New Jersey 101.5 » cigarettes http://nj1015.com New Jersey News Sat, 25 May 2013 00:13:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 NJ Senator Wants To Raise Cigarette Buying Age To 21 [POLL/AUDIO] http://nj1015.com/nj-senator-wants-to-raise-cigarette-buying-age-to-21-audio/ http://nj1015.com/nj-senator-wants-to-raise-cigarette-buying-age-to-21-audio/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 09:52:27 +0000 Kevin McArdle http://nj1015.com/?p=267344 Former New Jersey Governor and current State Senator Dick Codey plans to introduce a bill that would raise the minimum age for buying cigarettes in the Garden State from 19 to 21.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/nj-senator-wants-to-raise-cigarette-buying-age-to-21-audio/feed/ 0 Flickr user: Valerie Everett NJ to Raise Age to Buy Cigarettes http://nj1015.com/nj-to-raise-age-to-buy-cigarettes/ http://nj1015.com/nj-to-raise-age-to-buy-cigarettes/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 19:10:57 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=267234 Two New Jersey lawmakers proposed Thursday to raise their state's minimum age for buying cigarettes to 21, reaching across the Hudson River to borrow an idea from New York City in a gesture of regional cooperation to keep tobacco from many young adults.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/nj-to-raise-age-to-buy-cigarettes/feed/ 0 Matt Cardy, Getty Images More NJ College Campuses Go Smoke-Free [AUDIO] http://nj1015.com/more-nj-college-campuses-go-smoke-free-audio/ http://nj1015.com/more-nj-college-campuses-go-smoke-free-audio/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:00:56 +0000 Kevin McArdle http://nj1015.com/?p=230894 In a growing trend, New Jersey colleges and universities are giving tobacco a failing grade and banning tobacco use on campus. The increasing move is detailed in a new American Cancer Society report.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/more-nj-college-campuses-go-smoke-free-audio/feed/ 0 An increasing number of colleges are implementing 100% tobacco-free policies (Flickr User ninasaurusrex) Smokers May be Fired Up Over the Price of Healthcare [POLL] http://nj1015.com/smokers-may-be-fired-up-over-the-price-of-healthcare-poll/ http://nj1015.com/smokers-may-be-fired-up-over-the-price-of-healthcare-poll/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:57:24 +0000 Jim Gearhart Show http://nj1015.com/?p=221095 If you are a smoker, you may want to start saving those pennies and no, it won't be for more cigarettes either.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/smokers-may-be-fired-up-over-the-price-of-healthcare-poll/feed/ 0 Phil Walter/Getty Images U.S. Cigarette Makers Reach Deal with States http://nj1015.com/u-s-cigarette-makers-reach-deal-with-states/ http://nj1015.com/u-s-cigarette-makers-reach-deal-with-states/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 01:46:52 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=207578 Three U.S. cigarette makers say they have reached a settlement with 17 states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico to resolve a dispute over payments required under a 1998 anti-smoking agreement.

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