The country of Turkey joins the growing movement to ban smoking and infringe on smokers rights. On Thursday the country announced it will extended the current indoor smoking ban to the outdoors. Included in the new ban are parks, open areas of restaurants, cafes, teahouses, mosque yards and hospital gardens, and shopping mall entrance. Also beginning in January of 2015 all tobacco products will be generic packaging that is black in color. Turkey is home […]
Following 33 other Massachusetts cites and towns that have already raised their tobacco age to 21, Saugus has begun the steps to follow suit. The Board of Health will hold a public hearing at its next meeting on November 3, 2014 at 6:15pm. The meeting will take place at the Saugus Public Library. The proposal for the change came from Joyce Redford, the program directory for North Shore/Cape Ann Tobacco Alcohol Policy Program. Currently the age […]
At the most recent meeting of the city council in Culver City, CA discussions were held about regulating smoking inside a multi-unit housing. The next step will be to draft an ordinance which will prohibit a person from lighting up inside a location that has more than one family. This includes privately owned property. Though no date was set for the ordinance, the draft will be considered at an upcoming city council meeting. Culver City […]
Zino has undergone a bit of a transformation over the past year. The brand has made an effort to get younger with the addition of street art. The Make Of Texas continues that trend featuring the art of Gonzo 247, the renowned graffiti artist from as you may have guessed it, Texas. According to a mailing from the company, Zino is referred to as “a brand that prides itself on the ideals of nonconformity, ceaselessly aiming for […]
In June, Governor Christie vetoed a resolution that would have banned smoking in the Garden State. However, that didn’t sit well with many municipalities and Newark is looking to pass a similar law that would ban the ability to light up in a city park or other recreational facilities. It will also ban smoking inside city-owned and city-operated cars means many law enforcement officials will not be able to light up on the job. The […]
Sitting at work, I asked my buddy Ed to pick our a cigar for today’s review. The mindset behind that was that he would pick something that isn’t on my radar, and that plan worked to perfection. Back in 2010, Vallejuelo was voted as the best bargain cigar by Cigar Aficionado where it received a 93 rating. As much as I love the boys from CA, I don’t put a lot of stock into their […]
The state of Oklahoma allows cities to impose smoking bans, however the way the law is written it prevents a total ban on tobacco (thankfully!). On Tuesday, the city council of Lawton approved an ordinance that prohibits all tobacco and vapor products on city owned properties and vehicles in a 5-3 vote despite the Deputy City Attorney indicating there could be legal troubles down the road. The law if unchallenged by the state it goes […]
Gran Habano is having a Halloween party, and you are invited. All you have to do to attend it take a picture in costume and post a picture to their official Gran Habano Facebook page or use the hashtag #GranHabanoHalloweenContest2014 on Instagram. The winner of the contest will have their choice of any 6 Gran Habano (20 Count) cigar boxes. Keep in mind, to make you IG account public otherwise your entry might not be […]
In an effort to reduce smoking, the Public Health Agency of Sweden (Folkhälsomyndigheten) has proposed that smoking should be banned at bus stops, outdoor restaurants, entries to public buildings and pavement cafes. The Public Health Agency’s suggestions are being handed over to Sweden’s government for consideration today. Last year, lung cancer groups made headlines in the country when they proposed that Sweden should have a total smoking ban by 2025. Sweden is home to 9.5 […]
In the small town of Gloucester city, along the Delaware river within state of New Jersey you can’t light up a cigar unless you are sitting inside your home. You can thank the local government for taking away your freedom to enjoy a legal product. The new law which went into effect today makes it allege to smoke any form of tobacco in parks, city streets, sidewalks, your front porch, the stoop and the steps. […]