cigarettes

A recent study from the CDC shows that more Maine residents are smokers than any other state in New England.

What can I say? Granite Staters have excellent self-control!

There is now an old cigarette vending machine at the Portland Public Library, but it's not giving out cigarettes.

According to the Kennebec Journal, Gardiner and surrounding fire departments had a busy morning on Tuesday as another call came in while responding to the first.

You'll never believe what this New Hampshire driver tried to pass off as an inspection sticker!

The Portland City Council voted unanimously last night (June 20) to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21. The new law will take effect in 30 days.

There's nothing like being able to drive along with the windows rolled down and the Moose cranked up. It's a sure sign of spring and when I get to do it, it literally can put me in a great mood. There is one thing that can change all that... cigarettes.

Here's something that came up this weekend. Me and Alexis, my 12-year old, went out to eat. I don't think the location matters, because I really don't want to single somebody out, because I think it's a larger question. The question? When eating at a take-out spot (food and ice cream) that has lots of picnic tables outside, is it legal or not legal to smoke...

CVS, the nationwide pharmacy chain, has taken it upon itself to pull cigarettes and other tobacco products off their shelves starting October 1, 2014.

You may have read my posts or heard me talk about quitting smoking. Now I'm comfortable with graduating to the next level. Stopping smoking and getting off nicotine are two different adventures in quitting, at least for me. When you go from smoking to the patch or gum you are happy you're no longer smoking and on the path to being a non-smoker but the whole time you're on nicotine replacement you'

As the old saying goes, you must not bite the hand that feeds you! But 1/3 of the Jonas Brothers (aka Joe Jonas) doesn't seem to take that seriously, because he recently had a not-so-nice encounter with a longtime friend.

Maine slips from a ‘B’ to a ‘D’ in the tobacco-use report card. More and more services are being cut and people are having to use their own resources to quit smoking. Plus, there is now a lower tax than many other states. Those are the primary reasons for the slide.

With the new year comes attempts at changing our lives for the better. You know the routine, resolutions, goals. You lay them out with good intentions and sometimes succeed and sometimes you don't. In between success and failure is where most of us live. I'm still not smoking and almost not still chewing the nicotine gum.

As many of you know I quit smoking. It will be 10 weeks tomorrow. Cravings are minor but the reminders of smoking those Marlboros are everywhere. Are we at a place yet where we can have a ban on logo pricing outside convenience stores?

So far eight weeks not smoking and still going. It's been two months this Wednesday, not to get ahead of myself. I’m still chewing the 2mg gum and no real desire to start smoking again.

It will now be illegal to light up a cigarette while waiting for your kids to get on a bus in Augusta. That was the outcome of a vote Thursday night from the Augusta City Council. City Councilor Dan Emery proposed the change after he received an email from parents of two children affected by an adult smoking at their bus stop.