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http://www.hot-cigs.com/news/Jun-27-2006/JPs-make-no-decision-on-smoking-ban.468.html
Smoke ‘em if you have ‘em. For now, anyway.
Saline County justices of the peace on Tuesday night tabled a proposed county tobacco ban after hearing considerable opposition from county residents.
Barbara Wheetley of East End stood and waved a small U.S. flag when it was time for the Quorum Court to discuss the proposed tobacco ordinance. [...]

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http://kvoa.com
A group of health advocates handed in petition signatures Tuesday in its effort to ask voters in November to impose a statewide ban on smoking in many public places.
While some cities have enacted smoking restrictions, the proposal would prohibit smoking in most enclosed places, including restaurants and bars, throughout Arizona.
Supporters say a ban would set [...]

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http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/134582
PHOENIX — Arizona voters are probably going to be asked if they want to ban smoking in public places.
A group backed by the state’s heart, lung and cancer societies submitted petitions with more than 185,000 signatures Tuesday to impose new statewide restrictions, even in cities that have refused to do so. That’s 60,000 more than [...]

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http://www.mohavedailynews.com
BULLHEAD CITY – It’s a habit that’s tougher to break than heroin and one in every three people in Mohave County have it.
Patty Holstine is one of 200 people who broke it with the help of Mohave County’s Tobacco Use Prevention Program.
Holstine said she had been smoking for the past 30 years and tried quitting [...]

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http://www.rockymountainnews.com
Bartender Lisa Nieto, 38, coughs and rasps like a woman twice her age.
By the end of a shift, “Your throat hurts, you’re coughing, your eyes are irritated, you stink of secondhand smoke in your clothes and hair,” she said. “I have super-intense allergies to cigarette smoke along with other things. It’s broken down my immunity. [...]

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http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2006/06/24/news/4_smoky_060624.txt
While watching her grandchildren play at Emerson Park, Nancy Corl of Lockeford said she was happy no one was smoking near them.
“I’m so thankful they don’t allow smoking hardly anywhere. You enjoy the air a lot better,” Corl said.
While some smokers may not puff around parks out of politeness, it actually is against the law [...]

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http://www.newsdemocratleader.com
Senator Joey Pendleton, D-Hopkinsville, is the new chair of the Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center Board of Directors.
The center conducts and supports unique research programs that examine new agricultural crop opportunities based on tobacco and other plants.
“The center has gone far beyond its original mission that focused almost exclusively on tobacco,” Pendleton said. “These [...]

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http://hot-cigs.com/news/Jun-26-2006/Nunavut-out-smokes-rest-of-Canada.434.html
Though Nunavummiut still smoke more tobacco than other Canadians, recent statistics show Nunavummiut are also cutting down.
In 2001, there were 10,900 smokers in Nunavut, but only 7,900 in 2005. And nearly all Nunavut smokers now report that they control smoking at home and at work.
These are among the findings of the Canadian Community Health Survey, [...]

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http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news
EDMONTON – Penny Edwards has always liked planning ahead, but these days all her plans are short-term.
There is no long-term left for the 48-year-old. She has terminal lung cancer. She is one of 1,400 Albertans expected to die of the disease this year.
For a woman nearing the end of her life she is remarkably composed [...]

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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com
An innovative new approach to treating tobacco addiction – an experimental nicotine vaccine – will be tested in Madison starting this month.
The treatment is designed to gradually reduce the amount of nicotine that gets to the brain, making cigarettes less addictive. The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI) in the School [...]

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