Protecting Children & Young Adults

GASP keeps you on top of tobacco control news and issues by posting smokefree news stories. GASP was mentioned in or was interviewed for the 2024 stories marked with an asterisk (*) below.

• 12-20-16:

  Paramus to consider raising age for buying tobacco (Melanie Anzidei, NorthJersey.com)  

• 12-14-16:

  National Report: New Jersey Tied for Last in Protecting Kids from Tobacco (Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, PR Newswire)

• 12-08-16: *

  U.S. Surgeon General’s Report concerned about youth e-cig use (Susan Livio, NJ Star-Ledger)

• 10-12-16: *

  Haledon BOH passes law requiring tobacco age 21 (Kristie Cattafi, The Gazette)

• 10-08-16: *

  Princeton Board of Health requires a license to sell e-cigarettes (reporter Philip Sean Curran, Princeton Packet)

• 07-20-16: *

  Princeton BOH to license retailers that sell e-cigarettes (Phillip Sean Curran, Princeton Packet)

• 05-22-16:

  Highland Park to require a license to sell e-cigarettes (Carly Baldwin, The Patch)

• 04-06-16: *

  FDA to regulate e-cigarettes (Brenda Flanagan, NJTV News)

• 04-05-16:

  Convenience stores protest Boston’s flavored tobacco ban (CSPnet, Melissa Vonder Haar)

• 03-31-16: *

  West Orange looks at tobacco 21 policy  (West Orange Chronicle, Sean Quinn)

• 03-24-16: *

  West Orange considers raising tobacco age of sale to 21, licensing e-cigarette retailers (TapintoWestOrange.com, Chris Harewood and Joe Ricci)

• 03-23-16:

  New England Journal of Medicine on statewide tobacco 21 laws (Dr. Winickoff, et. al)

• 03-20-16:

  Highland Park poised to require license to sell e-cigarettes (Star-Ledger, Spencer Kent)

• 03-16-16:

  Chicago City Council raises the age to 21 to be sold tobacco and e-cigarettes (MSNBC, Mary Ann Ahern)

• 03-16-16: *

  GASP awarded $50,000 from CVS Health Foundation and Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CVS Health Foundation)

• 03-16-16: *

  Highland Park poised to require retailers get a license if they sell e-cigarettes (New Brunswick Patch, Carly Baldwin)

• 03-14-16:

  Costco phasing out tobacco sales (TheStreet.com, Brian Sozzi)

• 03-14-16: *

  Belleville celebrates Kick Butts Day with GASP/YMCA ribbon cutting ceremony (Belleville Times, Mollie Gray)

• 03-11-16:

  Tobacco industry threatens if California Governor signs Tobacco 21 law (Sacramento Bee, Jeremy White) 

• 03-08-16:

  NJ State Tobacco Control Bills Voted Through Committees (Star-Ledger, Brent Johnson)

• 03-05-16:

  NY Times Editorial Board Supports Tobacco Age 21 for California (Editorial Board, The New York Times)

• 02-28-16:

  NYC proposes ban on smokeless tobacco use at baseball stadiums (5 news outlets)

• 02-25-16:

  Hookah Bars May Soon Be a Lot Tougher to Find (New York Magazine, Samuel Lieberman)

• 02-22-16: *

  NJ State bill to raise age to 21 passes in Committee (NJ 101.5 FM, David Matthau)

• 02-13-16:

  Star-Ledger Wants Flavored E-cigs Banned in NJ (Star-Ledger Editorial Board)

• 02-04-16: *

  Governor Christie vetoes age 21 bill, Wayne continues its spot checks (Wayne Today, reporter Debra Winters)

• 02-03-16:

  Stop Corrupting Kids with Flavored Vapes (Star-Ledger Editorial)

• 02-01-16:

  Films showing smoking scenes should be rated to protect children from tobacco addiction (WHO)

• 02-01-16:

  WHO ask for ratings if films show smoking scenes (WHO press release)

• 01-25-16:

  CDC airs new ads on quitting smoking

• 01-19-16:

  Study shows a NJ smoker spends $1.2 million over lifetime related to their smoking (NJ 101.5 reporter Louis Hochman, Wallet Hub reporter Richie Bernardo)

• 01-19-16:

  NJ Gov. Christie vetoes tobacco 21 age of sale bill; signs into law requiring child-resistant nicotine packaging (Star-Ledger, Item of Millburn/Short Hills,)

• 01-19-16: *

  NJ Gov. Christie vetoes tobacco 21 age of sale bill; signs into law requiring child-resistant nicotine packaging (Star-Ledger, Wall Street Journal, Item of Millburn/Short Hills)

• 01-19-16: *

  Update: Millburn advocates sounds off as Christie vetoes Tobacco 21 bill (The Item of Millburn & Short Hills)

• 01-19-16: *

  Millburn advocates sound off as Christie faces tobacco bill deadline (The Item of Millburn & Short Hills)

• 01-17-16: *

  NYC Comptroller hosts Rally to stop marketing e-cigarettes to kids (NY1)

• 01-12-16:

  New Jersey may be second state to raise smoking age to 21 (Ben Finley, NorthJersey.com)

• 01-11-16:

  The federal U.S. Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act awaits Pres. Obama’s signing

• 01-11-16:

  Gov. Christie gets bill banning tobacco sales to those under 21 (Susan K.Livio, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

• 01-08-16:

  NJ May Raise Legal Age to Buy Cigarettes (Erin Delmore, NJTV News)

• 01-07-16:

  5 big things N.J. lawmakers are frantically trying to squeeze in (Brent Johnson and Susan K. Livio, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

• 01-07-16:

  N.J. lawmakers vote to raise age to buy cigarettes from 19 to 21 (Susan K. Livio, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

• 01-07-16: *

  Tobacco 21 passes NJ Assembly Committee (Wall Street Journal, Reporter Kate King; The Record, John C. Ensslin)

• 01-07-16:

  NJ inches closer to setting legal age for tobacco at 21 (NJ101.5, Kevin McArdle)

• 01-02-16:

  Bill to raise age of sale of tobacco in New Jersey still pending in State Assembly (CBS Philly, David Madden)

• 01-01-16:

  Ireland bans smoking in cars with children under age 18 inside (Ireland TV)

• 12-29-15: *

  NJ bill to require child-resistant liquid nicotine packaging awaits Governor’s signature (WMBC-TV, Anchor Mark Fontes)

• 12-28-15:

  U.S. Navy to comply with Hawaii’s new tobacco 21 law 

• 12-20-15:

  NJ could raise smoking age to 21 (Courier-Post, Kim Mulford)

• 12-18-15:

  Boston requires age 21 to be sold tobacco and electronic smoking devices (The Boston Globe, John Ellement)

• 12-12-15:

  NJ Smoking Age May Be Raised To 21 (South Orange Patch, Eric Kiefer)

• 12-11-15:

  U.S. Senate unanimously passes Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act 

• 12-10-15:

  NJ Lawmakers consider boosting the age to sell tobacco to 21 (The Record’s State House Bureau, Reporters Dustin Racioppi and Salvador Rizzo) 

• 12-10-15: *

  Local Bergen County resident’s commitment to Tobacco 21 (Twin-Boro News, Assistant Editor Philip DeVencentis)

• 12-10-15:

  No cigarettes until you’re 21: N.J. lawmakers push bill raising tobacco sales age (Susan K. Livio, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

• 12-10-15: *

  Should legal age to buy cigarettes in N.J. be raised to 21? (Susan K. Livio, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

• 12-10-15:

  Assembly Panel Advances Pinkin & Sumter Legislation to Keep Liquid Nicotine out of the Hands of Children (Tapinto Edison)

• 12-08-15:

  New report shows NJ ranks last for funding tobacco control programs (Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids press release)

• 11-28-15:

  North Carolina’s child-resistant nicotine packaging law takes effect Dec. 1 (Winston-Salem Journal, Richard Craver)

