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Saturday, February 09, 2013  Adults with some form of mental illness have a 70 percent higher smoking rate than adults with no mental illness

Friday, January 04, 2013  A new report says smokers in the U.S. face higher monthly premiums for their individual health insurance

Friday, January 04, 2013  Youth smoking in Wisconsin is hitting low numbers after a survey was taken in 2012

Friday, November 16, 2012  The Paradise Bar has seen a 10 percent decrease in business since the Smoke Free Air Law passed in 2009

Tuesday, April 17, 2012  The Marquette County Health Department is helping people stop smoking

Thursday, July 07, 2011  The county ranked top 10 in the state for almost all of the indicators in the "Right Start in Michigan" 2011 study

Monday, April 25, 2011  Sparrow Health System says that starting next month, it won't hire anyone who tests positive for nicotine or tobacco products

Monday, March 07, 2011  The latest data from the Michigan Department of Community Health says about 25 percent of pregnant mothers are smoking in Marquette County, and in Baraga County the number is 40 percent