Smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette. Or not (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Miami (FL) Herald
» Cigarette tax boosts state budget (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
National Public Radio (NPR)
» Florida Smoker Wins $300M Judgment Against Philip Morris - The Two-Way (Nov 20, 09) [intro]
New York Times
» Florida Jury Orders Philip Morris to Pay $300 million to Ex-Smoker (Nov 21, 09) [intro]
Ocala (FL) Star-Banner
» Marion hospitals begin ban of tobacco on campuses (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Orlando (FL) Sentinel
» Following Florida's tax hike, are smokers cutting back or shopping elsewhere? (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Pointoflaw.com (Walter K. Olson blog)
» PointOfLaw Forum: Is the Bell Tolling For Philip Morris? $300M Verdict for One Former Smoker (Nov 20, 09) [intro]
PR Newswire
» Broward Jury Awards Former Mayor's Sister $300 Million in Fraud Case Against Tobacco Giant Philip Morris USA (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
PR Watch
» Stanford Historian Robert Proctor vs. R.J. Reynolds: A Lot on the Line (Nov 2, 09) [intro]
Science
» Court Orders Stanford Expert to Surrender Manuscript ($$) (Nov 6, 09) [intro]
SourceWatch (Center for Media & Democracy)
» Koballa v. Philip Morris, et al (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
Tampa Bay (FL) Online (TBO.com)
» Smokers can swap cigarettes for lunch during Smokeout (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
TCPalm.com
» Cigarette sales plunge since Florida's tax increase (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
The Chronicle of Higher Education
» Getting Burned for Putting the Heat on Tobacco ($$) (Nov 8, 09) [intro]
» Big Tobacco Strikes Back at Historian in Court ($$) (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
» Scholars' Right to Keep Unpublished Work Private Is at Issue in Lawsuit ($$) (Oct 12, 09) [intro]
The Independent Florida Alligator (University of Florida)
» UF study finds more teens smoke hookah (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
Tobacco Control Resource Center
» TOBACCO PRODUCTS LIABILITY PROJECT HAILS $244 MILLION PUNITIVE DAMAGES AWARD AGAINST PHILIP MORRIS AS “ENTIRELY PROPORTIONATE TO THE LEVEL OF REPREHENSIBLE MISCONDUCT BY THE COMPANY” (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
University of Florida
» Internet bridges gap for rural residents who need anti-smoking programs (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
» VIDEO: Smoking Vouchers (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Wall Street Journal Blogs
» Former Smoker Sues Philip Morris, Wins $300 Million (Nov 20, 09) [intro]
WBBH NBC2 (Tallahassee, FL)
» Lights out at hospitals (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
WINK-TV Channel 5 (Ft. Myers, FL)
» Smoking ban begins today at Lee Memorial Health System (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Georgia
Chattanooga (TN) Times & Free Press
» BREGEL: Progress slow in choking off smoking rates (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
InformaWorld.com
» Assessment of Exposure to Secondhand Smoke at Outdoor Bars and Family Restaurants in Athens, Georgia, Using Salivary Cotinine (Nov 1, 09) [intro]
News 12 Chattanooga, TN
» Healthy States Rankings Put Tennessee, Georgia, & Alabama Near the Bottom (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Northfulton.com (Appen News, GA)
» Parks smoking ban passes - sort of (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
physorg.com
» Study raises concerns about outdoor second-hand smoke (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
Red and Black (University of Georgia)
» SGA utilizes blog to get input on possible UGA smoking ban (Nov 20, 09) [intro]
Savannah (GA) Morning News
» Deal says he would sign cigarette tax increase bill if elected governor (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
ScienceDaily
» Study raises concerns about outdoor second-hand smoke (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Time Magazine Blogs
» The science behind moving smoking bans outside (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Hawaii
Honolulu Advertiser
» American Cancer Society Marks 34th Great American Smokeout (Nov 16, 09) [intro]
Idaho
KBCI-TV Channel 2 (Boise, ID)
» Fight to ban smoking in bars heats up (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Illinois
Chicago Tribune
» Two different life stories, one common disease (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
WGN Radio (Chicago, IL)
» Stevenson High School officials halt publication of student newspaper, the Statesman (Nov 20, 09) [intro]
Indiana
FW Daily News
» Survey finds many smokers make last minute plans to quit (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Indianapolis (IN) Star
» LETTER: Let's be like the Irish, ban indoor smoking (Nov 16, 09) [intro]
Muncie (IN) Star-Press
» OUR VIEW: State needs to cut smoking rate (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
Terre Haute (IN) Tribune-Star
» LETTER: Using hookah as dangerous as smoking cigs (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
The Exponent (Purdue U.)
» UPDATE (9:33 am): Purdue to become smoke free except in limited areas July 1 (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Iowa
Burlington (IA) Hawk Eye
» Smoking ban battle hits courtroom (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
Kansas
Lawrence (KS) Journal-World
» Smoker ready to extinguish habit (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
Kentucky
Kentucky Kernel (University of Kentucky)
» LETTER: Tobacco-free initiative needs compromise (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
» [SLIDESHOW] Students, faculty light up to protest tobacco-ban (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
» SIMS: Students can make own decisions, do not need administration’s policy (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
» EDITORIAL: Tobacco ban helps UK, state’s health for future (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
» [POLL] To smoke or not to smoke: Ban forces students to risk or quit (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal
» Universities of Louisville, Kentucky smoking bans go into effect Thursday (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
WFPL 89.3 (Louisville, KY)
» U of L Smoking Ban Begins Thursday (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
WKYT-TV CBS 27 (Lexington, KY)
» VIDEOL: Some UK students protest smoking ban (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
WLEX 18 NBC (Lexington, KY)
» UK, Louisville Begin Smoking Bans (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Louisiana
Alexandria (LA) Town Talk
» Musicians, tobacco-free advocates band together for Great American Smokeout (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Maine
ScienceDaily
» Bladder cancer risks increase over time for smokers (Nov 16, 09) [intro]
Maryland
The Diamondback (UMD-College Park)
» SGA votes against restricting campus smoking (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Massachusetts
Boston (MA) Globe
» With aid, Mass. poor cut smoking (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
» Massachusetts' Success in Helping Medicaid Recipients Quit Smoking Shows Why Congress Should Require Cessation Coverage in Health Reform (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
PR Newswire
» Massachusetts' 'Model' Tobacco Cessation Benefit Spurs Unprecedented Drop in Smoking Rates, Heart Attacks, Asthma, and Birth Complications (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
Springfield (MA) Union-News and Sunday Republican
» Greenfield apartment complex fire caused by careless disposal of hand-rolled cigarette, state fire marshal's office says (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Wicked Local (MA)
» Newton TAB Editorial: Smoking ban a bad idea (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
» Newton aldermen snuff out tobacco in pharmacies (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Michigan
(East Lansing, MI) State News
» Senate has not yet taken action on smoking ban bill (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
University of Michigan Health System
» U-M opens two new research studies for people with emphysema and other COPD (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
Mississippi
Columbus (MS) Commercial Dispatch
» Karriem to ask council to wait on smoking rules (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Missouri
Rolla (MO) Daily News
» Outside smoking at courthouse doors banned (Nov 20, 09) [intro]
St. Joseph (MO) News-Press
» City wants grant to battle smoking (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Montana
KFBB-TV (Black Eagle, MT)
» VIDEO: Smoking Controversy Continues in Great Falls (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
Nebraska
Chadron (NE) Record
» Rate of tobacco sales to minors rises (Nov 20, 09) [intro]
AP
» Neb. test: More teens could buy tobacco products (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Nebraska City (NE) News-Press
» Rate of Tobacco Sales to Minors Rises in Nebraska (Nov 16, 09) [intro]
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services System
» Statewide Tobacco Compliance Checks (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
New Hampshire
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
» A Case-Control Study of Smoking and Bladder Cancer Risk: Emergent Patterns Over Time (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Manchester (NH) Union-Leader
» EDITORIAL: Tobacco shakedown: It's not 'for the children' (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
» Shop bans pipe tobacco after court order (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Nashua (NH) Telegraph
» Court rules against tobacco shop (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
ScienceDaily
» Bladder cancer risks increase over time for smokers (Nov 16, 09) [intro]
New Jersey
AP
» Philip Morris USA sues over counterfeit Marlboros (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
NJBIZ
» Newark grocers, others named in Philip Morris USA litigation (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Parsippany (NJ) Daily Record
» EDITORIAL: "Hey buddy, you got a smoke?" (Nov 16, 09) [intro]
Philip Morris USA
» Philip Morris USA Sues Retailers to Stop Counterfeit Cigarette Sales (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch
» Philip Morris sues N.Y., N.J. retailers (Nov 20, 09) [intro]
New York
Albany (NY) Times-Union
» Kruger: Time to start collecting Indian cigarette taxes (Nov 16, 09) [intro]
AP
» Philip Morris USA sues over counterfeit Marlboros (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Buffalo (NY) News
» Clearing air on cigarette ads (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Columbia Daily Spectator (Columbia U.)
» City may make public housing a smoke-free zone (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Convenience Store News
» NYACS Backs Senator's Push for Cigarette Tax Collection (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Daily Orange (Syracuse University)
» Toback: Smoking hookah not worth the health risk - Feature (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Dunkirk (NY) Observer
» SMOKE FREE (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Gawker
» The Inalienable Right to Smoke - Cigarettes (Nov 20, 09) [intro]
NBCNew York.com
» Williamsburg Exhibition Captures Smokers on Camera (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
New York Daily News
» New Yorkers say they won't stop smoking tobacco products during 34th annual Great American Smokeout (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
» HAMMOND: Albany gasbags are full of it (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
New York Journal News
» Funding anti-tobacco programs saves us in the long run (Nov 16, 09) [intro]
New York Times Blogs
» Now Showing | Smoking in the Dressing Room (Nov 16, 09) [intro]
NJBIZ
» Newark grocers, others named in Philip Morris USA litigation (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Philip Morris USA
» Philip Morris USA Sues Retailers to Stop Counterfeit Cigarette Sales (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch
» Philip Morris sues N.Y., N.J. retailers (Nov 20, 09) [intro]
Syracuse (NY) Post-Standard
» Syracuse hospital exteriors appear smoke free during the first hours of ban (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
» Syracuse-area hospitals enforce new smoke-free boundaries today (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Syracuse (NY) Post-Standard blogs
» Great American Smokeout says keep trying to stop smoking (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
The Villager
» Gristedes chief still on warpath on cheap Indian cigarettes (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Watertown (NY) Daily Times
» Mohawks would fight cigarette tax (Oct 28, 09) [intro]
WCBS-TV channel 2 (New York, NY)
» NYC's First Non-Smoking Apt Building Set To Open (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
North Carolina
Franklin (NC) Press
» Lights out! Smoking ban nears (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
The Blue Banner (UNC Asheville, NC)
» Upcoming state smoking ban concerns local tobacco farmers (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Wilmington (NC) Star-News
» Bald Head Island considers adding to smoking ban (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Ohio
Marion (OH) Star
» Group hopes to overturn ban on smoking (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Toledo (OH) Blade
» Nonbinding UT vote to question smoking (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Warren (OH) Tribune Chronicle
» LETTER: Local VFW post should obey no-smoking laws (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
WTOL-TV (Toledo, OH)
» Findlay High School posts video on the web to combat smoking (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
