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Smoking Bans

Celebrating a Decade of NYC's Landmark Smoke-free Law

Jeffrey Seyler | Posted 03.26.2013 | New York
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Jeffrey Seyler

If we want to spare the next generation from the tobacco-caused disease and death that afflicts ours, we need to renew our commitment to tobacco prevention and control so we can continue shifting attitudes and norms toward tobacco.

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STUDY: How Smoking Bans Impact Preterm Birth Rates

Reuters | Posted 04.17.2013 | Parents
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* Preterm birth risk lower after each phase of smoking ban * Findings suggest smoke-free laws have early health impact *...

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Should Florida Ban Smoking On Beaches?

Sun Sentinel | Anthony Man | Posted 03.30.2013 | Miami
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If you enjoy the freedom to light up at a park or beach -- or if you gag at the stench of the second-hand smoke -- change could be coming. With a pus...

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Boulder Bans Smoking On Pearl Street Mall

The Boulder Daily Camera | Erica Meltzer | Posted 02.04.2013 | Denver
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Smoking will not be allowed on the Pearl Street Mall starting in January. The Boulder City Council gave unanimous approval Tuesday night to a ban on ...

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Smoking Ban On Pearl Street Could Be Approved This Week

The Boulder Daily Camera | Erica Meltzer | Posted 02.01.2013 | Denver
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The Boulder City Council's expected vote Tuesday to ban smoking on the Pearl Street Mall could be the first step toward prohibiting smoking in many ou...

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California City Bans Smoking In Condos, Duplexes

Reuters | Ronnie Cohen | Posted 12.15.2012 | San Francisco
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SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Oct 15 (Reuters) - A San Francisco suburb on Monday banned smoking in duplexes, condominiums and other multi-family homes, with ...

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City BANS Hiring Smokers

Posted 10.03.2012 | Miami
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It's too late for butts: a South Florida city has banned the hiring of employees who smoke or use tobacco products in an effort to save on insurance. ...

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Smoke-Free Santa Monica?

The Huffington Post | Eliza Fisher | Posted 07.12.2012 | Los Angeles
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Put out your cigarettes, smoking tenants of Santa Monica. Tuesday night, the city council passed an ordinance that curtails smoking in apartments, ...

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Smokers Need Not Apply At This Pennsylvania Hospital

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 01.05.2012 | Healthy Living
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Smokers in the medical field now have another reason to quit as a Pennsylvania hospital has said it will no longer hire smokers and is introducing nic...

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Clearing the Air: Why Smoking Bans Are Bad for Business

Audrey Silk | Posted 03.04.2012 | New York
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The CDC announced last month that it would be undertaking a study on the economic effects of smoking bans. It's being funded with a grant from the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. Behold the partnership of ideology and profits.

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Smoking Bans Have No Connection To Heart Attack Rates: Studies

Posted 11.14.2011 | Healthy Living
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Studies with data from seven states with smoking bans show no correlation between the bans and heart attack rates. Reason points out a study lookin...

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'Thirdhand Smoke' Poses Health Risks Too

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 10.26.2011 | Green
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Before this week, employees at the Indiana University Health medical center were free to step off the nonsmoking campus and light up a cigarette. Sure...

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Cigarette Displays BANNED In This Country

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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LONDON — The cigarette packs piled into prominent displays behind store counters and supermarket checkouts in England can't be missed. They occu...

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U.S. Smoking Bans, State By State

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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Smoking bans are big news these days; most recently, New York City's new law forbidding residents from lighting up in parks, beaches and public plazas...

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CUNY Bans Smoking

Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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Count the City University of New York's 23 campuses among the latest to go smoke-free. The school system's board of trustees voted this week to outla...

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Tobacco Company Reynolds In Talks To Buy Company For Quitters

AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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RICHMOND, Va. — Reynolds American Inc., maker of Camel cigarettes and Grizzly smokeless tobacco, is in talks to buy a Swedish company that helps...

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Cloves Banned: FDA Bans Fruit, Candy-Flavored Cigarettes

AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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RICHMOND, Va. — The new federal ban on flavored cigarettes took effect on Tuesday, marking one of the first visible signs of the Food and Drug A...

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Heart Attack Rates Fall 17% After Smoking Bans Enacted: Analyses

USA Today | Liz Szabo | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Two separate analyses released Monday each found that heart attack rates fall 17% within a year after smoking bans take effect. One analysis, which in...

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