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Estonia bans smoking in prisons

Alli Vahtila
ERR News
Mon, 14 Aug 2017 20:09 UTC
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Viru Prison in Jõhvi, Northeastern Estonia. April 2017.
The Estonian state is to ban smoking in prison exercise areas beginning Oct. 1.

Ministry of Justice spokesperson Dagne Mihkels told ERR that inmates in Estonian prisons are already currently limited to just three cigarettes per day, and that a greater change to the smoking policy took effect in 2010.

"Opportunities for smoking in prisons are already currently very limited," Mihkels explained. "Inmates can currently only smoke in the exercise area, and up to three cigarettes per day, which are dispensed to them by prison guards, so prisons don't facilitate chain smoking anyway. If needed, inmates will receive treatment for nicotine addiction."

The ministry spokesperson noted that the ban on smoking inside prisons entered into force in 2010.

"Before that, inmates could smoke as many cigarettes per day as they were able to buy," he recalled, "And so the 2010 change had a significantly greater impact than the current change. Some people at the time talked about the threat of a prison riot, but such thoughts remained more lore."
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Smoking banned in Lebanon parks, city-owned buildings

Tim Camerato
Valley News
Thu, 04 May 2017 19:54 UTC
© Valley News - James M. Patterson
The City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to adopt a smoking ban in Lebanon's parks and outside city-owned buildings.

The ban, which includes chewing tobacco and e-cigarettes, is scheduled to take effect on July 1.

It forbids smoking in about a dozen public areas throughout Lebanon, but city officials say they're planning to build several designated smoking spaces.

"What we are not saying is that smoking is going to be banned everywhere or that smokers do not have the right to smoke," Paul Coats, Lebanon's director of recreation and parks, cautioned the council on Wednesday night.

Coats said his department has been considering a smoking ban for years, but wanted to wait and see how other communities implemented similar restrictions. With Wednesday's vote, Lebanon joins Claremont and Newport, two other Upper Valley communities that ban smoking in some capacity on public property.

Comment: The Fascist war on smoking tobacco continues. See:

Lies, Damned Lies & 400,000 Smoking-related Deaths: Cooking the Data in the Fascists' Anti-Smoking Crusade

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Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, a smoker for 50 years, quits then gets lung cancer

Ben Beaumont-Thomas
The Guardian
Mon, 07 Aug 2017 12:52 UTC
© Norman Seef
Ron Wood, 1979
Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has revealed he was diagnosed with lung cancer earlier this year.

During a routine health check, his doctor asked if he could also check his heart, lungs and blood - and discovered what Wood describes as "a supernova burning away on my left lung... He asked me what I wanted to do and my answer was simple: 'Just get it out of me.'" The cancer hadn't spread to his lymph nodes, meaning that after a five-hour operation, Wood is healthy for now.

Wood, who smoked for 50 years before giving up when his wife gave birth to twin daughters, told the Mail on Sunday that he hadn't considered chemo - but not because he didn't think it would work. "It's more I wasn't going to lose my hair. This hair wasn't going anywhere. I said, 'No way.' And I just kept the faith it would be all right." He had to wait for a week before receiving his test results: "There was a week when everything hung in the balance and it could have been curtains, time to say goodbye."

Wood warned: "People have to get checked. Seriously have to get checked. I was bloody lucky but then I've always had a very strong guardian angel looking out for me. By rights I shouldn't be here."

Comment: Specifically, he quit in May 2016. By May 2017, they were cutting a tumor out of him.

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Britain investigates British American Tobacco on suspicion of corruption

Josie Cox
Independent, UK
Tue, 01 Aug 2017 16:14 UTC
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The Serious Fraud Office has launched an investigation into suspicions of corruption at British American Tobacco and its subsidiaries.

The maker of cigarette brands including Dunhill and Lucky Strike said in a statement that it intends to cooperate with the investigation. It did not provide any further details.

Last year, the tobacco giant said that it had appointed an external law firm to conduct a full investigation into historical allegations of misconduct in Africa. At the time it also said that it was liaising with the SFO.

Earlier this year, BAT announced that it had created a board sub-committee to monitor matters relating to that investigation. It also said it had started a project in 2016 to review and strengthen its compliance procedures.
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Israel moves to ban smoking


Sputnik
Sat, 22 Jul 2017 13:19 UTC
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Israel's Health Ministry has moved to shut down all smoking rooms in public buildings, except for certain medical and mental health facilities.

To address the public health effects caused by smoking, the Parliament's Drug Abuse Prevention and Labor, Social Affairs and Health Committees are also supporting legislation that will allow lawsuits totalling NIS 40 billion against tobacco companies operating in the country.

Ya'acov Litzman, Israel's health minister, told a Wednesday committee session that the ministry intends to get tough on anti-smoking legislation, possibly in response to past criticism of taking it easy on tobacco companies.

The new legislation will include banning smoking in parts of hospitals, sports facilities, retirement homes, kindergartens, parking lots, playgrounds, zoos, restaurants and other public places, according to the Jerusalem Post.

