New York Shows Decline in Smoking Rates

On Monday, state officials said that in New York there was reported lowering of smoking rates. In past four years smoking rates among high school students has reduced by 42% to 7.3%, while the adult smoking rate has reduced to 14.5%, below the national average of 17.8%. State authorities say that smoking rates reduction occured

People Changing their Opinion About Smoking

Nearly 1,000 residents in Southern Tier, New York, showed a change in opinions about the habit of smoking. These are results of a survey in which participated residents from Steuben, Schuyler and Chemung Counties. The survey showed that the number of people with negative opinion on smoking in public places is getting increased. So what

In Newburgh Tobacco Selling Stores Need Local License

City Council in Newburgh, New York, approved on Monday a new licensing requirement which regulates more strictly sale of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars and other tobacco products in shops. From March 1, 2015, gas stations, convenience stores and all shops that do sell tobacco products need to have a city license. In order to get it,

New York City to Ban Display of Cigarettes

New York plans to raise legal smoking age to 21 and besides this to ban dispay of cigarettes in the stores. These anti-tobacco measures to be adopted soon as Michael R. Bloomberg intends to make New York a smoke-free city. However, authorities of the New York city say that e-cigarettes escape display ban in their