Tobacco
News briefs from around Kentucky at 1:59 a.m. EDT
Tobacco farmers notch legislative victory LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Tobacco farmers long on the defensive notched a victory Thursday when the U.S. Senate fended off efforts to eliminate the federal insurance program for the embattled crop. The vote, coming as the Senate crafts a five-year farm bill, was seen crucial ...
LePage vetoes Maine college tobacco ban
Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed a bill that would have banned smoking at all public university and college campuses in Maine. The Republican governor said in a veto message to the Legislature that "Maine people can make their own decisions" regarding tobacco. He suggested that people opposed to smoking bring ...
Minn. session '13: What got done, what didn't
Minnesota state lawmakers promised when the legislative session began that their top priority was setting a new state budget. To that end, they produced a $38.3 billion two-year spending plan that hikes taxes on top income earners and on cigarettes, and distributes hefty spending increases to public schools, freezes tuition ...
Senate votes to make small cut to food stamps
The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a $400 million annual cut — or roughly a half of 1 percent — to the food stamp program as part of a major five-year farm bill. Food stamps now cost almost $80 billion annually and are used by 1 in 7 Americans. The ...
Study: Casper air quality improves since smoke ban
A study conducted by anti-smoking groups found that air quality improved in Casper businesses that ceased to allow smoking when a city-wide smoking ban took effect. Air quality as gauged by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency improved from "very healthy" to "good." The Casper Star-Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/165zOcZ) the study was ...
White House says more farm subsidy cuts needed
The Obama administration said Monday it wants to see more cuts to agriculture subsidies in a massive farm bill moving through the Senate this week. The bill would cost almost $100 billion a year over five years and would set policy for farm programs and food aid. The legislation would ...
Smokers adapting to ban at Ill. State University
School officials and some students say a ban on smoking in high traffic areas at Illinois State University is going smoothly so far. The Bloomington Pantagraph reports (http://bit.ly/18bXBFH ) the smoking ban affects the campus quad and other areas. It was started by a student initiative. ISU spokesman Eric Jome ...
SC colleges look at on-campus tobacco bans
Campus-wide bans against smokers could spread to several South Carolina universities. The State newspaper of Columbia reports (http://bit.ly/110zJ7i) that at least 10 South Carolina colleges have gone tobacco free and at least five others are considering it in the country's fifth-largest tobacco-growing state. University of South Carolina President Harris Pastides ...
City snuffs smoking ban expansion
The McComb Board of Selectmen has voted down a proposed ordinance that would ban smoking in all public workplaces in the city. The Mississippi Tobacco Free Coalition had proposed the ordinance. The Enterprise-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/16DZZac ) that the board voted 5-0 this week against the ordinance. The city already has ...
FDA tobacco chief speaks at industry meeting
Changes in the marketplace have forced the public health community to wrestle with the idea that some tobacco products may pose less of a health risk than others, the new head of the Food and Drug Administration's tobacco control efforts told an industry group on Thursday. Mitch Zeller, who took ...
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