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Maryland Senate Votes To Ban Smoking In Cars With Children
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (CBSDC/AP) — The Maryland Senate wants to prohibit drivers from smoking in cars if a child under the age of 8 is a passenger. Senators signed off on the bill in a 27-19 vote Wednesday....
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Tobacco Sales To Minors Hits All-Time Low
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Sales of tobacco to minors in the U.S. reached an all-time low in 2011 under a federal and state inspection program intended to curb underage tobacco use, according to a report...
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Study: Popularity A Strong Predictor Of Smoking Among Teens
WASHINGTON (CBS WASHINGTON) — A new study on a decades-old topic confirms that high school students are still pushed to smoke by peer pressure. Despite decades of public health education among teens,...
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Study: Low-Income Smokers Spend 25 Percent Of Income On Cigarettes
WASHINGTON (CBS WASHINGTON) — Low-income smokers in New York spend 25 percent of their income on cigarettes. A new study by RTI International caused a smokers’ rights advocate to say it proves high...
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Study: Smoking Has Increased In Hollywood Movies
WASHINGTON (CBS WASHINGTON) — The depiction of smoking and smokers is on the rise in Hollywood’s biggest films. There were nearly 1,900 portrayals of smoking and other tobacco usage among the 134...
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Reynolds Subsidiary Funding Cigarette Recycling
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A subsidiary of one of the nation’s largest cigarette makers is teaming up with a New Jersey company to reward do-gooders for cleaning up cigarette litter. Santa Fe Natural Tobacco...
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Study: Frequent Text Messages Can Help Smokers Quit
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) — Frequent and supportive text messages help many cigarette smokers kick the habit. Dr. Robyn Whittaker of the University of Auckland in New Zealand compiled a review of five...
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Maryland Fire Deaths Decrease in 2012
PIKESVILLE, Md. (CBSDC/AP) — The Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office says fire-related deaths in the state fell by 22 percent last year. The agency said Thursday that preliminary figures show that 52...
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Va. Youth Smoking Rates Hit Lowest Level In Decades
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A statewide effort to reduce smoking among Virginia youths is paying off. A report released Thursday shows that Virginia’s youth smoking rates are at their lowest levels in a...
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Va. Youth Smoking Rates Hit Lowest Level in Decade
RICHMOND, Va. — A statewide effort to reduce smoking among Virginia youths is paying off as high school and middle school rates have fallen to their lowest levels in a decade, a report released...
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Va. Senate Passes Ban on Smoking With Kids in Car
RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Senate has passed legislation making it illegal for adults to smoke with kids in the car. The vote on Sen. Ralph Northam’s bill was 30-10. It now goes to the House of...
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Former Surgeon General Joins E-Cig Company Board
RICHMOND, Va. — Former U.S. surgeon general Richard Carmona, who highlighted the dangers of secondhand smoke and supported a ban on all tobacco products, is joining the board of directors for NJOY...
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Starbucks To Ban Smoking Within 25 Feet of Cafes
NEW YORK — Starbucks customers will soon have to stamp out their cigarettes before approaching the cafes. The Seattle-based chain says it will start banning smoking within 25 feet of its stores,...
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Number of Smokers in U.S. Declines
ATLANTA — Fewer U.S. adults are smoking, a new government report says. Last year, about 18 percent of adults participating in a national health survey described themselves as current smokers. The...
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FDA: Menthol Cigarettes Likely Pose Health Risk
RICHMOND, Va. — A Food and Drug Administration review concludes that menthol cigarettes likely pose a greater public health risk than regular cigarettes but does not make a recommendation on whether to...
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Obama Hasn’t Smoked in Years, ‘Scared of My Wife’
NEW YORK — President Barack Obama says he hasn’t had a smoke in years — thanks in no small part to first lady Michelle Obama. Obama was chatting privately with a U.N. official Monday and said he hoped...
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New York City Council Votes to Raise Tobacco-Buying Age to 21
NEW YORK (CBSDC/AP) — Young New Yorkers who want to light up will soon have to wait for their 21st birthdays before they can buy a pack of smokes after lawmakers in the nation’s most populous city...
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D.C. Councilmember Will Move to Raise Legal Tobacco-Purchasing Age
LANHAM, Md. (CBSDC) — D.C. Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie is looking to add the District to the growing list of cities where you must be 21 or older to purchase cigarettes. If passed, the legislation...
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No Butts About It: UMd. Smoking Ban Lacks Enforcement
The push for a smoke-free campus is underway at the University of Maryland, College Park, but is administration just blowing smoke? Last July, the university joined the rest of the University System of...
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Ex-Marlboro Man Dies From Smoking-Related Disease
LOS ANGELES — Eric Lawson, who portrayed the rugged Marlboro man in cigarette ads during the late 1970s, has died. He was 72. Lawson died Jan. 10 at his home in San Luis Obispo of respiratory failure...
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