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Missouri ranks 10th in the country for high school smoking. However, rates are trending down and a variety of accessible programs are helping the Kansas City metro stay below state levels.

CEASE will try again to convince Kansas lawmakers to ban smoking at the four state-owned casinos.

As the Kansas City Council considers an ordinance to ban all flavored tobacco products from store shelves, health experts say it could save lives. Business owners worry about what it would mean to their sales.

Missouri has some of the highest rates of tobacco usage in the country, the lowest cigarette tax and some of the most lax smoking policies. Some rural health departments and activists are pushing their own policies to change those statistics.

Gambling industry lobbyists say a bipartisan bill that would prohibit smoking in Kansas casinos would drive customers away.

In its State of Tobacco Control study, the American Lung Association gives most of the region poor grades for curbing smoking and the use of other tobacco products.

At issue in Tuesday’s ruling is whether the casinos’ health plans, which included a $50 monthly tobacco surcharge, violated the federal law governing employee health plans.

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