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12/10/08 – Secondhand Smoke Boosts Asthmatic Boys' Behavior

12/08/08 – UPDATE: Smoking ban anniversary by the numbers

12/01/08 – Students propose ban on smoking at Oregon State

11/18/08 – More hotels go completely smoke-free

11/18/08 – More nonsmokers getting lung cancer

11/16/08 – Street smokers: Remove your butts

11/07/08 – Ban on tobacco sales in drugstores is upheld

10/21/08 – Boise State will become a non-smoking campus next year

10/21/08 – Boise State will become a non-smoking campus next year

10/20/08 – Secondhand Smoke Worse for Children

10/20/08 – Secondhand Smoke Worse for Children

10/13/08 – More colleges stamp out smoking

10/13/08 – More colleges stamp out smoking

10/10/08 – White Rock bans smoking on beaches

10/02/08 – Health department urges smoke-free cars

09/22/08 – Court ruling clears up smoking law

09/14/08 – Smokers, nonsmokers mark no-smoke anniversary

09/12/08 – Court: No smoking in private clubs

09/11/08 – Bremerton Legion's Challenge to Smoking Ban Snuffed Out

09/08/08 – Second-hand smoke a proven danger

08/31/08 – Pa. smoking ban takes effect in less than 2 weeks

08/19/08 – Smoke-free China a marathon challenge

08/13/08 – Council favors more snuffers for 'smoking guests'

08/07/08 – Health department asks for refrain from smoking in cars with kids

08/03/08 – Downtown merchants campaign to stop cigarette litter

07/31/08 – Smokers feel free to push law on puffing

07/29/08 – Secondhand Smoke Raises Stroke Risk for Spouses

07/27/08 – Oregon awaits full impact of ban on bar smoking

07/14/08 – Dangers outweigh need for exceptions to smoking ban

07/08/08 – Smoking measure falls short

07/07/08 – Bar revenues rebounding despite smoking ban

07/06/08 – Breathing Las Vegas: A smoke-sensitive tourist on a statewide smoking ban

07/06/08 – Bars, taverns bouncing back

07/05/08 – Thumbs up: Smoking ban

06/25/08 – Secondhand Smoke Damages Lungs, MRIs Show

06/20/08 – Moses Lake Clinic goes tobacco-free

06/14/08 – Hookah bar apparently clears last hurdle

06/12/08 – Smoking in public still enough to spark an occasional flare-up

06/10/08 – Bar owner found in contempt

05/30/08 – California proposal could ban smoking in apartments

05/13/08 – Extend smoking ban to multifamily housing

05/10/08 – Smoking ban having an unexpected benefit

05/09/08 – Frankie's starts members-only club to deal with state smoking law

05/09/08 – Tavern owner hopes club solves smoking-ban issues

05/07/08 – Smoking ban in parks up for discussion at public hearing

04/21/08 – Park smoking not yet snuffed out in Lake Stevens

04/17/08 – City puts smoking in parks question online

04/11/08 – Smoking in parks could cost you $50

03/31/08 – Beijing tries to kick habit before Games

03/28/08 – Cigar bars, tobacco shops want to bring back smoking

03/24/08 – Full support for I-1016

03/20/08 – Cigar Bars, Stores Trying For Smoking Ban Exemption

03/19/08 – Initiative Would Exempt Cigar Bars From Indoor Smoking Ban

03/11/08 – Don't allow loophole to extinguish smoking bans

03/11/08 – It stinks; that's reason enough

03/07/08 – Should parks be puff-free?

02/29/08 – Tavern owner's motion OK'd

02/29/08 – Proposal would ban smoking in Wenatchee parks

02/27/08 – Lake Stevens tackles tobacco in parks

02/11/08 – Smoking in cars with kids should be snuffed out

02/07/08 – Lawmakers look at ban on smoking in cars with kids

01/28/08 – Bills target drivers who smoke

01/19/08 – Bills would ban smoking when kids are in the car

01/19/08 – Smokers may find renting is tougher

01/09/08 – California smoking law marks new frontier

01/03/08 – Smoking ban's pros outweigh cons of lost business

12/18/07 – King County Housing Authority to start smoking ban

12/14/07 – Health department tells lounge it violates restroom rule

11/20/07 – No smoking allowed at new Kirkland apartments

11/11/07 – Harrison Medical Center to Snuff Out Smoking on Its Campuses

11/08/07 – Clean Air Law Results from an American Cancer Society Report

10/30/07 – Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle going smoke free

10/25/07 – Smoking Ban Helps People Quit, Research Shows

10/17/07 – The Tobacco Tax

10/03/07 – Ban the practice of smoking in cars containing kids

10/03/07 – Two Calif. cities to vote on banning smoking in apartments

09/19/07 – Anti-smoking ads turn off young viewers

09/04/07 – Nicotine in Breast Milk Shortens Baby's Naptime

• Last Updated: 01/07/09

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