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If above captions do not display, move mouse over line and bar graphic to show headings.Tobacco industry experts weigh in on the new law 6/29/09 LA TimesGreece attempts indoor smoking ban 6/24/09 Boston Globe Obama Invokes His Personal Struggle as He Signs Tobacco Law 6/23/09 Bloomberg News Big Tobacco down but not out 6/19/09 CNN NewsSmoke could be clearing for Illinois casinos 6/11/09 Chicago Sun-TimesTobacco legislation is smoke, mirrors (an opposing view) 6/11/09 Politico
Historic
anti-smoking vote to give FDA new
power 6/11/09 AP
Eagle first Idaho town to ban all public smoking 6/10/09 KTVB.com Contrary View on FDA Tobacco Legislation: Cool, Refreshing Legislation for Philip Morris 6/9/09 The Big Money US Senate vote a sea change for tobacco 6/9/09 Politico 'Do You Have What it Takes?' to sell a product that kills 1200 people a day! 6/9/09 posted, American Legacy Foundation Controversy Swirls Around E-Cigarettes 6/2/09 Wall St JournalEditorial: Muskegon Community College is on the right track as it moves toward a campus-wide smoking ban 6/2/09 Muskegon Chronicle Nebraska SF law not limited to bars and restaurants 5/31/09 columbustelegram.com Louisiana Senate approves bill to ban smoking in bars and casinos 5/28/09 nola.com Mich. House OKs smoking ban, but not in casinos 5/27/09 Freep.com U.S. senators attack Reynolds' 5/27/09 Journalnow.com Crusading NY health chief picked to head CDC 5/17/09 AP Wisconsin's new ban will snuff smokers' haven 5/15/09 TwinCities.com Wisconsin Legislature Passes Smoke-Free Bill, Governor Promises to Sign It 5/13/09 Journal Sentinel Maine: Smoking Banned at Parks and Beaches 5/13/09 Main PBS NO SAFE BETS FOR CASINO WORKERS, Why they cannot be left out of any smoke-free legislation 5/11/09 posted, ANR Have the Public Vote for a Smoke-Free Law in Michigan 5/11/09 posted, Record-Eagle Tennessee city ballot vote approves smoking ban 5/9/09 Rowlett Times Statewide smoking ban moving ahead in Wisconsin 5/7/09 Greenbay press gazette
Wisconsin
statewide smoking ban on fast track;
Governor Doyle could get bill by next week 5/5/09
Wisconsin State Journal
Federal and state look to smokers for more tax revenue 5/1/09 posted Christian Science Monitor University of Michigan to go completely smoke free in 2011 4/20/09 Michigan Daily"Truth" Campaign Can Save Half a Million Lives and Billions of Dollars 4/20/09 PR Newswire Editorial: Traverse City Restaurants blaze no-smoking trail 4/17/09 Record-Eagle
Workers need
protection offered by Nevada’s
endangered anti-smoking law 4/16/08 Reno News &
Review
Mich House shelves workplace smoke-free bill 4/8/09 Detroit News Economic Impact of Smoke-Free Policies 3/27/09 Healthy Indiana PETA Offers to Rescue Michigan's Tobacco Quit Line 3/24/09 PETA News Go To Poll on Lansing State Journal front-page as to whether you support smokefree bars, restaurants, & public places. Poll closes at 7 pm today. 3/19/09 Lansing St Journal Proposed Michigan smoking ban welcomed, feared, Opinions aired at House hearing 3/19/09 Detroit Free PressMichigan House hearings start again on workplace smoking issues 3/19/09 Detroit NewsVirginia Passes Smoke-Free Lite Bill 2/20/09 Richmond Times-Dispatch Smokers Would Rather Give Up For Their Pooch's Health Rather Than Their Own 2/19/09 posted, ScienceDailyJury awards Cooper City widow $8 million from Philip Morris 2/18/09 SunSentinelSecondhand Smoke Linked to Dementia 2/12/08 HealthDay Gillibrand’s (Sen Hillary Clinton's replacement) work for Philip Morris: smoking gun or smoke screen? 1/30/09 posted, Adirondack DailyToledo-Lucas
County begins to double
fines for smoking 1/16/09
