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• 'You Smoke -- I Choke' contest winners named
  Thursday, November 19, 2009
  Grand Island Independent

• A look at how the smoking ban has affected business
  Thursday, November 19, 2009
  KHAStv.com (Hastings)

• Tobacco-Free Life an Important Part of Recovery from a Mental Illness
  Thursday, November 19, 2009
  Nebraska Dept. of Health & Human Services

• Anti-smoking effort must start early
  Wednesday, November 18, 2009
  McCook Daily Gazette

• Revenue debate could include hike in cigarettes
  Wednesday, November 18, 2009
  Kearney Hub

• Rate of Tobacco Sales to Minors Rises in Nebraska
  Monday, November 16, 2009
  Nebraska Dept. of Health & Human Services

• Smoky Air Back at an Omaha Bar
  Wednesday, November 11, 2009
  WOWT.com (Omaha)

• After Six Months, Bars, Restaurants Mixed About Smoking Ban
  Tuesday, November 10, 2009
  Lexington Clipper Herald

• Bar, restaurant operators mixed about smoking ban after six months
  Monday, November 9, 2009
  Kearney Hub

• Two Omaha cigar bars ready to roll
  Thursday, November 5, 2009
  Omaha World Herald

• Smoking Bans Protect Hearts
  Friday, October 16, 2009
  Omaha World Herald

• MPCC prepares to become tobacco-free Jan. 1
  Thursday, October 1, 2009
  North Platte Telegraph

• BD to go tobacco free soon
  Tuesday, September 29, 2009
  Columbus Telegram

• Smoking's flavor changes
  Wednesday, September 23, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• The case for smoking bans
  Wednesday, September 23, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• Smoking Ban Reduces Heart Disease
  Tuesday, September 22, 2009
  KLKNTV.com (Lincoln)

• Cigar exemption one step closer
  Thursday, September 17, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• County bans smoking outdoors
  Thursday, September 17, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• County: ‘Get off my lawn'
  Monday, September 14, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• Lancaster County's tobacco-free campus policy goes up in smoke
  Friday, August 28, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• It's Almost Here: Cigar Bars Exempt
  Thursday, August 20, 2009
  KPTM.com (Omaha)

• Nebraskans weigh in on cigar bar rules
  Thursday, August 20, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• Cigars, alcohol will mix again
  Wednesday, August 19, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• DIY cigarettes? Some smokers start growing tobacco
  Wednesday, August 19, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• Smoking-ban delay is unnecessary, unfair
  Tuesday, August 18, 2009
  ArgusLeader.com (South Dakota)

• Smoking-ban challenge in Nebraska still alive
  Thursday, August 6, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• Youth celebrate clean air
  Tuesday, August 4, 2009
  North Platte Telegraph

• State’s smoking ban spurs bars to build gardens
  Sunday, August 2, 2009
  North Platte Bulletin

• Lancaster County considers expanded smoking restrictions
  Thursday, July 9, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• Local bars dealing with smoking ban
  Friday, July 3, 2009
  Beatrice Daily Sun

• More Iowans Kick Smoking Habit
  Wednesday, July 1, 2009
  Omaha World Herald

• Opinion split on tobacco oversight
  Friday, June 26, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• Omaha Pool Hall Attorney Unfazd by Ruling in Smoking Ban Case
  Thursday, June 25, 2009
  KTIV

• Big John's restraining order against smoking ban denied
  Wednesday, June 24, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• Letter to the Editor: Smoke-free equals healthier cities
  Wednesday, June 24, 2009
  Chadron Record

• Editorial: Where's the end?
  Tuesday, June 23, 2009
  Midwest Messenger

• Smoking Ban Not Hurting Business, So Far
  Tuesday, June 23, 2009
  Midwest Messenger

• Local Businesses, Customers Cope with Smoking Ban
  Saturday, June 20, 2009
  Gothenburg Times

