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Louisiana investigators believe the fire was started by a smoker trying to light a cigarette while using oxygen therapy.

Could cold hard cash be what it takes for Louisiana smokers to finally put their smokes down once and for all?

Proponents of the ban cite health benefits not just for the customers, but for the employees of the establishments as well.

There is a big debate smoldering in the city of New Iberia.

Parks Senator Fred Mills files legislation to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21

Louisiana won't raise its legal smoking age from 18 to 21.

A bid to increase Louisiana's legal smoking age from 18 to 21 narrowly escaped the House budget committee, but only after lawmakers added a long list of exemptions to the proposal.

When it becomes the law of the land, the new age restrictions would also apply to vaping and e-cigarettes.

Officials in some of our favorite beach communities are looking at making public beaches smoke free.

Beginning tomorrow--August 1--smoking will no longer be permitted at bars in Lafayette.

A resolution by a West Monroe state legislator has raised the question.

Lafayette, LA is officially smoke-free.

Would you be offended by this billboard?

More Louisiana residents are giving up cigarettes. The reason they are might not be so much about health as it is about money and convenience.

These four activities have been linked to better brain function. They are all things we are capable of doing. Most of us just choose not to do them.

Fifty-two years ago, the surgeon general issued a report linking tobacco use to cancer. More than 42% of Americans were smokers at the time. That figure is now at just over 18%, according to a report from USA Today. Louisiana's smoking rate is among the highest in the country...

Cigarette smokers the price of your smokes is going up by .22 cents per pack on Friday when a new state tax takes effect.

A Louisiana organization is offering free tips, free counseling, even free medications to help you stop smoking.

Beginning today smokers will be paying an additional .50cents per pack for cigarettes as a new tax increase goes into effect.

The New Orleans smoking ban made national headlines. Could Lafayette be next?