Toledo Blade Casino restaurant patrons can't elude secondhand smoke 1/16/09 In Business No More Cigarettes at Hiller Markets in SE Michigan 1/15/09 News Release Detroit-area man guilty in cigarette scheme 1/12/09 Chicago TribuneGovernor renews bid to ban smoking at restaurants in Virginia 1/7/09 Washington Post MCSFA Website Now Has Over 5600 SmokeFree Restaurants 1/6/09 Mich Citizens SmokeFree Air Two Iowa bars' liquor licenses suspended over smoking ban 1/3/09 DesMoines Register Third-hand Smoke: Another Reason To Quit Smoking 1/2/09 posted, ScienceDaily Smoking ban leads to major drop in heart attacks 1/2/09 posted, Yahoo NewsWill Obama quit smoking once and for all? 12/28/08 NY TimesNew Oregon Smokefree Workplace Law Effective on January 1, 2009 12/26/08 Oregon.gov Stop Smoking: Secrets of Successful Quitters Trying to ditch your cigarettes with willpower alone almost never works 12/23/08 posted US News & World Report Anti-smoking advocates look to 2009 after HB 4163 bill fails 12/20/08 Detroit NewsAnti-smoking bill dies in Michigan Legislature 12/19/08 Detroit News 10 Smokiest U.S. Cities—and 10 Most Smoke-Free 12/16/08 US New & WorldAnnual University of Michigan survey finds decline in teen smoking across United States 12/11/08 Ann Arbor News Mich SmokeFree Bill (HB-4163) remains on hold, sent to House-Senate conference committee 12/7/08 posted Freep Ohio Smoking ban enforcement uneven to nonexistent 12/07/08 Dayton Daily News FTC Rescinds 1966 Statements Concerning Tar and Nicotine Yields 12/1/08 posted FTC Bulletin Get smokers to quit littering 12/1/08 posted LA Times Ailing FDA May Need a Major Overhaul, Officials and Groups Say 12/1/08 posted Washington Post Molecular Switch in Brain May End Smokers' Cravings 11/28/08 posted HealthDay
Fewer than 1 in 10 Nurses Now Smoke .. a steep decline, but numbers still troubling 11/28/08 HealthDay Mari Culver requests ticket for smoking 11/22/08 Desmoines Register More hotels go completely smoke-free 11/20/08 USA Today After Bans, Tobacco Tries Direct Marketing 11/18/08 NPR Gambling With Lives, Casino Smoking 11/18/08 NY Times editorial Okla. Touts Its Record 10 years After Tobacco Deal 11/18/08 Washington Post A decade of Broken Promises: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement 10 Years Later 11/18/08 CTFK How Much You'll Save By Quitting Smoking 11/12/08 Forbs.com
Michigan:
Smoking Ban Would Help Reduce Heart
Attack Admissions 11/11/08 HF Health System
Great American Smokeout Challenge: Quitting smoking is not easy, but it can be done 11/7/08 American Cancer Society Ban on tobacco sales in San Francisco drugstores is upheld 11/7/08 SF GATE Payback time for Big Tobacco 11/3/08 Oregonian editorial 50 lashes for smoker in Saudia (now thats REAL ENFORCEMENT! -Editor comment-)10/31/08 Saudi Gazette Two judges rule differently on Illinois smoking ban 10/30/08 PRNewswire US Nicotine Addiction Reaches 15-Year High 10/28/08 PRNewswire Healthcare Professionals Lack Knowledge About Tobacco Dependence 10/27/08 medpage todayBoston Ponders Even Tougher Regulations on Tobacco 10/25/08 NY Times Englishman invents 'groundbreaking' device to help smokers quit 10/23/08 Dash.com FDA May Revise Warning for Antismoking Drug 10/23/08 Wall St Journal Pasadena passes broad anti-smoking law 10/20/08 Pasadena Star-News Tobacco `Death Clock' Shows Almost 40 Million Dead 10/20/08 Bloomberg.com How Nicotine Works 10/19/08 HowStuffWorks Canada: Smuggling and Big Tobacco 10/19/08 Center for Public Integrity Atlantic City's casino smoking ban now in effect 10/15/08 Associated PressStudy: Even occasional smoking can impair arteries 10/13/08 posted Physorg.com
Philip
Morris USA Sues San Francisco to
Overturn Sales Ban on Tobacco Products in Drug Stores 10/8/08
posted Philip Morris Altria newsletter
