http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/state/IN.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://www.fox28.com/News/index.php?ID=37353 http://tobacco.org/news/265230.html A local mother is outraged after she says she found a cigarette lighter in her son's kids meal at Burger King. It happened at the Burger King off Ireland and Miami Road in South Bend. Angela Vanderhuyden says she went through the drive-thru and ordered a kids' meal for her 4 year old. WSJV FOX 28 sales@fox28.com Sun, 11 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080512/NEWS/805120323 http://tobacco.org/news/265182.html The city has to gear up for the ban that will send some smokers outside to light up. Enforcing and monitoring the ban falls on the shoulders of the city's engineering department and City Engineer Jenny Bonner. Here are Bonner's responses to a few questions the J&C asked her. Question: Will enforcing the smoking ban place an extra burden your staff? Answer: We anticipate additional staff time in responding to complaints. However, our office currently operates the city's ordinance violation bureau. Lafayette Journal & Courier mmalik@journalandcourier.com (Michael Malik &#149) Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://thenewsdispatch.com/main.asp?SectionID=50&SubSectionID=72&ArticleID=13219&TM=39669.44 http://tobacco.org/news/265115.html The Issue: Teens growing up in towns that don't allow smoking in public places see non-smoking as the norm. Our Opinion: As Michigan City contemplates a smoking ban, it must balance the rights of restaurant and tavern owners and the right of people to breathe healthy, clean air. . . . Those who believe private business owners have the right to let customers smoke have a good argument about their fundamental rights. But health advocates are finding evidence that smoking bans are so successful in reducing the number of new smokers that we may have to let the balance tip in favor of the general health and welfare of the public. Michigan City News-Dispatch Sun, 11 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080507/NEWS/805070337 http://tobacco.org/news/265015.html Jon Hodge, owner of Buffalo Wild Wings Bar & Grill in Lafayette, said because of the Lafayette City Council's last-minute amendment Monday his restaurant will probably go smoke-free. "We have no choice. We have to go smoke-free," Hodge said. "Sixty percent of our business is food." Lafayette City Council members amended the city's smoking ban Monday night before it passed to include an exemption for businesses that serve and employ people 21 and older during all business hours. The amendment, business owners say, will probably force them to go smoke-free, a decision that will likely hurt their bottom line. Lafayette Journal & Courier mmalik@journalandcourier.com (Michael Malik * mmalik@journalandcourier.com * May 7, 2008) Wed, 07 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.miamicountylife.com/articles/2008/05/09/local_news/local85.txt http://tobacco.org/news/264996.html The second public hearing on the county-wide smoking ordinance has been set. It will be held May 27 at 7 p.m. in the Peru High School auditorium. Peru Tribune Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2008/05/09/news/top_news/doc20fddef9752c600b8625744400036ca0.txt http://tobacco.org/news/264988.html Marijuana is being smoked regularly by more Lake County high school students than tobacco, according to a new in-depth study of five local school districts. And among the districts surveyed, East Chicago students reported by far the highest rates of alcohol and marijuana usage, the study from the Lake County Drug Free Alliance found. . . . The study was presented as an inaugural epidemiological profile of Lake County for the Drug Free Alliance. The alliance intends to use the study to help convince local organizations to focus their drug-prevention efforts in areas that need the most attention. Munster Times Online jcarlson@nwitimes.com (JOE CARLSON) Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.perutribune.com/articles/2008/05/08/local_news/local85.txt http://tobacco.org/news/264962.html The second public hearing on the county-wide smoking ordinance has been set. It will be held May 27 at 7 p.m. in the Peru High School auditorium. Peru Tribune Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080508/LOCAL18/805080497/1195/LOCAL18 http://tobacco.org/news/264945.html Good news for women who smoke: If you quit now, in five years you will have significantly reduced your chance of dying from a heart attack. And in 20 years, you'll have almost the same health risks as a woman who has never smoked. A Harvard study, which appeared in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association, confirms what doctors have long said but provides a clearer window into what those health benefits are and how quickly they accrue. In Indiana, which has the sixth-highest smoking rate for women in the nation, anti-smoking advocates hailed the results as an incentive for more women to quit the habit. "This study is very encouraging," said Karla Sneegas, executive director of the Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Agency. "It's encouraging to say if you quit, there are wonderful health implications that are positive. It really can make a difference in your life." Indianapolis Star shari.rudavsky@indystar.com (Shari Rudavsky) Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008805050303 http://tobacco.org/news/264809.html The most comprehensive study ever on secondhand smoke titled "Environmental tobacco smoke and tobacco related mortality" states, "the results do not support a casual relation between secondhand smoke and tobacco related mortality." The study was conducted from 1960 to 1998 with support from the School of Public Health, University of California and the Department of Preventive Medicine, State University of New York. The facts on this ban are simple and well supported. It will "bring bar and restaurant business down 6.5 to 11 percent" (Dr. Michael Pakko, economist). . . . OSHA and the Indiana Building and Mechanical Code already give tight guidelines to air quality. By simply enforcing these standards, business owners will have the choice on how to regulate or condition their air to meet those existing codes. The April 25 letter was correct in pointing out that smoking is not a "civil right." However, it is a liberty that if taken away, will be met with civil disobedience. Lafayette Journal & Courier Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008805060331 http://tobacco.org/news/264808.html Lafayette City Council members passed a citywide smoking ban Monday, which included a last-minute amendment exempting businesses that employ and serve only people 21 and older during all business hours. Lafayette City Council members voted 7-1 in favor of the ban after it was amended to include the exemption proposed by council member Steve Meyer, D-at large. Council member Perry Brown, D-District 3, voted against it. The issue of passing the smoking ban in Lafayette had taken a turbulent path toward passage Monday, which included tempers flaring at meetings, name-calling and threats made against council members. Meyer's amendment could leave bar and restaurant owners with a tough decision: go smoke-free or family-free? Lafayette Journal & Courier mmalik@journalandcourier.com (MICHAEL MALIK ) Tue, 06 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.wlfi.com/global/story.asp?s=8276546 http://tobacco.org/news/264753.html The Lafayette City Council has passed a smoking ban 7 to 1. The ordinance would restrict smoking in most indoor public places including restaurants, with one big exception. Councilman Steve Meyer proposed an amendment to the ordinance that would allow smoking in bars where both employees and customers are 21 and over, and smoking signs are posted outside the building. Meyer said he proposed this amendment to try and reach a compromise between those who want smoking completely banned and those who don't. WLFI Channel 18 Tue, 06 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080501/NEWS02/805010476 http://tobacco.org/news/264733.html Careless smoking near an overstuffed chair was the likely cause of a house fire that killed a mother and her two young daughters, fire officials said Wednesday. Also, a smoke detector in the Fort Wayne was not working at the time of the Sunday morning fire that killed Debra Sallis, 23, and her daughters, 4-year-old Johniya Bennett and 5-year-old Johnae Bennett, firefighters said. "The evidence is consistent with burning materials being dropped on the overstuffed chair," the Fort Wayne Fire Department statement said. AP Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080501/LOCAL07/805010333 http://tobacco.org/news/264729.html Improperly handled smoking materials were the likely cause of the fire at a Bowser Avenue home Sunday morning that killed a mother and her two daughters, Fort Wayne Fire Department investigators said. Fire investigators also found that a smoke detector inside the home did not sound because it did not have any batteries. According to a report released Wednesday, the fire department ruled the fire at 4747 Bowser Ave. accidental, probably the result of smoking materials dropped on a recliner in the living room. Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette mhubartt@jg.net (Megan Hubartt The Journal Gazette) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.wlfi.com/global/story.asp?s=8249531 http://tobacco.org/news/264593.html - The Fort Wayne Fire Department says careless smoking was the likely cause of a house fire that killed a mother and her two young daughters. Twenty-4-year-old Debra Sallis, 4-year-old Johniya Bennett and 5-year-old Johnae Bennett were killed in the fire Sunday morning. A 25-year-old woman who was staying at with the family overnight remains in critical condition. AP Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/SE/20080430/NEWS/804300318 http://tobacco.org/news/264364.html The fire, at 4747 Bowser Ave., killed 23-year-old Debra Sallis and her daughters, Johnae Bennett, 5, and Johniya Bennett, 4. Twenty-five-year-old Chaketa McClendon, who the Sallis family said was staying overnight, remained in critical condition at St. Joseph Hospital on Tuesday night. Her condition wasn't available this morning, but she remained in the burn unit. The fire's point of origin was a recliner just inside the front door, according to the fire department's final report. The fire's cause has been ruled accidental, and the "most probable" ignition source is improperly handled smoking materials, according to the report. Fort Wayne News-Sentinel Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT