In the towns of Leverett and Montague in Frankly County, Massachusetts the health board looking to change the current age to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21. The town of Leverett is looking to go a step beyond with the addition of banning flavored tobacco except for menthol. According to Leverett Board of Health Chairwoman Fay Zipkowitz , the board will pass the proposed regulations which were introduced by a representative of the Substance and Tobacco […]
The First Ward Councilwoman, Ginny Chadwick called for increase of the minimum age to buy tobacco products in the city to 21. In turn, the council unanimously passed a motion just after midnight on Tuesday at its regular meeting to send legislative intent to the city’s Board of Health & Substance Abuse Advisory Commission for review before a bill is presented to the council for a vote. The city feels this is necessary since there […]
Nassau County has begun to make a push to raise the age to purchase tobacco. Currently, NYC and Suffolk County which bookends Nassau both have the purchase age at 21 which Nassau is looking to join. Nassau County Legislature Judy Jacob has stepped up her push enlisting regional health advocate and the lawmaker who passed the measure in Suffolk County. Jacobs a Democrat from Woodbury stood with doctors and representatives from the American Cancer Society […]
The city of Palo Alto is getting ready to make it even tougher for smokers to light up. The new changes will extend the ban to all commercial areas including downtown and the Stanford Shopping Center. The potential new ban could go into effect as soon as tonight when the city council meets to discuss the new extensions. City Councilman Greg Scharff says, “I definitely support it. First of all, it would make enforcement so […]
On Friday, the Rhode Island capital of Providence approved an ordinance that will ban smoking in parks beginning on March 11th. The announcement was made by Mayor Angel Taveras who says the ordinance is part of the city’s ongoing effort to reduce underage smoking and secondhand smoke. This comes despite studies that question the validity of second-hand smoke as reported by Forbes magazine. The ordinance which was introduced in July by City Council President Michael […]
If at first you don’t succeed try again is the mantra adopted by the Irving City Council who is set to vote tonight on new laws that would ban smoking in parks, game halls and restaurants that still have smoking sections. Over the last few months the City Council has debated and attempted to rewrite the smoking laws since last year when it postponed a vote. During a meeting yesterday the council got in a […]
Another freedom has been lost in the state of California in the city of San Francisco who will now dictate what type of business you can operate even though you want to sell a legal product. Since 2008, the Youth Leadership Institute has worked on creating density controls on tobacco permits in a city that has a huge disparity in permits in poorer areas versus affluent neighbors. The new law caps the amount of tobacco-selling permits […]
Tonight, September 8th, 2014 the City Council of Lewes, DE meets to discuss an expansion of the existing smoking ban to include Public Beaches. A few years ago Lewes implemented a no-smoking policy in its parks but chose not to enact a beach ban at that time. Recently Rehoboth Beach banned smoking on its beach and boardwalks along with Bethany Beach as well as coastal Delaware State Parks have enacted bans. Lewes is home to 2,700 residents […]
According to a report to be published by the Department of Justice on Monday, all tobacco products will be banned in federal prisons. Starting in 30 days from Monday all federal prison inmates will be prohibited from smoking unless they receive a religious exemption. However, staff will still be permitted to smoke in designated areas. According to the final ruling, “The revised regulations generally prohibit smoking in and on the grounds of Bureau institutions and […]
A citizen advisory board in the city of Portland, Oregon has recommended to ban tobacco products including chewing tobacco in all city parks. The Parks Board of Portland delivered its recommendation on Wednesday to Amanda Fritz, the current commissioner who plans to bring a ban to the City Council in January. If the measure is approved Portland would join sixty-four other cities in the state. Portland is home to 609,000 residents over 145.1 square miles […]