Advocates are ramping up their push for support for new legislation to raise the state's legal smoking age as retailers reveal surprising reasons they are giving up selling cigarettes.
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'Nothing to lose' in smoking age shift

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Anglers hope to reel in a peace deal

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Senator mulls legal fight in discrimination case

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Facebook's security upgrade shields perverts

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