Ballot Questions: Marijuana Legalization Fails in Colorado, Nevada; Ohio Passes Comprehensive Smoking Ban (Join Together Online)
Voters from California to Florida made their decisions on ballot questions related to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, handing a victory to health groups in Ohio on the issue of public smoking and defeating a bid to make Colorado and Nevada the first U.S. states to legalize the possession of marijuana.
Source: www.jointogether.org

Supermarkets will exploit smoking ban (Publican)
I read with interest your editorial in The Publican (October 23). Like yourself I find the current government campaign chilling, but the message is clear and to the point and one that needs to be put across.
Source: www.thepublican.com

Herkimer retirement community to become smoke-free (Observer-Dispatch)
HERKIMER - Folts Homes and Mohawk Valley Nursing Home are going smoke free beginning Thursday, Nov. 16. Both organizations have developed and implemented opportunities to support residents and members of its 700-person staff who want to quit smoking.
Source: www.uticaod.com

Assault resulted from smoking row (BBC News)
An Edinburgh man, who broke a security guard's jaw after being told to stop smoking, is sentenced.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk