Smoking Bans

If passed, the updated Tobacco and Vapes Bill would make the U.K. one of the most anti-tobacco countries in the world. However, the updated version of the bill does not include a ban on outdoor pub smoking.

If passed, it would remove an exemption that allows for smoking in outdoor areas of bars. In addition, the new language would define “vaping” as “smoking,” greatly restricting where it will be legal to vape.

The proposal could include bans at smoking in the outdoor areas of bars, outside stadiums and colleges and even hookah lounges. It’s unclear what it would mean for the smoking terraces and sampling lounges used by cigar smokers.

As Florida voters prepare to decide whether to legalize recreational cannabis use by adults, a state senator has a plan to keep marijuana smoke from becoming a public nuisance. But it also means you won’t be able to light up a cigar, either.

Just don’t get too comfortable, as you can only smoke for 15 minutes.

Cigar bars become the first exemption to the city’s smoking ban that was passed over a decade ago.

Smoking and vaping will remain legal in Florida’s state parks and at its state-controlled beaches.

The last time Florida changed state laws regarding banning smoking at public beaches and parks, cigars were exempt. This time, there’s no cigar carve out.

Legislators have considered removing the exemption every year since 2006.

The changes would close what is seen as a loophole in state law by allowing patrons to sample cigars in a cigar lounge.

France’s Minister of Health has also called for a minimum price for a pack of cigarettes and a ban on single-use vaping products.