Soldiers and Cigarettes 10/1/08 LA Times Indian SmokeFree Law Goes into Effect 10/3/08 Indian Express Rochester MN: Night life revives after initial smoking-ban slump 9/26/08 Post-Bulletin Detroit casinos tie up smoking ban in state House 9/23/08 Mlive.com Washington State's adult smoking rates hit a new low 9/18/08 Seattle Times NY Mayor’s Report Shows What Works and What Doesn’t 9/17/08 NY Times Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities now smokeFree 9/13/08 Post-Gazette Penna. casinos sniff smoking ban loophole 9/11/08 Morning CallWhat the Next President Can Do 9/11/08 posted, NewsweekNorth Dakota Tobacco initiative makes Nov. ballot 9/10/08 posted, Jamestown SunHigh noon for cigarettes in Drug Stores 9/8/08 Boston Globe editorialBig Tobacco's Grip on Colleges and Students Loosens, But Still Holding Strong 9/8/08 PR NewsWirePortland Maine prohibits smoking in outdoor areas before 10 p.m.9/4/08 Portland PressTuscon Study: 2007 smoking ban hasn't hurt bar, restaurant sales 9/2/08 Tuscon CitizenPenna Statewide Smoking Ban Starts Sept 11'08 9/1/08 Times-Tribune Government Gets Hooked on Tobacco Tax Billions 8/30/08 NY Times U of M Study: Cadmium Exposure Linked To Lung Disease posted 8/29/08 Science Daily Trouble Quitting? New Smoking Study May Reveal Why 8/27/08 Science Daily Calif. Stop - Smoking Campaign Saved $86 Billion 8/25/08 NY Times Using electronic cigarettes to quit smoking is hazardous 8/25/08 The Nation Tobacco firms kept quiet on polonium role in cigarettes 8/24/08 The Independent Role of the Media in Promoting and Reducing Tobacco Use 8/21/08 NCI Number of Scottish pubs rises since smoking ban 8/16/08 The HeraldWant a Face-Lift? First, Better Stop Smoking 8/13/08 NY TimesAdult smoking rate plunges in Mass. posted 8/11/08 Boston.comL.A. Proposes Major Expansion of Smoking Ban to Parks posted 8/8/08 L.A. Business JournalTobacco Bill aids Philip Morris, not health claims former state health commissioner posted 8/8/08 InRich.comLoophole in tobacco regulation bill 8/7/08 Washington PostThe new smoking ban battleground: detox clinics 8/5/08 Globe & MailMcConnell mum on tobacco bill 8/3/08 Courier-JournalTaking Issue with "How States Have Misspent Billions.." 8/3/08 Baltimore SunHow states Have Misspent Billions Paid to Them by the Tobacco Industry posted 8/2/08 Baltimore SunHouse FDA Tobacco Vote Shifts Focus to Senate 7/31/08 CQ PoliticsStudy Supports Health Benefits Of Smoking Ban 7/31/08 Wall St JournalEditorial: Time to Regulate Big Tobacco 7/26/08 NY TimesOregon Poised to Ban Smoking in Bars 7/26/08 NWCNVeto Seems More Likely in Battle Over Tobacco Bill 7/23/08 NY TimesBillionaires unite to fight tobacco 7/23/08 Yahoo NewsTobacco 'could help treat cancer' 7/21/08 BBC NewsMenthol Dose Manipulated, Study Says 7/17/08 NY TimesSmoke ban dooms bars? Think again 7/10/08 Cincinnati.comThe Lesser of The Two Evils (also has complete listing of smokefree states at end of article) 7/6/08 The GazettePublic smoking becomes illegal throughout Germany 7/1/08 APFBlack Lawmakers Seek Restrictions on Menthol Cigarettes 7/1/08Michigan Legislature Quits for summer recess without taking Action on HB 4163, the smokefree bill 6/28/08 Detroit Free PressWith funding gone, Ohio tobacco prevention jobs go up in smoke 6/26/08 Toledo BladeOhio Judge Frees-Up $10 Million in Disputed Tobacco Settlement Funds to Continue Life-Saving Programs 6/24/08 American Legacy news releasePennsylvania's SmokeFree law effects restaurants, many bars and other places 6/14/08 Times LeaderFewer Heart Disease Deaths in Massachusetts as Smoking Declines 6/19/08 NEWSWISEHow Tobacco Was Sold to America 6/19/08 posted, CreativePro.comNo More Exemptions to Omaha's No-Smoking Law 6/18/08 KOLNKGN.COMTony Schwartz, Father of ‘Daisy Ad’ for the Johnson Campaign and Anti-smoking ads, Dies at 84 6/17/08 NY TimesMA president (Ron Davis, long time Michigan