A group of area lawmakers want to change Ohio's smoking ban to make it easier for people to light up.
Across the country, states are putting their treasuries under pressure by adopting smoking restrictions as well as higher cigarette taxes, which appear to be discouraging people from lighting up, as many health activists had hoped would happen.
Employer health care costs are poised to rise almost 10 percent in 2008 - more than double the annual inflation rate - and nearly that much again in 2009, according to a report.
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