If there’s one thing I promised to do (and still exists) is not to smoke. I plan to live longer, heart and lung disease free life.

St. Louis County Council Chairman Mike O’Mara said Thursday that the county’s year-old smoking ban edict “should be optimal,” and that he is open to proposals to remove exemptions to the ban..

Federal researchers are studying the economic impact of North Carolina’s nearly 2-year-old ban on smoking in restaurants and bars.

After years of failed efforts, 2012 could see the Indiana General Assembly finally approve – with some exemptions – a statewide public smoking ban.

Just months after Virginia and dozens of other states banned synthetic marijuana, the chemists who make it have found a way to outfox lawmakers.

Commissioners discussed a new policy Tuesday that bans all tobacco use on all county property including boat ramps, parks, trails and the sports complex, which will roll out in three phases starting Jan. 1 2012.

Five years after ban took effect, Ohio works to improve compliance.

THE ROYAL Cornwall Hospitals Trust is imposing a total ban on smoking across its three main sites.