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Where there used to be smoke, there’s an opportunity

admin — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:17:32 +0000

The ban on smoking in public places means entrepreneurial opportunities for those who think they have a good idea. Into the fray has jumped Daniel DeHaan, a local man who has sold wholesale electronics online for 15 years. He says the 7-week-old Michigan smoking ban is leaving smokers hostage to the idea of running outside restaurants and bars to catch a smoke. And, in a culture where people have seen steady increases in prices, it leaves them wi ... Jump to full article >>

Ordinance will make it easier to enforce smoking law

admin — Wed, 05 May 2010 07:29:28 +0000

The City Council has approved a new ordinance to make it easier to enforce a state ban on smoking in public places. The city ordinance will allow the Galesburg Police Department to prosecute the smoking ban, eliminating the state’s cumbersome enforcement mechanism. Bars that have flouted the smoking ban could have their licenses revoked under the new system and violations will be prosecuted in the Knox County Courthouse instead of at administra ... Jump to full article >>

Smoke smell is top of the pongs

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:46:04 +0000

THE legal ban on cigarette smoking in public places seems to be influencing public perceptions. For the smell of cigarette smoke has been identified as “Top of the Pongs” in a new survey. Tobacco was closely followed by stale alcohol suggesting that the smoking ban may have resulted in increased smoking and drinking at home, survey organisers Space Air Solutions said. Cheap perfume came in third place, cooking smells came fourth and t ... Jump to full article >>

Lindsay passes new smoking ordinance

admin — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:46:28 +0000

The Lindsay City Council voted unanimously to approve an ordinance banning smoking in public places in the city of Lindsay during their Dec. 14 meeting. The ordinance spells out definitions, limitations and penalty provisions. Businesses have three months to implement a written smoking policy to include customers and employees. In an interview with the Register Tuesday, Lindsay Mayor Pro-Tem Don Metzler said that the ordinance takes effect Mar. 1 ... Jump to full article >>

Why are smoking laws blatantly flouted?

admin — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:55:28 +0000

In this age of respect and understanding, I do not know why some establishments and coffee shops still flout the law regarding a smoking ban in public places. The other day, I had to visit Almoayyad Tower in Seef. I wanted to have a coffee on the ground floor by the entrance facing HSBC bank. The place was full of people smoking. When I asked why there isn’t a separate area as declared by the Health Ministry, I was told that the smoking are ... Jump to full article >>

Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam Donaldson resigns

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:36:45 +0000

Sir Liam Donaldson, Britain’s most senior medical officer who has led public health drives to ban smoking in public places and control swine flu, is to step down after 12 years in the role. The Times understands that Sir Liam wrote to Sir Gus O’Donnell, the Cabinet Secretary, on Monday to announce his intention to hand over the reins next May. Sir Liam, the Chief Medical Officer for England and the UK’s Chief Medical Adviser, has been in po ... Jump to full article >>

South Korea to ban smoking in public places from 2011

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:52:40 +0000

South Korea will ban all indoor and outdoor smoking in public places starting in 2011, to substantially reduce the country’s smoking rate, the government said Wednesday, reports Yonhap news agency. The Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs said the move aims to bring down the smoking rate among men in the country from 47 percent at present to 20 percent in the target year. Seoul has prohibited smoking in large buildings for severa ... Jump to full article >>

Detroit barkeeps head to Lansing to bounce smoking ban

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:39:55 +0000

Lansing — Detroit bar owners whose establishments are close to the Detroit casinos trekked to the state Capitol today to oppose legislation that would ban smoking in public places but make exceptions for casinos. Tino Hammond, owner of Reggie’s Moulin Rouge in Detroit, said her business and her 40 employees will be in jeopardy if lawmakers approve the measure. “This would just be the nail in the coffin,” she said at a news ... Jump to full article >>

Antismoking Fight Proves a Pyramid-Size Task

admin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:29:42 +0000

So far, the ban appears to have had little effect. CAIRO — Perhaps not since Egypt built the great pyramids of Giza, or more recently tamed the Nile with the Aswan High Dam, has the government embarked on as challenging a national project: wiping out smoking in public places. Anyone who has ever spent any time in a Cairo taxicab, restaurant, office, lobby, coffeehouse, cafeteria or university, or even at the zoo, knows just how ubiquitous smo ... Jump to full article >>

Judge to determine smoking ban’s fate

admin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:09:44 +0000

The state ban on smoking in public places that has been delayed by a legal fight is going to get its day in court this week. A trial is set for today and Friday in Pierre over Secretary of State Chris Nelson’s decision to invalidate 8,845 petition signatures, which denied opponents of the state smoking ban the chance to put a referendum on the 2010 ballot and let voters decide whether the prohibition should stand. The smoking ban was approv ... Jump to full article >>