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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.

Vaping seems to be more and more popular these days, but it seems it's being outlawed just like cigarettes. Do you vape, what do you use and can it help you quit smoking?

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

When it becomes the law of the land, the new age restrictions would also apply to vaping and e-cigarettes.

Apparently, the non-smokers were complaining that they were working more than the smokers - and their managers agreed.

Lafayette is the latest city in Louisiana to ban smoking in all bars.

When the argument was raging about the legal drinking age, those for keeping it at 18 used the motto, "Old enough to fight and vote, old enough to drink and smoke." Nevertheless, in 1984 Congress passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, which required states to raise their legal drinking ages to 21 by October 1986 or lose 10% of their federal highway funds.  That di...

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.

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

Results of a new poll suggest that an increase in the cigarette tax would be supported by a wide majority of citizens in the state. Changes in the tax could result in $200 million in revenue for our cash strapped state.

Is it about money or is it about better health? It depends on what side of the cigarette your standing and which way the smoke is blowing.