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The current version Chicago Clean Indoor Air Act prohibits tobacco smoking as well as "vaping" or the use of an e-cigarette, vape pen, or e-hookah in virtually all enclosed public places and enclosed places of employment. The places where smoking and the use of e-cigarettes is prohibited includes: bars and restaurants; shopping malls;
The Chicago Clean Indoor Air Act was updated to mention e-cigarettes in 2014, making it the first major U.S. city to legislate e-cigarette use. [94] The Chicago Park District's Board of Commissioners has discussed banning all forms of smoking in Chicago parks, beaches, play lots and other facilities, but there is not yet a municipal ordinance.
According to research by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), for every 100 U.S adults age 18 or older, more than 15 smoked cigarettes in 2016. In other words, there were about 37.8 million cases of cigarette smokers in the United States. At the same time, more than 16 million Americans were living with a smoking-related disease ...
The store is one of more than 800 in Columbus where selling smokes or vapes with "distinguishable" flavorings other than natural tobacco will be outlawed beginning Jan. 1.. Read More: Columbus ...
After Columbus, Ohio banned the sale of menthol cigarettes on Jan. 1, the state legislature voted to strip cities of their ability to regulate tobacco. Doctors are outraged. Ohio reverses local ...
In the 1980s, for instance, cigarette advertisements were especially prominent in magazines aimed at teens and young adults—many of whom make up or are quickly approaching the 65-plus age group ...
In November 2015, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report noted that "the percentage of U.S. adults who smoke cigarettes had already declined from 20.9 percent in 2005 to 16.8 percent in 2014. Cigarette smoking was significantly lower in 2014 (16.8 percent) than in 2013 (17.8 percent)."
Smokers have been urged to kick the habit in the new year after new analysis shows how much of their lives are lost by each cigarette smoked. Men lose 17 minutes of life with every cigarette they ...