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Iowa City, Iowa Passes Parks Smoking Ban

Smoking in parks has been snuffed out in yet another city, as on Tuesday the Iowa City Council voted 6-1 to add parks to the…

Westwood, Kan. Joins Tobacco Age Increase Movement

The Kansas City metropolitan area has gained another supporter of the Tobacco21 movement, as the Westwood, Kan. City Council unanimously approved an increase to the…

Leawood, Kan. Joins Tobacco Age Increase Movement

The Kansas City metro area has become a hot bed of cities increasing the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21 years…

Overland Park, Kan. Raises Minimum Age to Purchase Tobacco

Add Overland Park to the growing list of cities in the Kansas City area that have raised the minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21….

Bonner Springs, Kan. OKs Tobacco Purchase Age Increase

The movement to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products in the Kansas City, Kan. and Kansas City, Mo. area continues to gain steam,…

Gardner, Kan. Votes Down Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase

The Kansas City area is perhaps the newest hotbed for the debate over raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21. Since November, six…

Prairie Village, Kan. Raises Minimum Tobacco Purchasing Age

As expected, Prairie Village, Kan. raised the minimum age to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21. The new law will require individuals to be 21…

Olathe, Kan. Increases Tobacco Purchase Age

Add Kansas to a growing hotbed where cities are increasing the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21, as the Kansas City,…

Mission, Kan. Spurns Tobacco Age Increase Proposal

The Mission City Council quickly dismissed the idea of raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21 at its meeting this…