SF activist)) speaks of pancreatic cancer struggle 6/15/08 APPa. Smoking Ban Signed Into Law; Exemption List Being Compiled, 6/13/08 WTAESmoking in public still enough to spark an occasional flare-up 6/12/08 seattlepi.comPennsylvania has a no-smoking bill going to the Governor for signature 6/10/08 Post-Gazette Closure Of Smoking Rooms In Senate Office Buildings posted 6/10/08 Press Release American Legacy Foundation® Fights to Continue Life Saving Work in Ohio 6/7/08 posted American Legacy Foundation Judge delays KC’s ban on smoking in bars and restaurants pending clarification of voter approved law in April 6/6/08 posted Kansas City Star Opposition to Menthol Cigarettes Grows 6/5/08 NY Times Foundation
tries to block
seizure of Ohio tobacco funds
6/5/08 posted Toledo Blade Wisconsin:
Smoking ban loses
one key opponent 5/25/08 wausaudailyherald.com Switching
to smokeless
tobacco as a smoking cessation method 5/23/08
Harm Reduction Journal Study
Finds Big Social
Factor in Quitting Smoking 5/22/08 New York Times Pittsburgh
Investigates
Air Quality In Smoking Restaurants, Bars 5/21/08
WTAE-TV Michigan: No
More Smokey Bars? Many Musicians Can’t Wait 5/18/08
Grand Rapids Press Cigarette
butts
are washing ashore in sharply greater numbers than ever 5/17/08 NJ.com Will
the Michigan House Now Approve the Senate's
Stronger HB 4163?
5/13/08
Mlive.com Alabama
governor Riley says he will sign ban
on indoor smoking,
Proposal must first pass state House 5/13/08
Birmingham News
FDA:
Cigarette Bill Treats Menthol With
Leniency
5/13/08 NY Times Mich.
Senate passes comprehensive
smoke-free bill
(be patient may take 30 seconds to load) 5/9/08
Record-Eagle Ohio:
State can't
use
tobacco money yet, judge says
5/9/09 Columbus Dispatch Michigan
Senate
approves public smoking ban!
5/8/08
Free Press New federal quit-smoking advice recommends
Chantix despite safety concerns
5/7/08 WASA Growing
Public Health Problem: Waterpipe
Smoking on College Campuses
5/6/08
HealthNews Study:
Restaurant tobacco bans influence
teen smoking
5/6/08 posted YahooNews Florida turns to freebies, Web for
anti-smoking campaign 5/6/08
posted PalmBeachPost.com
Just
30 Minutes
of Secondhand Smoke Damages the Blood Vessels of Healthy Nonsmokers
5/1/08 posted WebMD SmokeFree
Restaurant List Grows
to 5017
5/1/08
MCSFA Ohio
Lawmakers Want
To Close Anti-Smoking Agency 4/29/08
whiotv.com
Secondhand
Smoke Blocks Artery Repair 4/29/08 HealthDay How
smokers try to beat
surcharge fees
for health insurance
4/29/08
Chicago Tribune Checkout
Ohio's Statewide smoking complaints database 4/28/08
NetworkAdvocate
Canadian
Yukon
passes smoke free legislation 4/28/08
posted CBC NEWS Donald
Trump calls on Atlantic City casinos to sue over
smoking ban 4/25/08 wasa.com Big
Island council overrides
veto on sweeping smoking ban 4/23/08 KHNL 8 Atlantic
City bans smoking on
casino floors 4/23/08
APP.com How
to Find
Smoke-Free Hotel Rooms Worldwide
4/22/08
posted, thestreet.com Smoking
or non? Costs of smoke-filled air in PA 4/20/08
Evening Sun Ohio: Using Smoking Settlement
Money for Other Purposes
4/14/08
Forbs Ohio
judge
freezes
anti-tobacco money transfer 4/14/08
posted Cleveland Plain Dealer Anti-smoking
fund in ashes,
Ohio leaders take almost all for other projects
4/14/08
The Enquirer Ohio
Tobacco Prevention
group sues to stop state from liquidating tobacco settlement fund
4/9/08 Dayton Daily News Greek
government
moves to adopt European Union guidelines protecting people from passive smoke
4/8/09 ekathimerini.com Ohio Legislature votes to
grab control of tobacco prevention funds
4/8/08
Toledo Blade Talking
Sense
on Tobacco 4/3/08 NY Times editorial Reynolds
Ads Oppose
Move
to Regulate Tobacco
4/1/08
NY Times Support
Grows for Tobacco Bill
4/1/08
McCain
Shifting Position on Tobacco Issues?
