Hospitals want full smoking ban (BBC News)
Derby's main hospitals move toward a total ban on smoking for all staff, patients and visitors.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Still Smoking in New York City, and Venting About the $8 Pack (New York Times)
If lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema and the like have failed to stop smokers, why, some asked, would a a 50-cent increase in taxes do the trick?
Source: www.nytimes.com

No-smoking law applies to construction site (Bismarck Tribune)
Workers were banned from smoking inside a Wal-Mart building under construction in Dickinson after a union employee complained to police that smokers were violating a new state law.
Source: www.bismarcktribune.com

Cigarettes, Our Genes Decide How Many We Smoke A Day (Medical News Today)
A study to be published in the European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) demonstrates that most Japanese smokers' cigarette consumption is conditioned by their genetic heritage. This discovery opens new horizons for stop-smoking treatments. Nicotine, an alkaloid found in concentrations of 10 to 20 mg per gram of dried tobacco leaf, is known to be the main agent causing cigarette addiction… click link
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com

Cigarette tax revenue up, smoking down (Arkansas News Bureau)
By Aaron Sadler Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas officials looked to the Sooner State on Tuesday to explain why state tax revenue from cigarette sales increased by about $4 million while cigarette smoking appeared to decline in 2005.
Source: www.arkansasnews.com