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Smoke-Free Dubai in 2014
The Municipality of Dubai has published a comprehensive guide book to guarantee putting into practice executive regulations of the anti-tobacco law with just 4 months left for businesses to obey. The new anti-tobacco law comes into action from January 21, 2014. The Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, approved … Continue reading
Smoking To Be Banned in Public Places in Guelph
During several months Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health office conducted surveys in order to find out what their residents think about smoking bans at outdoor spaces in Guelph (Canada). The survey started on May 31 and finished on August 20. Totally there were asked 2,001 people across the region, 908 were from Guelph. Soon the results of the survey will be put … Continue reading
2014 Games in Glasgow Will be Smoke-Free Zone
Chiefs from Commonwealth Games said that the event which takes place the next year will be smoke-free. Smoking cigarettes and sale of tobacco products will be prohibited across all venues and areas surrounding them. There will placed big screens and other signs with messages which will remind everyone of smoke-free restrictions. Glasgow 2014 has worked together with the Scottish Government … Continue reading
Smoking Ban Fails in Oceanside
After the law which bans patio smoking did not got motion in Oceanside for City Council to vote on it June 26, business owners will decide by themselves to permit or not smoking in patio of their restaurants and bars. Jim Wood, the mayor of Oceanside, together with Gary Felien and Jack Feller, the councilmen, said they would not support … Continue reading
Bulgaria to reject move to ease total smoking ban
An effort to backtrack on Bulgaria’s total smoking ban in enclosed areas in public places has been unsuccessful in Parliament’s economy committee, several days after a comparable effort was defeated in the health committee. Being before the economy committee, Health Minister Desislava Atanasova, who has been determined in combating any change of the ban that became operational in June 2012, … Continue reading
UTA smoking ban continues one year later
A smoking ban that was implemented at UTA one year ago did not make students quit smoking. Students said some people continue smoking on campus. There are no data whether or not smoking ban had an impact on smoking on campus as the UTA Police Department has not disclosed figures how many people were caught smoking on campus. The smoking … Continue reading
Board urging officials to ban cigarettes on Pompano Beach
Pompano Beach is that place where many people come to have a rest, enjoy sea and lie on the clean sand. But recently the beach was full not only of sand, but also of cigarettes butts, says Rafael Katz, who lives near Pompano Beach and takes his children to the beach. Katz serves on Pompano Beach’s Parks and Recreation Advisory … Continue reading
Old Havana restaurants slowly go smoke-free
It’s a quintessentially Cuban experience: Capping off a meal with a snifter of rum and an aromatic cigar. This Caribbean nation is renowned around the world for its pungent Cohibas, Montecristos and Romeo y Julietas, but on the island, stogie-lovers are increasingly being told to take it outside. A number of state-owned restaurants in Havana’s picturesque colonial quarter have quietly … Continue reading
Costa Rica tries to go smoke-free
Felipe Sanchez and Maria Aleman share a pack of cigarettes and talk over a couple bottles of beer early one evening at the Bahamas Bar. Their tobacco smoke lingers out of the bar, passing by the bartender, who lights his own cigarette, and wafts right by the bouncer who fiddles with a lighter in his hand. Some 14.2 percent of … Continue reading
No smoking ban in Cape May
CAPE MAY – The City Council again rejected plans Tuesday to ban smoking on public beaches, but members agreed to appoint a committee to review the proposal, which could be reconsidered for the 2013 summer season. The council had rejected a broader measure last November. It would have banned smoking on all public beaches, in city parks, and on the … Continue reading
