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cigarette stories: 29 news summaries

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Boston Bans Drugstore Cigarette Sales

Also outlawed
at college campus
convenience shops

Sep 5, 08 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Boston's health honchos have approved some of the country's toughest anti-tobacco rules by banning sales at some stores, the Boston Globe reports. The new rules forbid pharmacies and campus convenience stores from selling cigarettes. They also ban smoking on bar and restaurant patios. The city's cigar parlors, previously exempt, will... More »

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Boston • smoking • tobacco • convenience stores • pharmacy • cigarette • cigarette sales • cigar

OPINION

 'Coercive Paternalism' 
 Is Bad Parenting 

Laws designed to force public to choose healthy options is 'Orwellian'

Aug 9, 08 9:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Under the banner of what’s good for you, an insidious new trend is growing. “Coercive paternalism,” Steve Chapman writes in Reason, is the wrong-minded older sibling of the much-in-vogue “libertarian paternalism” responsible for dietary information in chain restaurants. “Libertarian paternalists … limit themselves to promoting... More »

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nanny laws • San Francisco • Los Angeles • public health • fast food • government • cigarette • paternalism

Menthol Debate Splits Black Caucus

Tobacco row erupts over exemption from
cigarette flavoring ban

Jul 25, 08 2:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The exemption of menthol from a bill banning flavored cigarettes is causing a rift in the Black Congressional Caucus, the New York Times reports. Some members of the caucus, which has strong financial ties to tobacco companies, argue that menthol cigarettes cause disproportionate harm to blacks and are pushing for... More »

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Congress • smoking • Philip Morris • tobacco companies • cigarette • African-Americans • menthol • Lorillard

 Dutch Fight
 Smoking Ban
 With God  

Smokers' Church members claim immunity from ban

Jul 22, 08 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Worshipers are flocking to the One True Universal Smokers' Church of God—whose "masses" are held in bars—since the Netherlands instituted a smoking ban July 1. Adherents claim their right to light up is protected as a religious freedom, Radio Free Netherlands reports. "I genuinely believe in... More »

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smoking • religion • Netherlands • church • smoking ban • bars • cigarette • One True Universal Smokers' Church of God

OPINION

To Court Blue-Collar
Vote, Light Up

Fellow Nicorette user urges Obama to take up smoking again

Jun 17, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Everyone has ideas about how Barack Obama can attract the working-class white voters that eluded him in the primaries. Author Tony Horwitz goes for the throat: Start smoking again. West Virginia and Kentucky, where Hillary Clinton clobbered Obama, lead the nation in cigarette consumption among whites, and lighting up could... More »

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Barack Obama • smoking • tobacco • working class • cigarette • working-class vote • white voters

Menthol Gets Free Pass in Cigarette Bill

Other flavored smokes face ban, but industry protects cash cow

May 13, 08 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Congress is preparing to vote on legislation that would ban almost all flavored cigarettes—except menthol, the most prevalent flavoring of all. The bill would eliminate kinds like cloves and cinnamon that appeal to kids, but make an exception for menthol—which lures new smokers by masking the harshness of... More »

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Congress • lobbyist • lobbying • Philip Morris • tobacco companies • cigarette • menthol

 Bans Keep Teens
 From Lighting Up 

Restaurant prohibitions seen to influence how youngsters see smoking: study

May 6, 08 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Restaurant smoking bans are effective at discouraging teen smoking, the AP reports. Studying Massachusetts because of its patchwork of local smoking restrictions, researchers found that teens living in places with strict bans were 40% less likely to become smokers. Local laws didn’t change how many experimented with cigarettes, but... More »

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smoking • cigarettes • Massachusetts • restaurant • smoking ban • cigarette • teen smoking

New York City Woman Sued for Smoking—at Home

Neighbors allege health risk from smoke that seeped into hallway

Apr 6, 08 9:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Forget bans in bars and restaurants—Galila Huff’s neighbors want to stop her from smoking in her own apartment. The New York restaurateur smokes up to two packs a day, and lawyers who live 50 feet down the hall say the smoke seeps into their 10x100-foot common hallway. They... More »

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health • smoking • lawsuit • smoking ban • frivolous lawsuits • neighbors • cigarette • home

Your Boyfriend Does Mind
If You Smoke

German man turns
fire extinguisher on girlfriend, cigarette

Feb 19, 08 12:09 PM CST
(Newser) - A German man was so sick of his girlfriend's smoking that he turned a fire extinguisher on her, Der Spiegel reports. The 42-year-old gave a few warning shouts before spraying the apartment the two share, and he hadn't stopped yelling by the time police arrived to escort him to the... More »

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Germany • smoking • smoking cessation • cigarette • fire extinguisher

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