EXETER, England, June 2 (UPI) -- Birds around an English train station have found a use for cigarette butts discarded by commuters -- using the smoke to rid themselves of parasites.
SACRAMENTO, July 24 (UPI) -- California voters decide in November whether to triple the state's cigarette tax, making it the highest in the country.
TORONTO, May 30 (UPI) -- When cigarette prices drop, young people are more likely to pick up the smoking habit, according to a Canadian study of adults age 20 to 24.
RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 6 (UPI) -- North Carolina's tax on cigarettes will rise 5 cents a pack to 35 cents a pack by next July, under to an agreement reached by legislators.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, April 14 (UPI) -- Bidders at an online auction site ran the price up to almost $7,500 for a butt said to be the remains of the last cigarette smoked in a New Zealand bar before a
ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Supporters of a $1-a-pack hike in Minnesota's state cigarette tax say they will prevail despite opposition from the tobacco industry, retailers and smokers.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- A San Francisco motorist learned about littering the hard way when his cigarette butt flew back in his window and engulfed his pricey vehicle in flames.
DETROIT, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Michigan officials have sent tax notices to 500 smokers who tried to avoid the $2-per-pack cigarette tax by buying their smokes on the Internet.
LANSING, Mich., June 24 (UPI) -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed a bill raising Michigan's tax on a pack of cigarettes 75 cents to $2, the second highest cigarette tax in the United States.
CHARLESTON, W.Va., March 7 (UPI) -- The West Virginia Senate sent Gov. Bob Wise his proposal Friday to increase the state cigarette tax from 17 cents to 55 cents per pack. The tax increase, which
