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2010 Articles

Tobacco Companies Change Cigarette Packaging -- Barely -- to Comply with Law

Cigars, pipes no 'healthy' alternative to cigarettes

Local news reporter remembers father who died from lung cancer

Third-hand smoke also bad for you: study

FDA concerned dissolvable tobacco appeals to kids

FDA seeks to overturn e-cigarettes ruling

FDA Orders Tobacco Companies to Disclose Cigarette Ingredients

Movies: Where there's smoking, there's ire

WSJ: Financial benefits to quit smoking

Federal court rules FDA cannot regulate e-cigarettes as drugs

Federal court rules FDA cannot regulate e-cigarettes as drugs or medical devices

Southwest Florida International Airport oks outdoor smoking limits

No smoking: Hospitals in Lee, Collier go totally smokeless

2009 Articles

Smokers' cars loaded with nicotine

Florida colleges restrict on-campus smoking

Teens think smoking more dangerous than drinking, drugs

SWAT recieves a fresh look

WHO Report: Implementing smoke-free environments

Setting down their cigarettes, teenagers take up the hookah

Smoke-free cars save children Watch video

Smoke, lead, and ADHD | Listen to MP3 of this report

Rich or poor, nonsmokers are happier

On Smokeout day, U.S. cities with the most and least smokers

CDC: U.S. Smoking rates steady, but smoke-free laws effective

Proposal would extend UF smoking ban to Greeks

Crackdown a drag for clove cigarette smokers

A Warning on Web Sales of Cigarettes

Smoking: Cessation programs can work

A New Cigarette Hazard: Third-Hand Smoke

Tobacco-Free Together to Launch November 1

Smoking bans cut heart attacks by 1/3 studies show

Flavors Banned From Cigarettes to Deter Youths

Nearly any lifetime smoking ups breast cancer risk

Hillsborough Sheriff's Office to eliminate all on-campus tobacco use

FDA acts to protect public health from e-cigarettes | In stores

Sister to Sister: Former smoker-led intervention program expanded by grant

Teen health threatened by binge drinking and smoking

Groups launch guide to help hospitals achieve smoke-free campus

Study suggests cigarette packaging impacts perception of health risk

Charlotte County's Edison State College goes tobacco free

Smoking children of smoking moms

Keep Jacksonville Beautiful - "Keep Your Butts to Yourself" Cigarette Litter Prevention Program

Smoking cessation saves lives, money

Team sports can't compete with films to keep kids from smoking

$1 a pack increase not spurring last-minute cigarette sales

Seminoles, Miccosukees charge state levy on cigarettes

Obama, citing his own smoking woes, signs tobacco law

Crist signs cigarette-tax hike, calls it a 'health issue'

Study links cigarette changes to rising lung risk

Smoke Signals: Why a Tobacco Giant Is Backing a Tough New Anti-smoking Bill

2008 Articles

Hospitals ban smoking on campus

Jacksonville hospitals clear the air with smoking ban

Research Articles and Essays

Nicotine and the Brain by Lynnette Kennison, MSN, MA, ARNP, University of Florida, College of Nursing