Comment: Smoke, Lies and the Nanny State

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Rise in prison violence after smoking ban in Wales prison


BBC
Thu, 20 Jul 2017 21:02 UTC
© BBC
A rise in the number of violent and self harm incidents at Parc Prison could be linked to the smoking ban, a review has found.

The report said the ban at the Bridgend site had been well-managed and some prisoners had since stopped smoking.

But it said tobacco and other contraband was still getting in and it was concerned about drones being used.

The prison's director Janet Wallsgrove said the number of violent incidents increased but were now dropping.

Although no analysis has been carried out, the review said the ban "might be a factor" in the rise in violence.

Comment: Given the stress-reducing benefits of smoking tobacco, the rise in prison violence is not surprising. See:

A comprehensive review of the many health benefits of smoking Tobacco

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Fascist anti-smoking crusade: Prisons in Scotland to ban smoking by 2018

Hilary Duncanson
The Scotsman
Mon, 17 Jul 2017 19:30 UTC
© Robert Perry/TSPL
HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow.
Smoking will be prohibited in Scotland's jails by the end of next year under plans announced by prison chiefs.

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) says it intends to make all jails north of the border "smoke-free" by November 2018. The move is designed to tackle the "unacceptably high risk" posed to the health of prisoners, staff and visitors by passive smoking. ]

The announcement was accompanied by the launch of a major report on prison workers' exposure to second-hand smoke.

The large-scale study led by the University of Glasgow - described as the most comprehensive analysis of its kind in the world - found workers' exposure to such smoke is similar to that experienced by someone living in a typical smoking home in Scotland.

Comment: For the truth about tobacco and why the PTB want to stamp it out, see:

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Planting a Fascist anti-smoking seed? Forbes asks: should smoking be a tort?

Michael I. Krauss
Forbes
Fri, 23 Jun 2017 13:56 UTC
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The city council of my county's seat (Rockville, Montgomery County Maryland) is debating a proposal to ban smoking in outdoor dining areas of restaurants. Four states (Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, and Washington) already have statewide bans in place, as do many cities, including one other in Maryland (La Plata, in Charles County).

At least thirty states already ban all smoking inside restaurants and bars. What I want to know is whether these bans are a good idea, or whether markets should be relied on to provide appropriate facilities for smoking. Relatedly, I wonder whether smoking should be seen as a tort.

And now a disclaimer: I hate tobacco. I have never taken a cent from a tobacco company in consulting fees, and would never work for them as a lawyer. I have never smoked, and my wife and I have never allowed smoking in any home we have ever owned (going back to the 1970's, when our smoking ban was extremely unusual and roundly condemned by friends and relatives alike). I would threaten to disown one of my children if he or she took up smoking. I believe that states have the constitutional right to ban tobacco sales altogether (though it would arguably be cruel to do this, given that millions of Americans legally consume this product and would have recourse to a massive black market were a ban set up). Indeed, I have read a report that upwards of fifteen states apparently did ban tobacco between 1890 and 1927. One state's ban was challenged and upheld by the Supreme Court (Austin v. Tennessee,21 S.Ct. 132 (1900)). No state wants to ban tobacco today, I think, likely in part because states currently accrue as much or more revenue from tobacco than do cigarette manufacturers.

Comment: Here is a more objective 'rub':


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Nigerian government launches Fascist smoking ban; heavy fines, jail terms for smoking in public

Wale Odunsi
Daily Post
Sat, 17 Jun 2017 19:32 UTC

Smoking: it's healthier than Fascism!
The Nigerian Government has launched a campaign to ban smoking in public places including motor parks, shopping malls and health care centres.

Ministry of Health in a communiqué yesterday said according to Section 9 of the Nigeria Tobacco Control Act 2015, once convicted, offenders are liable to a fine of at least N50, 000 and/or six months' imprisonment.

Tagged the Clean Air Campaign, the ministry said the law would be taken seriously to protect and promote the citizens' right to health, life, physical integrity and safety. It reads, "The World Health Organisation estimates that worldwide, second-hand tobacco smoke is currently responsible for the deaths of about 600,000 people yearly, 80 per cent of which occur in low-income and middle-income countries like Nigeria.

"Smoking in public places is now banned in Nigeria. Section 9 of the Nigeria Tobacco Control Act 2015 stipulates that offenders, once convicted, are liable to a fine of not less than N50,000 or not less than six months' imprisonment, or both.

Comment: More anti-smoking hysteria based on lies. See:

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The push is on to ban smoking on patios in Winnipeg, Canada


ChrisD.ca
Mon, 12 Jun 2017 07:45 UTC
© Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press
Two organizations have come out in support of banning smoking on all outdoor restaurant and bar patios in Winnipeg.

The Canadian Cancer Society and Manitoba Tobacco Reduction Alliance (MANTRA) will appear before the city's standing policy committee on protection, community services and parks today in support of a ban.

Winnipeg is the last major city in the country without such a smoking ban on outdoor patios.

"The time for study and consultation is over," said Erin Crawford, the Canadian Cancer Society's senior director of public issues and community engagement.

"Winnipeg is being left behind. The science is clear and hundreds of communities throughout Canada that have already implemented this sort of ban."

Comment: See also:

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