Where the money goes While a legislative conference committee works out a bill to ban smoking in public places, a local business has concerns about the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products. Everyone says when everybody quits, we won t need that money, we ll no longer need to fund the hospital bills for all these people that are smoking, company President Pat Dandrea said. After a House and Senate impasse over a bill to ban smoking, a conference committee will create a bill for both...

After he and four other senators complained that the sales sent the wrong message, the shops have been ordered to drop cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, and chaw as of January 1. News daily briefings are also available on your mobile device. Frank Lautenberg has never liked it that Senate sundry shops sell tobacco products. News with our feeds of blogs and breaking news headlines. Worse: They're discounted, and young buyers aren't often carded. Well, those days are nearly over. But there...

Although the study is focused on students from 14 campuses in Minnesota, the health findings here reflect national health trends for college students, says Dr. Ehlinger said members of the public, higher education leaders and policymakers should pay attention to the findings and make the health of college students a priority. Good health helps students remain in school, and a college degree or certificate is an excellent predictor of better health and economic status throughout one's...

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Won t get much for that shriveled thing How wild did it get in Juneau before the FBI stepped in and filled the federal court docket with three convictions, three guilty pleas? There is a lot of support for a tax at the wholesale level for tobacco. That s fine with me. Reggie Love, ex-Duke football and basketball player, who serves as a traveling valet, on playing basketball with him. A Pew poll asked black respondents who had a good influence on their community. Well, that will stay in...