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[North Carolina] EDITORIAL: Let local governments set smoking policies

The latest chapter comes as N.C. Sen. Buck Newton fights for a bill that would eliminate local tobacco use guidelines. Newton has noted that a number of community colleges, beaches and parks in different parts of the state have implemented no smoking pol
Rocky Mount (NC) Telegram
added May 16, 2013 03:25
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[North Carolina] Lawmakers split over bill to overturn outdoor smoking bans

Health advocates say an N.C. Senate bill would repeal hundreds of local and community college rules restricting smoking outdoors. The Senate Environment Committee approved a bill Tuesday that would prohibit local governments and community colleges from e
AP - Associated Press
added May 16, 2013 03:24
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[UK] MONBIOT: Oxford University won't take funding from tobacco companies. But Shell's OK

I have asked the Shell professor of earth sciences at Oxford, the university itself and the umbrella body Universities UK to explain the ethical difference between taking tobacco money for cancer research and taking fossil fuel money for energy research.
Comment is Free (The Guardian, UK)
added May 14, 2013 19:07
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[North Carolina] Senate to take up bill loosening smoking laws

A North Carolina Senate bill invalidating some local government and community college smoking rules that go farther than state law is up for a committee vote. The bill heads to the Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee Tuesday. The bill leaves in
Burlington (NC) Times-News
added May 14, 2013 12:50
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[Virginia] BENNETT: Big tobacco and higher education

it is still embraced by many of the nation's colleges. The industry clearly has targeted higher ed connections . . . Altria, maker of Marlboro, the biggest selling cigarette brand in the U.S., is a case in point. Execs and directors of the Virginia-bas
Muckety
added May 13, 2013 03:08
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[Indiana] Approved tobacco ban to increase smoking fine

The Board of Trustees approved a new policy on May 3 that will ban smoking and smokeless tobacco except in cars with windows up or during tailgating events. The ban will be enforced by a fine of $100, double the current amount.
Ball State Daily News (Ball State University)
added May 13, 2013 02:38
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[Idaho] LETTER TO THE EDITOR: UI tobacco policy

The University of Idaho works to protect the health and safety of its students through various aspects of life on campus but does not protect its students from secondhand smoke.
Moscow-Pullman Daily News
added May 9, 2013 18:03
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[New Mexico] Carruthers is new president of NMSU

On Monday, Cheney said he had not talked to Carruthers about his involvement in TASSC and still hoped to speak to several of the legislators about their concerns about Carruthers’ work on behalf of Philip Morris. “But I’m confident in Garrey’s ability to
Albuquerque Journal
added May 9, 2013 06:06
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[New York] STATEMENT BY SMOKERS' RIGHTS GROUP ON TODAY'S NYC COUNCIL HEARING TO RAISE CIGARETTE SALES AGE TO 21

NYC C.L.A.S.H. has opted not to participate any further in proceedings that only serve to pose as the democratic process. ... C.L.A.S.H. plans to run ads in publications such as college newspapers and any other medium that draws young adults illustratin
MMD Newswire (Mass Media Distribution LLC)
added May 8, 2013 23:35
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[California] Cartoon: UCLA instates campus smoking ban

USA Today
added May 7, 2013 09:15
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