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New Bill Could Place Smoking Laws in Local Governments’ Hands

February 12, 2018

Tags: local control, Smokefree, Tennessee, Tobacco

Memphis Flyer, Maya Smith, February 9, 2018- The places where smoking is permitted in the city could soon change if a new state bill passes that puts smoking policies in the control of local governments. The Local Option Bill, sponsored by Sen. Bill Ketron, R-Murfreesboro, would repeal the tobacco preemption …

Ramsey sponsors bill to allow local governments to curb secondhand smoke

February 12, 2018

Tags: local control, Preemption, Smoke Free, Tennessee, Tobacco, Tobacco Preemption

The Daily Times, Lesli Bales-Sherrod, February 9, 2018- Local governments would have the option to regulate smoking more strictly than state law under a new bill sponsored by Rep. Bob Ramsey, R-Maryville. “As written today, state law is ignoring the will of the people in local communities who desire smoke-free …

Tennessee has mixed record with tobacco policies

February 1, 2018

Tags: local control, Preemption, Smoke Free, state preemption, Tennessee

Lebanon Democrat, Staff, January 30, 2018- The 16th annual report graded states and the federal government on policies proven to prevent and reduce tobacco use, and found while Tennessee has taken significant steps to reduce tobacco use, elected officials must do more to save lives and ensure all Tennessee residents …

As more cities and counties raise tobacco age, state lawmakers may be asked to intervene

December 28, 2017

Tags: Kansas, local control, Preemption, Smokefree, state preemption, Tobacco Control

Lawrence Journal-World, Peter Hancock, December 24, 2017- As a group in Lawrence prepares a strong push for local regulations that would raise the minimum age for buying tobacco to 21, efforts may be underway at the state level to push for a law that would pre-empt the ability of local …

Florida lawmakers light up the smoking debate after an I-Team investigation

December 7, 2017

Tags: Florida, local control, Parks, Preemption, Smoke Free, state preemption

ABC Action News, Katie Lagrone and Matthew Apthorp, December 6, 2017- Years of giving smokers the free hand to puff away on local playgrounds is facing some fire. New legislation recently filed in both the House and Senate aims to end an age old state law that keeps cities and counties from …

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