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[Pennsylvania] EDITORIAL: Our view: Smoking ban at parks may be in order

Erie (PA) Times-News
added Aug 13, 2012 00:50
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[Pennsylvania] BONAVITA: Toomey's cigars stance puts jobs and votes ahead of public health

Toomey is on the wrong side of this issue. So is Scarnati. If tobacco is so lethal that its manufacturers had to pay billions to states, then the feds should regulate all forms of tobacco, not exempt the forms that provide votes for incumbents or campai
Dubois (PA) Courier-Express
added Aug 12, 2012 18:24
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[Pennsylvania] Proposal to Ban Smoking at Ross Parks and Playgrounds Goes Up in Smoke

Most commissioners point to difficulty in enforcement.
Patch.org
added Jul 18, 2012 11:19
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[Pennsylvania] Blue mold threatens Lancaster County tobacco crop

Local farmers have to deal with yet another weather-related menace. This time an unusually early and widespread appearance of blue mold threatens Lancaster County's $30 million tobacco crop.
Harrisburg (PA) Patriot-News
added Jun 30, 2012 05:36
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[Pennsylvania] Chester approves rule curtailing smoking

City council amended Wednesday an ordinance governing parks, playgrounds and recreational centers to ban tobacco use in any form within 50 feet of playgrounds, swimming pools and athletic fields.
Delaware County (PA) Daily Times
added Jun 20, 2012 08:26
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[Pennsylvania] Pa. vows to protect its tobacco payment

Pennsylvania will continue to fight the tobacco industry's lawsuit to reduce payments to the Master Settlement Agreement, the 1998 deal that requires tobacco companies to pay billions of dollars to offset public health costs from tobacco-related diseases
Pittsburgh (PA) Tribune-Review
added Apr 17, 2013 07:52
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[Pennsylvania] Second Hand Smoke’s Effect On Children Focus Of Health Department Campaign

The City Health Department is launching a new multi-media campaign to reduce the effects of second-hand smoke on children. About 1/5 of Philadelphia’s low-income kids are exposed to second hand smoke. The campaign, to both educate smokers and direct the
KYW Newsradio-1060 KYW-TV CBS 3 (Philadelphia, PA)
added Apr 2, 2013 15:39
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[Pennsylvania] EDITORIAL: No smoking in parks, but you can have a gun

Under the new rules, park-goers will still be prohibited from smoking, drinking alcohol and carrying other weapons such as knives and bombs. But a six-shooter on the hip, or a 9mm in the pocket or purse, will be OK. It seems the activity with the most pot
Doylestown (PA) Intelligencer Record
added Mar 27, 2013 12:06
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[Pennsylvania] Health: Underage & Undercover: City Cutting Down On Stores Selling Tobacco Products To Youth

3 On Your Side Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl visits some violators and reveals the underage and undercover operation. "You were cited for selling cigarettes to a minor," said Stahl to Hussein Laskar, the owner of Famous International Market in Northea
KYW Newsradio-1060 KYW-TV CBS 3 (Philadelphia, PA)
added Mar 5, 2013 14:28
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[Pennsylvania] Our View: Make public housing smoke-free

Their logic is perplexing: Second-hand smoke is dangerous enough to ban smoking among future residents. Yet second-hand smoke is not so dangerous that it should be banned for existing tenants. ... The Redevelopment Authority Board should be ashamed of it
Carlisle (PA) Sentinel
added Jan 20, 2013 10:37
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