Council Passes Tobacco Regulation

Compliance checks will be conducted on the 16 stores that sell tobacco in Malibu to ensure tobacco is not being sold to minors. The council also approved an amendment to the city's Local Coastal Program and agreed to hold a fourth public meeting of Busch Drive property owners to discuss clearing encroachments from the road.

To fight what critics call the glaring problem of tobacco sales to underage youth in Malibu, the City Council passed an ordinance at its regular meeting Monday night requiring the 16 stores that sell tobacco in Malibu to register with the city for a tobacco license. The council also agreed that a fourth public meeting should be held with Busch Drive property owners to discuss clearing encroachments along the road, and approved an amendment to the city's Local Coastal Program that will likely affect only very wealthy beachfront property owners.

The “Tobacco Retailers Registration Ordinance,” as it is officially called, will go into effect Nov. 14. Once registered, the stores would be subject to three undercover sting operations per year to assure compliance. The operations would involve a young person, called a “youth decoy” and hired by the city, attempting to buy tobacco products from the stores.

New Smoking Ordinance Proposal in Chippewa Falls

A proposed city ordinance in Chippewa Falls could have a negative effect on tavern businesses. The ordinance being proposed would require people who are smoking to keep a "reasonable distance" away from any doors, windows, or vents.

This is a concern for Tomahawk Tavern owner Doug Olson who does not have the room to make a designated smoking area. He says, "It's tough when you start adding more rules and when rules come into place here that impact my customers who decide, hey, I don't want to be here anymore. That's where it might hurt me."

No final decisions have been made about the proposal. The city council will meet again to discuss the proposal on Wednesday at 9a.m. That meeting is open to the public.

Why People Should Quit Smoking Virginia

Cigarettes have long since been a part of society and with many people relying on it as a good way of passing their time, unwinding or distressing. But as comforting as a stick of cigarette is, it is best for smokers to quit smoking cheap Virginia cigarettes considering the various health risks it entails.

A lot of smokers often relay stories about how difficult it is for them to cease this habit. This is not surprising considering how this activity may become both a psychological and a physical habit. Thus, one really has to exhibit due willpower to make sure he can will himself to stop.

For a person to successfully detach himself from this activity, it is important that he identifies and addresses the habits that he has formed, the nature and extent of how he has become dependent and immersed in the activity, and find the necessary tricks that work for him.

One has to remember that when they quit smoking Virginia they may need to find effective alternative ways on how they can replace their natural craving for cigarettes. This is important so they can successfully fight the urge to start lighting up a stick again.

The Philly's Tobacco Policy

Officials at the Philadelphia Health Department don't want you to smoke Cigaronne cigarettes online. They do want your opinion on a series of proposals designed to curb tobacco use in the city and protect people from secondhand smoke.

The city is staging community discussions to gauge public opinion on nine ideas. So far, most of the ideas are not official proposals--just conversation starters.
No. 3 on the list is promoting smoke-free homes. For example, the city has the authority to prohibit smoking in public housing.

Cigarette Sale Sparks St. John's Arrest

Police in St. John's believe they solved a gas station break-in and theft quickly early Monday thanks to video surveillance footage and a tip from the public saying a man was trying to sell cigarettes by the carton downtown.

They put that anonymous call together with video from shortly after midnight which showed a couple of people breaking into the Esso station on Kenmount Road and taking a large quantity of Kent cigarettes.

The result: a man, 30, and a woman, 36, were arrested.

Police seized their van and recovered cigarettes, but they're not saying how many cartons were stolen.

The man and woman are facing charges of breaches of court orders and public mischief. Both were scheduled to make a court appearance Monday.

Lowest Smoking Rate in Canada

The 2010 Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) report is out, and as per the report, British Columbia has again succeeded in counting lowest in the smoking rates all over in Canada. This is for the 12th year in a row that B. C. has topped this list with 14.3 %.

The survey also highlighted that the smoking rate of B. C. in 2009 was 14.9 % but this figure further reduced to 14.3% in 2010. On an average, Canada has 17% smoking rate, out of which B. C. has the lowest with 14.3%, Ontario has the second-lowest at 15% and the highest rate of 21% was noticed in Saskatchewan.

The maximum fall in the B. C’s smoking rate was noticed among the youth aged between 15 - 19 years, which cited a fall of approx 4.1% from 2009 to the figures in 2010, the lowest rate achieved since 1999. Secondly calculated figures were among the current smokers of age group 25 - 44 years, among which the smoking rates decreased from 21% in 2009 to 16% in 2010. The rate for daily L&M cigarettes smokers aged between 25 - 44 years also went down from 18.5 percent in 2009 to 11% in 2010.

Lawmakers Smoking out Tobacco Products

From a lawmaking viewpoint, is it possible to believe that both of those statements are true without becoming horribly conflicted? It’s a complicated question – and it looks as though it will take a lawsuit, and more, to answer it.

In Australia, the quandary has been brought into sharp relief by legal action against the government launched on 27 June by Philip Morris Asia (PMA) – parent company of Philip Morris Ltd, which serves the Australian market. Both companies are divisions of the powerful industry leader, Philip Morris International. In its suit, PMA is aiming to block plans spearheaded by Prime Minister Julia Gillard to enforce plain packaging across all tobacco products and Avalon cigarettes sold in the country: part of a wider drive to boost public health.

However, PMA argues that the government scheme is legally flawed on two counts: i) it flies in the face of time-honoured provisions for trademark protection contained in Australia’s IP laws; and ii) it flouts the terms of a major trade treaty between Australia and Hong Kong that enforces mutual support for all bilateral exports.