Hospitals to Banish Smoking: Tobacco-Free Rule Kicks in July 4 (RedNova)
By Anne Krishnan, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Oct. 4–For years, medical staff, patients and visitors have clustered around hospital entryways, dragging on cigarettes before returning to the clean air inside. Next summer, that scene will disappear.
Source: www.redorbit.com

Quit-smoking ads target pregnant women (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Expectant Hawaii mothers who smoke can receive information and help to quit through a public health education program sponsored by the American Legacy Foundation and Ad Council.
Source: starbulletin.com

Global Trend Of Smoking Tobacco Through A Waterpipe Or Hookah Means More Young People And Women Have Taken Up The Habit (Medical News Today)
The growing fad of smoking tobacco through a waterpipe, sometimes known as a hookah, is rapidly turning into a worrisome epidemic, according to a Georgetown University researcher who says smokers who think this form of tobacco use is less toxic than cigarettes are wrong. [click link for full article]
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com

Many students unaware of campus smoking policy (Daily Nebraskan)
People aren't allowed to smoke or use tobacco in the buildings of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, but that doesn't stop some of them from lighting up right outside the door. Since 2002, according to the university's Business and Finance Policies Web site, smoking outside of campus facilities is allowed as long as smokers are 10 feet away from the entrances.
Source: www.dailynebraskan.com