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[Illinois] PANIERI: Cigarettes a sign of revolution?

Nary a day goes by that I don’t see a hand surreptitiously flicking a cigarette butt from vehicle windows (especially pickup trucks, for some reason). I have to wonder if this butt-tossing is a passive/aggressive action in protest to $5 per pack cigarette
Joliet (IL) Herald News
added Sep 24, 2012 17:24
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[California] VIDEO: Jerry Brown aide hobbled by 'vestige of the smoking tent'

McFadden broke her left foot May 10 - hobbled, she said, by "a vestige of the smoking tent."
Sacramento (CA) Bee
added Jun 4, 2012 14:50
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[North Dakota] Dangers of Smoking with Oxygen

A Sunday fire has left several families without a place to live.
KVLY TV 11 (Fargo, ND)
added May 14, 2012 20:06
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[New Hampshire] VIDEO: Woman smoking while on oxygen causes fire

A woman suffered serious injuries after firefighters said oxygen caught fire while she was smoking in her second-floor apartment on Cartier Street in Manchester.
WMUR-TV Ch. 9 (Manchester, NH)
added Feb 19, 2013 12:34
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[Massachusetts] Are companies' 'No Smoking' policies turning into 'no smokers need apply'?

More and more Massachusetts employers, worried about health-care costs, sick days and perhaps emboldened by a buyers market for labor, are looking into excluding smokers from their pools of job applicants, said Thomas Jones, vice president of the employe
Springfield (MA) Union-News and Sunday Republican
added Feb 4, 2013 13:35
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[Indiana] Tragic fire: Woman lights cigarette while on oxygen

"She was lighting a cigarette I assume while she's wearing her oxygen mask and as a result the fire from the cigarette lighter and the oxygen set her pajamas on fire," said Emery. "From there I guess the rest is history."
WBND ABC57 ( South Bend, IN)
added Nov 23, 2012 15:06
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[Louisiana] Lit cigarette, oxygen machine causes fatal fire

Baton Rouge (LA) Advocate
added Oct 10, 2012 17:39
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[Australia] Highrise smoking bans on horizon

SMOKERS are being banned from lighting up on balconies in a move that could soon extend to apartments, making many highrise buildings smoke-free. Buildings in Main Beach, Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach already have bans in place and many more are consi
Gold Coast Bulletin (au)
added Sep 9, 2012 22:19
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[Texas] Woman killed in house fire after smoking while using oxygen tank

Neighbors said the family had nine cats, a bird and a dog. Most of the animals perished in the fire.
KHOU CBS 11 (Houston, TX)
added Jul 7, 2012 22:19
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[North Carolina] Camera captures smoking bus driver's actions before crash

In April, police charged Lauritha McGhaney with reckless driving, no seatbelt, and smoking on a school bus. Police said that she lost control of the bus and collided with a car on Alice Dr. because she was trying to pick up a cigarette that she was smok
WBTV Channel 3 CBS (Charlotte, NC)
added May 25, 2012 21:17
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