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Contents 1 National News 1.1 Alabama 1.2 Arkansas 1.3 Arizona 1.4 California 1.5 Colorado 1.6 Florida 1.7 Georgia 1.8 Hawaii 1.9 Idaho 1.10 Illinois 1.11 Indiana 1.12 Iowa 1.13 Kansas 1.14 Kentucky 1.15 Louisiana 1.16 Maine 1.17 Maryland 1.18 Massachusetts 1.19 Michigan 1.20 Minnesota 1.21 Mississippi 1.22 Missouri 1.23 Montana 1.24 Nebraska 1.25 New Hampshire 1.26 New Jersey 1.27 Nevada 1.28 New York 1.29 North Carolina 1.30 North Dakota 1.31 Oklahoma 1.32 Ohio 1.33 Oregon 1.34 Pennsylvania 1.35 South Carolina 1.36 South Dakota 1.37 Tennessee 1.38 Texas 1.39 Utah 1.40 Vermont 1.41 Virginia 1.42 Washington 1.43 Washington D.C. 1.44 West Virginia 1.45 Wisconsin 1.46 Wyoming 2 Links

National News

• Navy Officially Bans Smoking on Submarines
  
• Recession sets back no-smoking legislation
  
• Smoking Bans Help People Quit, Research Shows
  
• Do Smoking Bans Really Get People to Quit
  
• Eateries' smoking ban is dissuading teens
  
• Smoking bans deter teens from starting habit
  
• Teens influenced by home smoking bans
  
• Youths key to snuffing out smoking, advocates say
  

Alabama

• Bryce to be part of smoking ban
  

Arkansas

• Little Rock Housing Authority make Cumberland Towers smoke free
  

Arizona

• Arizona officials snuff out anti-smoking ads
  

California

• S.F. considers tightening smoking restrictions
  
• No Smoking in Outdoor Cafes Please
  
• Outdoor Smoking Bans Spread With out Science
  
• SF Launches New Anti-Smoking Campaign
  
• No Smoking It Shall Be In WeHo-OR Shall It…
  
• San Francisco may expand smoking ban
  
• Attack on Tobacco
  
• S.F. moves to curtail tobacco outlets
  
• Court upholds verdict against tobacco firms
  
• Philip Morris Drops Lawsuit Against San Francisco
  
• L.A. County bans smoking at public parks, golf courses
  
• S.F. ban on tobacco in drugstores survives
  
• Judges don’t buy theory in S. F. tobacco-ban case
  
• Richmond tightens smoking rules
  
• Inspired by Children’s Game, Santa Monica Fights Smoking
  
• All Tobacco-Smoking Modes to be Allowed in Lounges
  
• Smoking ban extends to apartments in California city
  
• Tobacco paraphernalia targeted
  
• L.A. may restrict outdoor smoking
  
• San Francisco tobacco ban survives court challenges
  
• SF: Tobacco ban doesn’t hurt free speech
  
• Good Fortune or Awful Omen?
  
