Archive for October 3rd, 2012
Kingston’s Outdoor Smoking Ban Kingston has moved one step closer to prohibiting smoking tobacco in a variety of outdoor public areas. The city’s administrative laws committee approved a draft bylaw...
Archive for October 1st, 2012
Secondhand Smoke not at All Harmful, Smokers Argued A U.S. recent study showed that 28 per cent of smokers argued that second-hand smoke is very harmful to adults, in comparison...
Archive for September 10th, 2012
Portland May Prohibit Smoking in Parks The city is considering a sweeping prohibition on outdoor tobacco smoking that would include the city’s parks and many of its open places and...
No-Smoking Law Gaps in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s no-smoking regulation has too many gaps that should be eliminated for to protect more workers from the passive smoking, leaders of anti-tobacco groups told state lawmakers at a hearing...
Archive for July 9th, 2012
Smoke-Free Campuses, Missouri State University As colleges and universities across the nation enforced smoke-free campuses, Missouri State University on Aug. 15 will take an important step in that direction when...
Grand Forks Prohibited Smoking Tobacco
A study conducted one year after Grand Forks prohibited smoking tobacco in bars and other public places shows 84 per cent of respondents support the new legislation. “It’s grown to...
Archive for March 1st, 2012
There’s a new business in downtown Olympia, one that offers coffee and tea, ambiance and the chance to try or purchase a device known as an electronic cigarette. The business...
Westchester Community College Decides to Prohibit Tobacco Smoking, Jan. 1
Smokers at Westchester Community College will soon have to snuff out their cigarettes as the school joins the growing number of colleges in the state to ban tobacco on campus....