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[Kansas] Eagle editorial: Close casino smoking loophole

If tribal and privately owned casinos around the country insist on allowing smoking, that’s their business – though behind the times and bad for the health of their employees and customers. But it is Kansans’ business that state-owned casinos continue to
Wichita (KS) Eagle
added Apr 30, 2013 15:44
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Editorial: Best road to fewer smokers? See that kids don't start

The public's safety trumps some whackjob's notion of free expression. ... If tobacco companies are allowed to sponsor sporting events, concerts and the like, their message will be getting through to kids. Keeping those positive messages away from kids --
Springfield (MA) Union-News and Sunday Republican
added Apr 30, 2013 14:58
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[UK-Scotland] EDITORIAL: A tobacco-free nation may yet be within our sights

The once-unimaginable prospect of a tobacco-free Scotland could actually be achievable if politicians can now stay the course.
Herald Scotland (The Herald and Sunday Herald) (uk)
added Apr 28, 2013 23:44
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EDITORIAL: Wins and Losses in the Fight Against Tobacco

The F.D.A. should move quickly to find court-acceptable graphic images and should develop stronger evidence that graphic images will reduce the number of new or current smokers. Otherwise, tobacco will continue to addict and kill millions of Americans.
New York Times
added Apr 28, 2013 23:20
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[New York] EDITORIAL: Bloomberg’s oral fixation

The mayor is free to spend his final days in office however he sees fit. But by focusing his time and energies on fluff like this new cigarette restriction, he’s putting his real achievements at risk. That won’t be good for the city, or for the mayor’s l
New York Post
added May 3, 2013 02:22
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[Canada] Editorial: Everyone pays smokers’ costs

Although B.C. has the lowest smoking rate (14 per cent) in the country and the rate continues to drop, the habit takes its toll on people’s health and the economy. According to the B.C. Health Ministry, more than 6,000 British Columbians die each year be
Victoria (BC) Times Colonist (ca)
added Apr 26, 2013 05:01
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LETTER: With this Congress, a higher cigarette tax is fantasy

If congressional Republicans had their druthers, I suspect that the federal tax on cigarettes would be eliminated and subsidies provided to those who wish to smoke. In their tested view, this would help the low-income nicotine addict and provide a boost
Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette
added Apr 25, 2013 14:12
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[Australia, UK] EDITORIAL: It's time to quit

The cynical lobbying of the tobacco companies—and their renewed attempts to sway public opinion with misleading advertising—to continue to market a substance that is known to be a leading cause of cancer should not be tolerated. Enough is enough, it's ti
The Lancet (uk)
added Apr 25, 2013 12:40
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[New York] EDITORIAL: Smoking and the right to dumb choices

18-year-olds are adults -- allowed to sign legally binding contracts, to vote, to go to war and to seek and obtain a doctor's prescription for Oxycontin. True, the legal drinking age is 21 in every state. But that is justified by the fact that an 18-year-
Los Angeles Times
added Apr 29, 2013 13:17
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[South Carolina] EDITORIAL: County right to consider expanded smoking ban

Beaufort County administrator Gary Kubic is on the right track with his proposal to ban smoking on all county-owned property -- inside and outside. ... people will adjust their behavior, and it almost certainly will make it easier and cheaper to maintain
(Hilton Head, SC) Island Packet
added Apr 26, 2013 12:22
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