Updates matching "Smoke-free"

On Friday, February 1, the annual ACS CAN Maryland Research breakfast took place in Annapolis. The program was exceptional, not only honoring the three Sponsors of the 2007 Clean Indoor Actl, but also tracing the history of tobacco control in Maryland and citing the many heroes along the way who helped to finally achieve comprehensive smoke free area and a discussion of the future of lung cancer prevention and early detection.

Recentliy, the Stadium Authority bans smoking at Camden Yards and M&T Bank Stadium. Click on links read stories about the ban. Read Baltimore Sun Article Read WJZ-13 report.

Statement from Dr. Fred Jacobs, Chief Medical Officer, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network of NY & NJ re: study on secondhand smoke exposure in multi-unit housing. “Home is supposed to be a safe place, but for 1.25 million New Jerseyans, home is where they are being

Statement from Donald Distasio, Executive Vice President, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network of NY & NJ re: study on secondhand smoke exposure in multi-unit housing. “Home is supposed to be a safe place, but for 3.5 million New Yorkers, home is where they are being exposed

Measure 4, a smoke-free ballot initiative in North Dakota supported by ACS CAN, passed yesterday 66.66% to 33.34%.ξ The measure approved Tuesday puts into place a comprehensive law prohibiting indoor smoking in places not protected under current state statute, including bars, motels, private nursing homes, cabs and public transportation.ξ It

This morning, Johnson County, Indiana commissioners unanimously passed a smoke-free ordinance that prohibits smoking in all public businesses, including bars, hotels, restaurants and private clubs.ξ The ban is stricter than rules previously passed in the cities of Franklin and Greenwood, which now will have to follow the countyŠ—Ès ban.ξ This

October 2 was an historic day for advocates of smoke-free air in Alaska. Citizens of Palmer voted 452-Î_Š—283 in support of Proposition 3: prohibiting smoking (including hookah and e-cigarettes) in places of employment and public places.ξ The passage of this ordinance is substantial progress towards making PalmerŠ—Ès workplaces healthier, and

Since July 1, four comprehensive smoke-free laws have been passed: On July 2, the Lisbon, ND City Council voted to adopt a comprehensive smoke-free ordinance that makes all public places and workplaces, including bars, smoke-free. Lisbon is the ninth North Dakota city to pass an ordinance to make it a

Statement from Blair Horner, Vice President for Advocacy, American Cancer Society of NY & NJ, regarding vote by SUNY trustees to support tobacco-free campuses. “SUNY trustees recognized that their campuses are places of higher learning, not venues to begin a potentially deadly tobacco addiction. Their vote to