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A Guide to California's Proposed Ban on Smoking in Apartments

March 14, 2013, 3:57 pm • Posted by Laird Harrison
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It’s move-in day. You’re sitting in the great new condo you just bought. And suddenly you catch a whiff of cigarettes coming from next door. If you’re a healthy-living type, your home-buyer happiness may be gone in a puff of … Continue reading »

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SF Supes Give Initial Approval to Smoking Ban at Some Street Fairs, Festivals

January 16, 2013, 10:06 am • Posted by KQED News Staff and Wires
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SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) The San Francisco Board of Supervisors  gave unanimous initial approval on Tuesday to two pieces of legislation addressing smoking in the city. The first item will ban smoking at certain street fairs and festivals in the city, … Continue reading »

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Videos: New Anti-Tobacco Ads Target Calif. Ethnic Groups

December 14, 2012, 12:49 pm • Posted by Laird Harrison
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Daggers fly at an Asian man holding a cigarette. A Hispanic smoking father discovers that his child has asthma. An African American woman laments the absence of her deceased father, a smoker, at her wedding. With images like these, Tobacco … Continue reading »

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As Tobacco Sales Fall, State Budget Suffers

February 20, 2012, 9:56 am • Posted by KQED News Staff
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By Kendall Taggert, California Watch Fewer smokers is bad news for California’s budget. A major bond rating agency sounded an alarm this month, saying the state may have borrowed more than $4 billion against settlement money that might never materialize. … Continue reading »

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Among Low California Smoking Rates, One Famous County Lags

December 21, 2010, 3:51 pm • Posted by Jon Brooks
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The California Department of Health yesterday announced the state's smoking prevalence rate, which has hit an all-time low of 13.1 percent, the lowest in the nation next to Utah's. (Check out the data here and here.) Lots of local newspaper … Continue reading »

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