Sentences with phrase «public smoking bans»

Public smoking bans are linked with falls in childhood asthma attacks and premature births, finds the biggest analysis yet of the impact of bans on child health.

Several cities in California have or are considering instituting public smoking bans that are quite restrictive by citing the health concerns of secondhand smoke, i.e. Calabasas, Laguna Beach

Scotland's First Minister Jack McConnell has claimed future generations will thank those supporting a public smoking ban.

Scottish researchers have estimated that a public smoking ban in England has resulted in an 11,000 drop in the number of under 15s being admitted to hospital with nose, throat and sinus problems.

Not exact matches

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has been encouraging local public agencies to enact smoking bans, and some 228,000 public housing units were already smoke - free.

As public awareness of the health dangers of cigarettes grew, however, more consumers made the decision to quit smoking, leading to bans in workplaces and other areas across the country.

Tobacco manufacturers once had relatively free reign, with even doctors starring in commercials, on the airwaves before being banned from television and radio advertising in 1970 when President Richard Nixon signed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law.

A leading cancer specialist has called for a smoking ban in London's public parks and at major landmarks.

The minimum 50p per unit price, delayed for six years by a legal challenge led by the Scotch Whisky Association, has been welcomed by the medical professional and health campaigners as the biggest breakthrough in public health since the ban on smoking in public.

Park officials made their plans for the ban public Tuesday, saying the restriction would not only protect children from secondhand smoke but also keep beaches free of cigarette butts.

Park officials made their plans for the ban public Tuesday, saying the restriction would not only protect children from second - hand smoke but also keep beaches free of cigarette butts.

While California banned smoking near playgrounds and on beaches years ago, Deerfield made the first such foray in Illinois in 2005, restricting smoking in parks, open space, school grounds and public sidewalks within 25 feet of an entrance.

On Jan. 1 Illinois became the 23rd state to implement an indoor smoking ban, outlawing smoking in public buildings, including taverns, restaurants, bowling alleys, nightclubs and sports arenas; and within 15 feet of doorways to office towers, train stations and other public buildings.

The fact elements of the anti-smoking movement are opposing them while lobbying for evidence - free bans on smoking in public shows how tragically they have lost their way.

«Just as seat belt laws and the smoking ban have helped change behaviour in the past, outlawing smoking in cars with children would send a powerful signal and improve public health.

After a staggered start, a ban on smoking in public places was in force across the whole of the UK by July 1st 2007.

Since the Health Act came into effect in 2007, smoking has been banned in all enclosed public places and workplaces.

The ban is a key demand of the Prison Officers» Association since the ban on smoking in public places in 2007, with the union saying its members could otherwise be at risk of second hand smoke.

Asthe anniversary of the smoking ban approaches, was the government right in itsdecision to ban smoking in enclosed public places?

Health secretary Patricia Hewitt had trouble getting a word in edgeways yesterday when MPs debated the controversial ban on smoking in public places.

A bid to give the Welsh Assembly the power to introduce its own smoking ban in public places was launched yesterday.

It is «only a matter of time» before a total ban on smoking in public places in England and Wales is introduced, Patricia Hewitt has admitted.

Smokers in Scotland were barred from lighting up in public places in March, but the working group yesterday proposed 31 new measures to tackle smoking, including a ban on the display of cigarettes.

As one 2000AD writer later pointed out, even this was more liberal than the smoking ban, which banned it in all public buildings.

Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley reacted to last night's comprehensive ban on smoking in public places with this statement:

The smoking ban, incorporated into the Health Act 2006, stops anyone smoking in enclosed public places.

This could be every bit as significant in combating the harms of tobacco as the advertising ban or the end of smoking in public places.

Smoking will be banned in enclosed public places in England from July 1st next year, the health secretary has announced.

A ban on smoking in public places comes into force in Wales today, before it is extended to the rest of the UK over the coming months.

Alcohol harm reduction analysts in Whitehall are increasingly convinced the «big bang» approach typified by the ban on smoking in public places is the most realistic way to cut alcohol - related deaths in the UK.

I have also mentioned that smoking is already banned in many public areas.

Lawmakers in New York are debating whether to add electronic cigarettes to the state's ban on smoking in public areas like workplaces, bars and restaurants.

He also said it is important in reforming health care to realize that «there is no free lunch,» called for higher mileage standards for cars, talked about the struggles of carmakers in Detroit («You can't fight the marketplace»), and said that while he wouldn't call for a nationwide ban on smoking in public places like the one he pushed through in New York, «it would be great if America did it.»

The American Cancer Society has issued its annual report card, rating states on how well they are doing to prevent cancer through encouraging cancer screenings, banning smoking from public places, and smoking prevention programs.

[47] New York's 2003 ban on smoking in public places was passed and signed into law under the Pataki administration in the hopes that it would promote better health in New York and reduce health care cost overtime.

After a delay, the health bill was introduced last month containing plans for a partial ban on smoking in public places as planned, but the health secretary has said that it was «only a matter of time» before a blanket prohibition was introduced.

The proposals would see a partial ban on smoking in public places introduced in summer 2007, with private members» clubs and premises not serving food exempt.

Between 2002 and 2010 the Labour Government banned tobacco advertising and sponsorship, prohibited smoking in all enclosed «public» places (including private members» clubs), introduced graphic warnings and passed legislation banning the display of tobacco in shops and outlawing tobacco vending machines.

His predecessor, Mike Bloomberg, was a staunch antismoking advocate and helped spark the nearly universal smoking ban in restaurants, bars and other public places.

Other committees less frequently engage in this way, but a very interesting example comes from the House of Commons Health Committee, which expressed concerns about limitations on Labour's ban on smoking in public places, and helped to force a vote which toughened these provisions.

Advocates sparred at a City Council hearing to discuss a bill that would ban smoking in some public spaces.

«E-petition launched to review the smoking ban - and the 10 most popular e-petitions so far Main How many members of the public have complained about MPs» behaviour in the House - hundreds?

Bloomberg took heat for running a «nanny state,» and even poked fun at his ban on smoking in public places.

The authors point out that it was pressure from the public that saw smoking banned in public indoor places in the UK, and access to health care granted to all people living with HIV / AIDs in South Africa.

«Smoking bans finds decrease in smoke exposure in public and private places.»

As numerous countries have introduced smoking bans in public places, the home has become the main source of passive smoking exposure.

The authors reviewed approximately 2,500 adult non-smokers» self - reported rates of tobacco smoke exposure in several public and private settings following smoking bans in 2006 and 2011.

Smoking was banned from public locations, including workplaces, restaurants and bars in Colorado in 2006, and ambulance calls to those locations went down 22.8 percent.

The honor recognizes Bloomberg's public health policies — from banning smoking in bars and restaurants to eliminating trans fats in city eateries — along with his philanthropic efforts to support public health education and global anti-smoking campaigns.

A new study from Duke Health has found pregnant women experienced less secondhand smoke exposure since the 2009 passage of the «smoking ban» in North Carolina, which outlawed smoking inside public places such as bars and restaurants.