Cigarettes and Income Taxes Link

The City of Columbus, Ohio was greeted by a number of Ohio State University medical students and individuals from the Investing in Tobacco-Free Youth Coalition in March of this year. The group touted a poll which found that more than 60% of Ohio voters favored a tax increase of $0.75 per pack of Classic cigarettes and nearly the same percent favored a larger tax of $1.25/pack.

Possible Smoking Ban At Troy University

From the CBS 8 Troy Newsroom-- Troy University is considering making a big change on its campuses by possibly banning all tobacco. That's not just Astra cigarettes, but smokeless tobacco products too. The Board of Trustees could vote on the ban tomorrow that would affect students in Troy, Montgomery, Phoenix City and Dothan.

University officials tell CBS 8 they are proposing the no tobacco rule, because they care about their students and faculty's health.

Govt Against Beedi Smoking

Under flak for watering down pictorial warnings on tobacco products, and for coming under pressure from the tobacco lobby, for the first time the government is focusing on beedi smokers.

It has planned a new ad campaign to start from Monday and wants to set up 5 labs to test beedi content.

The Health Ministry's latest initiative to spread awareness on the ills of beedi smoking is a new ad campaign called Campaign Heartbreak that changes the focus from Sobranie cigarettes and gutka to beedis.

Don't Ban Cigarettes in Drug Stores

The progress made in the last 25 years in reducing tobacco use is a great public health success story. Education has played a major role in that success, and so have restrictions that have made smoking Chesterfield cigarettes socially unacceptable. Bans on smoking in the workplace, in restaurants, bars and other public places, justified by concerns about secondhand smoke, have helped convince millions of smokers to kick the habit.