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NE Indiana tobacco usage rates top national rates

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)- Last week, the state of Indiana received over 130-million dollars from tobacco product manufacturers as part of an ongoing national settlement agreement. U.S. cigarette smoking has dropped to another all-time low. However, in Northeast Indiana, the percentage of smokers beats national rates. According to Tobacco Free Allen County, the adult smoking […] ....

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Anti-vaping measure advancing | Local | The Journal Gazette

Vaping will likely be prohibited in Fort Wayne public places after an amendment to the city s smoking ordinance received initial City Council approval . ....

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Editorial
Lawmakers again turn their backs on proven benefits of cigarette tax hike
The yearly flirtation with raising the state s cigarette tax has become a lot like “Groundhog Day,” the 1993 Bill Murray comedy in which a TV weatherman lives the same day over and over again.
“An apt description,” Nancy Cripe, executive director of Tobacco Free Allen County, said Wednesday.
Like the titular holiday the film is named for, it s become an annual rite for Indiana lawmakers to file legislation to hike the state s paltry tobacco tax – and watch it fail.
It happened again this week, when Senate Republicans dropped a proposed 50-cent increase in the cigarette tax from the state budget proposal. Unlike the movie, the repeated sameness isn t funny. ....

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