• Anti-smoking crusade not over
  Sunday, June 14, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• Joel Johnson writes legacy of lives saved by smoke ban
  Saturday, June 13, 2009
  Kearney Hub

• Smoking ban at fairgrounds cutting simulcast income
  Saturday, June 13, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• Congress sends Obama bill to regulate tobacco
  Friday, June 12, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• Johanns knows tobacco's lure
  Friday, June 12, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• Outdoors or Indoors: OPPD says no to tobacco on the job
  Friday, June 12, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• The political conundrum
  Friday, June 12, 2009
  McCook Daily Gazette

• Bill giving FDA controls over tobacco advances
  Thursday, June 11, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• Make sure cigarette butts don’t become trash
  Monday, June 8, 2009
  Columbus Telegram

• Nebraska smoking ban prompts few complaints
  Monday, June 8, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• Wauneta businesses adjust as smoking ban goes into effect this week
  Monday, June 8, 2009
  Wauneta Breeze

• Bar owners say they'll be able to adapt to new law
  Friday, June 5, 2009
  Norfolk Daily News

• Our Opinion: Smoking Ban Challenge Not Enough
  Thursday, June 4, 2009
  Sidney Sun-Telegraph

• Romeo’s helps launch smoking ban
  Thursday, June 4, 2009
  Bellevue Leader

• Smoking ban only the start for foes
  Thursday, June 4, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• Tobacco bill a sharp change for lawmakers
  Thursday, June 4, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• Bar, restaurant owners wait to see effect of ban
  Tuesday, June 2, 2009
  Columbus Telegram

• First day of ban goes smoothly
  Tuesday, June 2, 2009
  Fremont Tribune

• Nebraska doors close to smokers
  Tuesday, June 2, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• Smoking ban irritating for some
  Tuesday, June 2, 2009
  Lexington Clipper-Herald

• State Smoking Ban to Yield Healthier Workers, Patrons
  Tuesday, June 2, 2009
  Grand Island Independent

• Ban not limited to bars and restaurants
  Monday, June 1, 2009
  Columbus Telegram

• Business Owners Empathize With Smokers On State Ban
  Monday, June 1, 2009
  KETV.com (Omaha)

• Electronic Cigarettes Allowed Under Clean Air Indoor Act
  Monday, June 1, 2009
  nebraska.tv (NTV-Kearney)

• Future of Neb. smoking ban still hazy
  Monday, June 1, 2009
  KCAUTV.com (Sioux City)

• Future of Nebraska smoking ban still hazy
  Monday, June 1, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• Nebraska bars and restaurants go smoke free
  Monday, June 1, 2009
  KHASTV.com (Hastings)

• Nebraska Smoking Ban In Effect
  Monday, June 1, 2009
  WOWT.com

• No More Smoke Breaks For G.I. Firefighters
  Monday, June 1, 2009
  KOLNKGIN.com

• Smoking ban debuts to cheers, jeers
  Monday, June 1, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• Smoking: A new government interference
  Monday, June 1, 2009
  Lexington Clipper-Herald

• Bars Prepare for the State's Smoking Ban
  Sunday, May 31, 2009
  KPTM.com (Omaha)

• Butts Out Nebraska, The Smoking Ban's Here
  Sunday, May 31, 2009
  KOLNKGIN.com

• Nebraska's Last Day To Light Up
  Sunday, May 31, 2009
  KCAUTV.com (Sioux City)

• Resentment smolders over smoking ban in rural Nebraska
  Sunday, May 31, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• Smokers Enjoy Last Cigarettes Indoors Before Ban goes into Effect
  Sunday, May 31, 2009
  action3news.com (KMTV-Omaha)

• Smoking ban bums barkeeps, patrons
  Sunday, May 31, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• State's smoking ban may inspire some to quit habit
  Saturday, May 30, 2009
  Hastings Tribune

• Banned!! Statewide smoking ban to go into effect June 1
  Saturday, May 30, 2009
  Grand Island Independent

