The public want to see smoking in cars banned and organ donation and school sport improved, a survey suggests. A report published by the Faculty of Public Health (FPH) found that these were the key topic people said they wanted to see the government prioritise. It also showed around 8 out of 10 people think food and alcohol labelling should be clearer. Ream more »
The push for an expansion of Springfield’s smoking ordinance may have lost some of its heat in the past two weeks, but groups on both sides of the debate say they’re interested in reviving the issue and searching for common ground.
The overtures made so far have been limited — mostly e-mails and phone calls to members of City Council — but Councilman Dan Chiles said he’s optimistic a compromise can be reached. Ream more »
To allow the statewide smoking ban to become the law of Kansas on Thursday would violate the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution and the Kansas Bill of Rights, an attorney representing a club in Tonganoxie said.
Blocking the statewide smoking ban against smoking in enclosed public spaces would be bad for your health, an assistant attorney general has countered.
Today, Shawnee County District Court Judge Franklin Theis will hear arguments from the assistant attorney general and five businesses seeking to dismantle the law before it hits the statute books Thursday. Legal arguments before Theis will be at 9:30 a.m. at the Shawnee County Courthouse.
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The Mayor of Springfield wants you to butt out your smoking habits in public places like restaurants.
Today he and the organization “One Air Alliance” said they want the city smoke-free, and soon.
The mayor hopes to put the all-inclusive ban on council’s June 28th agenda.
“Missouri is the Show Me State. I think it’s time for Springfield to step forward and show all Missourians how we care for our health and well-being of all the people who live, work, and visit this community,” said Mayor Jim O’Neal as he and One Air Alliance delivered their plans to tighten the ban on those lighting up.
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July 1st, 2010 could prove to be a very big day on the UCO campus, as well as the lives of some of its patrons. On this day, UCO will officially become a tobacco-free campus.
What this means is that anyone present on the campus, be it students, faculty, or visitors, will be forbidden from using tobacco products of any kind while on campus.
Naturally, a very important group to consider in light of the ban is the students it affects. There are many different opinions as to whether the ban is necessary or effective.
“I support the ban, because I hate walking through a cloud of smoke to my classes,” says Lauren Garrity, a UCO Senior. “I don’t smoke, and even when people smoke further away from the buildings on sidewalks, I still have to use that sidewalk to get to class.”
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BRYAN CO., OK – A new law in Oklahoma aims to make illegal drug use a little more difficult, and it’s starting right in your neighborhood convenience stores.
You’ve probably seen them – small glass pipes on or behind counters at your local gas station.
“The statute reads that if they’re selling tobacco or related items… if they’re selling tobacco then they can have pipes for smoking tobacco,” said T.J. White, Calera’s Assistant Chief of Police.
The little glass products are sold as small flower holders or even tobacco pipes. And when they’re clean, the pipes are not illegal to sell, purchase or even own.
“They’re really not paraphernalia until they’re used as such or in the vicinity of other drugs,” explained White.
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Saudi Arabia, not normally seen as a bastion of enlightenment has stepped out to lead the race in protecting its citizens against itself.
In what could be seen as a controversial move, KSA has banned all tobacco and smoking, not just in public places but as a nation.
On a quiet Friday morning two weeks ago Saudi authorities visited every retail and commercial centre for cigarette sales and confiscated ALL tobacco including Sheisha, they did without warning to stop people stockpiling the remaining death sticks.
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WASHINGTON—The U. S. Postal Service will institute its ban on the mailing of almost all tobacco products June 29, the agency said in a set of rules that appear to leave Seneca Nation businesses with no loopholes for mailing their tax-free cigarettes. “Nonmailable cigarettes and smokeless tobacco deposited in the mail are subject to seizure and forfeiture,” the rules say. “Senders of nonmailable cigarettes or smokeless tobacco are subject to criminal fines, imprisonment and civil penalties.”
Under the Prevent All Cigarette
“It’s going to cost us a lot of jobs and a lot of revenue, not only on the reservation but in the surrounding communities.” J. C. Seneca, Seneca tribal councillor
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Anti-smoking activist Errol Povah brought his run to urge people not to smoke to Duncan Tuesday, June 1.
He looks like a long-distance runner and he’s running at least as far as to Montreal but Povah said he’s not an athlete.
“Maybe, I can actually call myself one in five or six months, when this is done,” he said.
His run began May 31 at Mile Zero in Victoria, coinciding, not coincidentally, with the World Health Organization’s World No Tobacco Day.
Although he hasn’t been running all that time, Povah has been working for a smoke-free world for about 30 years.
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Hospitals in Montgomery today will jointly announce a no-exceptions policy prohibiting tobacco use.Baptist Health, Jackson Hospital and HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. today at the Alabama Department of Public Health. The hospitals will announce that effective Jan. 1, 2011, no tobacco will be allowed on hospital property. The ban will include sidewalks, grounds and facilities.The tobacco ban, which already is in place at more than 40 hospitals in the state, will apply to employees, visitors and patients.The measure is part of the hospitals’ overall commitment to improving health, hospital leaders stated in a news release. Read more