Jessica Miller | May 17, 2012
Smoking tobacco at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington could soon be banned. Puffing on a cig at Cowboys Stadium could lure a punishment. The slow but firm expansion of local no-smoking regulations may be taking another step in Arlington, where a City Council committee has begun reexamining the city’s smoking law. Councilman Robert Rivera pressured the council to take another look at the legislation. Some other city council members, for example Mayor Robert Cluck, a physician, have supported previous law.
Category: anti-smoking regulation, Smoke-Free Area |
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Tags: indoor smoking, smoking ban
Jessica Miller | April 3, 2012
New smoking bylaws banning smokers from lighting up in places like restaurant patios and city-owned beaches and parks is getting a bit of backlash. Most non-smokers tend to love the bylaw. Many non-smokers hate it. “There are no children out here, so basically we’re adults, we’re a veterans club, we pay dues to belong to this place and now we can’t even enjoy our own patio,” says Bob Harkness of the Royal Canadian Legion in Bells Corners. The Legion falls prey to the new restrictions because it is licensed to sell alcohol like a restaurant.
Category: anti-smoking regulation, Cigarette Craving, Smoke-Free Regulation, Smoking Students |
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Jessica Miller | March 9, 2012
A public campaign has got under way in Dubai to help smokers who wish to quit but cannot because of their addiction to tobacco. Visitors to parks across the emirates will be given free medical checks and awareness booklets about the hazards of smoking, which kills millions of people across the globe. A senior Dubai Municipality official said smoking shishas has been banned in public parks since the past two years. “We are waiting for the law (to go into force) to ban smoking in public places completely,” said Mohammad Ali Fardan, Head of Public Parks at the Dubai Municipality.
Category: quit smoking, smoking addiction |
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Jessica Miller | February 13, 2012
A proposed new smoking ban that would snuff out cigarettes on restaurant and bar patios seems bound to light up debate at city hall Monday. At least one member of the committee set to debate the ban says he’ll push for it, while another says he’ll push back. “There are more and more regulations and rules about what you can do when you wake up in the morning,” Coun. Dale Henderson said.
Category: Ban on Smoking |
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Jessica Miller | December 22, 2011
As of Wednesday, December 21, it is against the law to install cigarette vending machines within 1,000 meters of schools and other educational institutions. Starting on January 1, 2014, the use of tobacco vending machines will be completely barred. The delay for the complete prohibition resulted from objections by vending machine companies and others, who said they would lose money and needed time to make up for their losses, although proponents of an immediate ban said vending machines for cigarettes could easily be changed to sell anything from stamps and envelopes at the post office to healthy foods and toys.
Category: Cigarettes Business, Smoking Restriction |
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Smoking tobacco at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington could soon be banned. Puffing on a cig at Cowboys Stadium could lure a punishment. The slow but firm expansion of local no-smoking regulations may be taking another step in Arlington, where a City Council committee has begun reexamining the city’s smoking law. Councilman Robert Rivera pressured the council to take another look at the legislation. Some other city council members, for example Mayor Robert Cluck, a physician, have supported previous law.
