I don't want to live in a place that bans soda

[johnnie]

39. Not really

http://www.newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/549084/Smoking-rate-on-the-rise-in-Ohio-adults.html?nav=5061

MARIETTA - Despite rising taxes and continuing health warnings, Ohio's adult smoking rate saw its biggest increase in more than a decade in 2010.

According to statistics from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 22.5 percent of adult Ohioans smoked in 2010, up from 20.3 percent in 2009. It was the largest jump in the state's smoking rate since 1996, when it rose from 26.1 percent to 28.4 percent.


http://www.tobacco-facts.net/2011/02/rates-in-new-jersey-on-the-rise

After years of mostly decline, it would appear smoking rates in New Jersey are on the rise, ever so slightly.

In its recently released State of Tobacco Control report for 2010, the American Lung Assocation says the number of adults who smoke in New Jersey rose last year to 15.8 percent. It had been 14.8 percent in the 2009 report. The 2010 report also showed the smoking rate among New Jersey high schoolers rising to 17 percent. It had been 14.3 percent. The data was culled from federal surveys through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that were done in 2009.


http://www.legacyforhealth.org/4697.aspx


New Study Shows Significant Rise in Cigar Use Among Young Adults