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16 min ago | KOLO-TV Reno

Report: US Adult Smoking Rate Dips to 18 Percent

The results of the latest national health survey by the government finds the percentage of smokers in the United States has dropped to 18 percent in 2012.

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Related Topix: Medicine

3 hrs ago | KTOO-TV Juneau

Juneau smokers fight back on senior housing smoking ban

Mountain View Apartments for seniors and the disabled at 895 West 12th Street, Juneau., is one of several AHFC facilities to go totally smoke free in August.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Juneau, AK, Anchorage, AK

3 hrs ago | Northern Virginia Daily

Cigarette smoking in bed cited as cause of fatal fire

The Warren County Fire Marshal's Office has determined that a fire in which an elderly woman died early Thursday morning was caused by her smoking in bed.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

5 hrs ago | CBC News

Cancer society urges tougher anti-smoking laws

B.C. has the lowest smoking rate in the country, but the Canadian Cancer Society says the figure hasn't fallen in six years.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Lung Cancer, Canada

9 hrs ago | HON

Tobacco Laws for Minors May Cut Adult Smoking as Well

States with tighter restrictions on the sale of cigarettes to teens also had lower adult smoking rates, especially among women, researchers found.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

11 hrs ago | E! Online

Lindsay Lohan Surfaces Smoking During Rehab

Lindsay Lohan may be in the process of cleaning up her act, but apparently that doesn't include her cigarette obsession.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic)

13 hrs ago | MyFoxNY

Landlord bans smoking in all buildings

The new rule is meant to create healthier living conditions, company officials told the NY Times.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Harlem (New York, NY), New York, NY

14 hrs ago | Seeking Alpha

E-cigarettes Vs. Tobacco: Know Your Risks, Or Risk Your Future

The cigarette industry is in decline. Not because of a drop in sales or revenue, but because there exists a conundrum for cigarette producers - cigarettes or e-cigarettes? An e-cigarette is an electronic inhaler that vaporizes a liquid solution into an aerosol mist, simulating tobacco smoke.

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Related Topix: Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medicine, Health

18 hrs ago | WCNC-TV Charlotte

Smoking on greenway frustrates many park goers

Folks who exercise on a county greenway say they're fed up with smokers. Smokers gather by the dozens on the Little Sugar Creek Greenway near Carolinas Medical Center.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Charlotte, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC

23 hrs ago | Journal

Benson intends to run against Walz in 2014

Rep. Mike Benson will announce today that he plans to challenge four-term Democrat Rep. Tim Walz for Minnesota's 1st Congressional District in 2014.

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Related Topix: Rochester, MN, US Politics, Mark Dayton, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Olmsted County, MN, Crossroads College, US Governors, Medicine, Health

Sun Jun 16, 2013

OregonLive.com

Smoking bill is unfair to retailers and a vulnerable group

The Oregon House narrowly approved a bill that would allow counties to tax tobacco products.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, John Kitzhaber, US Governors, Multnomah County, OR, Clackamas County, OR, Opinion

Benalla Ensign

Government smoking decision defended

Member for Rodney Paul Weller has defended his government's decision to refuse a Greens' bill to ban smoking in outdoor dining and drinking areas in Victorian parliament last week.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Examiner.com

Value of smoking ban decreases when people smoke outside the venue

There have been deepening concerns about the health hazards associated with smoking cigarettes and how difficult it is to kick the smoking habit.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic)

Boston.com

'Bling Ring' star Katie Chang chats the Blackhawks, Kardashians, and breaking into Elton John's house

We were pretty stoked when we heard Sofia Coppola was directing "The Bling Ring," a flick based on the series of Hollywood Hills burglaries in 2009 , when a group of excess-loving teenagers ravaged the homes and closets of Paris Hilton, Rachel Bilson, and Megan Fox.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, The Hills, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Audrina Patridge, Medicine, Health

Newkerala.com

Restricting tobacco use among teens lowers adult smoking rates: Study

Washington, June 14 : States that want to reduce rates of adult smoking should implement stringent tobacco restrictions on teenagers, a new study has said.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Family, Teenagers

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Scotsman.com

Health warning on shisha smoking bars

YOUNG people in Scotland could be risking their lives by smoking shisha pipes in illegal bars due to the dangers posed by carbon monoxide poisoning, campaigners will warn this week.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

The Island Packet

Bluffton officials may allow 'cigar bars' under smoking ban change

Bluffton residents might soon be allowed to light up and drink indoors in a certain type of bar -- one whose main focus is cigars -- under a proposed change to the town's smoking law.

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Related Topix: Bluffton, SC, Medicine, Health, Hilton Head Island, SC, Charleston, SC

ABC7 KGO

Walnut Creek to consider stricter smoking ordinance

The move comes as the city tries to upgrade its poor rating with the American Lung Association because of its weak tobacco control.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Charitable Organizations, American Lung Association

Newms360.com

Plantersville enacts comprehensive smoking ban

Plantersville will soon be a smoke-free town, joining the ranks of at least 64 other municipalities statewide including its neighbors, Tupelo and Verona.

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Related Topix: Plantersville, MS, Tupelo, MS, Verona, MS, Medicine, Health

WHIO

Yale doctor's mindfulness training helping smokers

A Yale doctor's research into a technique called mindfulness training and how it can help smokers quit is now available as an app.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Ipad, Science / Technology, Apple, Startups