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In this March 9, 2016 photo, Cheryl Palina of Philadelphia lights a cigarette while playing a slot machine at the Tropicana casino in Atlantic City, N.J. On Thursday, April 15, 2021, health advocates, smoking opponents and some New Jersey lawmakers called for the state's temporary ban on casino smoking, imposed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, be made permanent once the outbreak ends. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Smoking foes: Make COVID casino smoking ban permanent in NJ

By Wayne Parry Apr. 15, 2021 01:42 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Tennessee

By The Associated Press Mar. 31, 2021 08:21 AM EDT
Recent editorials from Tennessee newspapers: ___ March 30 The Kingsport Times-News on smoking in...

FILE - In this Saturday, March 2, 2013 file photo, a cigarette burns in an ashtray in Hayneville, Ala. Anti-smoking advocates are warning that the stress and disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic may have slowed efforts to get more Americans to quit in 2020. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Did COVID-19 stress, uncertainty stall anti-smoking push?

By Matthew Perrone Mar. 28, 2021 07:16 AM EDT

Poeple wearing face masks and face shields to prevent the spread of the coronavirus buy food at the Munoz market in Quezon city, Philippines as they prepare for a stricter lockdown on Sunday March 28, 2021. The government will start stricter lockdown measures next week as the country struggles to control an alarming surge in COVID-19 cases. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
The Latest: Metro Manila, outlying provinces go on lockdown

By The Associated Press Mar. 28, 2021 06:11 AM EDT

Taxes on digital ads, cigarettes among House veto overrides

By Jack Hogan Of Capital News Service Feb. 11, 2021 06:35 PM EST
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A digital advertising tax that would pay for Maryland’s sweeping education reform was among Gov. Larry Hogan’s, R, vetoes that the...

Indiana GOP budget plan boosts school vouchers, smoking tax

By Tom Davies Feb. 11, 2021 04:54 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Nearly one-fifth of a proposed state funding hike for Indiana’s schools would go toward expanding private school voucher and virtual school...

Editorial Roundup: Indiana

By The Associated Press Feb. 09, 2021 02:00 PM EST
Terre Haute Tribune-Star. Feb. 5, 2021. Editorial: House GOP education bill out of step with Hoosiers A few years ago,...

Editorial Roundup: Indiana

By The Associated Press Feb. 02, 2021 02:00 PM EST
Terre Haute Tribune-Star. Jan. 29, 2021. Editorial: Reaching deeper to find and help the vulnerable The phrase “fall...

Indiana lawmakers discuss 1st cigarette tax hike since 2007

By Tom Davies Feb. 01, 2021 01:08 PM EST
INDIANANPOLIS (AP) — Indiana could increase its cigarette tax for the first time in more than a decade and impose a new state tax on vaping liquids under a...

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 8, 2008. file photo, A woman holds a cigarette in her hand as she plays a slot machine at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, N.J. New Jersey this week made millions of people eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine, including smokers, a move that prompted gripes about them skipping to the front of the inoculation line. (AP Photo/Cie Stroud, File)
EXPLAINER: Why expansion of vaccine to smokers caused a stir

By Mike Catalini Jan. 15, 2021 05:55 PM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2005, file photo, Judy King of Daytona Beach, Fla., holds her cigarette while playing a slot machine at the MGM Grand hotel-casino in Las Vegas. One of the last Las Vegas Strip resorts to reopen after coronavirus closures will be the first to be smoke-free, MGM Resorts International announced Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Park MGM will prohibit tobacco smoke inside when it opens Sept. 30, said Anton Nikodemus, president and chief operating officer of the 3,000-room property that many remember as the Monte Carlo casino-hotel. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
MGM Resorts adopts smoke-free policy for Vegas Strip casino

By Ken Ritter Sep. 14, 2020 08:52 AM EDT

Recent Kansas editorials

Jul. 06, 2020 05:32 PM EDT
Lawrence Journal-World, July 4 Hopefully you haven’t become confused and placed your political yard sign on your face and your face mask in...

FILE — In this June 2, 2020 file photo, a demonstrator holds a placard during a protest against the tobacco ban outside parliament in Cape Town, South Africa. South Africa is three months into a ban on the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products, an unusual tactic employed by a government to protect the health of its citizens during the coronavirus pandemic. The country is one of just a few around the world to have banned tobacco sales during the pandemic and the only one to still have it in place. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht/File)
Virus ban gives tobacco illegal drug status in South Africa

By Gerald Imray Jul. 02, 2020 02:56 AM EDT

Floor decals instruct shoppers to socially distance at Garden State Plaza in Paramus, N.J., Monday, June 29, 2020. New Jersey's indoor shopping malls reopened Monday from their COVID-19 closure. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy set the date earlier this month after he shuttered many sectors of the state's economy because of the outbreak. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
NJ halts indoor dining restart, citing mask use, distancing

By Wayne Parry And Michael Catalini Jun. 29, 2020 08:20 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Louisiana

By The Associated Press Jun. 24, 2020 02:26 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: June 23 ___ The Advocate on Gov. John Bel Edwards...