In Illinois, a Ban Sends Smokers Into the Cold
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On Tuesday, Illinois banned smoking inside bars, restaurants, bowling alleys, pool halls, casinos and in nearly every other public place.
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Smoking restrictions tighten this week as France tries to drive the once-ubiquitous cigarette from public spaces, but many smokers are angry and deeply suspicious of government attempts to coax them into ...Comment
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By Rindfleisch, Terry  A smoke-free workplace ordinance could be introduced in Onalaska or West Salem before it comes to La Crosse city officials.  Dr.
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By Joe Wessels  The question has become: No smoking, or, uh, smoke if you want?  An 11th hour effort Wednesday by liquor license holders to derail a new Ohio smoking ban that was set to take effect Thursday has apparently worked  --  for now.
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Manuel Bussac predicts he will smoke more and work less when France's ban on smoking in public spaces kicks in Thursday. His firefighter friend, Bernard Geoffrey, says the ban will help him quit his pack-a-day habit.
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Smokers bemoaning the new ban on lighting up in pubs and other indoor public spaces in England have a new sanctuary: Stoke-on-Trent.
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Smokers and restaurant owners in Italy were fuming in a rather different way after a tough new law that bans smoking in public places.
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A ban on smoking in public places is being enforced in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, for the first time.
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An intensive stop-smoking program with at least three months of counseling and free drugs can help smokers kick the habit, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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Arkansas and Louisiana have it, and now California is considering a ban on smoking inside cars when children are present.
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For years, anyone needing a  nicotine fix in a German pub or French cafe didn't even have to  light up -- the air was already so full of smoke that they only  had to open their mouth and inhale.
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ROME -- Smokers in Italy took their last puffs in bars and trattorias yesterday, hours before the start of one of Europe's toughest laws against smoking in public places.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota would ban smoking in bars, restaurants and other establishments under a bill approved by the Legislature.
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WINNIPEG (CP) - Manitoba businesses say a list of fines the provincial government can now levy under the province&#39;s anti-smoking law could result in multiple penalties for a single offence.
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The level of cancer-causing particles in the air is much higher in smoky bars and casinos than on truck-filled highways and city streets, according to the first study comparing indoor air quality before and after a smoking ban.
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Leisure group Rank braces itself for the smoking ban in England and Wales as sales continue to slide north of the border.
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Italians, banned from smoking in indoor public places, were forced to take their habit outdoors Monday and one persistent puffer became the first to pay for breaking the law after it took effect at midnight.