In November of 2013, the provincial government of Alberta passed Bill 206 which would ban the sale of flavored tobacco. Bill 206 has sat in limbo as the cabinet has not yet proclaimed it. There is a push to pass the law underway based on flavored tobacco increasing the chances of someone beginning to smoke at an earlier age. The ban would include all forms of flavored tobacco including pipe tobacco and cigars. According to […]
The country of India is home to 12% of the worlds smokers and the potential for what is about to happen there should be alarming to the rest of the world. The Supreme Court of India has asked law enforcement to begin enforcing a law banning all tobacco products from the country. The various states in India now have 4 weeks to comment. This is part of the same process that made smoking in public illegal […]
The 7 hospitals of the Allegheny Health Network in Pennsylvania has banned smoking on their grounds, joining a growing list of health care facilities that has topped 3,600. Starting on January 1st no workers, visitors or patients will be able to use any tobacco products on company property. The health network has declined to say how employees might be punished for not following the rule. Other Pennsylvania health networks UPMC and Greensburg-based Excela Health banned all […]
Country legislators voted 21-17 and became the first county in the state of New York to ban tobacco sales in retail stores with a pharmacy. According to CBS 6 in Albany. Supporters argues it would limit exposure to children and avoid sending the wrong message to consumers. The new law follows the CVS announcement that it would ban tobacco sales in its stores by October 1st. The only argument against the new measure came from […]
In an article posted on Bloomberg News, it seems an Ebola drug made from a tobacco plant has saved U.S. aid workers. The article goes on to say that a small San Diego based company provided an experimental treatment for two Americans who were infected with the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia. The drug appears to be working. The small company of 9 employees released the experimental drug ZMapp which until now has only been […]