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Tobacco Free for a Healthy NJ (TFHNJ) statewide project focusing on increasing our residents’ access to smoke-free air where they work, live, and play. ~ NJPN The New Jersey Prevention Network will host a regional meeting "Tobacco Free For a Healthy NJ" in Lakewood on Monday, April 4th at 10 am...

The minimum age to buy or sell tobacco products and electronic cigarettes in New Jersey is 19. Several lawmakers from both political parties said that was not old enough and they’re leading the charge to increase the age. There are critics and opponents, but the movement took another step forward Thursday.

Recent reports have suggested e-cigarettes are safer than smoking traditional cigarettes, but new research from Harvard University suggests that may not be the case.

As the number of teenagers smoking electronic cigarettes increases, New Jersey is doing a number of things to combat the growing problem.

The proposed smoking ban at New Jersey's public beaches, forests and parks was tweaked during this week's hearing on the bill in the state Senate.

Fair warning - I'm going to vent about a topic that not everybody is going to agree with. I would have to guess that at least once a day I see someone throw a cigarette butt on the ground or out of their car window. Sorry if you disagree, but it's litter, plain and simple.

A new report from the American Lung Association on the tobacco battle gives New Jersey mixed grades.

Fifteen years after the United States reached a $246 billion settlement with the tobacco industry, a report finds most states have broken their promises to significantly fund smoking prevention and cessation programs -- and New Jersey ranks dead last in spending.

If adults aren't going to do the right thing when they're riding in a car with a kid they should be fined.

The use of electronic cigarettes has doubled among U.S. high school students, according to a recent report, and health advocates say the battery-powered devices could be leading today's youth down the wrong path.