A Year After Smoking Ban Implementation

The Smokefree Air Act was implemented a year ago in Fort Dodge Bar and restaurant owners were only able to hope and pray that they would not lose all their customers as a result. The one-year anniversary of this ban was marked on Wednesday. This ban has put a stop to all smoking in public buildings and bars, gaming floors of casinos are the only exception. O'Goodies Irish Pub was one of the establishments that feared a...

Smoking Ban for Avid Smoking Nation

Greece is among the most prevalent in tobacco consuming countries. Though the rate of nicotine addicts is high in the country, public smoking ban has been adopted. Smoking will be banned nearly everywhere, only mental patients and gamblers will be exempt from the policy. There have been attempts to impose such a ban for about a decade, but it is now officially illegal to light up in restaurants, bars, coffee shops and...

Iowa One of the Most Compliant States

Smoking bans in Iowa have really changed the face and identity of the state. Culturally it has become renewed, there are fewer adult smokers and workplaces have become healthier, according to those who back the indoor smoking bans. Rep. Janet Petersen, who helped enact the smokefree air act in July of last year said, "This is probably one of the biggest cultural shifts in a short amount of time that our state will ever...

Chicago Parks Banning Smoking One by One

Smoking bans are moving out of Chicago indoor areas into the parks of local suburbs. After a survey was done by a group of students, residents are pushing to have smoking banned in the Park District. In mid-June, nearly 752 acres of parkland were declared smoke-free. However, the ban extends only to the fairways of two golf courses, and as of yet there are no monetary fines for smoking. But park officials are confident in the...

The United Kingdom to Implement Ban on Smoking in ...

It seems the United Kingdom is going to be latching onto the trend of banning smoking in cars, more specifically in cars that carry children. "We should make it illegal," said Professor Terence Stephenson, head of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. "Secondhand smoke has been found to be strongly linked to chest infections in children, asthma, ear problems and cot death. You can't inflict...

Toughest Smoking Law in American History

On June 12th, one of the toughest anti-tobacco bills was passed in American history. Many had been fighting against "Big Tobacco" for years, and they found this to be a reason for rejoicing. According to Senator Edward Kennedy this was the proof that "miracles still happen." The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was given the power to regulate all tobacco products and advertising. Health advocates felt...