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Thursday, January 17, 2013  Second hand smoke still a concern  in the area.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012  Leaders in education, business and health throw their support behind increasing the tobacco tax in Missouri.

Thursday, January 12, 2012  Local church sponsoring free seminar to help you quit the cigarette addiction.

Monday, November 28, 2011  Update: One of the trailers used to haul the 40 pallets of cigarettes from Amcon Distributing Company in Quincy back on November sixth was recently discovered in New Jersey.

Tuesday, November 08, 2011  Big tobacco has taken the FDA to court to block proposed cigarette warning labels. What do you think?

Tuesday, June 21, 2011  Among the images released Tuesday are rotting and diseased teeth and gums and a man with a tracheotomy smoking ... Do you think the new health warnings go too far?  Take our poll.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011  FDA releases new graphic cigarette warning labels in campaign to curb tobacco use

Wednesday, November 10, 2010  Feds unveil graphic cigarette warning labels as part of campaign to get smokers to quit

Tuesday, August 17, 2010  A Clark County Missouri woman who tried to throw some cigarettes over the wall and into the rec yard at the Lewis County Jail is now in jail herself.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010  A man breaks into a West Quincy business and steals nearly 300 cartons of cigarettes.

Sunday, April 04, 2010  Quincy police are looking for a man who broke into the Sav A Lot grocery store on Locust Street Sunday morning.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009  The new federal ban on flavored cigarettes has taken effect.

Monday, June 22, 2009  No ifs, ands or butts: Obama signs anti-smoking bill, cites own struggle with cigarettes

Friday, May 29, 2009  The Missouri Foundation for Health has launched a campaign to try to reduce the number of smokers in the state.

Tuesday, December 04, 2007  Six states, including Illinois, are accusing R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company of violating a nine-year-old ban on the use of cartoons to support cigarette ads.