Smoking ordinance meeting is rescheduled (Brenham Banner-Press)
Residents will still get an opportunity to comment on proposed revisions to Brenham's ordinance that would ban smoking in virtually all public places.
Source: www.brenhambanner.com
Quit smoking is now part of the company plan (Las Vegas Business Press)
The Nevada Cancer Institute's addiction counselor, Gary Pfifer, gets around. The institute's smoking-cessation seminars, which Pfifer teaches, are being offered in Las Vegas, as well as in New York-New York … Hotel & Casino that is.
Source: www.lvbusinesspress.com
Hospitals widen ban on smoking (Bucks County Courier Times)
HEALTH - Hospital employees will not be forced to quit smoking only while they are at work, officials said.
Source: www.phillyburbs.com
Smoking bans are a boon for businesses (Lexington Herald-Leader)
When Ohio voters banned smoking in public places in the fall, Richard Stone got inspired to try to quit his 15-year, pack-a-day cigarette habit.
Source: www.kentucky.com
States' smoking restrictions vary (AP via Yahoo! News)
The American Lung Association, which tracks states' legislation on tobacco issues, in early January had these tallies of smoking bans or restrictions:
Source: news.yahoo.com
For many Americans, smoking bans are a fact of life (The Washington Times)
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The push to ban smoking in restaurants, bars and other public places has reached a national milestone, 30 years after it began as just another quirky movement in Berkeley, Calif.
Source: www.washingtontimes.com
No smoking: That means you too, Nurse (Los Angeles Times)
More hospitals are going smoke-free, but to many workers and patients, it's one less way to ease the tension. LOUISVILLE, KY. Samantha McCandless began smoking when she was 9 after her teenage baby sitter hooked her on cigarettes.
Source: www.latimes.com
Maine City Bans Smoking in Cars With Children (New York Times)
An ordinance in Bangor, Me., allows the police to stop cars if an adult is smoking while a child under 18 is a passenger.
Source: www.nytimes.com