• 11-19-15: *

  Hillsdale council says no to tobacco sales change (Pascack Valley Community Life, Katherine Milsop)

• 11-19-15:

  Lawsuit Exposes Cancer-Causing Chemicals from E-cigarettes (Center for Environmental Health, Press release)

• 11-13-15:

  Adult smoking rates decline in U.S. (MMWR report)

• 11-12-15: *

  Wyckoff imposes new smoking, tobacco sales restriction (Wyckoff Suburban News, Rebecca Greene)

• 11-10-15:

  Wycoff Raises Age to Purchase Cigarettes to 21 (Patch News, Daniel Hubbard)

• 10-29-15:

  Paterson raises age of sale for tobacco to age 21 (Paterson Press, Joe Malinconico)

• 10-29-15:

  Wyckoff proposes stubbing nicotine sales to those under 21 (Wyckoff Suburban News, Rebecca Greene)

• 10-29-15:

  Two NJ Stores may be Banned from Selling Tobacco for 30 Days (Star-Ledger, Jessica Mazzola)

• 10-29-15: *

  Hillsdale poised to raise age to 21 to be sold tobacco (Pascack Valley Community Life, Katherine Milsop)

• 10-28-15: *

  Paterson raises the age to be sold tobacco products to 21 (Paterson Times, Jayed Rahman)

• 10-26-15:

  American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends age 21 to be sold tobacco and e-cigarettes (AAP press release)

• 10-25-15:

  Paterson, N.J Could Increase Tobacco Purchase Age to 21 (Halfwheel, Patrick Lagreid)

• 10-22-15:

  Hillsdale proposed tobacco 21 ordinance (The Hillsdale Patch, Daniel Hubbard)

• 10-22-15:

  Belleville Board Of Education votes to designate smoke-free zones at schools (Belleville Times, Roman j. Uschak)

• 10-22-15:

  Hillsdale proposed tobacco 21 ordinance (Wyckoff Patch, Daniel Hubbard)

• 10-21-15:

  Vaping Not a Safe Alternative to Cigarettes (Ramapo News, Pauline Park)

• 10-20-15:

  Hillsdale N.J looks to raise age of sale for tobacco to 21 (The Record, Andrew Wyrich)

• 10-16-15:

  Pennsylvania introduces bill to increase age to 21 for tobacco sales and purchase (ABC News 27, Andrew Forgotch)

• 10-16-15: *

  Fort Lee discusses a Tobacco 21 ordinance (Fort Lee Suburbanite, Svetlana Shkolnikova)

• 10-15-15:

  Roselle Park Cigar Lounge allows smoking without a License (Roselle Park News, Saul Qersdyn)

• 10-14-15:

  Federal lawmakers want to raise smoking age to 21 (NJToday.net, Staff Reporter)

• 10-12-15:

  HBCU Push for Smoke Free Campuses (The Louisiana Weekly, Frederick H. Lowe)

• 10-12-15:

  U.S. Food & Drug Administration launches hip hop tobacco free youth campaign (FDA)

• 10-08-15: *

  Paterson City Council considers Tobacco 21 ordinance (Paterson Times, reporter Jayed Rahman)

• 09-30-15:

  France’s consumer protection agency issues e-cigarette refill warning (The Connexion)

• 09-30-15:

  2014 National Youth Tobacco Survey Finds 7 out of 10 Students who use tobacco also use flavored tobacco or e-cigarettes (September 30, 2015 MMWR Report on CDC studies)

• 09-29-15:

  Nicotine poisoning of young children increases 800% from 2012-2014; Attorneys General call for federal regulation (NY Attorney General’s website)

• 09-28-15:

  Tobacco Exposure Linked to Behavioral Problems in Children (University Herald)

• 09-21-15:

  Pot Use Increasing as Legalization Gains Steam (LifeZette News, Kevin Sabet)

• 09-19-15:

  Opinion: Raising Tobacco Purchasing to 21 Cuts Down on Smokers (Star Ledger,Senator Richard Codey)

• 09-17-15:

