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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.

Who wants to be a millionaire? According to one new study, all you have to do is stop smoking and you're more than halfway there.

Both the Louisiana House of Representatives and Senate have passed a bill that would make illegal to use a vape or e-cigarette while a child is in the car as well.

I, for one, was glad to see this bill die on the house floor this week.

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.

Several other states have changed their tobacco laws involving age, could Louisiana be next?

Big changes to Disney's smoking policy are coming to Disneyland, Walt Disney World, and other theme parks on May 1st.

Luckily, administrators are aware of the issue and according to Assistant Superintendent Joe Craig, vaping is handled just like cigarettes.

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

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

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.

Come on, Lafayette: we are better than this!

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

Could it be the solution to the problem may be just as harmful as the problem it was supposed to solve? A new study is out concerning e-cigarettes and their use.

When you see the amount of money that tobacco companies spend promoting their product versus the amount of money our state spends in education, it's a wonder we aren't all riding Joe Camel to work like the Marlboro Man.

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