Smoking ban wins first vote (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
A proposed ban on smoking in most public, indoor places in Virginia took its first step through the General Assembly yesterday. The Senate Health and Education Committee advanced the legislation by a 10-5 vote, sending the bill to the full Senate, where such legislation has not fared well.
Source: www.timesdispatch.com

Ky. May Allow Medicaid Payment for Stop-Smoking Therapies (Join Together Online)
Medicaid recipients in Kentucky may soon be able to get payment for smoking-cessation aids like counseling and nicotine patches and gums, the Associated Press reported Jan. 29.
Source: www.jointogether.org

The real costs of smoking (Pioneer Press)
Q. I can't get my 30-year-old husband to stop smoking. I am concerned for his health. Money, however, does motivate him. Do you have any financial statistics that might get his attention?
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Now even white van man will fall foul of the smoking police (The Scotsman via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
LORRY drivers, white-van men and farmers will be banned from smoking in their vehicles as part of Scotland's ban.
Source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Businesses Comply With Smoking Ban (WLUC TV 6)
For the past 90 days, smokers in Marquette County have been complying with a new regulation that bans smoking in public, and in private businesses. County
Source: www.wluctv6.com

Provincial program awards anti-smoking activists (Mississauga News)
"I started this program because I wanted to quit myself," said Bhalesar, a chiropractor. "I started smoking at 19, I'm now 32, it was time to quit."
Source: www.mississauga.com