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[Texas] Coffee And Cigarettes Part Ways In Starbucks Smoking Ban

Hallett said many areas presently lack legal prohibitions against smoking near building entrances. "It's huge," she said. "What Starbucks is doing differently, by banning smoking outside and on the patio, is showing leadership."
Medical Daily
added Jun 4, 2013 09:43
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[Texas] Starbucks Shoos Smokers Away, Cigarettes Banned Within 25 Ft. Of Entrance

Not everyone feels this new policy makes sense. Danny Jordan, who has smoked since he was 18, asks if you can’t smoke outside, where should you smoke?
CBS Dallas/Fort Worth (KTVT - CBS 11)
added May 31, 2013 11:53
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[Texas] House sends increased Cig Fee-Tax-Depending-On-Who-You-Ask bill to governor | Trail Blazers Blog

A bill that got a lot of House resistance earlier this year - fee vs. tax, remember - has just come up on the House floor after the Senate carved out some restrictions for chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco and removed AG rule-making authority over the issue.
Dallas Morning News blogs
added May 24, 2013 11:10
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Texas legislative briefs: Bill to extend cigarette tax to all manufacturers heads to governor ($$)

A measure to apply cigarette taxes for future health costs to all manufacturers won final approval in the House on Monday and is on its way to Gov. Rick Perry's desk.
Dallas Morning News
added May 24, 2013 05:26
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[Texas] Letter: Smoking ban logic goes up in flames

Why should the government tell them how to care for their food and drink, but also allow them to expose their staff and customers to cigarette smoke? The editorial staff of the Amarillo Globe-News should either use better logic or stay out of the argume
Amarillo (TX) Globe-News
added May 13, 2013 04:21
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[Texas] EDITORIAL: Smoking Ban: Residents had multiple chances to speak up at council meetings and let their voices be heard ($$

Lufkin (TX) Daily News
added May 9, 2013 17:31
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[Texas] Gainesville passes its first smoking ordinance

Smokers in Gainesville will no longer be allowed to light up in certain buildings or even outside on some city properties and you could pay a hefty fine if you do. Gainesville city officials passed the city's first ever smoking ordinance Tuesday night. A
KXII (Sherman, TX/Ardmore, OK)
added May 8, 2013 07:04
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[Texas] Bill on cigarette tax burns its way through State House

"What this bill is about is one thing; do you sell cigarettes in this state? If you do then you should pay the same fee that everybody else pays," he said. Anesh Patel of The Smoke Shack in East Austin says no matter the tax, it won’t affect customer fl
Your News Now (YNN)
added May 8, 2013 06:48
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[Texas] HARPER: Another dustup over cigarette fee-tax - and it passes | Trail Blazers Blog

I don't know, I'm not sure you could call these cig producers "small business" and "the little guys" but it sure sounds good on the House floor. They still sell cigarettes, Otto points out.
Dallas Morning News blogs
added May 7, 2013 13:33
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[Texas] Some cigarette prices would climb under House bill

State taxes on chewing tobacco would drop by more than 30 percent but the price of cigarettes would climb for some brands under a bill given tentative approval in the Texas House. The measure passed Monday mandates that smaller cigarette brands not inclu
AP - Associated Press
added May 7, 2013 07:39
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