Tobacco
Ball St. trustees approve campus-wide smoking ban
Ball State University's board of trustees has voted to ban smoking on campus starting Aug. 1. University spokeswoman Joan Todd told The Star Press (http://tspne.ws/16ArEIO ) that as a concession, the new policy allows people to smoke in their cars with the windows rolled up. But it eliminates designated outdoor ...
AP top news in Iowa at 3:58 p.m. CDT
Iowa-based Dwolla raises more than $16 million DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa tech company says it has raised more than $16 million and plans to open an office in San Francisco. Dwolla said in its announcement Tuesday that it will double its workforce at its Des Moines headquarters ...
Another Ohio hospital won't hire smokers
A third major hospital system in northeast Ohio has decided not to hire smokers. The new policy begins June 1 at MetroHealth System. It mirrors a national trend to encourage healthier lifestyles, increase worker productivity and lower health-care costs. The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer (http://bit.ly/YjdVU6 ) reports that the hospital system's ...
Marlboro maker Altria to jump into e-cigarettes
The Marlboro Man may soon be hitching his wagon to a new kind of cigarette. Altria Group Inc., owner of the nation's biggest cigarette maker, Philip Morris USA, announced Thursday that its NuMark subsidiary plans to introduce an electronic cigarette during the second half of the year, making it the ...
Under criticism, GOP puts off its health care bill
An effort by House Republicans to highlight problems with President Barack Obama's health care law by bailing out a program for people with pre-existing medical conditions appeared to backfire Wednesday. GOP leaders postponed a scheduled vote after the measure met strong opposition from two directions: from conservative groups resistant to ...
Reynolds American 1Q profit jumps 88 pct
Reynolds American Inc. said Tuesday that its first-quarter net income jumped 88 percent as higher prices and lower expenses from a longstanding legal settlement offset a decline in cigarette sales. The nation's second-biggest tobacco company earned $508 million, or 92 cents per share, for the quarter ended March 31, up ...
NYC proposes raising age for cigarette purchases
After years of striving to set a national agenda for curbing smoking, New York City may set a new bar by becoming the most populous place in America to raise the minimum age for buying cigarettes to 21. A new proposal would increase the threshold from 18, a federal minimum ...
NYC proposes raising age for cigarette purchases
No one under 21 would be able to buy cigarettes in the city under a proposal unveiled Monday to make it the most populous place in America to set the minimum age that high. Extending a decade of moves to crack down on smoking in the nation's largest city, the ...
High court rejects tobacco marketing appeal
The Supreme Court has rejected a First Amendment challenge by tobacco companies to a 2009 law that restricts how they can market their products. The justices on Monday left in place a ruling by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati that upheld the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention ...
Paraguayans elect tobacco magnate as president
Paraguayans elected a tobacco magnate as their new leader Sunday, returning the conservative Colorado Party to the presidency that it held for 61 years before former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo won the office in 2008. Horacio Cartes won a five-year term with 46 percent of the vote over 37 ...
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