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[Canada] Health department urging residents to butt out in parks

To mark World No Tobacco Day, slated for Friday (May 31), the health department is focusing on the theme of smoke-free beaches and parks.
Peterborough This Week (ca)
added May 28, 2013 12:09
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[New Zealand] Editorial: City smoking ban a step too far

OPINION: Tobacco companies deserve everything lawmakers throw at them. Their profits are built on human misery. However, it may be time to cut smokers a break.
Independent Newspapers Ltd. / STUFF (nz)
added May 27, 2013 16:47
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[New Zealand] Editorial: City smoking ban a step too far

OPINION: Tobacco companies deserve everything lawmakers throw at them. Their profits are built on human misery. However, it may be time to cut smokers a break.
Independent Newspapers Ltd. / STUFF (nz)
added May 27, 2013 16:45
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[Maine] Cigarette butts again litter Monument Square

Four weeks after a downtown restaurant owner launched a campaign to get cigarette butts off the street, the unsightly stubs have resprouted. Mike Roylos, owner of the Spartan Grill, financed a two-day butt pickup earlier this month, offering 5 cents a b
Portland (ME) Press-Herald
added May 27, 2013 14:31
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[New York] Harrietstown approves tobacco ban

SARANAC LAKE - The Harrietstown board has outlawed the use of tobacco in the town's parks and other properties. The town board unanimously approved a local law Thursday that prohibits the use of tobacco on the Harrietstown Town Hall property, in LaTour
Adirondack Daily Enterprise (Saranac Lake, NY)
added May 26, 2013 12:54
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[Australia] Smoking ban set to include outdoor dining areas as shock cancer advertisement launched

The State Government is under increasing pressure to ban smoking in outdoor dining areas after the Australian Medical Association accused it of failing to act on proven tobacco-control activities. Victoria is the joint winner of the AMA's Dirty Ashtray A
Daily Telegraph/Sunday Telegraph (au)
added May 26, 2013 12:52
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[Canada] Letter: Ban smoking on terrasses

Smoking needs to be banned in terrasses as much as it is in restaurants and cafés. It’s a travesty of justice that non-smokers are forced to consume smokers’ fumes just because they like to spend time in terrasses.
Montreal Gazette (ca)
added May 24, 2013 11:59
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[Canada] Letter: Smokers don't have the privilege of eating or drinking indoors

Mr. Perel seems to suggest that his rights on a terrasse are taken away by us pariahs. Dare I suggest that, if he is that offended by our actions, having a cigarette outdoors, he might take advantage of eating/drinking indoors — a privilege not afforded
Montreal Gazette (ca)
added May 24, 2013 11:57
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[Louisiana] Smoking ban needs Senate's OK

If the Senate agrees, smoking will be prohibited within 25 feet of the entrances to state office buildings. The Senate Health and Welfare Committee Wednesday approved HB111 by Rep. Frank Hoffmann, R-Monroe, after removing a reference to the Legislature
Lafayette (LA) Daily Advertiser
added May 23, 2013 13:21
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[New Zealand] Ban Smoking In Public Places, UC Researcher Says

A University of Canterbury (UC) health sciences researcher has called for public places such as bus stops, train stations, ferry terminals, streets, urban centres and beaches to be declared smoke-free. UC lecturer Dr Mark Wallace-Bell says bans should b
Scoop (nz)
added May 23, 2013 03:50
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