Improperly Discarded Cigarette Material Cause Of Lanvale Towers Fire

Baltimore City fire officials have concluded that a 2-alarm fire at Lanvale Towers last month was caused by cigarette material that wasn't properly discarded.

• May 12, 2017

General Assembly Candidates Asked To State Positions On Cigarette Tax Hike

Paying more to smoke. Candidates for seats in the General Assembly are being asked to state their positions on a cigarette tax hike.

• Apr 9, 2014

Md. Attorney General Doug Gansler Calls On Pharmacies To Stop Tobacco Sales

Following the leaders. The Attorneys General of Maryland and 26 other states are asking pharmacy chains to stop selling tobacco products.

• Mar 18, 2014

CVS Pulls Tobacco Products From Its Shelves; Baltimore Puts Smoking Bans On The Table

There's strong reaction to that bold decision from CVS to stop selling tobacco products in stores. This as Baltimore City takes aim at smokers.

• Feb 6, 2014

Md. Man Dies After Clothes Catch Fire

Montgomery County fire officials say a Kensington man has died after his clothes caught fire as he tried to light a cigarette on a stove.

• Jan 23, 2014

Maryland Considers Raising The Legal Smoking Age To 21

You can vote at 18. You can serve in the military at 18. But if some Maryland lawmakers have their way, 18 will be too young to smoke a cigarette.

• Jan 9, 2014

Accused Md. Cigarette Smuggler Charged In N.Y. Murder-For-Hire Plot

An accused leader of a major East Coast cigarette-smuggling ring is facing more charges: plotting from a New York City jail to get witnesses killed.

• Oct 18, 2013

Md. Brothers Charged In Multi-Million Dollar Cigarette Smuggling Ring

Just days after a major raid on a cigarette smuggling ring along the East Coast, WJZ has learned two brothers arrested are from Ocean City.

• May 18, 2013

2 Sentenced In Md. Contraband Cigarette Scheme

The owner of a Prince George's County auto glass store has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for his role in a plot to traffic contraband cigarettes across state lines, and a second conspirator will spend a year and a half in prison.

• Jun 11, 2012

Tobacco Farmers Turn Tradition For Health Benefits

Warning: The subject of this exploration will constrict your blood vessels, choke your windpipe and dispatch you to an early grave, 5 million of you a year. The most lucrative crop the Americas have ever seen, it kept the British at bay, kept the enslaved entrapped, kept Hollywood sexy. Until it didn't anymore.

• Nov 21, 2011

Md. Man Pleads Guilty In Contraband Cigarette Plot

The owner of an auto glass store in Prince George's County has pleaded guilty in a plot to traffic millions of contraband cigarettes across state lines.

• Jul 1, 2011

Md. Man Pleads Guilty In Untaxed Cigarette Scheme

A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to conspiring with others in a scheme to transport and distribute untaxed cigarettes.

• Apr 1, 2011