• Pharmacy cigarette ban can start Wednesday
  
• PM USA v. Pharmacy Smokeout
  
• San Francisco Ban on tobacco at drug stores sought
  
• Board passes tobacco ban in pharmacies
  
• S.F. Bans Drugstore Smokes
  
• Walgreens seeks stop S.F. tobacco ban
  
• Walgreen Fights Tobacco Ban
  
• Walgreen: San Francisco's Tobacco Ban Unfair
  
• Walgreens Battles Tobacco Ban
  

Colorado

• In Colorado, lobbying to keep smoking onstage
  
• Colorado Supreme Court upholds ban of smoking on stage
  

Florida

• USF Health bans smoking on its campus
  

Georgia

• State bans smoking in mental hospitals
  

Hawaii

• What You Need to Know about Hawaii’s Smoke-Free Law
  
• Hawaii getting used to strict ban
  
• Bill Reverses Hawaii's Smoking Ban in Bars, Nightclubs and Restaurants
  
• Hawaii smokers light up as law goes unenforced
  

Idaho

• Moscow bans smoking in bars, private clubs
  
• Eagle first Idaho town to ban all public smoking
  

Illinois

• Fewer complaints, more fines in smoking ban’s second year
  
• Court dismisses Will Co. smoking charges
  
• Bars say it’s ‘good business’ to ignore smoking bans
  
• Illinois smoking ban: Some bars give smokers a sanctuary
  
• Haze lingers over 2008 smoking ban
  
• Casino revenue plummets; gaming lobbyists blame smoking ban
  
• Happy Banniversary
  
• Illinois Smoking Ban Takes Effect on New Years Eve
  
• In Illinois, a Ban Smokers Into the Cold
  
• Smoke-free Illinois
  

Indiana

• Ind. House panel backs statewide smoking ban
  
• Stricter workplace smoking ban in doubt
  
• Complete workplace smoking ban proposed
  
• Ind. Lawmaker in new try for statewide smoking ban
  
• Smoking Bans
  

Iowa

• Iowa doubles its offer to help smokers quit
  
• Smoking ban battle hits courtroom
  
• Opposition to Iowa Smoking Ban Burning Out

Kansas

• Smoking ban petitions missing
  
• Bars prepare for smoking ban
  
• Topeka City Council approves smoking ban
  
• TPD won’t be ‘smoking police’
  
• Kansas governor says he’ll push for smoking ban
  
• Smoking-ban foes derailed
  
• Yes means no
  
• Smoking ban set to move forward
  
• Candidates take positions smoking ban
  
• City commission votes 3-2 for smoking ban
  

Kentucky

• Ky. Universities expand smoking, tobacco bans
  
• Universities of Louisville, Kentucky smoking bans go into effect Thursday
  
• State’s smoking rate still high
  
• Prestonburg council approves smoking ban
  
• Housing Authority to prohibit smoking
  
• Smoking Ban In Tobacco Country
  
• UK moves toward campus-wide smoking ban
  

Louisiana

• Smoking ban snuffed out in committee
  
• House rejects smoking ban, 29-71
  
• Senate approves bill to ban smoking in bars and casinos

Maine

• Maine tobacco help line expects surge of calls
  

Maryland

• Petition challenge creates ‘tedious process’ for state
  
• Bar savors permission to smoke
  
• Baltimore to Ban Single Cigars
  
• Md. Lawmakers Agree to Statewide Smoking Ban
  

Massachusetts

• Smoking bans extend to the great outdoors
  
• Needham bans cigarette sales in pharmacies
  
• Timing favors sidewalk café smoking ban
  
• Boston bans tobacco sales on college campuses
  
• Boston Ban Begins
  
• Tobacco Sale Ban At Schools, Pharmacies To Take Effect
  
• Blunt lawsuit pits rolling paper makers v. city
  
• West Side bans smoking bars
  
• Boston bans cigarette sales in drug stores but delays cigar bar closings
  
• Cigar bars get break
  
• Boston cigar bar ban may get second look
  
• Boston health board may stamp out cigar bars
  
• Vote on Boston Tobacco Ban Looming
  
• Right Coast, Too Boston considers pharmacy-tobacco sales ban, including campus stores
  
• Boston Looks to Ban Cigarette Sales in Pharmacies
  
• Hub seeks more bans on tobacco
  

Michigan

• Possible smoking ban ‘lights up’ debate
  
• Counties Can Pass Smoking Rules
  
• Mich. House passes smoking ban with casino exemption
  
• Senator says voters should decide on Michigan smoking ban
  
• University of Michigan to go completely smoke free in 2011
  
• House shelves workplace smoking ban
  
• Owners: Smoking ban would hurt bars, eateries
  
• Both sides blow smoke in ban issue
  

Minnesota

• 3 counties work to get smoke-free apartments
  
• Appeals Court: Bar Violated Smoking Ban
  
• State of Minnesota in Court of Appeals vs Thomas Eugene Marinaro
  
• Want to smoke? Bill says kids can't be in the car
  
• More and more colleges are banning smoking in public spaces
  

Mississippi

• Council snubs out smoking
  
• Residents, visitors say they’re in favor of Columbus smoking ban
  

Missouri

• Bill calls for statewide smoking ban in Missouri
  
• Smoking ban exemptions are now the focus of criticism
  
• Clearing the air; Voters approve smoking ban by wide margin
  
• County approves smoking ban
  
• General Election for Informational Use Only (Smoking Ban)
  
• St. Louis County smoking ban campaign energizes in last weekend
  
• Smoke-free in Maryville?
  
