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?
Source: www.twincities.com

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

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

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?
Source: www.twincities.com

Going slow on quitting smoking (CNN.com)
A lobbyist assistant in Washington, Donna Watts-Brighthaupt says she hopes to give up fatty foods and quit smoking.
Source: www.cnn.com

QUIT SMOKING (icTheWharf)
SMOKERS wanting to quit can get a helping hand at the Museum in Docklands. The West India Quay venue is hosting drop-in sessions - with free nicotine patches and counselling from health experts - on Fridays from 12noon-2pm.
Source: icthewharf.icnetwork.co.uk