Last week, activities were held across the state in honor of the Great American Smoke Out, the annual event that encourages smokers and tobacco users to quit. ... read more >>
Posts Tagged ‘laws’
Clearing the air in Louisiana: A letter to the editor
Friday, November 27th, 2009
Musicians, tobacco-free advocates band together for Great American Smokeout
Friday, November 20th, 2009
Tobacco-Free Living of Louisiana is teaming up with local musicians and businesses in downtown Alexandria to throw a block party as part of the Great American Smoke Out 2009 to help clear the air about secondhand smoke. ... read more >>
Tobacco-Free Living of Louisiana is teaming up with local musicians and businesses in downtown Alexandria to throw a block party as part of the Great American Smoke Out 2009 to help clear the air about secondhand smoke. ... read more >>
Statement by Senator Herb Kohl on S. 1147, the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act of 2009
Friday, November 20th, 2009
The PACT Act will strengthen our tobacco laws to ensure that law enforcement has the tools they need to investigate and prosecute cigarette traffickers. Each day we delay its passage, terrorists and criminals raise more money, states lose significant amounts of tax revenue, and kids have easy access to tobacco products sold over the internet. ... read more >>
The PACT Act will strengthen our tobacco laws to ensure that law enforcement has the tools they need to investigate and prosecute cigarette traffickers. Each day we delay its passage, terrorists and criminals raise more money, states lose significant amounts of tax revenue, and kids have easy access to tobacco products sold over the internet. ... read more >>
Malawi trying to enforce child labor laws
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
LONDON, Sept. 25 (UPI) — Malawi is paying more attention to its child labor laws after a report revealed thousands of children working on tobacco farms, Plan International says. ... read more >>
LONDON, Sept. 25 (UPI) — Malawi is paying more attention to its child labor laws after a report revealed thousands of children working on tobacco farms, Plan International says. ... read more >>
Child tobacco farmers ‘exposed to toxic levels of nicotine’
Monday, September 28th, 2009
LONDON, England (CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of children worldwide are thought to be working full-time on tobacco farms, suffering from toxic levels of nicotine exposure and abusive labor conditions. ... read more >>
LONDON, England (CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of children worldwide are thought to be working full-time on tobacco farms, suffering from toxic levels of nicotine exposure and abusive labor conditions. ... read more >>
Smoking laws tightened
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
SMOKERS are set to have the number of places where they can light up freely curtailed even further, thanks to amended smoking laws. ... read more >>
SMOKERS are set to have the number of places where they can light up freely curtailed even further, thanks to amended smoking laws. ... read more >>
Cigarettes in films must be banned: Commission
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
The National Commission for Child Protection said Thursday that politicians had to ban the advertising of cigarette in movies. ... read more >>
The National Commission for Child Protection said Thursday that politicians had to ban the advertising of cigarette in movies. ... read more >>
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