• Council panel Oks workplace smoking ban
  
• Premium Cigar Store Owners to Fight Proposed St. Louis County Smoking Ban Vote
  
• Clayton City Council Votes to Ban Smoking
  
• St. Louis considering a smoking ban - but only if the county joins in
  
• Clayton Imposes Smoking Ban
  
• St. Louis area colleges snuff out campus smoking
  
• Commonwealth Brands Supports Smokers' Rights
  

Montana

• University of Montana Proposes Campus Tobacco Ban
  
• Smokers Greet Imminent Ban with Sigh of Resignation
  
• There’s change in the air as smoking ban nears
  

Nebraska

• Neb. Ant-smoking group wary of where smoke blows
  
• Smoking ban debuts to cheers jeers
  
• Smoking ban bums barkeeps, patrons
  
• Nebraska Smoking Ban Takes Effect
  
• Pool hall files lawsuit over Neb. smoking ban
  
• Gov. signs cigar-bar exemption to Neb. Smoking ban
  
• Nebraska Court Voids Exceptions to Smoking Ban
  
• Neb. Lawmakers: No cigarette smoking in cigar bars, NE
  

New Hampshire

• Lawmakers considering smoking ban at NH beaches
  

New Jersey

• Atlantic City to debate casino smoking ban again
  
• Jersey Town Bans Smoking on Beach, Boardwalk, Sidewalk
  
• Atlantic City Suspends Casino Smoking Ban
  
• Atlantic City to have 7-day smoking ban
  
• Complete Smoking Ban for Atlantic City Casinos
  
• Proposed Atlantic City smoking ban splits gamblers, dealers
  

Nevada

• Lawsuit seeks to allow Nevada convention smoking
  
• Nevada revisits indoor smoking ban...barely
  
• Smoking law change supported
  
• Study says ban causes no harm
  
• Smoking ban has some restaurants fired up
  
• Going Against the Trend, Nevada Lawmakers Consider Easing the State’s Ban on Smoking
  
• Smoking Ban: Court snuffs try to stop law change
  
• Bill easing smoking ban passes
  
• Smoking bans foes turn to Nev. Supreme Court
  
• Senate bill would ease smoking restrictions
  
• Nevada may ease smoking ban
  
• Haze hangs over state’s smoking ban
  

New York

• N.Y. Proposed to Rein in Untaxed Cigarette Sales
  
• Blowing Smoke at a Ban
  
• NYC’s First Non-Smoking Apt Building Set To Open
  
• For Some Smokers, Even Home Is Off Limits
  
• Ban on Flavored Tobacco Products Becomes City Law
  
• Council votes to ban sale of flavored tobacco products
  
• Smoking snuffed in Memorial Park
  
• Suffolk lawmakers vote to ban e-cigs in public spaces
  
• NYC may require warning signs for tobacco retailers
  
• Workgroup proposes smoking ban
  
• Cigarette Sale Socialism?
  
• UB plans total smoking ban
  

North Carolina

• Smoking ban has little effect on business
  
• NC smoking ban at restaurants, bars detailed
  
• Tobacco-rich N.C. bans smoking in restaurants
  
• North Carolina Sets Curbs on Smoking
  
• Smoking or non? Soon, it’s all non
  
• Change has come for smokers in NC
  
• Lights Out! Smoking ban nears
  
• New Web Site Provides Info on Upcoming Smoking Ban
  
• No lighting up, even on sidewalk?
  
• Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch
  
• N.C. hospitals becoming tobacco-free zones
  
• How Will It Change Nightlife? Bars and clubs could assume new personas after N.C.'s smoking ban takes effect
  
• North Carolina Approves Ban on Smoking
  
• States Mull Smoking Bans: N.C., Move ahead; Texas slows
  
• Panel narrows smoking ban
  
• Smoking ban faces steeper hill in Senate
  
• NC House Supports Bill To Ban Smoking In Public Places
  
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company position on proposed North Carolina smoking ban
  
• Gibsonville police don’t want smokers ban
  
• Up In Smoke: Unassuming Davidson County Legislator could effect landmark tobacco restrictions
  
