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Proposed smoking ban faces opposition from bar owners, LGBTQ+ community
The commission discussed the proposed ordinance changes and public feedback during the meeting. Sustainability Director LP McCloy summarized the main proposed changes as expanding no-smoking ...
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No-smoking ordinance at San Antonio parks goes into effect Saturday
SAN ANTONIO – Starting Saturday, June 1st, San Antonio will join 52 other Texas communities in making smoking in city parks illegal. The reason behind this policy is not only to change the ...
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Kentucky bill would override local anti-smoking laws to allow cigar bars
Louisville Republican Rep. Chris Lewis is pushing a bill to require a cigar bar exception to indoor smoking bans. It ...
NO SMOKING? Policy to ban smoking in parks considered
Editor Should smoking be banned in city parks? Yes, according to members of the Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Commission. Not so fast, say members of the Savage City ...
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Litchfield Council continues work on tobacco ordinance
Litchfield City Council continues to wrestle with a new smoking ordinance. But it appears closer than ever before to a resolution that will increase the legal age to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21 ...
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Little opposition among readers to smoking ban at Billy Bob’s Texas
So no one was discriminated against. I believe that a no-smoking ordinance citywide would be beneficial for the public health considering how carcinogenic smoke is. Delores Cantrell, Fort Worth ...
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Goose Creek seeking change to smoking ordinance
GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCBD) – Goose Creek leaders are considering a change to the city’s smoking ordinance. “I realized that our initial definition of smoking was written into our ordinances in ...
Palo Alto Weekly5y
Alarming data prompts East Palo Alto to consider smoking ban in apartments, condos
Asked whether they would support a smoking ban in multiunit apartments, 77% said “yes,” 8% said “no” and 15% said they “don’t know.” If East Palo Alto enacts an ordinance ...
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Many Tokyo bars seek to blow holes in new anti-smoking law
converting to "facilities for smoking" before a new anti-smoking ordinance takes effect on April 1. Health ministry officials are accusing many such eateries and bars of blowing smoke in trying ...
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Osaka to ban street smoking across the city starting next January
The area around Kyobashi Station was added to the no-smoking zone in 2015. After Osaka in 2018 was named host of the 2025 World Expo, the city revised its anti-smoking ordinance to include areas ...
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New Yokohama ordinance to ban smoking in public parks from April
Therefore, while we take seriously criticism over the lack of designated smoking areas, we have no plans to set up any in parks, which are places available to everyone." As far as actual enforcement ...