Smoking

Gov. Mary Fallin's order to ban tobacco on all state-owned and leased property is raising questions about how it will be enforced and how far it will extend.

Anti-tobacco forces are more confident than ever that this year's General Assembly will enact a statewide smoking ban, but there will likely be more efforts to weaken the legislation.

Smokers not only have more problems with their teeth than non-smokers, they also go to the dentist less often.

A stiff anti-federal wind again gusted through the House this week as a Republican-dominated committee opposed allowing Medicaid to pay for anti-smoking remedies for pregnant women and children.

Should Port Chester ban smoking in open-air public spaces like parks and plazas? According to the Port Chester Community Cares Coalition Youth Committee, the answer is yes.

What is your favorite vice? Drinking? Taking a long drag from your favorite cigarette? How about being more 'hip' - by being addicted to Twitter? Researchers who made an attempt at measuring just how folks resist their desires claim that it is harder to resist checking your Twitter account compared to lighting up a cigarette or taking a swig of ... (more)

A June 5 ballot initiative designed to boost the tax on cigarettes by $1 a pack could create 12,000 new permanent jobs right away and add nearly $2 billion in economic activity in the Golden State annually, according to a new study by UC San Francisco.

A new list of signatures could mean an end to Springfield's smoking ban. On Thursday, members of the group against the ban will submit a new petition to the city clerk.

The Orland City Council will vote Monday night on an ordinance that could make it tougher for people to smoke in some parts of town.

The UK has implemented anti smoking legislation in recent years. Gone are the days when you could sit at your desk at work and enjoy a welcome cigarette.

Perception is everything in advertising. That's probably what the breast-feeding advocacy group La Leche were thinking when they successfully helped force a public service anti-smoking campaign to drop images of All Black Piri Weepu bottle-feeding his daughter.

MEN who smoke experience greater mental declines over time than men who never smoked, but the same link does not appear among women, said a British study published in the United States.

MONDAY, Feb. 6 -- Although fewer kids are being exposed to smoking while riding in cars, more than 20 percent of nonsmoking teens still are, U.S. health officials report.

PARENTS and child carers across Wales are being urged to keep their cars smoke free as the first phase of a major Welsh Government campaign begins.

Should smoking with children in a car be against the law? It isn't in Michigan and most states.

A bill that would fine adults for smoking in vehicles where children are present could make its way to a vote this year.

But sometimes, a visual illustration can really send the message across. That's why Bristol Regional Medical Center has two new residents in the birthing center.

Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren't all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list.

Smoking ban advocates are holding out hope that this is the year a statewide smoking ban with heft will pass the Indiana Senate, the measure's graveyard for five years running.

If the proven long-term benefits of smoking cessation are not enough to motivate young adults to stop smoking, a new study shows that 18- to 24-year olds who stop smoking for at least two weeks report substantially fewer respiratory symptoms, especially coughing.