Smoking to be Banned Indoors at Australian Maximum...

At the maximum security Hakea Prison in Perth, Australia, as of Monday smoking will be banned in cells. This has prison officers fairly worried as they are afraid tensions will rise once the ban is imposed in the already overcrowded jails. As of next week inmates at Hakea will no longer be permitted to smoke in their cells during the day, as a part of the Department of Corrective Services' smoking reduction policy,...

Some Areas Slow to Implement Smoking Bans

Smokers are fighting an uphill battle to maintain even a little of their freedom of rights, from West Virginia to the West Coast, and seems that officials might be listening. Some smoking bans have even been rescinded of postponed. In some cases, this occurs more often than officials actually declining to implement a ban. Those against smoking feel that these so-called set backs are only a result of the struggling economy....

After the Mayor's Change of Heart Smoking to ...

Earlier it had been said that a plan to ban smoking in the parks and beaches needed to be looked at, but Mayor Bloomberg stated he is going to push ahead anyway. Bloomberg told the Bay Terrace Community Alliance at a campaign forum in northeast Queens on Wednesday night, "The public is overwhelmingly in favor of banning it in parks as well, so, you know, we'll get that done." Initially, the mayor balked at the...

Bans on Flavored Cigarettes Won't Stop Kids f...

In the past, most believed the words of the tobacco executives that smoking was not addictive and that cigarettes did not contain carcinogens. Today, the FDA controls tobacco products, but Americans and the rest of the world has not learned its lesson. It should not be forgotten that the people who protect us from tobacco should not be followed blindly either. It was announced recently that the Food and Drug Administration...

Scotland Even Closer to Banning Cigarette Displays...

The implementation of the law to end the display of tobacco in shops in Scotland has gotten over its first hurdle. Cigarette vending machines would also be banned and a new registration scheme will be introduced for retailers under the Tobacco and Primary Medical Services Bill. According to Scottish ministers this is an important step in tackling the smoking-health related problems that Scotland is facing. The bill has been...

New York Takes Anti-Smoking Campaign Outside

In the land of freedom, it seems that smokers are the about the only group of people that is not able to freely pursue their habit. New York City officials have begun the debate on whether or not to ban smoking in parks and outdoor areas, which means that many European countries might follow in the future, as well. Smokers have already been driven outside of any enclosed indoor public places, but now even the option for...