Jessica Miller | January 30, 2012
Anyone lighting up in the grounds, including car parks and gardens, will be challenged and asked to leave by security if necessary. Staff smoking on site or in uniform could face disciplinary action, as the ban will become hospital policy. The crackdown follows years of smoking gradually being whittled down at the hospital. Despite a site-wide ban in 2008, the habit has been permitted in shelters outside the entrance and emergency department.
Category: Indoor Smoking Ban, Smoking Habit |
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Jessica Miller | January 3, 2012
The new indoor smoking ban had a smooth start, authorities said, as nine people were fined for breaking the rules during the first day in which the new law came into effect. The Health Bureau’s tobacco control office launched an anti-smoking raid on Sunday and issued nine fines to residents and tourists. Together with the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau and the Public Security Police Force, the office checked 359 places where smoking cheap Beverly cigarette is no longer allowed according to the new law. A total of 70 law enforcement agents took part in the raid. From midnight to 7 pm on Sunday, nine people were fined, of which four were tourists from mainland China and five were Macau residents. Most people who received tickets were caught smoking inside food and beverage establishments, three in public gardens and one in a flyover.
Category: Indoor Smoking Ban, secondhand smoke |
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Jessica Miller | December 22, 2011
When the Montana Clean Indoor Air Act went into effect, several bar and casino owners in Great Falls saw a 25% drop in business. Now, Great Falls company M.C. Inc. believes that it’s found a solution that allows comfortable smoking rooms which comply with state law – but public health officials don’t see it that way. After two years of cutting expenses and barely breaking even, the owners of M.C. Inc. have found a way to cater to their smoking clientele and get the business back on track.
Category: anti-smoking regulation, Indoor Smoking Ban |
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Jessica Miller | November 25, 2011
The Brazilian Congress has passed a bill banning smoking in enclosed public places nationwide. Smoking bans are already in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and other big cities. The new law goes one step further. It makes illegal designated smoking rooms in airports and bars that exist even in those places with a ban already in place. It also raises taxes on tobacco products and is forcing a minimum price on the products, increasing costs for consumers by up to 55 percent within four years.
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Jessica Miller | November 24, 2011
Finding young people at a public meeting isn’t the first thing you’d expect on a Wednesday afternoon. Many, however, had personal reasons to weigh in about Lambton County’s proposed smoke-free public outdoor spaces bylaw. Lambton County’s Community Health Services Department is holding public consultations to gauge public opinion about a smoking ban for municipally owned and operated spaces, such as playgrounds, beaches and outside arenas.
Category: anti-smoking regulation, Indoor Smoking Ban |
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