• Shooters one of few bars in Kearney that added space to ensure its message was clear: Smokers Welcome Here
  Saturday, May 30, 2009
  Kearney Hub

• Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em
  Saturday, May 30, 2009
  Beatrice Sun

• Smoking ban doesn’t ignite firestorm
  Saturday, May 30, 2009
  Scottsbluff Star Herald

• Some Neb. bar owners still fuming over smoking ban
  Saturday, May 30, 2009
  Columbus Telegram

• Agencies set to enforce smoking ban Monday
  Friday, May 29, 2009
  Fremont Tribune

• Decision expected soon on pool hall's smoking ban restraining order
  Friday, May 29, 2009
  Lincoln Journal Star

• What's Happening: Smoke-free honors
  Friday, May 29, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• Smokers still welcome at La Vista Keno
  Thursday, May 28, 2009
  LaVista Sun

• Smoking ban begins June 1
  Wednesday, May 27, 2009
  Waverly News

• Nebraska set to become 16th state to go smoke-free
  Monday, May 25, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• Big Picture: Cigar Bars, Exemptions, Loopholes
  Saturday, May 23, 2009
  www.nebraska.tv (NTV-Kearney)

• Omaha pool hall sues state over smoking ban
  Friday, May 22, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• Study: Omaha's workplace smoking ban improves air quality
  Friday, May 22, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• Three Rivers Helps Businesses Prepare for Smoking Ban
  Thursday, May 21, 2009
  Fremont Tribune

• Businesses Prepare for Statewide Smoking Ban
  Wednesday, May 20, 2009
  Bellevue Leader

• No Smoking Law = Less Smokers in Nebraska
  Wednesday, May 20, 2009
  www.nebraska.tv (NTV-Kearney)

• Smoking Ban Could Cost Small Town Businesses
  Wednesday, May 20, 2009
  www.nebraska.tv (NTV-Kearney)

• Preparing for Nebraska's Smoking Ban
  Saturday, May 16, 2009
  KOLN/KGIN-TV

• Smoke-free Nebraska
  Saturday, May 16, 2009
  York News-Times

• Safer cigarette bill passed
  Wednesday, May 13, 2009
  Unicameral Update

• Site aims to clear confusion on smoking ban
  Tuesday, May 12, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• FDA tobacco regulation speeds ahead in Congress
  Monday, May 11, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• State Law to Snuff Out Smoking
  Saturday, May 2, 2009
  Scottsbluff Star Herald

• Business Gets Jump on State's Ban on Smoking
  Friday, May 1, 2009
  Fremont Tribune

• Business Night Out meeting slated for tonight
  Thursday, April 23, 2009
  North Platte Telegraph

• Philip Morris' Global Race
  Thursday, April 23, 2009
  Business Week

• Safer cigarette bill amended, advanced
  Thursday, April 23, 2009
  Unicameral Update

• Heineman signs cigar bar bill
  Wednesday, April 22, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• Ash from Cigarette Caused Fire
  Tuesday, April 21, 2009
  KOLN-KGIN

• Businesses Prepare For Smoke-Free Nebraska
  Tuesday, April 21, 2009
  kolnkgin.com

• Nebraska to go smoke free June 1
  Monday, April 20, 2009
  Hemingford Ledger

• Tobacco settlement pot drying up
  Monday, April 20, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• Cigar smokers can light up - eventually
  Friday, April 17, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• Electronic Cigarettes May Cool Smoking Feud
  Friday, April 17, 2009
  KETV.com

• Omaha business offers alternative to cigarettes
  Friday, April 17, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• Cigar bar bill OK, Bruning opinion says
  Thursday, April 16, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• Judge ends nearly all exceptions to Omaha smoking ban
  Thursday, April 16, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• Nebraska to go smoke free June 1
  Thursday, April 16, 2009
  Scottsbluff Star-Herald

• Our view on tobacco taxes:Message is clear: Higher prices deter smoking
  Thursday, April 9, 2009
  USA Today

