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Philip Morris takes tobacco fight to Supreme Court - Yahoo! Finance.
The nation's largest tobacco maker is asking the Supreme Court to throw out court rulings holding that the industry illegally concealed the dangers of cigarette smoking.
The filing with the high court Friday marks the latest round in a landmark legal fight that has dragged on for over a decade.
Push for tobacco-free campus gains ground | The State Press - An independent daily serving Arizona State University.
What started as one student’s effort to create a tobacco-free campus has grown into a University-wide discussion that could generate a smoking ban as early as April.
Philosophy senior Chad Williams began formulating plans for ASU to go tobacco free after joining the University’s Health and Counseling Student Action Committee last year.
“When I became involved with the club, they encouraged me to pick a health topic I was passionate about and pursue it,” Williams said. “As a former smoker, I am interested in helping other students become aware of the effects of tobacco and reduce its use on campus.”
Tobacco ban causing students, faculty to quit smoking : The Kentucky Kernel.
The campus-wide tobacco ban may actually be spurring UK smokers to kick the habit.
According to data compiled by the Tobacco-Free Task Force, the number of people on campus using university-provided resources to quit smoking has doubled since the tobacco ban went into effect at UK.
Cigarette taxes: Where there’s smoke, there’s money / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com.
A new study by a national anti-smoking group argues that states could raise more than $9 billion in new revenues if they all hiked cigarette taxes by $1-a-pack. The levy wouldn’t come close to balancing recession-ruined state budgets, but it wouldn’t hurt. And, the group says, the higher tax would keep 2.3 million kids from becoming smokers and convince 1.2 million adults to quit, saving one million lives and $52 billion in health costs over the long-run. The study comes from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
Planning to quit smoking? Here's some help | | StarNewsOnline.com.
Figure out your smoking patterns – When you light up, think about why and what kind of mood you're in right then. Is it because you're enjoying good times, bored, angry or stressed? How much did you feel you needed the cigarette to help see how addicted you are or if you're smoking mostly out of habit. Look at when you're smoking. Is it after eating or while in the car?
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