smoking

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

At the meeting, the councilman plans to give information about how the process to make bars smoke free is coming along and what they might look to do in the future.

Louisiana is becoming more and more stricter on it's cigarette smoking laws. Now, it is illegal to flick cigarette butts on the street. There are pretty hefty fines involved for breaking this law.

San Rafael, California isn’t blowing smoke – it has prohibited people from smoking in their own homes.

It wasn’t that long ago that smoking was as synonymous with bars as alcohol and questionable decisions. However, over the last decade, more and more states and local government are banning cigarettes from saloons.