Posts Tagged ‘law’

Senecas want court to decide tax dispute

The Seneca Nation of Indians wants a court to decide the validity of legislation on collecting taxes on Native American-sold tobacco before the state enforces the law on Sept. 1. ... read more >>

Cigarettes seized in transit between NY Indian reservations on eve of federal court hearing

A Seneca Nation businessman who is challenging a federal law that makes it illegal to ship cigarettes through the mail called the seizure of thousands of cartons of his cigarettes from a delivery truck “clear retaliation” for his lawsuit. ... read more >>

San Francisco tentatively OKs cellphone radiation law

San Francisco is close to enacting a law that would require retailers to post signs stating how much radiation is emitted from cellphones. The city’s Board of Supervisors voted 10 to 1 on Tuesday to approve the ordinance, which would require stores to provide each phone’s “specific absorption rate” — a measurement of radiation absorbed by a phone user’s body tissue that each manufacturer is required to register with the Federal Communications Commission. ... read more >>

Indoor smoking law hazy about hookah

Nathan Porter sucks in a mixture of tobacco, molasses and strawberries through a water pipe and into his lungs. The owner of the Huka Bar & Grill exhales and the smoke smells faintly of fruit, then disappears. “We can get all these lit up,” he gestures to the dozens of hookah pipes sitting at each table in the large room, “but you’re not going to see this cloud of smoke.” ... read more >>

Even in states where it’s legal, Veterans Affairs doctors can’t prescribe medical marijuana

When Paul Culkin came home to New Mexico after serving with an Army bomb squad in Iraq, he tried counseling and medications offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs to cope with his post traumatic stress disorder. Nothing worked very well. Then he found a new alternative: marijuana. ... read more >>

No More Light Cigarettes

When it comes to new rules for marketing so-called light cigarettes, tobacco companies plan to honor the letter of the law — but to shade the truth, critics say. Come June, under the new federal tobacco law, cigarette companies will no longer be allowed to use words like “light” or “mild” on packages to imply that some cigarettes are safer than others. ... read more >>

Hookah’s slow burn

The first violation notice is on its way, and he’s welcoming the opportunity to challenge it. Adam Bliss, the owner of Hookah Bliss, Chapel Hill’s only hookah bar, has been fighting for the right to stay open since the North Carolina indoor smoking ban went into effect Jan. 2. Bliss maintains that the ban does not apply to him because hookah is a vaporized — not lit — tobacco product. ... read more >>

No Ban Here: Some hookah bars are simply ignoring state’s new no-smoking law

Now that North Carolina’s no-smoking law has taken effect, most bars and restaurants across the state have thrown away their ashtrays and herded smokers to outdoor patios. But a few bars are openly flouting the new law, allowing people to puff away indoors as much as ever. The ones doing so are hookah bars, and their owners argue that, because of a linguistic loophole in the law, the smoking ban doesn’t apply to hookah smoking. ... read more >>

Fire-safe cigarette law goes into effect

A new law that went into effect Jan. 1 mandates that only “fire-safe” cigarettes — marked as FSC for “fire standard compliant” — can be sold in Texas. Fire-safe cigarettes are designed to go out when they are not being actively smoked, reducing the risk of an accidental fire. Lawmakers passed a bill in 2007 requiring that all cigarettes sold in Texas be fire-standard compliant by Jan. 1, 2010, and Gov. Rick Perry signed it into law. Texas is one of 49 states where FSC mandates for cigarettes are in effect or pending. The Texas Department of Insurance is responsible for inspecting, certifying and enforcing the law. ... read more >>

Change has come for smokers in NC

New state laws taking effect in the beginning of January will make cigarettes more fire safe, but will also prohibit smoking in public places or places of employment. On Aug. 24, 2007 the NC general assembly signed the Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act into law. This legislation would require cigarette manufacturers to produce and sell cigarettes which would go out after a few short moments if not drawn on. New York was the first state to pass such laws in 2004. ... read more >>

Asheville Hookah bar to defy smoking ban

If it survives, a local bar could become the 21st-century version of a Prohibition-era speakeasy. On Jan. 2, a law extinguishing smoking in bars and restaurants statewide takes effect. There are a few exceptions, but none for bars that offer hookahs, the water pipes for smoking fruit-flavored tobacco that originated in the Middle East and are growing in popularity among young Americans. ... read more >>

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