NYC plan would keep tobacco products out of sight 03-18-2013 | New York | NEW YORK (AP) - Cigarettes would have to be kept out of sight in New York City stores under a first-in-the-nation plan unveiled by Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday, igniting complaints from retailers and smokers who said they've had enough with the ...
NYC plan would keep tobacco products out of sight 03-18-2013 | New York | NEW YORK (AP) - Cigarettes would have to be kept out of sight in New York City stores under a first-in-the-nation plan unveiled by Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday, igniting complaints from retailers and smokers who said they've had enough with the...
Bloomberg's Latest Nanny-State Initiative Could Be Overturned Too 03-18-2013 | New York | Smarting from a state judge's decision overturning his beloved big beverage ban, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is seeking solace in good old-fashioned anti-smoking activism. Today he urged the New York City Council to approve an ordinance requiring...
Madison County officials consider smoking ban on all property owned or leased by the county 08-12-2012 | New York | Madison County officials are considering banning the use of tobacco on property owned and leased by the county, including the entire government campus in Wampsville, where smoking is currently prohibited within 20 feet of county buildings, and portions of...
SMOKERS' RIGHTS GROUP SUES NEW YORK STATE PARKS DEPARTMENT OVER ''NO SMOKING'' SIGNS 07-02-2012 | New York | (MMD Newswire) July 2, 2012 -- Today, NYC Citizens Lobbying Against Smoker Harassment (C.L.A.S.H.) has filed a lawsuit against the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) and its commissioner, Rose Harvey, seeking to h...
Parks dept. reverses smoking restrictions...for now 06-04-2012 | New York | The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation has temporarily decided against pursuing a policy to ban smoking in public places where children congregate - such as parks, pools and playgrounds - yielding to a challenge from a sm...
Bloomberg Calls for Residential Smoking Rules 04-18-2012 | New York | The owners of residential buildings would have to adopt smoking policies and disclose them to prospective apartment buyers and tenants, under a law proposed Wednesday by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who has made curbing smoking a cornerstone of his public ...
