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Utah smokers buy out of state to avoid $1-a-pack tax hike

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 6:27am

SALT LAKE CITY — A recent dollar-a-pack tax hike on cigarettes has many Utah smokers traveling out of state to buy.

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Program aims to help smokers kick the habit

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 10:30pm

OGDEN — With summer here, area residents are invited to take a vacation from smoking by joining an eight-week class to help them.

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Ogden firefighters work to extinguish a small brush fire Thursday at Fort Buenaventura Park in Ogden. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Fort Buenaventura blaze just the start of long, dry summer, Ogden fire officials fear

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 10:05pm

OGDEN — A 1-acre grass fire in the wooded area of Fort Bueventura Park on Thursday afternoon has Ogden City Fire Department officials fearing this is just the beginning of a long, dry summer.

And a number of agencies across the state agree, having recently implemented their own fire restrictions.

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Educator works to stamp out smoking

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, June 3, 2012 - 10:05pm

OGDEN — The young teen sitting in Anna Guymon’s tobacco cessation class acted tough and cocky, but once class ended and he asked to speak with his instructor, his attitude quickly changed and he broke into uncontrollable sobs.

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Layton City Council confines specialty tobacco shops to select areas

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 10:56pm

LAYTON — New guidelines have been implemented here for smoke shops and hookah stores.

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Shurtleff calls for end of smoking in youth films

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 3:33pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah's top prosecutor and 37 of his counterparts are urging movie studios to take smoking out of youth-oriented films.

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Layton may limit smoke-shop sites

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, May 4, 2012 - 8:28pm

LAYTON -- New guidelines for smoke shops and hookah stores will limit the specialty tobacco stores to two select areas in the city.

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Want to stop smoking? Attend free workshop in South Ogden

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 11:27pm

SOUTH OGDEN — To celebrate National Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week, the Pulmonary Wellness Center is sponsoring a free stop-smoking workshop for the public from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday and Wednesday at 5974 Fashion Pointe Drive.

The workshop will include information on the risks of smoking and offer a variety of tips and techniques on how to quit.

Information will also be available about new nicotine patches.

For more information, call Dawn or Troy at 801-479-9644.

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Utah's efforts to discourage youths from smoking is paying off, as the number of kids addicted to nicotine is dropping, Here, at the Ogden Amphitheater in May 2009, volunteers Nelson Riches, 16, dressed as a cigarette, and Lary Deuel, dressed as secondhand smoke, talk with kids during a celebration of the smoking ban in public outdoor spaces. (Standard-Examiner file photo)

Utah battle against youth tobacco use continues despite improvements

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 10:12pm

The U.S. Surgeon General is urging states to discourage kids from smoking by implementing tobacco tax hikes, high-impact interventions, smoking bans and mass media campaigns.

Each day, nearly 4,000 kids try their first cigarette and an additional 1,000 under the age of 18 become daily users, according to a report issued this week by the Office of the Surgeon General. About 3.6 million middle and high school students smoke, the report states.

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The smoking rates among teenage high school students have dropped from 27.5 percent in 1994 to 19.5 percent now, but the decline has slowed in recent years.

One in five high school students smokes

Anna Gorman Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 3:24pm

Although teen smoking has declined, more than 3 million high school students and 600,000 middle school students still smoke cigarettes and are at risk of early lung and heart problems, according to a report issued Thursday by the U.S. surgeon general.

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Senate OKs tighter smoke shop regulations

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 9:00pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Anyone younger than 19 would be prohibited from entering a store that specializes in tobacco products under a bill that passed the Utah Senate.

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Three local legislators: Smoke shop bill just too intrusive

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 12:17am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Three local lawmakers voted against a bill that would toughen smoke shop regulations, saying it is too much government intrusion.

Reps. Brad Dee, Jeremy Peterson and Curt Oda were among the 28 representatives to oppose House Bill 95, sponsored by Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clinton.

The bill did get 41 yes votes in Wednesday's session and now moves to the Senate for consideration.

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Health officials say they're seeing a big jump in the number of Utah tobacco users seeking the state's help quitting.

Utah smoker quit line sees surge in participants

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 11:31am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Health officials say they're seeing a big jump in the number of Utah tobacco users seeking the state's help quitting.

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Ogden council mulls outdoor smoking ban

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 3, 2012 - 11:52pm

OGDEN -- Smoking has long been banned at many indoor locations, but in Ogden, the ban might soon involve some outdoor locations as well.

The Ogden City Council is considering an ordinance to regulate smoking outside.

The draft ordinance states that tobacco smoke is a form of air pollution and is a danger to the public health that also discourages some residents from using public facilities.

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Farmington City Council mulls smoke-shop rules

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, December 23, 2011 - 11:21pm

FARMINGTON -- New guidelines and rules for a smoke shop in this community are in the works.

Members of the planning commission and staff recently discussed at length city guidelines for a smoke shop and are addressing a city ordinance for the shops, plus initiating research from surrounding communities to see how other cities regulate the businesses.

Earlier this month the commission held a public hearing on the issue and voted 7-0 to table the item, while addressing potential zones for the specific kind of business.

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