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[Oklahoma] Gov. signs anti-smoking/local control legislation
Legislation giving communities local control over smoking in public parks and municipal facilities has been signed into law. Gov. Mary Fallen signed Senate Bill 501, by Sen. Frank Simpson and Rep. Pat Ownbey, on Monday. The measure also places Fallin’s
Apr 30, 2013
Miami (OK) News-Record
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[Oklahoma] Battles rage over tobacco measures in Okla.
Gov. Mary Fallin, who announced earlier this session that she wants to push for a statewide vote on an anti-smoking initiative in 2014, plans to begin working in earnest on the details once the session ends ... Fallin lost a battle earlier this session
Apr 30, 2013
AP - Associated Press
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[Minnesota] Is a "no smokers" hiring policy unethical?
Minnesota is one of 29 states that makes it illegal to refuse to hire someone because they smoke. The American Lung Association opposes this law and takes the position that it elevates "smokers to a protected class."
Apr 18, 2013
Minnesota Public Radio (MPR)
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Apr 18, 2013 17:03
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[South Carolina] Bryant smoking bill snuffed out
State Sen. Kevin Bryant’s effort to give employers the right to refuse to hire and even to fire smokers was snuffed out Wednesday. A Senate subcommittee that is led by Bryant voted to delay taking any action on his bill, effectively killing it.
Apr 11, 2013
Anderson (SC) Independent-Mail
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Apr 11, 2013 12:53
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[South Carolina] Proposal would allow SC employers decline to hire smokers
Apr 9, 2013
Columbia (SC) State
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Apr 10, 2013 15:04
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[South Carolina] Senate bill would let employers light up smokers' private lives
Sen. Kevin Bryant of Anderson wants people to know he is not targeting smokers. But a bill of his being considered this week in a Senate subcommittee would allow businesses to take personnel action against workers who use tobacco away from the workplace.
Apr 9, 2013
Greenville (SC) News
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Apr 10, 2013 14:58
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[South Carolina] Proposal would allow SC employers decline to hire smokers
Does South Carolina have any laws governing smoking? Yes. The state bans employers from making hiring decisions based on whether a prospective employee smokes. But the S.C. Hospital Association wants the Legislature to repeal that law, allowing employers
Apr 10, 2013
Rock Hill (SC) Herald
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Apr 10, 2013 13:39
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[Oregon] Bill lets counties tax tobacco
Curry County is considering writing a letter, similar to that written by Josephine County, that advocates for the state to remove a law prohibiting counties from taxing cigarettes and other tobacco products.
Apr 3, 2013
Curry Coastal Pilot (Brookings, OR)
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Apr 3, 2013 09:34
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[Oklahoma] Looking Ahead to Local Control of Tobacco Regulation
“A direct vote to the people is very new, and is a dramatic new tactic to repeal tobacco control preemption in Oklahoma,” said Michael Givel, a University of Oklahoma political scientist and the co-author of the upcoming book Heartland Tobacco War, out t
Mar 26, 2013
KGOU Radio (Norman, OK)
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Mar 26, 2013 13:58
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[New York] SULLUM: Bloomberg's Latest Nanny-State Initiative Could Be Overturned Too - Hit & Run
seems to run afoul of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act. That 1965 law bars states and municipalities from imposing any "requirement or prohibition based on smoking and health...with respect to the advertising or promotion of cigarettes."
Mar 18, 2013
Reason Magazine
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