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Not specific to tobacco use, covers all lawful activities but has been interpreted by the courts as not creating any new substantive rights Colorado: 1990 CO REV. STAT. ANN § 24-34-402.5 Not specific to tobacco use, covers all lawful activities Connecticut: 2003 CT GEN. STAT. ANN. § 31-40s District of Columbia: 1993 D.C. CODE ANN. § 7-1703.3 ...
Statewide smoking ban: On January 1, 2008, the Smoke Free Illinois Act went into effect, banning smoking in all enclosed workplaces, including bars, restaurants, and casinos, and within 15 feet (4.6 m) of such places; exempts certain retail tobacco stores, private and semiprivate rooms in nursing homes occupied exclusively by smokers, enclosed ...
A 1992 document from Phillip Morris summarised the tobacco industry's concern about the effects of smoking bans: "Total prohibition of smoking in the workplace strongly effects tobacco industry volume. Smokers facing these restrictions consume 11%–15% less than average and quit at a rate that is 84% higher than average."
In addition to cigarettes, the FDA's proposed rule covers cigarette tobacco, pipe tobacco (except shisha for waterpipes), and cigars (except for "premium" cigars). All of those products would be ...
The Indoor Clean Air Act was passed by the Oregon state legislature in 1981. [2] In order to protect non-smokers from second-hand smoke, [3] the law prohibited smoking, except in designated smoking areas, in public "confined" areas, which it defined as retail stores, banks, grocery stores, meeting rooms, and commercial establishments, but excluding such areas as cocktail lounges, offices ...
“The proposed rule, ‘Tobacco Product Standard for Nicotine Level of Certain Tobacco Products,’ is displaying in the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) ROCIS system as having completed ...
The on-the-spot fine for smoking in a workplace is £50 (~€70/~$100), while a business that allows smoking can be fined £2,500 (~€3,700/~$5,000). A £200 fine may be levied by local councils if businesses fail to display no-smoking signs. An opinion poll showed that 91% of people supported the law. [283] [284]
Tobacco products were long exempted from federal oversight until then, limiting regulatory authority to health warnings and a ban on smoking in cer FDA rule limiting nicotine in cigarettes could ...