city of chicago smoking ban

Supreme Court's Decision in Massachusetts Advertising Case

and a claim that the regulations violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Federal Constitution ...

Editorial: Keep Pressuring Big Tobacco

The rash of blazes was hardly unique: Smoking is one the leading causes of fires in the United States ...
5 billion in property damage and claimed 10,130 lives, according to the National Fire Protection Association ...
That same week, fires started by cigarettes forced evacuations and caused injuries in Philadelphia, Rochester, N ...
and a claim that the regulations violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Federal Constitution ...

Editorial: Demand Fire Safe Cig. Law

During the last week of June, a 50-year-old Chicago woman, an elderly Tucson man and a paraplegic in Austin died in smoking -caused fires ...
5 billion in property damage and claimed 10,130 lives, according to the National Fire Protection Association ...
That same week, fires started by cigarettes forced evacuations and caused injuries in Philadelphia, Rochester, N ...
In spite of that record, the tobacco industry for years has blocked federal proposals requiring cigarettes to meet fire-resistant standards ...

Bidis Draw Scrutiny of Lawmakers Nationwide

and a Chicago alderman to crack down on their availability and sale ...
In spite of that record, the tobacco industry for years has blocked federal proposals requiring cigarettes to meet fire-resistant standards ...
Bidis look like marijuana cigarettes, are easy to buy, oftentimes cheaper than conventional cigarettes and deliver more tar and nicotine than cigarettes ...
Customs has obtained what is the first plea agreement with a bidis importer distributing packs without a surgeon general's warning, said an agency spokesman ...
5 billion in property damage and claimed 10,130 lives, according to the National Fire Protection Association ...

IL Restaurant and Bar Owners Say Business Increased After Going Smoke-free

5 billion in property damage and claimed 10,130 lives, according to the National Fire Protection Association ...
Smoking bans may have a neutral or positive effect on business, a 2003 study by the New York City Health Department showed ...
and a claim that the regulations violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Federal Constitution ...
He shared his philosophy during a recent DuPage Coalition Against Tobacco program at Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital in Wheaton ...
That same week, fires started by cigarettes forced evacuations and caused injuries in Philadelphia, Rochester, N ...

City looks to clear air on smoke-free guidelines

A good amount of people came in and were really supporting the health benefits of not smoking in public areas ...
and sales of bidis without a health warning label, spokespeople for the agencies said ...
When you can't (smoke), it helps you not do it," she said, adding when she's out of town she has no problem with stepping outside to smoke ...

County wants input on smoking ban proposal

They're still looking at a few things inside the ordinance itself," White said ...
The committee plans to vote on whether to recommend a smoking ban in all public places at the Nov ...
The village compared its sales tax from the two years before the ordinance went into effect with the two years after ...
In a time when it's almost en vogue for municipalities around the state to take up the issue and the year in which the surgeon general's office issued a report that said there's no ...
and a claim that the regulations violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Federal Constitution ...

Lung Tests Can Help Smokers Quit

The people in the second group were given the quit line number but weren't contacted or offered any services ...
In one group, participants received a telephone call from the Illinois Tobacco Quit Line, inviting them to take part in telephone counseling to quit smoking ...
Of the smokers, 70 percent attempted to quit or cut down since undergoing spirometry," study co-author Dr ...

Task force grapples with no-smoking rules

ELMHURST -- Several business owners criticized a non- smoking proposal presented Wednesday, saying non- smoking legislation could hurt their business ...
It must go back to each municipality for individual deliberation as to what is right in that community," said Kurzawa, who also serves as president of the DuPage County Board of Health ...
The timeline suggests holding public hearings on the matter in April, with any adopted ordinances going into effect in July ...
According to data presented by McHugh, second-hand smoke is responsible for the early deaths of up to 65,000 Americans annually ...

Pressing Senate Bid With a Sharp Tongue and Strong Resolve

We had a layover in O’Hare Airport in Chicago , and me and a couple of other soldiers stopped into a little bar there,” Mr ...
At a recent outdoor festival, he made his way under an overcast sky greeting old friends, talking very little about Mrs ...
His second marriage became an issue during the bitter Republican primary this spring, when a top aide to his opponent, Kathleen Troia McFarland, called ...
He is not shy when telling audiences, like the American-Polish Council of New York State in Brooklyn last month, about meeting his biological mother for the first time when he was in his 30’s ...