Healdsburg, Calif. Moves Toward Raising Tobacco Purchase Age to 21
The Healdsburg City Council has taken a significant step forward in the process of raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco products in the city…
Baltimore County Council Passes Smoking Restrictions in Parks
The Baltimore County Council has passed legislation that will limit where people can smoke in parks, prohibiting people from lighting up at playgrounds, tot lots, dog…
Outdoor Smoking Ban Could Be Coming to Sacramento (Update)
Lighting up on a restaurant’s outdoor patio could be coming to an end in Sacramento, Calif., as the city council will be reviewing a proposal…
Huge Tobacco Tax Increase Proposed in Kansas
A bill that would raise the tax on other tobacco products such as cigars from 10% of the wholesale price to 78% has been introduced…
Sedalia, Mo. Could Amend Smoking Ban
After hearing complaints of bar owners and patrons who are finding the city’s less than year old smoking ban ordinance to be restrictive and harmful…
Hudson, Mass. Eying 21-Year Requirement
Another Massachusetts town is heading down the path of increasing tobacco purchasing requirements to 21-years of age. Hudson Board of Health is considering a variety…
Niagara Region Enacts Outdoor Smoking Ban
The Niagara Region of Ontario, a regional municipal government that serves the communities of Fort Erie, Grimsby, Lincoln, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara Falls, Pelham, Port Colborne, St. Catharines,…
Smoking Ban Passes in Pompton Lakes, N.J.
The Borough Council of Pompton Lakes, NJ unanimously passed a smoking ban that covers all publicly owned parks and recreation areas. The original plan, submitted…
Zachary, Louisiana Looking to Ban Smoking on City Property
Zachary, La. appears destined to have a ban on smoking and the use of any tobacco product while on city property in the near future,…
Two Maryland Counties Bring Park Smoking Ban to General Assembly
The Maryland counties of Montgomery and Prince George’s, neighboring counties just to the north of Washington, DC, are have joined forces on a bill that…
Canadian Tobacco Excise Duty Increase Goes Into Effect Today
The federal excise duty on tobacco products sold in Canada is going up today, a move that will raise the tax rate by approximately 24%….