When Nancy Pelosi became speaker of the House in 2007, she banned smoking in most of the House spaces in the Capitol, but members were still allowed to smoke inside their individual offices. And as ...

BATON ROUGE -- The effort to broaden Louisiana's indoor smoking ban appears to be dead for the session after a House committee this morning shelved legislation to require non-smoking areas on ...

House Bill 118 was later approved by the House and Senate after amending the bill to prohibit smoking in cars when children under 16 are present rather than those under 18 years of age.

No smoking signs are gaining more prominence at hotels across North America. Choice Hotels recently announced that 1,800 of its Comfort Inns and Comfort Suites in the USA and Canada will be 100% ...

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas shares a reader's response to a question about guests smoking when visiting their home.

A bill to legalize cigar smoking in designated Montana barrooms has failed a third reading in the state House. Similar legislation is introduced most years, although polls show it is unpopular ...

Under Mr McCarthy’s leadership, the House remains one of a select few office buildings in the country that still allows smoking. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ...

It’s official. Both the Colorado House and Senate have passed the state-wide no smoking ban. Gov. Owens likely will sign it into law. The measure would outlaw smoking in most public places, except ...

OLYMPIA — A sharply divided state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Washington’s smoking ban applies to private clubs that have employees. In a 5-4 decision, the majority said the law created ...