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Indianapolis Celebrates One Year of Smoke-Free Air

Smoke Free Indy coalition today released results of two new studies that show the law has overwhelming public support and dramatically improved the quality of indoor air. Polling shows that 78 percent of residents support the law, while the second study f
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added May 31, 2013 12:01
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[Florida] Starbucks set to ban smoking within 25 feet of stores

In a letter posted at a local Starbucks, the company says it will no longer allow customers to smoke within 25 feet of its stores. Joshua Martin's weekly routine after a hard day's work is relaxing on Starbuck's patio in San Marco with a coffee and ciga
WJXT-Channel 4 (Jacksonville, FL)
added May 31, 2013 11:56
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[Florida] Starbucks set to ban smoking within 25 feet of stores | News - Home

In a letter posted at a local Starbucks, the company says it will no longer allow customers to smoke within 25 feet of its stores. Joshua Martin's weekly routine after a hard day's work is relaxing on Starbuck's patio in San Marco with a coffee and ciga
WJXT-Channel 4 (Jacksonville, FL)
added May 31, 2013 11:56
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[Texas] Starbucks Shoos Smokers Away, Cigarettes Banned Within 25 Ft. Of Entrance

Not everyone feels this new policy makes sense. Danny Jordan, who has smoked since he was 18, asks if you can’t smoke outside, where should you smoke?
CBS Dallas/Fort Worth (KTVT - CBS 11)
added May 31, 2013 11:53
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[Louisiana] Legislators agree to refinance La.’s tobacco bonds

Louisiana legislators agreed Wednesday to the governor’s plan of refinancing the state’s tobacco settlement and using the savings to plug holes in the state budget.
Baton Rouge (LA) Advocate
added May 30, 2013 19:16
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[Louisiana] Legislators agree to refinance La.’s tobacco bonds

Louisiana legislators agreed Wednesday to the governor’s plan of refinancing the state’s tobacco settlement and using the savings to plug holes in the state budget.
Baton Rouge (LA) Advocate
added May 30, 2013 19:16
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[Kentucky] Businessman pleads guilty in cigarette tax case

Pedro "Peter" Bellow of Miami, 43, became the second person to admit to plotting to use phony invoices to avoid paying taxes on millions of dollars' worth of cigarettes sold in several states. Bello entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Louisville.
AP - Associated Press
added May 30, 2013 19:15
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John Dryden, Illinois teacher, punished for informing students of their fifth amendment rights and a school survey

An Illinois high school teacher was punished by a local school district after he warned students about the Constitutional rights before answering a school-mandated survey about emotional and at-risk behavior.
The Global Dispatch
added May 30, 2013 17:27
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[California] City Council considers law prohibiting smoking in all Berkeley apartments

The ordinance, drafted with input from the city’s Rent Stabilization Board and Community Health Commission, would change the Berkeley Municipal Code by banning smoking tobacco in leased multiunit housing, which includes apartments, fraternities and senior
Daily Californian (UC Berkeley)
added May 30, 2013 13:14
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[California] 'Cigarette meter' to be installed in downtown San Rafael

The San Rafael Clean Coalition will install a "cigarette eater meter" at 6 p.m. Thursday at the San Rafael City Plaza. The display is a repository for people to deposit used cigarette butts. For every butt deposited, 1 cent will go to the St. Vincent de
Marin (CA) Independent Journal
added May 30, 2013 13:04
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