Zanesville (OH) Recorder
» Report claims fewer Ohioans are lighting up (Nov 20, 09) [intro]
Oklahoma
Muskogeephoenix.com (OK)
» P.M. UPDATE: Cherokee Nation sponsoring tobacco cessation events (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
Pennsylvania
PR Newswire
» Pennsylvania Department of Health Offers Resources to Help Smokers Quit During (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
Williamsport (PA) Sun-Gazette
» Smokers need not apply! (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
South Carolina
Greenville (SC) News
» EDITORIAL: Tax hike would reduce smoking (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
South Dakota
Black Hills (SD) Pioneer
» Unusual strategies fell short for American Cancer Society in fight on smoking ban vote ($$) (Nov 16, 09) [intro]
» Unusual strategies fell short for American Cancer Society in fight on smoking ban vote ($$) (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
KELOLAND TV (Sioux Falls, SD)
» RC Business: Smoking Ban Has Been 'Positive' (Nov 13, 09) [intro]
» Smoking Ban Ruling May Impact Petition Process (Nov 16, 09) [intro]
KOTA 1380 AM / ABC (Rapid City, SD)
» Cigarette May Have Started Deadly Blaze (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
KSFY Television ABC (Sioux Falls, SD)
» American Cancer Society Won't Appeal Smoking Ban Ruling (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Pierre (SD) Capital Journal
» Judge rules smoking ban can go to vote (Nov 13, 09) [intro]
Rapid City (SD) Journal
» Cancer Society says it won't appeal smoking ban appeal decision (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Sioux Falls (SD) Argus-Leader
» Smoking ban left to voters (Nov 21, 09) [intro]
» Pricey fight over ban expected (Nov 20, 09) [intro]
» Decisions on smoking ban appeals may emerge this week (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Yankton (SD) Press & Dakotan
» Our Opinion: Smoking Ban Extension Decision Belongs To Us (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Tennessee
AP
» 33,000 calls received at state quit smoking line (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
Chattanooga (TN) Times & Free Press
» BREGEL: Progress slow in choking off smoking rates (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel
» Tenn. ranks 44th in overall health (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Memphis (TN) Commercial Appeal
» EDITORIAL: Better health, take charge: Dangers of tobacco use in any form can't be overstated (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
News 12 Chattanooga, TN
» Healthy States Rankings Put Tennessee, Georgia, & Alabama Near the Bottom (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
» Smoking cessation program offers childhood cancer survivors help to quit the habit (Nov 16, 09) [intro]
Texas
Southeast Texas Record
» Judge declines to play shell game with funds from Provost Umphrey Tobacco Partnership (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Utah
KTVX ABC4 (Salt Lake City, UT)
» IHC Hospitals ban smoking (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Salt Lake Tribune
» Legislator wants to ban nicotine candy (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Vermont
ScienceDaily
» Bladder cancer risks increase over time for smokers (Nov 16, 09) [intro]
Seven Days (Burlington, VT)
» Next Up for the Burlington City Council: an Outdoor Smoking Ban (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
Vermont Governor's Office
» Vermont Ranks 1st in Overall Health for Third Year in a Row in 20th Anniversary Edition of America's Health Rankings(TM) (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Virginia
Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch
» Seven local hospitals ban smoking campuswide (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
WWBT NBC12 (Richmond, VA)
» Smoking Ban: How will it affect local restaurants? (Nov 17, 09) [intro]
Washington
The Olympian (WA)
» Butt out: Health agency kicking smokers out in Tumwater (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
» Health department bans tobacco at Tumwater campus (Nov 19, 09) [intro]
Wenatchee (WA) World
» WARNER: Anti-smokers just can’t quit (Nov 18, 09) [intro]
Wisconsin
Channel 3000/WISC-TV Ch. 3 (Madison, WI)
» Researchers Study PTSD, Smoking Link For Soldiers (Nov 14, 09) [intro]
KDLH NewsChannel 3 (Northland's News Center, Duluth, MN)
» WI Sees Decrease In Tobacco Sales (Nov 17, 09) [intro]