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In Florida, state law preempts local governments from enacting stricter smoking bans than the state, though in Idaho, Indiana, and Louisiana, some cities and counties have enacted stricter local smoking bans to varying degrees, in some cases banning it in all enclosed workplaces. See individual state listings below for details.
Since December 20, 2019, the smoking age in all states and territories is 21 under federal law which was passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump. The de jure minimum age remains 18 in some states, e.g. the federal law is not enforced in Arizona, [ 1 ] and in Alaska, the minimum age is 19; in 2022, the governor vetoed a senate ...
Smoking in cars with children is banned in 11 states, and lawmakers are pushing to join them in West Virginia, where more adults use cigarettes than anywhere else in the nation, according to the ...
The Restriction on Smoking (Jersey) Law 1973 was amended by the Restriction on Smoking (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Law 2006 [152] adopted 16 May 2006 that enabled the States to make regulations that prohibit or restrict smoking tobacco or a substance (or a mixture of substances) other than tobacco, or the use of tobacco, in a workplace or other ...
A South Carolina group of senators introduced a new bill this week that would ban smoking in a vehicle with a child 12 years or younger present. ... $100 for the driver each time the law is ...
But with sales declining and a flavored tobacco ban in place, First 5's child programs are at risk. Hefty cigarette taxes cut smoking big-time. But there's a downside for children
Currently twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia have such laws. Although laws vary from state to state, employers are generally prohibited from either refusing to hire or firing an employee for using any type of tobacco product during non-working hours and off of the employer's property.
Kansas City, thankfully, has a public indoor smoking ban — but the measure doesn’t go far enough to protect hospitality workers. In the region’s largest city, casinos are exempt.