• Amendment cuts cigarettes from cigar bar bill
  Tuesday, April 7, 2009
  Lincoln Journal Star

• Former justice: Cigar bar bill would be found unconstitutional
  Tuesday, April 7, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• MPCC will go tobacco-free
  Thursday, March 26, 2009
  North Platte Telegraph

• Cigar bars could become smoker refuge
  Tuesday, March 24, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• County board resurrects tobacco-free campus policy
  Monday, March 23, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• Fight for smoking ban exemption begins
  Friday, March 20, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• SD governor signs ban on smoking in bars, casinos
  Thursday, March 19, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• Rising tobacco taxes have some smokers thinking 'Quit'
  Tuesday, March 17, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• No myth: Cigarette smoke to rise from new Phoenix patio
  Wednesday, March 11, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• Owners: Cigar bars carve out unique exception to smoke ban
  Wednesday, March 11, 2009
  Lincoln Journal Star

• Owners: Cigar bars carve out unique exception to smoke ban
  Wednesday, March 11, 2009
  Lincoln Journal Star

• Bill Would Ban Smoking In Vehicles
  Tuesday, March 10, 2009
  WOWT

• Cigar Blamed for Deadly Sioux City House Fire
  Monday, March 9, 2009
  Omaha World Herald

• Lincoln landlords differ on smoking policy
  Tuesday, March 3, 2009
  Daily Nebraskan

• Bill would ban tobacco products from self-service displays
  Monday, March 2, 2009
  Unicameral Update

• Chewing tobacco taxation bill advances to final reading
  Friday, February 27, 2009
  Unicameral Update

• Smokers could get more places to light up
  Thursday, February 26, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• NE Lawmakers Chew On Tobacco Tax Changes
  Monday, February 23, 2009
  WOWT.com

• Nebraska Smoking Ban Lights Up Debate
  Tuesday, February 17, 2009
  News Net Nebraska

• Board votes: Butts out of NRD vehicles
  Saturday, February 14, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• Nebraska’s Clean Air Act should not be weakened
  Thursday, February 12, 2009
  Grand Island Independent

• NRD workers can smoke and chew to their heart's content
  Thursday, February 12, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• Nebraska smoking ban stays; opt-out plan killed
  Wednesday, February 11, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• Groups Resist Smoking Ban Exemptions
  Tuesday, February 10, 2009
  OWH

• Little fire seen in smoking opt-out proposal
  Saturday, February 7, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• Letting a cigar bar be a cigar bar
  Thursday, February 5, 2009
  Omaha World-Herald

• States' tobacco exemptions vary
  Monday, February 2, 2009
  Rapid City (SD) Journal

• Is smoking in public a personal right?
  Saturday, January 31, 2009
  North Platte Telegraph

• Smoke-free transition expected to be smooth
  Saturday, January 31, 2009
  North Platte Telegraph

• Bar Owner Cited for Smoking in his Own Saloon
  Tuesday, January 27, 2009
  KETV.com

• Arnie: No option on smokes
  Monday, January 26, 2009
  Columbus Telegraph

• Time is right for employer-sponsored stop-smoking plans
  Sunday, January 25, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• Bill would let cities opt out of smoking ban
  Wednesday, January 21, 2009
  Lincoln Journal Star

• Teens Line Street To Celebrate Smoking Ban
  Sunday, January 18, 2009
  KLKNTV.com

• Fire-safe cigarettes could be on Neb. shelves
  Monday, January 12, 2009
  Tobacco.org (AP)

• Bill targets smoking with kids in car
  Thursday, January 8, 2009
  Lincoln Journal-Star

• Smoking Down In Iowa, Tobacco Sales Up In Nebraska
  Saturday, January 3, 2009
  Tobacco.org (KCAU-TV)

• New Cafe Fulfills Lifelong Dream
  Monday, December 22, 2008
  Columbus Telegram

• Omaha Smokers Must Brave the Elements
  Sunday, December 21, 2008
  KPTM (Omaha)