The town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island will look into banning smoking on all town beaches, sports field and parks. The move would follow ordinances passed by Newport and Middletown earlier this year. Town Councilman David M. Gleason asked for the smoking ban to be placed on the agenda at the August 24, 2015 meeting following the request in February by a single resident and Clean Ocean Access a special interest group in April. Like Newport and Middletown […]
The City Council of Manhattan Beach which banned smoking throughout the city last year, is now looking to extend that ban. The new measures discussed this week would include a smoking ban in multi-family housing units and would regulate the sale of tobacco via retail licensing. The ordinance which will be voted on September 15, would ban smoking inside and outside of multi family housing that contains three units or more. The majority of the council […]
Yesterday, a California Senate panel approved a package of six anti-tobacco bills. While most of them pertain to e-cigarettes, one of them did revive the once defeated proposal to raise the tobacco age to 21. The original measure to raise the tobacco age stalled in the legislature but was revived for this special session healthcare and was approved by the new Senate Committee on Public Health and Developmental Services. While the measure passed in the […]
This one is almost too insane to be true, as the Missouri Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association has filed an initiative to raise tobacco taxes that include a 50% increase on other tobacco products (cigars). The measure comes from a group that once fought to keep the state’s tax as one of the lowest in the nation. The measure which comes in less than other proposals recently filed with the state. If passed one […]
In Sagadahoc County, Maine it will become illegal to light up in most of the county beginning September 1st. The county has decided to ban all tobacco including e-cigarettes on all country property including parking lots and in vehicles parked on county property. The move was first reported by the Maine Public Broadcasting Network. Sagadahoc County is located northeast of Portland Maine along the seacoast and extending inland.
Today, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly will hold a hearing on a proposed tobacco tax and cast their first vote before the meeting comes to a close. The tobacco tax proposal is a whopping $3.00 per pack on cigarettes, but more importantly there is a 75% wholesale tax on other tobacco products. The proposed tobacco tax was passed by a 4-3 vote on whether or not to draft the proposal. If the official proposal is […]
The City Council in Astoria, Oregon voted 4-1 to move ahead with a vote that would ban smoking and the use of tobacco in parks. The move is expected to be approved in September and went to vote before the Council after adding marijuana to the ban. The city still has to determine where the money will come from to install no smoking signs that will cost between $2,500 and $6,750 as Clatsop County will […]
For the past few months, Farmington, Missouri has debated a smoking ban with multiple public hearings and an ordinance that was read back in July. The City Council moved on Friday to put the final decision in the voters hands by a 5-3 vote. According to the Farmington Press, Councilman John Crouch voted against the band stating, “I don’t see why we need to be regulating a private property owner’s property rights with a city ordinance.” adding, “We make great […]
Another housing authority in the state of New York is banning smoking, this time it is in the state capital of Albany. In passing the ban, the Albany Housing Authority becomes the 34th in the state to do so The new policy covers all of the 2,200 unites and will go into effect on January 1, 2016. In order to make sure all the residents are aware of the new policy, the Housing Authority staff […]
In the southeastern part of Connecticut sits Griswold, a town that is part of New London County. On Tuesday, August 11 at 6pm they are set to vote on a measure that could ban smoking in the town’s parks. . If passed the ban will be in effect at Veteran’s Memorial; Babe Gauthier Park; Richard Lee Bronson Memorial Field; Jewett City Skate Park; Pasquale and Maria Caputaro Memorial Field; Griswold Elementary School P.T.O. Dedicated Community Playground; and the Little […]