Phone Counseling Helps Smokers Quit (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
THURSDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) — Telephone counseling and care is more helpful to smokers trying to quit than routine care provided by doctors, a new study finds.
Source: news.yahoo.com

Where there's fire, a smoke detector can save lives (DurhamRegion.com)
There are just some things that make good sense. Seatbelts, bike helmets, stop signs, not getting behind the wheel after you drink and a ban on smoking in public places.
Source: www.durhamregion.com

More Shots in NJ Anti-Smoking Battle (WPVI-TV Philadelphia)
Restaurants, bars and bowling alleys across New Jersey want a federal judge to stop the state from banning most indoor smoking next month.
Source: abclocal.go.com

Senate passes strict smoking ban (Rocky Mountain News)
2:12 p.m. A strict smoking-ban bill was approved by a vote of 19-15 this afternoon in the Senate. The measure bans smoking in bars, restaurants and private clubs, but still allows people to light up in casinos.
Source: www.rockymountainnews.com

Ban challenge hotel bars smoking (BBC News)
A no-smoking rule is in place at a hotel owned by a chain challenging aspects of the imminent Scottish ban.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Telephone care and counseling for smoking cessation may help smokers quit (News-Medical-Net)
Smokers who receive telephone care and counseling for smoking cessation have higher rates of stopping smoking than those who receive routine care by health care providers, according to a study in the March 13 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
Source: www.news-medical.net

Anti-smoking groups try to sever ties between tobacco giant and pageant winners (phillyburbs.com)
WASHINGTON - Miss America hopefuls and the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. have a special relationship, and anti-smoking groups want to break it up.
Source: www.phillyburbs.com