Hartford City Passed a Smoking Ban

City Council in Hartford, Connecticut, on August 11 with the majority of votes (19-2) passed an ordinance prohibiting smoking in city’s parks and recreational areas. However, this may be not last word on the subject, because there do exist questions on the ordinance enforcement. Resident Ed Burdick considers that the ordinance is poorly drafted, because

Scotland Plans to Introduce Plain Packs for Cigarettes

A new study suggests that hundreds of shops in Scotland will be forced to close and thousands jobs will be lost if the Scottish Government will introduce plain box packaging for cigarettes. A paper by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), supported by tobacco giant Philip Morris which produces Marlboro cigarettes, states that