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Statewide smoking ban: On May 1, 2007, the Smoke Free Arizona Act (Proposition 201) went into effect after passage by 54.7% of voters the prior November, banning smoking in all enclosed workplaces and within 20 feet (6.1 m) of an entrance or exit of such a place, including bars and restaurants, only exempting private residences, retail tobacco ...
The current version Chicago Clean Indoor Air Act prohibits tobacco smoking as well as "vaping" or the use of an e-cigarette, vape pen, or e-hookah in virtually all enclosed public places and enclosed places of employment. The places where smoking and the use of e-cigarettes is prohibited includes: bars and restaurants; shopping malls;
One estimate (2006) suggested that 1 million tonnes of PCBs had been produced. 40% of this material was thought to remain in use. [2] Another estimate put the total global production of PCBs on the order of 1.5 million tonnes. The United States was the single largest producer with over 600,000 tonnes produced between 1930 and 1977.
Test results conducted in the fall showed the presence of PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls — toxic, man-made chemicals that were banned from being produced in the United States in 1979 ...
Map showing dry (red), wet (blue), and mixed (yellow) counties/parishes/boroughs in the United States as of May 2019. The following list of dry areas by U.S. state details all of the counties, parishes, boroughs, and municipalities in the United States of America that ban the sale of alcoholic beverages.
(The Center Square) – Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown proposed two ordinances on Thursday that could make it illegal to buy a can of beer, other single-serve alcohol containers and smoking paraphernalia.
7th Circuit Courts of Illinois intervened after U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn ruled on November 8th that the gun ban violated the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and that it could ...
The Smoke-Free Illinois Act (410 ILCS 82; Public Act 095-0017) is a comprehensive anti-smoking law that took effect in Illinois on January 1, 2008 ().It bans smoking inside most buildings and vehicles used by the general public, used as a place of employment, or owned by the government or another public body.