Sentences with phrase «indoor smoking»

Studies on previous indoor smoking bans have consistently shown a major decrease in hospital admissions for heart attacks after smoke - free laws went into effect.

A good example is the statewide ban on indoor smoking in public places.

The next phase of research will investigate whether or not public policies prohibiting indoor smoking are associated with lower health care costs.

The paper notes that poor people are most likely to be affected, as they typically lack access to electricity and have to resort to cheaper fuels that produce more indoor smoke.

A new study has found that increases in state cigarette prices and restrictions on indoor smoking can lead to decreases in state per capita consumption of beer and spirits, but not wine.

He regularly publishes research on the harmful effects of passive smoking and has testified in support of indoor smoking bans in more than 50 US cities.

The town of Islip similarly regulates indoor smoking establishments.

According to the World Health Organization, more than 1.6 million deaths were attributable to indoor smoke from solid fuels in 2000.

Banning indoor smoking in public placeswas a big political risk.

Matt and colleagues have previously found that these thirdhand smoke residues linger in homes for months after indoor smoking has ceased, but they weren't sure what they would find in an environment like casinos.

It is good news that almost all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people reported being protected by indoor smoking bans at work, as is reported by other Australians.

This past month was anything but short on developments of interest to environmentalists, with a deal being inked to build the Nabucco natural - gas pipeline, European funders pulling out of the controversial IlÄ ± su Dam project, and the final stage of Turkey's ban on indoor smoking going into effect.

«Indoor smoking bills never worked well.

The Health Act 2006 also means the end to indoor smoking rooms.

On Tuesday, the town board will hold a public hearing for a proposed law to restrict indoor smoking businesses to industrial and business zones, which would effectively bar them from opening near homes and public places like churches and schools.

A handful of Long Island municipalities have tightened local laws regarding indoor smoking establishments.

A decade after Clear Indoor Air Act severely limited indoor smoking in New York, the focus has turned to e-cigarettes — battery - powered devices that deliver measured doses of vapor to the «smoker» when inhaled.

Mario Cuomo, also saw indoor smoking bans enacted and the first law against hate crimes.

He argues that given the paucity of health data, current indoor smoking bans should apply to e-cigs as well.

Homes that reported cigarette smoking indoors had a median particle level that was close to double that of homes without indoor smoking.

«We found that during 1980 to 2009, increases in state cigarette prices and restrictions on indoor smoking led to decreases in state per capita alcohol consumption,» said Krauss.

The quantities found on the incubator and cot surfaces were lower than those on the unit furniture, which were at levels comparable with residue detected in the homes of smokers, where indoor smoking is banned.

At properties with only indoor smoking bans, there was actually an increase in outdoor secondhand smoke exposure, according to study authors John Kingsbury and Dawn Reckinger, of the Minnesota Department of Health.

Smoking came to be seen as «uncool,» and interventions such as indoor smoking bans and higher taxes made it harder to start, easier to quit and more difficult to continue.

More generally, small particulate matter and other pollutants in indoor smoke inflame the airways and lungs, impairing immune response and reducing the oxygen - carrying capacity of the blood.

What global burden suggests is that while lack of access to water and sanitation is a concern, five times worse for the world is indoor smoke from cookstoves, a major contributor to respiratory illnesses, communicable diseases, cardiovascular problems and cancers.

North Hempstead's proposed law would prohibit indoor smoking establishments within 500 feet of any residence and within 1,000 feet of a:

Hong Kongâ $ ™ s successful tobacco control program began with a 1982 health ordinance launching a multi-step approach including legislative amendments (regulation of indoor smoking, pack warnings, ban on tobacco advertising), a steeply increased tobacco tax, school - based education, mass - media campaigns, community events, and leadership from the medical community.

The organizations» leadership thought other policies offered more promising ways to reduce smoking such as by raising cigarette taxes, imposing more severe restrictions on indoor smoking, and controlling tobacco marketing.

Since Illinois» indoor smoking ban went into effect Jan. 1, communities from Lake Bluff on the North Shore to southwest suburban Orland Park have used home - rule powers to adopt their own anti-smoking ordinances to include the outdoors.

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg made history by passing an indoor smoking ban for bars and restaurants in the city which has been credited with slashing hospitalization and heart attack rates.

Womanizing, heavy day drinking, indoor smoking, and lying about your identity aren't things to emulate.

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.

Indoor smoking wouldn't be permitted, except for residential buildings that allow it, she said.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- New York has added electronic cigarettes to its indoor smoking ban, making it illegal to use the devices in bars, restaurants and most workplaces.

These included Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal's bill to add e-cigarettes to the state's indoor smoking ban, a proposal that would seal details of marijuana arrest records, and a bill that would expand film tax credits to more upstate counties.

«There is no nationwide federal policy banning indoor smoking, even though such a policy might improve public health and potentially reduce health care costs,» said Sourabh Aggarwal, M.D., resident physician, Department of Internal Medicine at Western Michigan University School of Medicine, and lead investigator of the study.

December 28, 2016 Study: Fewer kids visited ERs for asthma after indoor smoking bans Emergency rooms in communities with indoor smoking bans reported a 17 percent decrease in the number of children needing care for asthma attacks, according to new research from the University of Chicago Medicine.

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But certainly the worst of the «indoor smoke, bronchial disorders, polluted water» problems are caused by a lack of electricity and fossil fuels (hence burning dung indoors for heat).

gavin: «They'd also be pretty happy at the concomitant reduction in air pollution, indoor smoke, bronchial disorders, polluted water and smog which contribute to premature deaths of hundreds of thousands of their fellows.

The Real Cause of Air Pollution Deaths — Indoor Cooking Smoke Naomi Oreskes wasted a major opportunity to highlight the real global environmental problem of indoor smoke.

The lack of affordable electricity in poor countries is responsible for poverty and at least three million deaths a year from indoor smoke, yet western countries and international institutions largely refuse to support the cheapest source of electricity, fossil fuels.

In addition to outdoor air pollution, indoor smoke is a serious health risk for some 3 billion people who cook and heat their homes with biomass, kerosene fuels and coal.