  Massachusetts establishes 18 years as minimum age of sale statewide; passes stronger regulation on child-resistant Packaging (The Daily Item, Gayla Cawley)

• 09-15-15: *

  Hillsdale Considers Tobacco 21 Policy (NorthJersey.com, Andrew Wyrich)

• 09-15-15:

  Harmons and Stop&Shop in Westfield sold tobacco products to minors.(Tapinto.net, Jill D’ambrosio )

• 09-15-15:

  Smoking to be banned from Play Parks (Edinburgh News, John-Paul Holden)

• 09-09-15:

  Teens Find New Use for E-Cigarette: Vaping Marijuana (USA Today, Christine Rushton)

• 09-05-15:

  Egg Harbor Township considers smokefree parks policy (Press of Atlantic City, reporter Nicholas Huba)

• 09-04-15:

  American Association of Family Physicians Requests FDA Require Warnings On Liquid Nicotine And Require Child-Resistant Packaging (AAFP)

• 09-02-15:

  Center for Environmental Health’s study found high levels of cancer-causing chemicals in e-cigarettes (CEH)

• 09-01-15:

  China bans tobacco ads in public places and to minors (WHO, Press release)

• 08-31-15:

  Massachusetts smokefree casino opening leads to reduced gaming at smoking-permitted Rhode Island casino

• 08-31-15:

  Study Finds E-Cigarette Liquid Lethal to Children if Ingested (Astro Awani Network News)

• 08-27-15: *

  Hillsdale plans to add e-cigarettes to their tobacco 19 ordinance (Pascack Valley Community Life, reporter Lianna Albrizio)

• 08-26-15:

  Study shows Smokefree Apartment Policies Beneficial to Owners and Residents (MedicalXpress.com, South Dakota State University)

• 08-26-15:

  Teens who use e-cigarettes are more likely to start smoking regular tobacco. (JAMA)

• 08-24-15:

  UK Isle of Jersey to ban smoking in cars with under age 18 (Channel – ITV News)

• 08-20-15:

  Harrah’s New Orleans casino revenues are up after smokefree city law (New Orleans Advocate, Richard Thompson)

• 08-18-15:

  Chicago Tribune’s editorial board supports Tobacco 21 laws (Chicago Tribune)

• 08-13-15: *

  NY state law on 100 feet smoker buffer zone by after school programs (Post Star)

• 08-12-15: *

  Westwood Passes its Tobacco 21 law

• 08-10-15: *

  Tenafly Passes Tobacco 21 Ordinance

• 08-06-15:

  Boulder County Housing Authority expands smokefree policy to include marijuana and e-cigarettes (Times-Call)

• 08-03-15:

  Mayor of San Francisco Signs an Ordinance to Ban Smokeless Tobacco from all Public Athletic Fields. ( NY Times)

• 07-31-15: *

  Edgewater considers raising age to 21 for tobacco sales (Edgewater View, reporter Svetlana Shkolnikova)

• 07-28-15:

  Pediatrics Journal reveals psychosocial factors of teen e-cigarette use (Reuters, Andrew M. Seaman):

• 07-19-15: *

  Paramus to discuss tobacco 21 sales (The Record, Allison Pries)

• 07-16-15: *

  Tenafly proposes new age limit to purchase tobacco products (Passaic Valley Today, Robert Christie)

• 07-13-15: *

  Rutherford becomes the 9th N.J town to raise the age of sale of tobacco to 21 (The Record, reporter Linda Moss)

• 07-09-15:

  Westwood Health Dept. Wants Tobacco 21 & Vaping Restrictions (Pascack Valley Community Life, Sarah Nolan)

• 07-09-15:

  Rutherford Proposes Tobacco 21

• 07-08-15:

  Princeton adopts new no-smoking rule (The Daily Princetonian, Jacob Donnelly)

• 07-08-15: *

  NJ Towns are raising the age to 21 to be sold tobacco (Star Ledger, reporter Dave Hutchinson)

• 07-06-15:

  Westwood expected to go tobacco 21

• 07-06-15:

