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May 22, 2017
Following the implementation of a ban on tobacco and e-cigarette use in Novato, California in January, lawmakers in neighboring cities are considering similar bans on tobacco and e-cigarette use in public and private spaces.
December 14, 2012
Authors of a widely reported article on the health impacts of a local ban on smoking in restaurants claim their research shows significant health benefits, but the data examined in the article show no health benefits at all.Conflicts of InterestRichard D.
November 3, 2014
As electronic cigarettes grow in popularity, state and local governments are finding ways to regulate and tax them. Some jurisdictions have decided e-cigarettes and other vapor products should be covered by city or statewide smoking bans.
September 12, 2008
As President Calvin Coolidge once said, "Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
July 13, 2005
According to Joseph Bast, president of The Heartland Institute, “bans on smoking are unfair, unnecessary, and ineffective.
November 9, 2011
Statewide smoking bans have “little or no measurable immediate effect” on the number of persons who die from heart attacks, according to a new report by medical researchers at two universities.
July 1, 2008
Government-imposed smoking bans have been spreading across the United States and around the world in the past two decades.
September 16, 2011
Statewide smoking bans have “little or no measurable immediate effect” on the number of persons who die from heart attacks, according to a new report by medical researchers at two universities.
June 29, 2010
In this essay, written by California Polytechnic State University professor of economics Michael Marlow, the economic effects of statewide smoking bans in bars and restaurants are examined, in an attempt to determine who loses when a state passes such a
April 24, 2006
In recent months, numerous localities and states have banned smoking in public places (i.e., privately owned places to which members of the public are invited).
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