Senate poised to vote on smoking ban bill (WREG-TV Memphis)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. The House faced a vote late tonight on a bill that would ban smoking in all buildings owned or operated by Tennessee. The Senate passed the measure earlier in the week.
Source: www.wreg.com

Dear Abby (Duluth News Tribune)
I am 14 and I have been dating "Beth" for two months and three weeks — a long time for me. When we started dating, I told her I had had sex before, and I had just quit smoking and drinking and stuff. Well, Beth told her mom, and now her mom doesn't believe I quit!
Source: www.duluthsuperior.com

Grisly pictures on cigarette packs to 'tell the truth about smoking' (icWales)
GRUESOME images of the effects of smoking are to be placed on cigarette packets from next year. The public are being asked to pick which images would be the most effective - ranging from a scan of an unborn baby to a picture of a heart patient being operated on.
Source: icwales.icnetwork.co.uk

Mom looking out for daughter (Chicago Tribune)
Dear Abby: I am 14 and have been dating "Beth" for two months and three weeks — a long time for me. When we started dating, I told her I had had sex before, and I had just quit smoking and drinking and stuff. Well, Beth told her mom, and now her mom doesn't believe I quit!
Source: feeds.chicagotribune.com

Bingo halls seek tax break due to smoking ban effect (Bismarck Tribune)
Ron Gibbens said there's a "very strong likelihood" two charitable bingo halls will close because of a statewide anti-smoking law, yet he is not asking legislators for an exemption to the law.
Source: www.bismarcktribune.com