In the ongoing effort to limit the non-smoking public's exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke, municipal governments across the country are coming up with increasingly strict bans on smoking in public places—even on public streets and …
Tag: Passive smoking
2013 June
Handling Second-Hand Smoke Complaints
Some of the most intense combat occurring in modern times is not that which has taken place on battlefields, such as at Normandy, Pork Chop Hill, or in the la Drang Valley, or currently in the mountains of Afghanistan, but rather in the…
2012 June
The Debate Rages On
Concern over health, the environment, and an evolving legal landscape has prompted a number of condo and co-op boards in communities across New York City’s five boroughs to ban cigarette smoking not only in common outdoor areas but in i…
2010 October
Where There's Smoke...
As the harmful effects of cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke have become more widely publicized and acknowledged, anti-smoking campaigns have gained traction across the country. Cigarette commercials have been banned from TV and ra…
2010 June
A Burning Issue
The late 1990s saw a surge of nationwide smoking restrictions put into effect. State by state, legislation banning smoking in various settings was proposed and passed into law. With varying amounts of resistance and controversy, workpl…
2008 March
Q&A: Secondhand Smoke
The tenant below me smokes nonstop. Her windows are always fully open and the smoke travels directly into my apartment above. My apartment smells like an ashtray and of course leaves us vulnerable to second-hand smoke. Even with our wind…