Health & Fitness News Briefs (The Bryan-College Station Eagle)
If the heightened risk of lung cancer, heart disease and emphysema - to say nothing of stinky clothes - hasn't induced you to quit smoking yet, try this: Close your eyes and imagine the expense, inconvenience and pain of having a root canal. Now, face a newly established fact: Smoking cigarettes roughly doubles your risk of needing one.
Source: www.theeagle.com

Judge orders Frankie's bar to ban smoking (The Olympian)
OLYMPIA A judge today ordered Frank Schnarrs, owner of Frankie s Sports Bar & Grill, to comply with the state s indoor smoking ban or risk fines that start at $100 a day.
Source: www.theolympian.com

Smoking ban provides drama for Huckabee (WREG-TV Memphis)
LITTLE ROCK Governor Huckabee is thrilled that the Arkansas Legislature passed his ban on public smoking. He said yesterday he wasn't expecting such a lopsided vote in the Senate, where the measure passed by a 30-to-4 margin.
Source: www.wreg.com