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Smoking Ban

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COVID-19 Made Pa.’s Casinos Smoke-Free. Now Advocates Want to Make the Change Permanent.

When Pennsylvania lawmakers approved the Clean Indoor Air Act (CIAA) in 2008, placing an effective ban on smoking in public places and workplaces, the law […]

City Life

Outdoor Smoking Bans Are Spreading — and Useless

Let’s get one thing out of the way: Smoking kills you. It’s the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, and every year half […]

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City Life

Why Schools Like Temple Choose to Go Tobacco-Free

On Tuesday, Temple University president Richard M. Englert announced that the school’s North Philadelphia campus will go tobacco-free as early as July 1st. Soon, students will […]

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City Life

Spray Sunscreen Is the Real Evil We Should Ban at the Jersey Shore

Smoking bans are all the rage at the Jersey Shore. From Asbury Park down to Ocean City, Wildwood, and Cape May Point, it is now […]

City Life

New Jersey Considers Smoking Ban on All Public Beaches

New Jersey’s Senate Environment and Energy Committee on Thursday unanimously voted to move a bill that would prohibit smoking on all of the state’s public […]

City Life

OPINION: What New Jersey Really Should Do to Decrease Smoking

I used to smoke up until my mid-20s. And then I stopped. Partly because I married a nonsmoker, but also because I started seeing this […]

City Life

North Wildwood Joins “Other Top Boardwalks” With Smoking Ban

Taking a cue from its neighbor directly to the south, North Wildwood city council recently adopted an ordinance that prohibits smoking on the Jersey Shore […]

City Life

Come 2018, Smokers on Wildwood’s Boardwalk Could Be Looking at Jail Time

City commissioners in Wildwood approved an ordinance on Wednesday that bans smoking on its famous boardwalk starting Jan. 1, 2018, becoming the second South Jersey […]

City Life

It’s Time for a Real Crackdown on Smoking in Pennsylvania

We like to talk about the cleaner, more progressive Philadelphia — hammocks on the waterfront, yoga in the park, open streets, bike sharing — but […]

Citified

Should Philly Ban Smoking at Bus Shelters?

An academic study found that waiting for the bus is so awful that it can actually compel your mind to lie to you. Every minute that you wait […]

Citified

The Brief: Why No One in Philly Smokes Anymore

1. Philly’s smoking rate has fallen to a record low. The gist: CBS3 reports that “the percentage of adult Philadelphians who smoke has dropped from 27.3 percent in 2008 […]

Property

Morning Headlines: Smoking Bans Rolling Out in Philly Condo Buildings

If you’re a smoker, you know firsthand that there are fewer and fewer places for you to take a hassle-free drag these days. Now, if […]

City Life

No More Half-Measures: Let’s Ban Smoking in Pennsylvania

Dom Costa is a wimp. The state representative from Allegheny has introduced a bill that would ban Pennsylvanians from smoking while driving — as long […]

City Life

South Jersey Town Bans Smoking on Streets, Sidewalks, Stoops and Steps

Gloucester City is a 2.7-square mile town along the Delaware River just south of Camden, with the New Jersey end of the Walt Whitman Bridge […]

City Life

Bill Bans Smoking in Jersey Parks

The Star-Ledger reports from New Jersey: “The state Legislature today approved a bill that would ban people from smoking in county and municipal parks but […]