Filter Presents: Smoking Popes LA Show + Soundcheck Party (Filter Magazine)
Once in a while, a band casts a shadow much greater than anyone may have thought possible. And, that happens to be the story the story of the Smoking Popes . Filter likes these kinds of bands. So much so that we are presenting their upcoming LA show Hollywood's Knitting Factory on Saturday May 27.
Source: www.filter-mag.com

Saving more than your health (The Scotsman: Business)
IT HAS been almost two months since smoking in public places was banned north of the Border. Sales of nicotine replacement products have doubled and gym membership rocketed as scores of smokers give up.
Source: business.scotsman.com

Smoking costs a lot (Minnesota Public Radio)
Smokers are trying to find a way to cope with the rising price of cigarettes.
Source: minnesota.publicradio.org

Texas Stop-Smoking Funding Lags (Join Together Online)
A pilot stop-smoking program in Beaumont and Port Arthur, Texas cut adult smoking from 22 percent to 16 percent over four years, but state lawmakers have failed to build on that success by expanding the effort to other parts of the state, the San Antonio Express-News reported May 13.
Source: www.jointogether.org