3/31/08 Huffington Post Tobacco
funded
Mass. researchers,
Philip Morris defends grants; critics call the results tainted
3/31/08 Boston.com Oregon
docs say quit smoking helps, but genes can run amok
3/26/08
The Oregonian McCain's
stand
on tobacco is put to test
3/26/08
Boston.com Cigarette
Company
Paid for Lung Cancer Study
3/26/08
NY Times A
History of
Genetically
Engineering Tobacco for Fun and Profit 3/24/08 Wired Science
The
Cigarette of
the Future: All the Cancer, None
of the Nicotine 3/24/08
Wired Science
Health officials warn of
hookah-smoking hazard, Two
CSU students contracted oral herpes Smoking
flames
out
at this bar 3/15/08 Detroit News Scruggs
Pleads
Guilty
in Bribery Case
3/14/08 NY Times SF
Restaurant List Approaching
5000 entries 3/14/08
MCSFA Wisconsin:
Statewide smoking ban appears to be dead
3/12/08
Greenbaypressgazette.com More
restaurants and bars
around Detroit are going smoke-free 3/6/08
detnews.com
Wisconsin
Assembly
Committee Approves Smoke-Free Bill; Lance Armstrong Speaks At Support Rally 3/5/08
WISTV.com Geneva
Switzerland
Goes SmokeFree on July 1
3/4/08
Tribune DeGeneve Major
Hotel
Chains
Get Tough With Fines for Smoking
2/28/08
posted, Wall St Journal Movie
Smoking More Common Than Real
Life 2/27/08
KETV.com
Air
Quality In
The Non-Smoking Sections Of Restaurants
2/26/08
Tri-Cities.com Senator
Durbin
urges law giving FDA power over tobacco
2/21/08
Chicago Tribune Puff
Power:
Drug Warnings
Speak to Nicotine's Sad Grip
2/19/08
Wall Street Journal Iowa
bar owner rethinks stance on smoking ban as he battles lung cancer
2/16/08 DesMoines Register In
Adolescents,
Addiction to Tobacco Comes Easy
2/12/08
NY Times FDA
Issues Public Health Advisory on
Chantix
2/12/08
(posted) FDA Case
links
woman’s death
to environmental tobacco smoke MSU prof says 2/7/08
Michigan State U Virginia
Senate
passes smoking bans 2/6/08
Richmond Time-Dispatch Maryland Indoor smokefree law goes into effect Friday February 1'08
1/31/08
Daily Times Philip Morris International Spin-off Should Spur Nations To Take Urgent Action to Reduce Tobacco Use 1/30/08 CTFK Press Release Smoking
in restaurants comes
under fire
in state built on tobacco 1/18/08
dailypress.com
Ohio:
Smoking
Continues
In Some Area Bars 1/25/08
NBC, Columbus OH NY
pharmacies could be banned from
selling cigs 1/18/08
Legislative Gazette
Congratulations
to
Jim Fouts long time MCSFA member elected Mayor of Warren
1/18/08 MCSFA
News Our
latest count now shows 4809 SF listings available
1/17/08 MCSFA SMOKELESS
TOBACCO,
HARM REDUCTION DEBATABLE 1/14/08
Cancer Journal
German
Boss Fires
Staff
for Complaining About Smokers (!)
1/9/08
Reuters Bar
Owners, Smoke-Free Groups Make Interesting Allies
1/7/08 Morning Journal
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