Jessica Miller | March 6, 2012
Indiana lawmakers have moved closer to enacting a universal, statewide smoking ban. The Indiana Senate passed the bill 29-21 on Feb. 29, but not without first amending a list of exceptions. In response to amendments added to HB 1149, co-authors Rep. Charlie Brown, D-Gary, and Rep. Eric Turner, R-Cicero, dissented to the changes March 1. The bill will move to a conference committee to negotiate the issue.
Category: Smoke-Free Regulation, Tobacco Smoking Habit |
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Tags: secondhand smoke, smoking areas
Jessica Miller | March 2, 2012
Recent concerns have been raised regarding the smoking situation on the campus of ETSU. Legislation is currently being considered by the SGA that would include setting up designated smoking areas around campus. Dalton Collins, president of the Student Government Association, suggests that the current rules are unfair and that they place an unnecessary burden on smokers. ”The smoking policy at ETSU is one that is unfair to every person who works, resides and pursues higher education on this campus,” Collins said.
Category: Ban on Smoking, Tobacco Smoking Habit |
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Jessica Miller | January 10, 2012
Starting March 1, when you go to concerts or your kids’ play dates in Kannapolis’ parks, you’ll have to leave your smokes, dip and chew at home. At Monday’s meeting, Kannapolis City Council members unanimously voted to ban tobacco use of any kind in city parks in a little less than two months.
Category: anti-smoking regulation, smoking ban |
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Jessica Miller | December 19, 2011
Smoke-free pubs may not be protecting their customers from secondhand smoke. Seven years after laws came into force banning smoking cheap Wind cigarette inside bars, Wellington researchers have found the air quality inside pubs is being affected by “drift” from legal semi-enclosed outdoor smoking areas. Further regulations may be needed to protect people indoors, they say.
Category: secondhand smoke, Smoke-free ordinance |
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Jessica Miller | November 2, 2011
UOSA Undergraduate Student Congress will be forced to reintroduce a set of November ballot questions after the Graduate Student Senate failed to address the questions in its own meeting. “The GSS dropped the ball, and we’ll have to readdress it in our next meeting,” UOSA representative Shayna Daitch said. The proposed questions, which were approved on Oct. 18 during the Student Congress meeting, address issues that range from the creation of a new district to students’ opinions regarding the smoking ban.
Category: Ban on Smoking, Smoking Students |
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