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[Idaho] Fire chief: Smoker on oxygen ignited deadly fire

Fire officials in south-central Idaho say a smoker lighting a cigarette while using an oxygen tank ignited a fire that killed her and quickly spread in the apartment filled with additional oxygen tanks.
AP - Associated Press
added Apr 18, 2013 16:59
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[Idaho, Oregon, Washington] Proposed cigarette tax increase in OR could light up black market

“You get a lot of crime accompanying cigarette bootlegging,” said Patrick Fleenor, chief economist of Fiscal Economics Inc., who has written extensively on the economics of smoking. “It has similar effects to drug smuggling.” A study by the Mackinac Cen
Watchdog.org (Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity)
added Apr 12, 2013 10:42
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[Idaho, New York] High court weighing tribal cigarette sales

Idaho Supreme Court justices are pondering a case in which a Native American-owned cigarette wholesaler from a reservation in New York says the state has no jurisdiction to regulate the smokes it sends to the Coeur d’Alene Reservation.
The Spokesman-Review
added Dec 4, 2012 12:29
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[Idaho] Group works to snuff out smoking in more local bars

The group that pushed to take smoking out of bars in Boise is now following smokers to one of the only nearby places you can still have a drink and light up. ... Now, the same group behind those bans is coming to Garden City.
KBOI-TV 2News (Boise, ID)
added May 21, 2013 06:16
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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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Franklin County enjoys Idaho’s lowest cancer incidence rate

The age- and sex-adjusted cancer mortality rate for Franklin County during those years was 132.4 deaths per 100,000 persons, compared to 160.5 for the remainder of the state, according to state figures. Experts say lower tobacco use in Southeast Idaho i
Logan (UT) Herald-Journal
added Oct 28, 2012 23:49
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[Idaho] Tobacco ban on UI campus draws opposition

The UI Economics Club organized a debate on the topic to raise awareness of the initiative, which is working its way through the Associated Students of the University of Idaho senate and the Faculty Senate.
Moscow-Pullman Daily News
added Oct 23, 2012 18:11
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[Idaho] Boise ban still irks smokers, bar owners

The rule has hurt business, some proprietors say, even with new nonsmoking customers coming on board
The Idaho Statesman
added Aug 13, 2012 14:42
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[Idaho] Group of bar owners and concerned citizens want Boise smoking ban reversed; Plan to take City of Trees to court

KIVI-TV Today's Channel 6 ABC (Nampa, ID)
added Jun 14, 2012 20:05
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[Idaho] Mountain Express: Ketchum Smoking Ban in the Works

Ketchum is the latest Idaho municipality to mull a smoke-free environment. This morning's Idaho Mountain Express reports that the Ketchum City Council unanimously approved the first of three readings of a new ordinance "that would prohibit smoking in a
Boise (ID) Weekly
added Mar 7, 2013 04:24
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