In past, American smokers could come to the hospital gift shop, buy cigarettes and light them up not only in the waiting room but everywhere in the hospital. Yeah, today this seems strage to us as smoking is banned in most public places including hospitals.
After a long period of delay, the Pennsylvania House finally approved a bill which imposes to increase taxes on cigarettes. The new tax of $2 per pack will be used to fund schools. The bill passed with the majority of votes (114 against 84) and is going to be sent to the Senate for the final decision.
On Monday, House of Representatives in Pennsylvania voted 114-84 a bill which gives the Philadelphia authorities the right to impose $2 per pack tax on cigarettes and direct these money to fund city schools. The bill was sent to state Senate for the approval and it will vote for it this week.
Health officials in North Carolina revealed that in 2013 smoking rates among public high school and middle school students was significantly reduced. However, they are worried that more students do experiment with other tobacco products such as e-cigarettes, hookah, pipe, chewing tobacco. Among tobacco products students prefer slim menthol cigarettes most.
What Cigarettes to Choose for Making Smoke Rings Many smokers want to learn to blow smoke rings in order to impress their friends. You want it too. Here the most important things are a lot of practice and strong cigarettes.
On July 30 Lorillard presented report on its second-quarter 2014 results, which reflects earnings increase by 3.7% from the prior-year quarter and sales increase. Reduction of outstanding share count resulted in earnings growth. Due to low e-cigarettes sales, in the report there was no Zacks Consensus Estimate of 88 cents by 4.5%.
A study by human rights association in Thailand revealed that almost 90 percent of people with low-income have low quality of life, show tendency to smoke cigaretets and have debts. According to Arunee Sito, chief of a Samut Prakan-based association to promote people's rights and a coordinator of networks of informal workers, a vast majority of low-income workers are using tobacco.
he city of Columbia , Missouri, wants to introduce a law banning use of e-cigaretts indoors and increasing legal age to buy tobacco products to 21. The proposal was sent to the city's Board of Health for a review. Also public meetings will be organized.
One more county in West Virginia announced about its desire to go smoke-free. The talk is about Brooke County, where local Board of Health would organize public meetings in order to listen residents' opinions on the proposal to prohibit smoking in such businesses as restaurants, bars, video lottery parlors.
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Parks and Recreation Department in Chesterfield County, state of Virginia, wants to create smoke-free environments in order to keep kids away from tobacco smoke in some of county-owned facilities. Jim Perdue, the Assistant Director, who supervises parks in the Department, last week consulted Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission about second stage of the anti-smoking policy which was launched this year.
Newark, a town in the state of New Jersey, wants to reduce public places where smokers may light up. Municipal council told that they are considering to adopt a new resolution which would prohibit use of cigarettes not only in city parks but also at recreational facilities.
Authorities from University of Alaska told they prepared a draft for a new no-smoking policy on campuses, which is expected to come into effect in 2015. . Due to students anti-smoking initiatives, more universities in the USA have become smoke-free. This contributes greatly to creating a healthy environment in the state.
Amal Alamuddin, a successful British human rights lawyer, recently became wife of George Clooney, the successful Hollywood actor who won two Academy Awards during his carrier. The couple has a weeding in Venice, Italy, this autumn. Amal confessed that she was a smoker and loved Vogue Super Slims Arome, but she gave it up.
Canadian Cancer Society released a report which shows that there is increasing number of countries where cigarette packs should have graphic health warnings. Canada was the only country in 2001 to implement such policy. Today the talk is about 77 countries that require graphic health warnings.on cigarette packs.
In the Ukraine the Smoke Free Project urges government to totally ban all cigarette pack displays from points of sales. The idea resulted from monitoring project performed by the Regional Advocacy Center and Smoke Free Ukraine Coalition.
In 2013 the University of South Carolina became smoke-free and now its Beaufort branch wants to do the same. Thus from the beginning of 2015, USCB will not permit using tobacco products on its campuses. The ban includes cigarettes, e-cigarettes and chewing tobacco.
Aldermen at Evanston, Illinois, unanimously voted for a bill that would increase the legal age from 18 to 21 to buy tobacco products. The ordinance included a provision that makes it illegal for young people to possess cigarettes and this provision arised controversies.
