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[California] Woman allegedly slaps cop to get thrown in jail to stop smoking

Nicotine patches apparently just aren't enough for Etta Mae Lopez. The 31-year-old woman allegedly slapped a Sacramento County sheriff's deputy across the face this week to kick her cigarette habit by getting herself thrown into jail.
Modesto (CA) Bee
added May 11, 2013 14:20
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[California] E-cigarettes' dangers uncertain

There are a lot of public health questions surrounding the use of e-cigarettes, but one thing is not in question - they are becoming a popular alternative to tobacco cigarettes. One in 5 smokers in the United States had tried e-cigarettes in 2011 - up fr
San Francisco Chronicle
added May 9, 2013 20:46
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[California] Dan Walters Daily: Will Prop. 30 burnout kill cigarette tax plan?

California's low smoking rates make a proposed cigarette tax seem plausible, but that could run up against wariness about again raising taxes in the wake of Proposition 30.
Sacramento (CA) Bee
added May 9, 2013 17:52
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[California] Illegal tobacco sales being snuffed out in Calabasas

In 2009, the council adopted a program that requires stores that sell tobacco products in Calabasas to be registered ... Councilmember Mary Sue Maurer said the tobacco registration program has been very effective. "The council's intent is zero toleranc
The Acorn (Agoura Hills, CA)
added May 9, 2013 01:00
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[California] Prop. 65 changes proposed by Jerry Brown

Gov. Jerry Brown said Tuesday that he intends to change California's landmark consumer-safety law in an attempt to reduce frivolous lawsuits and give the public clearer information about toxic chemicals. Since voters approved Proposition 65 in 1986, the
San Francisco Chronicle
added May 21, 2013 15:44
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[California] Lowell Bergman, Reporter Who Investigated the Tobacco Industry, Talks About His Film, The Insider

Infamous investigative reporter Lowell Bergman, whose investigation of the tobacco industry in the '90s was dramatized in the motion picture The Insider tells us about his experience ... The Insider is screening tonight at 8:30 as part of the San Francisc
San Francisco Weekly
added May 9, 2013 00:37
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$2 per pack tobacco tax on fast track in California Legislature

Sen. Kevin De Leon (D-Los Angeles) proposed the tax, which would move California's tobacco taxes from 33rd-highest in the nation to fourth. The $1.5 billion raised each year would help pay for medical care for tobacco-related diseases, anti-tobacco educa
Los Angeles Times
added May 8, 2013 15:30
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[California] Cartoon: UCLA instates campus smoking ban

USA Today
added May 7, 2013 09:15
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[California] Butts Out at Seton Medical Centers - Pacifica, CA Patch

Seton Medical Center in Daly City and Seton Coastside in Moss Beach announced today they are now smoke-free facilities. As the first northern Daughter of Charity Health System hospitals to enact this prohibition, the two health care facilities acknowledg
Patch.org
added May 7, 2013 14:50
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[California] Clearing the air: Hookah lounges, pens and the dangers of secondhand smoke

The recent news of some Temecula Middle School students being found with and selling hookah pens on campus will have many parents asking just what this new fad is and whether or not it’s a healthy pastime for young teens.
Southwest Riverside (CA) News Network
added May 7, 2013 02:10
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