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For the first time in years, more than 1 million New Yorkers are smoking, according to data released Monday, marking a disturbing rise of tobacco use in the city that pioneered a number of anti-smoking initiatives that were emulated nationally.

Gov. Chris Christie has vetoed a measure to limit smoking in the state's parks and beaches.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some current or former heavy smokers may benefit from a new lung cancer test even if they're 65 or older - although they experience more false alarms, suggests an analysis that comes as Medicare is debating whether to pay for the scans.

MIAMI (AP) -- A Florida jury has slammed the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. with $23.6 billion in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer in 1996.

A new bill could mean that the smoking age in New Jersey could be raised from 19-21.

Two New Jersey lawmakers want to raise the minimum smoking age to 21.

The proposed smoking ban at New Jersey's public beaches, forests and parks was tweaked during this week's hearing on the bill in the state Senate.

A legislative committee advanced a bill Thursday that would make New Jersey the latest state to ban smoking everywhere on college campuses.

Smokers can no longer light up on the beach or boardwalk of Belmar, thanks to a new ordinance that bans the practice along the beachfront and removes the remaining designated smoking areas.

A Morris Township freshman at Delbarton has won the Great American Smokeout Contest which sought creative ways to spread anti-smoking messages.