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Group pushes Powell for smoke-free parks 

Ohio farm union looks to aid tobacco workers in NC 

A farm workers union based in Ohio says it will help lead a discussion about the conditions and rights of workers who cut and harvest tobacco in North Carolina.

The Farm Labor Organizing Committee said it will sit down with tobacco growers and several large tobacco manufacturers to talk about wages and working conditions for the field workers.

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Group pushes Powell leaders for smoke-free parks 

Smokers able to dodge tax changes 

Powell might be next to ban smoking in parks  

Health advocates say hike taxes on tobacco products to cut use  

Taxing not only drives up cost, but it discourages smoking and creates revenue for prevention and treatment, says Shelly Kiser of the American Lung Association.

The lung association is pushing for an additional $1.25 tax per pack in Ohio. As of now, no bill sponsor appears to be stepping forward.

Kiser is quick to point out that Ohio brings in about $1 billion each year in revenue from the existing cigarette tax and spends no money on prevention programs. The additional tax would net another $347 million each year that the legislature could use for anything, she said, including prevention efforts.

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DeFILIPPO: Give me a break: Nonsmokers need work breaks too 

If I cannot have a nonsmoking break in the workplace, then please discontinue the permission of short breaks for smokers.

According to the American Lung Association, smoking costs Ohio’s economy $9.2 billion per year. Maybe, Ohio, if you prohibit smoke breaks in the workplace, that would motivate smokers to quit smoking and lower the economic burden. You have improved the health of your nonsmoking Ohioans, so either show the same kindness to the smoking Ohioans or give me a break.

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Stark ads spur calls to quit lines 

Lakewood officials debate merits of smoking ban for public parks  

Elektro: 1939 smoking robot saved from oblivion  

Long before C-3PO and Wall-e, there was Elektro, a smoking, talking, and walking robot that wowed the World's Fair in 1939. Meet the seminal robot that has been rescued from the scrap heap of time. . . .

The robot was pieced back together and is on display at the Mansfield Memorial Museum, where it's billed as the "oldest surviving American robot in the world."

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Local machine rolls 200 cigarettes in 8 minutes 

|City schools ban tobacco in all forms in all places 

Proposed bill may cost tobacco shops revenue 

Vote Tabled for Smoking Ban in Lakewood Parks 

Roll-your-own cigarette stores emerge in Northeast Ohio as smoking culture evolves (video)