• Smoking ban proponents gear up
  
• State lawmakers will again attempt a smoking ban
  

North Dakota

• Study reinforces need to prohibit public smoking
  
• Smoking ban bill goes too far
  
• House rejects smoking ban
  

Oklahoma

• Oklahoma activists target smoking loopholes
  
• Health officials to seek smoking ban in Oklahoma
  
• State aims to reduce smoking
  

Ohio

• No Budget Hole Fix
  
• Ohio weighs crackdown on violators of smoking ban
  
• Group claims statewide smoking ban should have never been on ballot
  
• Challenge fires up smoking-ban debate again
  
• Bar owners seek to overturn smoking ban
  
• Smoking rate falls slightly for young adults in Ohio
  
• Toledo bar wins smoking case
  
• Ban, tax hurting cigar-shop owners
  
• Appeals court to weigh smoking ban enforcement
  
• Two bars targeted in smoking ban lawsuits
  
• Ohio sues 2 bars over smoking ban
  
• Violators of smoking ban seldom punished
  
• Smoking ban in Ohio called 'unenforceable'
  
• Smoking ban nets few fines, warnings
  

Oregon

• Housing authorities ban indoor smoking
  
• No smoking proposed at outdoor restaurants
  
• Governor Kulongoski wants to ban cigarette vending machines
  
• Smoking ban tops list of new state laws for 2009
  
• Bars in Oregon Get Jump on Smoking Ban
  

Pennsylvania

• Smoke-free? Sort of
  
• Smoking ban has been unhealthy for bar business
  
• Bars, restaurants not having trouble attracting customers under smoking ban
  
• A year later, smoking ban gets mixed reviews from restaurant owners
  
• Teachers Union’s Objections Sink Smoking Ban in Pennsylvania
  
• Pa. panel rules against state schools’ smoking ban
  
• Pennsylvania's smoking ban: 2 weeks in Clearing the Air
  
• State Legislators Seek To Amend Pa. Smoking Ban Legislation
  
• Police getting ready to enforce new law
  
• Statewide smoking ban takes effect
  
• Across Pennsylvania, smoking ban becomes law
  
• A bungled ban? No-smoking law takes effect, but its exemptions irk many
  
• Smoking banned entirely at colleges
  
• State Universities Snuff Out All Smoking; Students Protest
  
• Pa. State Universities: No Smoking Outside
  

South Carolina

• Florence City Council votes down proposed smoking ban
  
• Springdale bans smoking; 2 others consider it
  
• Bingo fight lights up over smoking ban
  
• Judge: Local courts to consider smoking violations break law
  
• Smoking ban rules
  
• Justices uphold Sullivan's smoking ban
  

South Dakota

• Second-hand smoke testimony banned from fight
  
• Smoking Ban Battle in Courtroom Tuesday
  
• Cancer Society Joins Smoking Ban Battle
  
• Smoke vote opposed
  
• Cancer Society seeks intervener status in lawsuit
  
• Smoking ban fight heats up
  
• Opponents of smoking ban gain a delay
  
• Smoking ban clears big hurdle
  
• Progress Report on Smoking Ban Petition
  
• Smoking Ban Under Study
  
• SD governor signs ban on smoking in bars, casions
  

Tennessee

• Sources: Knoxville’s major health systems to announce smoking ban for employees
  

