anti-smoking

While lawmakers seek to raise the minimum smoking age to 21, would raising the minimum age actually prevent people from smoking?

You may not be able to smoke in a lot of places in New Jersey, but at least the state is not going to stop you from kicking the habit. In fact New Jersey comes in dead last in spending state money on programs to help people kick the habit according to the American Cancer Society.

Potential residents of high-rises in New Jersey and New York City will be able to tell at a glance if the building they're considering living in is 100 percent smoke-free.

The government has revamped its strategy for getting people to kick the smoking habit, and the new campaign is about to hit TV and radio air waves and billboards, magazines and newspapers.

When it comes to tobacco control, New Jersey ranks 43rd in the nation in funding programs to prevent children from smoking and help smokers quit.