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Morgantown lounge grandfathered into smoking ban
There's only one hookah bar in the state of West Virginia, and after a recent Wheeling-Ohio County Board of Health meeting, it appears it will stay that way. In March, Wheeling resident Trey Santorine asked Ohio County health board members to relax the county's smoking ban to allow for a ...
Feds reach deal with online cigarette company
Federal prosecutors have reached a $3.1 million settlement with the owners of an online cigarette dealership over taxes owed on the smokes, just days after one of the owners pleaded guilty to taking part in a scheme to avoid paying the tariffs. The agreement released Wednesday requires 48-year-old Israel Chavez ...
U of M poised to ban smoking on Twin Cities campus
The University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus is on the verge of going smoke-free, even outdoors. The University Senate, which includes faculty, students and staff, voted last week in favor of the ban. That resolution still needs the formal approval of University President Eric Kaler, who said he supports a ...
Roundup of Oklahoma editorials
Here are excerpts from recent editorials in Oklahoma newspapers: The Oklahoman, May 5, 2013 Medicaid proposal by two Oklahoma GOP lawmakers has some appeal, but Obamacare still a bad idea Inspired by an Arkansas initiative, two Republican lawmakers in Oklahoma want to use federal dollars intended for Medicaid expansion to ...
Museum exhibits open at former Va. school site
The old schoolhouse glistens like new again, although truth told it's surely equipped better now than it ever was in its days as Prince Edward County's high school for black students during segregation. Teachers and students back then never could have imagined the electronics, videos and bright lights that now ...
Buffett name going on new Omaha cancer center
The Buffett name is going on a cancer center being built in Omaha, thanks to a relative of billionaire Warren Buffett, officials said Friday. The Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Nebraska Medical Center said the exact amount of the donation won't be disclosed, but UNMC Chancellor Harold Maurer ...
Proposed broader smoking ban draws comments
The McComb Board of Selectmen has heard from local residents on a proposal to broaden the city's no smoking ordinance. The Enterprise-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/14T3pWx) that the board took no action after this week's hearing. Cindy Estes with the Mississippi Tobacco Free Coalition told the board that the present local ordinance ...
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 ...
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