http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/state/CO.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/sep/17/air-rage-suspect-re-arrested-in-ny/?partner=RSS http://tobacco.org/news/272394.html Authorities have re-arrested a woman passenger who was busted on a flight diverted to Denver in June after she allegedly screamed racial slurs and punched a flight attendant who stopped her smoking. Christina E. Szele, 35, of Woodside, N.Y., was arrested Monday by U.S. marshals in Brooklyn for violating her pretrial release conditions, including twice testing positive for cocaine and an arrest for assault in Queens. Szele was freed on $10,000 bail in Denver June 25. She faces federal charges of assaulting a flight attendant and interfering with a flight crew during the the June 17 ruckus aboard a New York to San Francisco flight. Rocky Mountain News Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_10621851 http://tobacco.org/news/271955.html Teller County judged ruled today that the Midnight Rose Hotel and Casino was in violation of the Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act by continuing to let customers light up. County Court Judge Jackson Peters Jr., ordered casino manager, Donald Rosen to pay a $100 fine plus court costs. Peters could have fined the casino a maximum of $200. "It is scandalous that these Colorado casinos did not and do not take the law seriously," Stephanie Steinberg, chairwoman of Smoke-Free Gaming of Colorado, said in a statement. . . . The casino had claimed it was a cigar bar and, thus, exempt from the state law that took effect in January, banning smoking in casinos.Cigar bars are defined as those that receive 5 percent, or at least $50,000, of their gross revenue from tobacco sales. Denver Post jbunch@denverpost.com (Joey Bunch The Denver Post ) Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.gjsentinel.com/hp/content/news/stories/2008/09/30/100108_2A_Gas_explosion.html http://tobacco.org/news/271874.html A propane heater exploded, leveled a small rental house and seriously injured a man inside the home Tuesday morning. Little was left of the structure by 9:15 a.m. as a backhoe scraped up debris and firefighters sprayed water on the smoking, blackened ruins. . . . The owner of the house, Les Cook, who lives nearby, came to see Willson on Tuesday morning and complained of a strong smell of gas, Pistor said. "(Cook) said he would go turn the gas off and told him to open up the windows," Pistor said. Willson then lit a cigarette, causing the explosion, he said. Grand Junction Daily Sentinel webmaster@gjds.com (BEVERLY CORBELL) Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/17597147/detail.html http://tobacco.org/news/271873.html A Montrose man is hospitalized in critical condition after a propane heater in his rental home exploded when he lit a cigarette. The blast occurred shortly before 8:30 a.m. Tuesday on 61.75 Road in Montrose County. . . . Cook said the smell of propane was so strong at the home Tuesday morning that he felt woozy. He shut off the propane and told Wilson to air out the house. A deputy fire chief said that Wilson decided to sit down and have coffee and a cigarette, and that likely ignited the explosion. KMGH ABC Denver's 7 dennews@thedenverchannel.com Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.gjsentinel.com/hp/content/news/stories/2008/09/29/093008_2a_robberies.html http://tobacco.org/news/271770.html In the past month, more than $10,000 in cigarettes have been stolen from seven convenience stores in Grand Junction and from two stores in nearby towns, police said. Three of the burglaries were reported between 1:30 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. Monday at convenience stores in the Redlands and at another store on Patterson Road. The suspect is described as a white male, 6 feet tall, weighing about 175 pounds. He uses a signature style at each break-in: smashing through the store's glass doors and then only stealing cigarettes. Grand Junction Daily Sentinel webmaster@gjds.com (AMY HAMILTON) Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7465992&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1 http://tobacco.org/news/271387.html Firefighters say an apartment fire in a 16-story building in downtown Denver was started by a cigarette discarded into a pile of personal belongings on a balcony. Firefighters rescued a woman from the burning fifth-floor apartment at 19th & Arapahoe streets Thursday morning. She suffered minor burns and smoke inhalation, while a firefighter cut his hand. The firefighter was treated at a hospital and released. Firefighters didn't know the woman's condition. KDVR FOX 31 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/17438987/detail.html?rss=den&psp=news http://tobacco.org/news/271175.html A bar owner in Colorado Springs has been found guilty of violating the state's smoking ban and fined $200, plus court costs, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette. The newspaper is reporting that the cost of prosecuting the case was $60,000. The case stems from a March 2007 incident when two police officers went into Murray Street Darts on Murray Boulevard and they saw people smoking. Those officers testified that bar owner Bruce Hicks was selling the smokers ash trays for $1. KMGH ABC Denver's 7 dennews@thedenverchannel.com Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/17424174/detail.html http://tobacco.org/news/270951.html CU spokesman Bronson Hilliard told the Camera that university officials are examining how to possibly create "smoking zones" outside of buildings on campus that don't interfere with passing students. "The challenge of implementing Regent Carrigan's proposal is we don't have uniform space between buildings," Hilliard told the Camera. "We haven't yet determined a way to make sure every building can have one of these zones." KMGH ABC Denver's 7 dennews@thedenverchannel.com Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/sep/08/fewer-students-smoking-cu-officials-considering/ http://tobacco.org/news/270947.html Fewer college students than ever before are regular tobacco smokers, despite being targeted by aggressive tobacco marketing