Should the tax on cigarette be made even higher? One group suggests it should be a lot higher if the Governor actually has the best interest of the state in mind.
Could it be the solution to the problem may be just as harmful as the problem it was supposed to solve? A new study is out concerning e-cigarettes and their use.
When you see the amount of money that tobacco companies spend promoting their product versus the amount of money our state spends in education, it's a wonder we aren't all riding Joe Camel to work like the Marlboro Man.
The Food and Drug Administration has placed a ban on four R.J. Reynolds brands of cigarettes. The ban includes the ever popular Camel Crush Bold brand of cigarettes.
The Louisiana Senate passes an even bigger increase in Louisiana's cigarette tax. Both the House and Senate will now have to compromise on just how much more they want smokers to pay.
Across the nation teens are turning more to electronic cigarettes than they are to traditional tobacco products. Is that trend happening in Louisiana? If so is it a good thing?
With the beginning of the next school year smokers on the campus of Louisiana State University will be encouraged to not light up. The University has adopted a tobacco free plan that will be implemented August 1st. While many of the buildings on the LSU campus have been smoke free for years, the new policy will extend to the outdoors and include all tobacco products...
Careless smokers who toss their cigarette butts out of moving vehicles could find themselves a lot lighter in the wallet and giving up hours of their free time in exchange for their actions if Governor Jindal signs the legislation.