More Local Hospitals Ban Smoking (The Kansas City Channel)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — More hospitals across the metro area are have banned smoking on hospital grounds, KMBC's Dan Weinbaum reported Friday. The insides of hospitals have been smoke-free for years, but until recently, smokers were allowed to smoke outside.
Source: www.thekansascitychannel.com

Smoking Bans Begin In Two More Indiana Communities (WRTV TheIndyChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
Two more communities began snuffing out smoking in public places on Friday.
Source: news.yahoo.com

Aktiv-Dry Awarded Research Grant to Develop Inhalable Vaccine to Help Stop Smoking (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Aktiv-Dry LLC, a biotechnology company dedicated to developing inhalable aerosol vaccines, has been awarded a $850,000 SBIR grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health to develop an inhalable nicotine vaccine to help smokers quit smoking for good.
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Aktiv-Dry Awarded Research Grant To Develop Inhalable Vaccine To Help Stop Smoking (Medical News Today)
Aktiv-Dry LLC, a biotechnologycompany dedicated to developing inhalable aerosol vaccines, has beenawarded a $850,000 SBIR grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse atthe National Institutes of Health to develop an inhalable nicotine vaccineto help smokers quit smoking for good. Jim Searles, Ph.D. [click link for full article]
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com

Tobacco users can call Quitline (Tennessean)
Health officials have launched a telephone hot line geared toward helping people quit smoking and chewing tobacco, making Tennessee one of the last states to adopt a program that most have offered for years, anti-smoking advocates say.
Source: tennessean.com