Texas

• Bar smoking not entirely snuffed
  
• Smoking ban hasn’t led to any citations
  
• Smoking ban arrives with the new year
  
• UT-Arlington bans smoking everywhere on campus
  
• Waco City Council tightens smoking ordinance, removes alley trash bins
  
• Palestine City Council OKs Smoking Ban
  
• Council OKs smoking ban
  
• Kilgore OKs smoking ordinance
  
• Senator says smoking ban measure is dead
  
• Smoking ban bill being blocked from Senate vote
  
• Watch: Smoking ban debate heats up
  
• As smoke clears, Dallas bars adjust
  
• Residents seek to repeal Rowlett's smoking ban
  
• Study: Houston smoking ban had no effect on bar business
  
• Texas Restaurant Association backs statewide smoking ban
  
• Lawmakers to consider statewide smoking ban
  
• Dallas City Council votes to expand smoking band
  
• Coalition Looks to Expand Dallas Smoking Ban
  
• Dallas mayor pushes for smoking ban in bars
  
• Dallas smoking-ban meeting brings hot words, but no proposal yet
  

Utah

• Smoking in Utah bars to be outlawed at midnight
  
• Smoking ban takes effect in Utah
  
• Smoking Ban Signed into Law
  
• Legislature considers smoking ban for bars
  

Vermont

• Smokers are shown the door
  
• Vt. House Passes Ban on Smoking
  

Virginia

• Tobacco Giants Clash Over Virginia’s Excise Tax
  
• Altria’s plays major role in Richmond area’s economic life
  
• For tobacco states, a change is in the air
  
• A few Northern Virginia bars are exempt from smoking ban
  
• Mixed reactions greet state smoking ban
  
• Restaurants prepare for new smoking law
  
• Smokers take their last legal puffs in Va. Restaurants
  
• Northern Virginia restaurants ready for smoking ban
  
• Virginia restaurants’ smoke soon to clear
  
• Cigarette Ban Being Implemented in Va. State Prisons
  
• Night life up in smoke? Customers and restaurants are getting prepared for smoking ban in December
  
• Va. Gov. signs smoking ban in Marlboro’s home
  
• Hookah spots face extinction under Va. Smoking ban
  
• Virginia passes smoking ban compromise
  
• Area officials fume about Virginia smoking ban
  
• Virginia leaders agree on smoking ban
  
• Virginia Senate rejects House changes to smoking-ban bill
  
• Va. Deal Beefs Up Smoking Measure
  
• Critics Say Smoking Bill is Weak Ban
  
• For Restaurateurs, a Hazy Cloud Over the Future
  
• Smoking curbs clear hurdle in home of Marlboro man
  
• Va AG opposes smoking ban compromise
  
• Deal puts smoking ban in restaurants on path to passage
  
• Smoking ban advances
  
• Smoking ban bill advances to Senate
  
• Flame not out on restaurant smoking ban
  
• Kaine plan for budget could curb smoking
  
• Smoking bills may test if tobacco is still king in Va.
  
• John Middleton Challenges Sales Ban
  
• Supervisors voice support for smoking legislation
  

Washington

• Possible Tacoma park smoking ban burns some
  
• Smoking ban in rental housing examined
  
• Don't light up in private clubs
  

Washington D.C.

• D.C. moves to curb sidewalk smoking, youths’ access tobacco
  
• D.C. Council takes up tighter smoking restrictions
  

West Virginia

• Smoking ban for clubs nixed
  
• Berkeley Co. Health board snuffs out clean-air proposals
  
• Smokers Rally
  
• Smoking ban enforcement on hold
  
• Bar owner plans second annual smoke-in
  
• Smoking ban violators should be cited by police, health board says
  
• Smoking ban has its problems in W.Va. prisons
  
• Impact of Smoking ban on bars' lottery revenues not all that dire
  
• Smoking ban not choking business, as many claims
  
• Smoking ban is not an issue for bingo parlors
  

Wisconsin

• Smoking ban would take effect in July 2010
  
• Doyle signs statewide smoking ban for bars, restaurants, workplaces
  
• Assembly, Senate pass indoor smoking ban
  
• Wis. Lawmakers reach deal on statewide smoking ban
  
• Statewide smoking ban terms brokered by lawmakers
  
• Statewide smoking ban on fast track; Doyle could get bill by next week
  
• Support Grows for a Statewide Smoking Ban
  
• Verona City Council OKs smoking ban
  
• Doyle proposes decrease in state aid to help smokers kick the habit
  
• Kenosha Smoking Ban Doesn’t Pass
  
• Puffing in public going Poof!
  

Wyoming

• No Country for Smokers
  
• Judge allows smoking ban lawsuit to advance
  

Links

• ‘Cash for Smokers’
  
• Smoking bans still rare: WHO
  
• Bars say it’s ‘good business’ to ignore smoking bans
  
• Study: Links Decline in Heart Attacks to Smoking Bans
  
• Banning the Display of Tobacco Products
  
• Smoking bans slow to filter in for some areas
  
• Anti-smoking proposal could push D.C. smokers into the streets
  
• The Case for Bans on Smoking
  
• Small Retailers Prepare for Ban on Flavored Cigarettes
  
• Smoking bans reduce heart attacks by a third
  
• Big drop in heart attacks after smoking bans, studies say
  
• From coast to coast, US anti-smoking programmes grow ever more aggressive
  
• Mixed Messages Complicate Efforts to Ban Smoking in Military
  
• Majority Favors Ban on Tobacco Ads
  
• Pentagon won’t ban war-zone smoking, despite study
  
• Ban on tobacco urged in military