- Court Blocks N.Y. Tax on Tribal Cigarette Sales
 A state judge effectively expanded a federal order that stopped a new law from applying to two tribes.
- Greece: Tougher Smoking Ban Takes Effect Wednesday
The ban outlaws lighting up in all public indoor areas and prohibits most tobacco advertising. But how effective it will be is an open question.
- N.Y. to Try Again to Tax Indians’ Cigarette Sales
 The state tried 13 years ago to collect taxes on cigarette sales on reservations but backed down. Its new effort takes effect on Wednesday.
- Foundation and MTV Hope Campaign Is ‘Dead On’ With Youths
 The American Legacy Foundation and MTV team up to present an anti-smoking campaign aimed at youths and utilizing zombies. Yes, zombies.
- The Last Smokers in New York City
 They cluster on the sidewalks below their offices, cigarettes in hand, and know all the warnings. Some of them say they are going to quit. Really.
- Smoking Scenes on the Decline in Movies
 The number of movie scenes showing smoking fell recently, but more than half of all PG-13 rated films still showed smoking.
- A Shift Toward Fighting Fat
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which has spent 0 million to help fight smoking through research and advocacy since 1991, is shifting focus to childhood obesity through pledge of 0 million in spending over five years; foundation's antiobesity financing rose to million in 2009, while its antismoking grants fell to million, highlighting competition for private funds and shift in public health priorities; experts say without another antismoking advocate like Robert Wood Johnson, tobac...
- Hamas Moves to Enforce Water Pipe Ban in Gaza
In a new attempt to try to impose a conservative Islamic way of life, Hamas started this weekend to enforce a ban on smoking water pipes in public.
- Philip Morris Said to Benefit from Child Labor
A new report says child labor is widespread on farms that supply the company’s cigarette factory in Kazakhstan.
- A Hole in the Bar Where the Cigarette Machine Stood
 Cigarette machines, once a familiar presence in most bars, have become scarce in a no-smoking atmosphere.
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