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  • Tobacco cigarettes are banned from most buildings in New York City, and now it appears the Bloomberg administration has its sights set on electronic cigarettes.
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  • The government says more cancer deaths could be prevented if certain current and former heavy smokers get annual CT scans, a type of X-ray.
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  • The nation's smoking rate generally has been falling for decades, but had seemed to stall at around 20 to 21 percent for about seven years.
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  • A high school in Connecticut wants to nix nicotine altogether, banning electronic cigarettes after some students were supposedly found using them in class.
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  • Bloomberg is calling for the city to establish a minimum price of $10.50 for a pack of cigarettes or small cigars.
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  • The Gallup poll shows just 20 percent of Americans say they have smoked a cigarette in the past week, tying the previous low set in 2009.
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  • Dr. Sapna Parikh reports on how smoke residue that clings to fabrics and furniture can be harmful.
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  • The federal government gets to decide how to warn people about the dangers of smoking tobacco, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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  • The bill, passed this week by the county legislature, exempts parking lots, campgrounds and golf courses.
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  • Sandra Bookman reports on the SUNY trustees voting to ban smoking everywhere on campus.
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  • Bloomberg will propose a new city ordinance that would require apartment buildings to have a written policy on where smoking is permitted or prohibited.
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  • Michael Bloomberg is committing $220 million to his charity to go toward reducing tobacco use in countries that are home to millions of smokers.
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  • The billboards and print, radio and TV ads show people whose smoking resulted in heart surgery, a tracheotomy, lost limbs or paralysis.
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  • Dr. Sapna Parikh has more on what can be done to help.
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  • Dr. Jay Aldersberg has more on current medical concerns.
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  • Starting Wednesday, smoke on outdoor train platform and you could land behind bars.
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  • Phil Lipof reports
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  • Starting on Sunday, smoking will be banned on Metro North and LIRR platforms. Smokers will first get a warning.
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new york city, mta, smoking, new york news, jen maxfield
  • The number of smokers in New York City has dropped to an all-time low.
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  • Vaccines, Alzheimer's and smokers
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  • Add Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road platforms to the list of places where you can't smoke.
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  • Many companies are offering fitness incentives to help motivate their employees to stay healthy.
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  • Dr. Sapna Parikh reports
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  • The New York City smoking ban is in effect, but not everyone is adhering to the rules.
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  • On one block in East Harlem, there is a voluntary ban on outdoor smoking.
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  • Researchers have found why weight gain is common after quitting smoking.
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  • They say New York City is trying to take away their rights to puff away outdoors, so they're blowing smoke right in the face of a tough new smoking ban.
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  • New York City's expanded smoking ban went into effect on Monday.
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new york city, smoking, new york news, dave evans
  • A new law kicks in Seaside Park this summer that could have smokers paying a price.
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new jersey, seaside heights, smoking, new jersey news, toni yates
  • Toni Yates reports
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  • Stacey Sager reports
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  • Some co-op and condo boards in New York City are now having to deal with residents filing lawsuits over smoking neighbors.
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  • Mayor Michael Bloomberg has signed into law a ban on smoking in New York City's parks, beaches, public plazas and boardwalks.
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  • Lawmakers have voted to extend New York City's smoking ban to parks, beaches - and Times Square.
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  • Smokers who light up while waiting for the Long Island Rail Road may soon have to go through more trouble to get their fix.
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  • If you get caught smoking during her lunch break, it could cost her more than a paycheck. That's because a new law in effect makes lighting up on the sidewalk illegal.
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long island, smoking, long island news, lauren defranco
  • A village on Long Island's "gold coast" is banning smoking on public sidewalks.
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  • A new tough smoking ban became policy at a college campus in New Jersey Monday night.
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  • There is a controversy brewing over an online advertising campaign featuring Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
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