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[Pennsylvania] Should the ban on smoking indoors expand?

When the act was passed, it was controversial among businesses and smokers alike. Yet some establishments that were exempt still banned smoking anyway. Now state lawmakers are looking to expand what was started in 2008, putting everyone on the same page
Harrisburg (PA) Patriot-News
added Jun 6, 2013 10:38
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[Pennsylvania] Lawmaker wants to ban all indoor smoking in PA

Rep. Mario Scavello (R., Monroe) has introduced a bill that would eliminate exemptions to the Clean Indoor Air Act that has allowed smoking in some bars, casinos, social clubs and hotel rooms.
Philly blogs
added Jun 6, 2013 10:37
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[UK] Councils join forces to showcase smoking issues

PUBLIC health experts in Staffordshire and Derbyshire are backing a national Government campaign highlighting the dangers of second-hand smoke.... The research by the Royal College of Physicians is being used to raise awareness of how the problem increa
Burton Mail (uk)
added Jun 6, 2013 10:35
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[Africa, Egypt] Passive tobacco smoke deadly

Passive smoking causes diseases in 71 per cent of Egyptian houses. According to Dr Magdi Badran, a fellow and consultant at the Paediatrics Immunology Institute of Postgraduate Childhood Studies at Ain Shams University, women smokers have a greater risk
The Egyptian Gazette (eg)
added Jun 6, 2013 10:34
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[Pennsylvania] Lawmaker would ban smoking in ALL public places

Scavello, and supporters like the American Lung Association and American Cancer Society, now say that Pennsylvania's 2008 Clean Indoor Air Act isn't clean enough. It gives several exemptions to the smoking ban, most notably: - to restaurants with less
WHTM-TV ABC27.com (Harrisburg, PA)
added Jun 6, 2013 10:32
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[Vermont] RJ Reynolds Hit With $8.3M Judgment Over Eclipse Ads ($$)

Superior Judge Dennis R. Pearson entered a final judgment Monday that ordered Reynolds to cough up the civil penalty partly as a sanction for contempt of a 1998 consent decree from the same court and violation of the master settlement agreement reference
Law360
added Jun 6, 2013 10:28
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World No Tobacco Day 2013 Calls for Tobacco Ad Ban

In the U.S. alone, tobacco companies spend $8.8 billion a year — $1 million an hour — to market their deadly and addictive products. Worldwide, tobacco companies spend billions more to lure new users, especially kids, and keep current customers hooked.
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Jun 6, 2013 10:02
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Senator Lautenberg Was a Champion in the Fight Against Tobacco

Throughout his career, Senator Lautenberg courageously took on the tobacco industry and championed efforts to reduce tobacco use, the nation’s number one cause of preventable death. Earlier in his service, he led efforts to ban smoking on commercial airl
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Jun 6, 2013 10:01
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Secondhand Smoke Causes Longer Hospitalization in Infants with Respiratory Infections

Smoke exposure puts infants with family history of allergies at higher risk for severe infection
American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
added Jun 6, 2013 09:51
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RJ Reynolds Tobacco Jobs - Territory Manager (Sales Representative) / Trade Marketing ( VT) in Montpelier, Vermont, United States

We’re looking for employees who are hungry for responsibility, accountability and a chance to really make an impact! Our salespeople do this by educating and connecting with our adult tobacco consumers in a "1 to 1" manner with the purpose of gaining tri
Reynolds American (RAI)
added Jun 6, 2013 09:48
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