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[Nebraska] EDITORIAL: Anti-tobacco group should be funded
Nebraska's state legislators once again submitted shamelessly to the tobacco lobby last week and ended the funding of Tobacco Free Nebraska. Certainly in a tight fiscal environment, every program was up for discussion, but for the senators to eliminate t
Jun 1, 2013
Grand Island (NE) Independent
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Jun 2, 2013 02:52
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[Nebraska] Hansen: No smoke, just vapor, so what's the rub?
I found plenty of people who had switched completely from smoking to vaping and said they were in the process of ratcheting down the amount of nicotine they took in while vaping. (Plumes mixes each flavor with a different level of nicotine, according to
May 6, 2013
Omaha (NE) World Herald
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May 6, 2013 13:59
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[Nebraska] Cigarette tax hike one of two proposals voted down
The Nebraska Legislature's Revenue Committee voted down efforts to advance two tax proposals citing, in part, the need to include the ideas in a comprehensive study of state tax changes planned this year.
Mar 19, 2013
Omaha (NE) World Herald
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Mar 20, 2013 02:24
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[Nebraska] Tobacco tax to help fund UNMC cancer center still igniting critics' ire
City of Omaha officials gave a verbal pledge to a panel of legislators Wednesday to collect no more than $35 million from its recently enacted local tax on tobacco. "Once we meet that $35 million obligation, that will be the end of it," said the city's l
Mar 14, 2013
Omaha (NE) World Herald
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Mar 14, 2013 07:27
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[Nebraska] Backer of tobacco tax hike: 11000 adults would quit smoking
A proposed 72-cent increase in taxes on a pack of cigarettes would not only stop more Nebraskans from smoking but do “a lot of good things,” a state senator said Wednesday. “The most effective way to get people to quit smoking is to raise the price,” sai
Mar 13, 2013
Omaha (NE) World Herald
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Mar 14, 2013 08:10
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[Nebraska] Neb. lawmaker to offer deal on Omaha tobacco tax
A Nebraska lawmaker who took aim at Omaha's new tobacco tax is working on a deal that would allow the city to continue collecting it, at least until the tax fulfills its purpose of helping finance a University of Nebraska cancer research center.
Mar 10, 2013
AP - Associated Press
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Mar 10, 2013 12:37
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[Missouri, Nebraska] The Business of a Smoking Ban, Part I
Lost business versus healthier employees. Freedom of choice versus avoiding second hand smoke. These arguments are all current to us, but more than eight years old to some just a state away. Take a trip one hour north and one hour west from St. Joseph an
Feb 18, 2013
KQTV St.JoeChannel (St. Joseph, MO)
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Feb 18, 2013 21:52
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[Missouri, Nebraska] Business of a Smoking Ban, Part II
Finally, after six different amendments to the ordinance, Lincoln went 100 percent smoke-free indoors. "The sales came back strongly and actually have exceeded what some of the expectations would be," Halstead says.
Feb 18, 2013
KQTV St.JoeChannel (St. Joseph, MO)
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Feb 18, 2013 21:49
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[Nebraska] Colorado pot parlors: Smokers eager, lawmakers sluggish
A pot smoking club opened in Denver for Super Bowl Sunday, where people could bring their own stash, light up, watch the game and eat snacks. Club 64 opens on special occasions at 2549 Welton St.
Feb 17, 2013
North Platte (NE) Bulletin
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Feb 17, 2013 15:02
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[Nebraska] Judge tosses Native inmates' complaint over prison rules
A federal judge has dismissed an action alleging Nebraska prison officials reneged on a 2005 agreement to accommodate religious and cultural needs of Native inmates. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Warren Urbom stemmed from a complaint filed in August
Feb 6, 2013
Lincoln (NE) Journal Star
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Feb 16, 2013 22:29