February 4, 2020
NBC Bay Area, Staff, February 4, 2020- Another Bay Area city is pushing a ban on e-cigarettes and vaping products in an effort to curb teen use. Cupertino city leaders will hear public comments on the proposal at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. In November, the city outlawed the sale …
February 3, 2020
New Mexico Daily Lobo, Lissa Knudsen, February 3, 2020- New Mexico is one step closer to establishing a licensure process for e-cigarette and other tobacco product retailers and raising the age of purchase of all tobacco products to twenty-one. Senate Bill 131, the Tobacco Products Act, sponsored by Sen. Linda Lopez …
February 12, 2018
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 …
February 12, 2018
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 …
May 22, 2017
WLRN News, May 19, 2017- More than a decade after the Florida Supreme Court opened the floodgates for lawsuits against tobacco companies, an Atlanta-based appeals court this week rejected arguments that could have helped shield cigarette makers in legal battles about smoking-related illnesses and deaths. The full 11th U.S. Circuit …