In Dekalb, IL the City Council will make it more difficult for a person to light up. This week they took the first step to banning smoking on public patios. The members of the city council are looking to change where tobacco store owners could set up in the city. Bar owner, Cali Walker believes people will stay home to drink rather than come to her bar when they won’t be able to sit outside […]
The city of Richmond, KY city commission on Tuesday will begin the process of passing a new, city-wide indoor smoking ban for public places. Several years ago, Madison County struck a ban but it was nullified when a Kentucky court ruling stated only elected bodies can enact smoking restrictions. The ban was put in place by the health department which was considered to be illegal. Richmond is home to 32,000 residents.
While we all know that the IPCPR Convention will be in New Orleans in 2015, and that it is widely believed that in 2016 it will return to Las Vegas the door has been opened for the convention to head back to Chicago. A new law would allow the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont (Just outside of Chicago) to hold a tobacco trade show. The Governor of Illinois Pat Quinn signed the law […]
Starting October 1st, there will be no tobacco use on Ashland County owned property, which of course includes cigars. The county commissioners passed the new ordinance on October 1st, and this will include next years Country Fair and Balloon Festival. Ashland Country is considered part of the Cleveland Plus area in the state of Ohio and has a population just under 53,0000.
I have to tell you the more I write these articles the angrier I get at how this country is becoming much like the Gestapo of Germany. On August 18th, the city council of Denmark City, home to just under 4,000 residence in South Carolina passed a law giving approval to the no-smoking ordinance with two changes. The initial ordinance stated the max fine would be $25, the new law states the fine can be […]
El Cerrito sits in the San Francisco Bay area of California and home to over 23,000 residents. They are about to become known as having one of the toughest tobacco laws in the country that would ban smoking from public, residential and commercial areas. On Tuesday, the city held the first reading of the Smoking Pollution Protection Ordinance at a meeting of the City Council. The law if passed in October will have one of […]
Tuesday night, August 20th the Millburn Township, NJ Committee worked on an ordinance that will ban smoking in and near municipal buildings, local parks and recreation areas. The ordinance was suggested earlier this summer by the Environmental Commission. Millburn Township would join nine other Essex County municipalities that have passed similar ordinances. The ordinance will be introduced to the public on September 2nd and if it passes, adopted in October. The township’s attorney, Christopher Falcon, […]
On September 15th, 2014 the amendments passed by the Pittsfield, MA Board of Health go into effect. The regulations called the Environmental Tobacco Smoke and the Sale of Tobacco and Nicotine Deliver Products takes this things to a whole new level. First the city is planning to reduce the amount of permits to sell tobacco and all stores must be at least 500 feet from a school. The new amendment will also regulate the pricing […]
Yet another municipality is going smoke free and this time it is n Waxahachie, TX which is a suburb in Dallas. The city council voted on Monday to pass the new ordinance 4-1. The ordinance prohibits smoking inside of most businesses, public buildings, city owned facilities, nursing homes, within 25 feet of most public gathering areas, places of employment to include common areas such as break rooms and elevators. According to a spokesperson for the […]
Starting January 1st, 2015 another healthcare system in the state of Pennsylvania will not hire you if you use tobacco. According to WellSpanHealth, all job applicants will be required to submit a urine sample for drug testing as well as nicotine and tobacco. The healthcare system will not hire individuals who test positive from more than a secondhand amount of either unless they agree to be put on a program to quit. The company which employs more […]