ASH News Items for March 2007

New Study: Shows New Cigarettes Designs Don't Offer Lower Predicted Cancer Risks [3/26/07-4]

Scotland: Smoking Ban Is Overwhelming Success [03/26/07-3]

Germany Bans Smoking, Sort Of [03/26/07-2]

ASH Joins Global Voices Campaign for a Smokefree World [03/26/07-1]

China Will Approve Smoking Restrictions [03/23/07-5]

Oregon Committee Passes Bill for Fire-Safe Cigarettes [3/23/07-4]

New Study: Pancreatic Cancer and Smoking Linked [03/23/07-3]

German States Avoid Complete Smoking Ban [03/23/07-2]

Maryland Senate Debates Statewide Smoking Ban [03/23/07-1]

Ohio Smoking Ban Rules Clarified [3/22/07-4]

New Study: Teen Smoking Worsens Attention Problems [03/20/07-3]

Maryland Smoking Ban Bill in Jeopardy [03/22/07-2]

NC House Committee OKs Smoking Ban in Public Places [03/22/07-1]
Slavery Museum Urged to Return Donation from Tobacco Industry [03/20/07-4]

Parents Who Smoke in Cars Put Their Children at Risk of Developing Breathing Problems [03/20/07-3]

Quitting Smoking Rejuvenates Arteries [03/20/07-2]

Maryland State Smoking Ban Gains Approval of Senate Committee [03/20/07-1]
States Consider Allowing Cities to Opt Out of Smoking Bans [03/19/07-4]

Santa Cruz County Bans Tobacco [03/19/07-3]

NC: College of The Albemarle Campus Goes Smokefree [03/19/07-2]

How Big Tobacco Convinced Generations of Americans to Light Up [03/19/07-1]
Illinois Bill Would Ban Smoking in Cars [03/13/07-3]

Sweden: Smoker Sued for Lighting Up in Her Garden [03/13/07-2]

Washington State Increases Cigarette Taxes As Number of Smokers Decline [03/13/07-1]

Maryland House Considers State Smoking Ban [03/08/07-2]

ABC News- Another Impact of Smoking During Pregnancy: Troubled Kids [03/08/07-1]

Canada: BC Government Cracks Down on Smoking [03/07/07-4]

Secondhand Smoke Continues to Increase Incidence of Lung Cancer [03/07/07-3]

Marriot Hotels Will Remain Smokefree [03/07/07-2]

Maryland State Smoking Ban Advances [03/07/07-1]

Belgium: Smoking Students Put on Display [03/06/07-3]

Editorial: Do Not Allow Exceptions to Wisconsin State Smoking Ban [03/06/07-2]

More Studies Establish that Smoking in Films Influences Minors to Begin Smoking [03/06/07-1]

NY Could Recoup Millions in Health Care Costs if Taxes Were Collected on Cigarettes Sold on Indian Reservations [03/05/07-4]

Virginia Governor to Consider Banning Smoking in Restaurants [03/05/07-3]

USA Today: More Colleges Banning Smoking [03/05/07-2]

Ohio Officials Want to Close Restaurants and Bars that Continue to Violate Smoking Ban [03/05/07-1]

Canada: CBC Has Employee Smoking Rooms [03/02/07-4]

Smoking Alters the Brain 'Like Drugs' [03/02/07-3]

Volusia County, FL May Ban Beach Smoking; ASH Quoted [03/02/07-2]

NC House Panel Approves Smoking Ban in State Offices [03/02/07-1]

German States Agree to Ban Smoking in Restaurants [03/01/07-5]

Tasmania May Ban Smoking in Cars Carrying Children [03/01/07-4]

Ohio Employers to Offer Incentive to Quit Smoking [03/01/07-3]

Alexandria, VA May Ban Smoking in Restaurants [03/01/07-2]

Irvine, CA Bans Smoking in Parks [03/01/07-1]