According to the City Council of Prior Lake, Minnesota smoking lounges are prohibited in the city of Prior Lake. The council which adopted an ordinance over the last couple of meetings now requires businesses that sell tobacco-related products to obtain a license to do so. It also prohibits lounges where tobacco is smoked. However, customers will be allowed to sample tobacco products, just not in a lounge like setting. Prior Lake, MN is home 24,000 […]
Last week Hawaii passed a bill that could make it the first state to raise the legal age to buy tobacco from 18 years of age to 21. However, Governor David Ige has yet to give any indication if he intends to sign the bill into law. It is imperative to let the Governor know that if you are old enough to die for this country on the battlefield you should be allowed to exercise […]
The city of Hammond, Louisiana became the 9th in the state to ban smoking in bars and gaming halls following a 4-1 vote by the City Council on Tuesday night. The law goes into effect in 90 days and adds hospitality business previously excluded under state law. The one vote against came from Councilman Jason Hoot who believes that it isn’t the governments place to tell business owners how to run their business. Sadly, his […]
Fayetteville, Arkansas is under fire from Smoke Free Fayetteville who is look to ban smoking at bars. According to Page Daniel of Smoke Free Fayetteville, “You have the college student or your young professionals who say it is so frustrating to go home and have to wash my hair, I have to wash my clothes because they reek of smoke but I wanna see my friends and that’s where my friends are.” But according to […]
On Monday the Fortuna City Council will hear a proposal from two high school students that would ban smoking city-wide. This past Monday the two students who are not yet of age to vote addressed the Chamber asking for a smoking ban in city parks and in front of business. The formal proposal will be this coming Monday before the City Council. . The Fortuna City Council will hear a proposal for a city-wide smoking […]
Tonight the Princeton Board of Health is expected to pass passed an ordinance that will change the legal age to purchase tobacco in the college town. Currently in the state of NJ you need to be 19 years old but that will change in the town where it will become illegal to sell to anyone under the age of 21. Princeton joins Bogota, Englewood, Sayreville and Teaneck in a small but growing list of where you need […]
A new ordinance that would ban smoking at bars and clubs is set to go to vote at the city-parish council on May 5th. According to reports Council Chairman Kenneth Boudreux has been working with Grammy Award Winning artist Chubby Carrier along with Tobacco-Free Living to draft an ordinance for the City of Lafayette. If approved the measure would ban the use of tobacco products and electronic cigarettes in bars and pubs. According to the […]
On May 7 at 9am the Town of Eastham will be holding a hearing on possible changes to the current Board of Health Tobacco Regulations. The draft of the changes will be discussed at a Board of Health Workshop set to take place at the Eastham Town Hall on 2500 State Highway. The proposed changes will change the definition of tobacco products to include non-regulated nicotine delivery products, minimum cigar package size and price, the […]
The city of Walla Walla in Washington State is holding a hearing on Tuesday that will introduce a measure of a complete smoking ban at parks. The move comes after the city’s Parks & Recreation Department held a community hearing on the matter earlier this month and at the conclusion of this hearing a measure might be sent to the City Council for a vote. Other options on the table for Tuesday’s meeting includes a […]
The city of Seattle is holding a hearing this evening at 6:30pm near Denny Par where the public can voice their opinions about a park smoking ban. City Officials have been pushing for a ban on smoking, while those against the ban say its a smoke screen to push the homeless out of the parks. The proposal calls in front of the Board of Seattle Parks Commissioners calls to change the current rule that says […]