News tagged with smoking laws

Are the cigarette-loving Balkans lighting up less?

If the question was misunderstood by the waiter in a Bucharest restaurant, the irony wasn't lost on the customer who cringed after asking, "Do you have a smoke-free area?"

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created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spanish revellers stub out cigarettes as new law takes force

Smokers stubbed out their cigarettes in tapas bars and restaurants across Spain as one of Europe's strictest anti-tobacco laws came into force on Sunday.

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created Jan 02, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

US adult smoking rate rises slightly

(AP) -- Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials' hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20 percent.

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Enforcing bans on cigarette sales to kids reduces youth smoking

A new study finds that enforcing federal and state laws against tobacco sales to minors dramatically decreases underage smoking rates. The results show that laws prohibiting sales of cigarettes to minors and stepped up enforcement ...

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created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3