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A new study underscores the dangers of secondhand smoke to children. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Research Institute for a Tobacco Free Society in the Republic of Ireland have found fewer cases of middle ear infection in American homes with less secondhand smoke. Said the lead author, Hillel Alpert, who is with [...] This is great news: Thrifty and Dollar rental cars are smokefree starting this month, the company, Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, has announced. I don’t rent cars that much, but last summer, I got one during a trip in upstate New York. Despite the fact that I had requested a non-smoking car when I made the reservation, [...] The American Lung Association has released its annual report on how states and the District are doing in tobacco control, and the results are mixed for the District. On the plus side, we got an “A” in the category of smokefree air. The grade was due not only to our strong smokefree workplaces law, but a measure the [...] If you want to smoke at Towson University, you can’t — the entire campus has been smokefree since Aug. 1. That’s great news, detailed by The Washington Post today. The bad news is that other area campuses haven’t followed suit. The reason Towson went smokefree is to protect the health of nonsmokers, university officials told the paper. [...] On Jan. 1, a strong smokefree workplace law took effect in Savannah, Ga. (See earlier post for details.) It was one of many local laws slated to take effect this year. Similar smokefree workplace laws that cover bars and restaurants will take effect in Lowell, Indiana; Brentwood, Missouri; Creve Coeur, Missouri; Jefferson City, Missouri; Devils Lake, North Dakota; Frisco, Texas; San Antonio, Texas; Fitchburg, [...] It seems appropriate that right before Thanksgiving, when so many people take to the skies, the federal government should issue an analysis of smoking policies in airports around the country. I was somewhat surprised that any U.S. airports allow smoking indoors. But they do. Of the country’s 29 “large hub” airports — defined as airports that accounted for [...] Ruby Tuesday is going smokefree — in all 674 of its U.S. restaurants. This is significant because few national restaurant chains have promulgated a national policy. Usually they abide by whatever the local law is. Ruby Tuesday representatives said they made the decision for the comfort of their patrons and the health of their employees. The announcement [...] Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen today wrote one of the best pieces I have ever read about the evil nature of the tobacco industry and the culpability of the top brass in hundreds of thousands of deaths and cases of illness. I’ve often wondered, as Cohen does in this piece, what the heads of the tobacco [...] South Dakota voters this week approved a comprehensive smokefree measure that will make almost all public places in that state smokefree, including casinos. The measure passed overwhelmingly. And in several cities — including Fulton, Mo.; Jefferson City, Mo. and San Angelo, Texas, voters passed strong smokefree workplace measures that covered restaurants and bars. So when are we [...] Fatal heart attacks dropped by 7.4 percent after Massachusetts implemented its smokefree workplace law in 2004, according to a study coming out next month in the American Journal of Public Health. The law prevents 270 deaths from heart attacks annually, the authors conclude. Some communities in Massachusetts already had smokefree laws before the statewide law passed; [...] |
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