Law Making Moving Closer to Home

A new ruling from the Michigan Supreme Court has given counties the ability to pass tougher anti-smoking laws than those in place on the state level. Until now, only Legislature was able to ban smoking in bars and restaurants. Local governments have only been banning smoking at workplaces due to the risks of secondhand smoke. On Tuesday, the seven justices of the high court said that local officials can implement tougher laws...

No Smoking Bans Keep Moving Ahead

It seems that the Turkish will no longer fit the stereotypical role of a chain smoker, as the country is moving into the next phase of implementing a smoking ban. The prohibition will be moved to cafes, bars and restaurants. Nearly half of the adult male population in this country smokes and this is part of an effort to stop this trend. Cyprus, once a haven for EU smokers, will also be seeing some changes as it will now see...

Teenagers Still Lighting Up Even With Tough Legisl...

Obama signed one of the toughest anti-smoking acts in the United States on June 22., allowing the FDA to regulate tobacco products. This will cause change in the way that cigarettes are advertised, restricting the use of "light" or "mild," and pushing for larger warning labels. Flavored cigarettes have also been banned as they were seen as means of drawing youths to smoking. However, many teenagers feel...

Smoking Banned in Richmond Apartments

City officials in Richmond, California have decided that smoking needs to be put to an end in apartments, condominiums along with public places. This will make this one of the hardest cities in the San Francisco Bay area to light up. An ordinance was approved this month by the City Council, which will ban smoking in all multi-unit housing as of next January. It is felt by officials that smoking in multi-unit housing exposes a...

The Politics of Smoking Bans

Iowa is currently showing the best example of how politics play out in the U.S.. A smoking ban was signed by politicians a year ago, with the purpose of protecting workers from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke. More than a year has gone by and many bar owners have lost business because of the ban, yet it is not clear what the true motives of the lawmakers are. The ban was put in place with the purpose of protecting...

Smoking Banned on Boston Hospital Campus

Though smoking has been banned in most U.S. hospitals, it was still possible to light up outside the building, but this ban was approved by the Boston hospital in January and will take effect next week. When the announcement was put out that smoking would be fully banned, employees were offered smoking cessation classes to help them quit, before the ban was put in place. Hospital's President/CEO Carl Martin says,...