campaigns, according to a new study by the American Lung Association. The report, which provides an overview of tobacco use and policies on college and university campuses nationwide, found that about one in five college students are smokers. The last time the rate of college-age smokers was that low was 1989, according to the study, although the number later peaked at 30.6 percent in the 1990s. In a news release today, American Lung Association CEO Bernadette Toomey said colleges and universities still need to do more to protect students. . . . At the University of Colorado in Boulder, Regent Michael Carrigan has been leading that same charge for more than a year. Carrigan has proposed banning smoking inside and out at the Boulder campus Boulder Daily Camera newsroom@dailycamera.com (Heath Urie Camera Staff Writer) Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121884539418446077.html?mod=googlenews_wsj http://tobacco.org/news/270243.html When the Democratic Party holds its convention the week after next, members of Congress will be able to hear singer Kanye West at an all-expenses paid party sponsored by the recording industry. . . . Free drinks and cigars will be on offer at a bash thrown by the liquor industry. . . . when the Distilled Spirits Council throws the "Spirits of Denver," party goers will hear a brief presentation on how to prevent underage drinking. The council also is adapting to another new rule that forbids gifts for anything more than "nominal" value -- a phrase interpreted as under $10. (Under the old rules, anything worth up to $50 was acceptable.) People who attend the spirits party will get the traditional gift bag with cigars from Rocky Patel Premium Cigar Company. But the cigars will be lower-grade than in previous years. "We want to showcase our fine products and be 100% within the rules and the law," says Frank Coleman, the spokesman for the distilled spirits industry. Parties like this weren't supposed to happen at this year's conventions. The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition brody.mullins@wsj.com (BRODY MULLINS and ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON) Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.kjct8.com/Global/story.asp?S=8780798 http://tobacco.org/news/269858.html Mesa County Tobacco Education Council and St. Mary's Hospital want to help you quit tobacco once and for all. They are offering a class called "You Can Quit". The classes begin on August 5th. The cost is 25 dollars per person for the 4 week class. To register call Cathie Nicolson at 254-4108. KJCT TV8 ABC / KJCT DT7 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/travel/10Hours.html?scp=2&sq=cigarette&st=nyt http://tobacco.org/news/269833.html The Denver Art Museum's two-year-old jutting addition designed by Daniel Libeskind looks like an Imperial Cruiser from "Star Wars," . . . And if you happen to be having trouble giving up smoking, be sure to look for Damien Hirst's "Party Time" installation, an ashtray the size of a kiddie pool filled with thousands of burned cigarette butts. Dive right in. New York Times Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/128641 http://tobacco.org/news/269826.html An attorney for the homeowners association at the Centennial affordable-housing complex says a ban on cigarette smoking in its privately owned units is viable and will hold up in court. When the homeowners association board proposed banning smoking in the 92 privately owned condominiums, some residents — smokers and non — balked, arguing that the ban would set a dangerous precedent for infringing on civil liberties and possibly violating the constitutional right to privacy. “Preliminary findings indicate that we will be able to make Centennial a ‘smoke-free environment’ if we so choose,” homeowners association board president Ed Cross wrote to residents in a letter this week. “Legal precedent has stated that smoking is not a constitutionally protected right.” . . . attorney, Fred Peirce, has since prepared a legal argument for the ban that he will present at a Centennial homeowners meeting on Aug. 19. That meeting will also include remarks from Aspen Fire Marshal Ed Van Walraven, who recommended that Centennial ban smoking after a June fire caused by a smoldering cigarette destroyed 10 apartments in the Castle Ridge affordable-housing complex. ( Aspen Daily News andrew@aspendailynews.com (Andrew Travers, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer) Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jul/22/denver-gives-initial-ok-to-ban-on-cigarettes-at/?partner=yahoo_headlines http://tobacco.org/news/269339.html Smokers could be burned with a $300 fine for lighting up on sidewalks and other public areas around Denver hospitals. An ordinance passed on first reading Monday by the City Council prohibits smoking on the public right of way around hospitals. The ordinance, which establishes a no-smoking perimeter - basically from the sidewalk to the curb and gutter - is up for final consideration Aug. 11. "Sick people - people with respiratory illnesses, people with cardiac illnesses, people with asthma conditions - are vulnerable, very vulnerable, to short-term acute exposure to secondhand smoke," said Councilwoman Carol Boigon, who sponsored the proposal. Rocky Mountain News chacond@RockyMountainNews.com (Daniel J. Chacon, Rocky Mountain News) Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.thedenverchannel.com/money/16912339/detail.html?rss=den&psp=news http://tobacco.org/news/268969.html The managers of three Cripple Creek casinos ticketed for violating the state's smoking ban were summoned to court Thursday. One of them, the manager of the Midnight Rose, pleaded not guilty. The managers of the Double Eagle and Bronco Billy's did not initially show up but had asked through their attorneys for pre-trial conferences. "It's exactly what we expected," said Todd Fred, co-general manager of the nearby Wild Horse casino. "They have the right to come in and say they're not guilty and drag this out as long as they can." KMGH ABC Denver's 7 lance_hernandez@thedenverchannel.com (Lance Hernandez, 7NEWS Reporter ) Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT