The Oakwood city council has passed a smoking ban on all city owned property. The measure was passed on Monday and it include all city property, including parks. This is the first anti smoking legislation in Montgomery County, but the county health officials hope it will lead to other municipalities within the county. Oakwood, Ohio is home to 9,200 residents over 2.1 square miles and was founded in 1908.
The city of Muskogee, Oklahoma is taking steps to enact a new ordinance that would ban smoking on property owned by the city. The move was made at the request of local health officials in order to guarantee eligibility for future grants. The new ordinance is scheduled to take effect January 1st, 2016. The item must be ratified by the unions of the police, firefighters, and non-uniform employees that occupy the property. The Deputy Mayor, […]
The Athens City Council is set to introduce a new ordinance that will make parks, recreation facilities, restrooms pavilion, hiking trails, and parking lots tobacco-free. The proposal will be unveiled for a first reading tonight. The ban would include cigars, pipes and chewing tobacco. If the ordnance passes, Athens would become the fourth city in Ohio to have a tobacco-free ordinance. Athena, Ohio is home to 24,000 residents over 10.05 square miles and was founded […]
The Board of Health of Natick, Massachusetts is considering updates to its tobacco regulation, following the trend elsewhere in the state. The changes would limit the sale of tobacco products by prohibiting pharmacies from sell them, raising the age from 18 to 21 and banning sales of flavored tobacco. According to Jim White, the Public Health director of Natick, the communities regulations are antiquated and haven’t been updated in a long time. There is no […]
The city council of Wilmington, DE is supposed to represent the people, as is the Mayor. However, the Mayor chose to act against the will of the people as he passed a ban that prohibits smoking at the bus stops and playgrounds in the city. In early October, the city council voted against instituting such a ban by a 6-5 margin, the proposal included designated areas in parks to light up. The measure that the […]
While The Cigar Authority doesn’t condone smoking ban’s we do tip our cap to the city of Branson who has spent the last 6 months listening to both sides of the argument when it comes to enjoying the freedom of lighting up. On Tuesday night the Aldermen unanimously passed an ordinance that was a compromise between the two sides, smokers and non-smokers. What originally started as a 25 foot buffer from doorways, is reduced to […]
The Evanston, IL Human Services Committee will convene tonight (Monday, October 6th) and consider raising the age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21. The law would also require that any clerk selling tobacco products be at least 21 years old as well. The ordinance would come with $500 fine for violators and the possibility of losing their license to sell tobacco products. The Health Director Evonda Thomas-Smith states that she is using the […]
News made it across the ocean today, that Randwick Council is looking into banning smoking at its beaches, joining the ban at the world-famous Bondi Beach. The vote which is scheduled to happen Tuesday night their time, meaning it has already happened. No word, on the vote yet but if the ban is passed it will take effect on December 1st, 2014 which is the summer in Australia. Smoking at Bondi Beach has been illegal […]
On Thursday October 23, 2014 the City Council of Lubbock, Texas will hold their first vote on the smoke-free ordinance for the city. According to Mayor Glen Robertson, if the ordinance is passed, it would outlaw the smoking of cigarettes, e-cigarettes and the use of snuff and chewing tobacco in public places. The only exceptions would be in a private home or vehicle, in a hotel room where smoking is permitted, in a private club […]
As we continue to post articles about smoking bans, we hope that they motivate you to stand up and be heard. The latest anti-smoking law to pass is in Moline, Illinois where wit will now be illegal to smoke in any park or recreation area. The new law was passed by the city council on Tuesday and goes into effect immediately. Violating the new law is punishable by $50 for the first offense, $100 on […]