Smoking could be banned in all Rowan County parks if county commissioners adopt a requested ordinance Tuesday.
The Rowan County Board of Commissioners will consider the ban on tobacco products at 6 p.m. Tuesday on the second floor of the J. Newton Cohen Sr. Rowan County Administration Building.
County Manager Gary Page wrote to commissioners in a memo that the ordinance was requested by Whitey Harwood. Ream more »
Quitline has been inundated with calls from people in Taranaki wanting to ditch the durries.
Since January 1, 95 people in the region have registered wanting to kick the habit but it’s not yet clear whether cost or conscience is the motivator.
Cigarette prices jumped by 10 per cent on January 1 – the last of the Government’s three-phased tobacco tax increases announced in April 2010. This brings an average pack of 20s to just under $15.
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Bulgarian police said on January 13 2012 that they had destroyed 7500 boxes of contraband cigarettes seized in previous operations.
The cigarettes were estimated to be worth a total 50 000 leva (about 25 000 euro) and represented a potential loss in excise earnings of 25 000 leva.
One consignment dated from a 2007 raid that netted 1000 boxes of cigarettes without excise labels. These cigarettes had been marked with well-known brands including Karelia, Viceroy, Marlboro and Parliament.
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A handful of governors have launched a new push for marijuana to be reclassified so that the drug is more widely accepted for medical treatment.
By mid-December 2011, three governors had signed a petition asking the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to conduct a new scientific review of cannabis research. Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin was the latest to add his signature to a petition started Nov. 30, 2011, by Washington state Gov. Chris Gregoire and Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s administration made a similar request to the DEA on Dec. 22, 2011, according to the governor’s spokesman. Ream more »
Six months after Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo’s announcement of a push for a smoke-free capital, neither the Jakarta administration nor the City Council appear ready to introduce a bylaw to ban cigarette advertisements in the capital.
Administration secretary Fadjar Panjaitan said recently the city was still in the preliminary stage of drafting of the cigarette ban.
“It is still under discussion. We have not set a deadline for the completion of the draft,” Fadjar told The Jakarta Post in recent interview. Ream more »
Well, Vincent Orange said he’d “fill the leadership void” in Ward 5 during the months it will go without a D.C. Council member. His void-filling has wasted no time.
Orange informed his colleagues today that he’s proposing an emergency bill that will place limits on the number of medical marijuana facilities [Update: and strip clubs!] that can go in any particular ward. He would like a vote as soon as next Tuesday.
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Teens and middle school children are “smoking” and snorting crushed up Smarties candy. Many teens are uploading their Smartie snorting and smoking adventures on You Tube and surprisingly, many of the uploaded videos are filmed while students are in class.
When “smoking Smarties,” the kids aren’t actually lighting a match to the candy. Instead, they crush it into a fine powder in its wrapper, draw it into their mouths and then blow it out in a cloud of dust. Some more advanced Smarties “smokers” are even learning to blow “smoke rings” with the candy.
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The health news for pot smokers just keeps getting better. Last week, researchers released a study concluding that occasional pot users suffered no long-term effects in terms of memory and mental function — and in some cases actually scored better on memory tests than people who said they didn’t touch the potent weed — when they hit middle age. This week comes more research that’ll tickle those who take an occasional toke — and bring them even more bragging rights, especially over cigarette smokers: According to a long-term study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, low to moderate marijuana use has no significant negative effect on users’ respiratory health, especially not when compared to regular tobacco use. Ream more »
The University of California is banning cigarettes and all other tobacco products from its campuses over the next two years, in a move designed to both protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke and prevent young people from developing the bad habit.
Students and staff alike will be prohibited from smoking anywhere on a UC campus – including outdoor spaces, parking lots and private residences. There won’t be any designated smoking areas.
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Recent news reports indicate that OU President David Boren is still considering whether to include a number of designated smoking areas across the Norman campus in lieu of a 100 percent ban on tobacco use. OU has a comprehensive tobacco ban at its Health Science Center and its Tulsa campus.
OU need only look to its neighbor to the north — Oklahoma State University — to learn why such exceptions are unnecessary and subject nonsmokers in the vicinity of these designated smoking areas to potentially dangerous health impacts from secondhand tobacco smoke. OSU enacted a total tobacco ban in 2008, including no cigarettes, cigars, pipes or smokeless tobacco. Ream more »