  CDC study finds 75% of adults in favor of raising the age to 21 for tobacco sales

• 07-02-15:

  The Trentonian columnist concerned about smokefree parks ordinance (Trentonian, La Parker)

• 07-01-15:

  Terrace bans smoking indoors (The Daily Princetonian, Jessica Li)

• 06-27-15:

  Asbury Park Press editorial in favor of no smoking in cars with kids

• 06-25-15:

  Washington Post reports Hawaii raises smoking age to 21

• 06-25-15:

  Tenafly, NJ hears information on benefits to raise age of sale for tobacco products (Northern Valley Suburbanite, Robert Christie)

• 06-23-15:

  More teens using e-cigs and hookahs (Health Day, Mary Elizabeth Dallas)

• 06-23-15: *

  North Plainfield considers resolution in support of statewide tobacco 21 law (Courier News, Reporter Mike Deak)

• 06-22-15:

  Hawaii State Beaches and Parks Go Smokefree

• 06-18-15: *

  Belleville bans smoking in public parks and recreational facilities (Belleville Times, Roman J. Uschak)

• 06-17-15:

  Needham, Massachussetts 10-year study shows drop in teen smoking after raising tobacco age of sale to 21 in 2005.

• 06-17-15: *

  WMBC-TV Interviews GASP on Proposed Ban on Smoking in Cars with Children (TV, WMBC-TV, Reporter Lisa Voyticki)

• 06-16-15:

  North Plainfield, NJ may raise tobacco sale age to 21

• 06-16-15: *

  N.J. lawmakers advance bill banning smoking in cars with kids (The Star-Ledger, Reporter Susan K. Livio)

• 06-16-15: *

  Proposed Bill on Banning Smoking in Cars with Children Passes Senate Committee (TV, NJTV, Reporter Michael Hill)

• 06-15-15:

  NJ Senator Vitale’s bill banning smoking in cars with children passes Senate Health Committee (NJ 101.5)

• 06-15-15:

  NJ Panel OK’s Bill Banning Smoking in Vehicles when Kids Present (6ABC Action News)

• 06-12-15: *

  North Plainfield Moves Step Closer to Raising Legal Smoking Age (North Plainfield/Green Brook/Watchung TAP News, Reporter Victoria Caruso)

• 06-11-15: *

  Millburn celebrates smokefree parks with ribbon-cutting ceremony (The Item, Reporter Cecilia Levine)

• 06-11-15: *

  WMBC-TV interviews GASP on raising tobacco age of sale to 21 (TV, WMBC-TV, Reporter Lisa Voyticki)

• 06-10-15: *

  American Medical Association recommends tobacco 21 (The Star-Ledger, Reporter Susan Livio)

• 06-09-15:

   American Medical Association adopts resolution to require liquid nicotine be packaged in child-resistant containers.

• 06-09-15:

  American Medical Association wants to require 21 age of sale for e-cigarettes

• 06-05-15: *

  Dom Giordano Talk Radio 1210AM Philadelphia interviews GASP on smokefree cars for kids (Radio, WPHT 1210-AM Radio, Dom Giordano)

• 06-04-15: *

  N.J. Senator Vitale introduces bill to ban smoking in cars with children (The Star-Ledger, Reporter Susan Livio)

• 06-04-15:

  Oxford Journal Study Shows Effect of a Digital Social Media Campaign on Young Adult Smoking Cessation

• 06-02-15:

  California Senate passes bill to raise the age to 21 for sales of tobacco and electronic smoking devices

• 06-02-15:

  N.J. Lawmaker Proposes Ban on Smoking with Children in Car

• 06-02-15: *

  N.J. Drivers Who Smoke With Kids In Car Could Face Fines (The Star-Ledger, Reporter Susan Livio)

• 06-02-15: *

  Bill Introduced in New Jersey State Senate Would Ban Smoking in Cars with Children (TV, ABCTV, Reporter Michelle Charlesworth)

• 05-21-15:

  Kingman approves law banning smoking while driving with kids. (DailyMiner, Doug McMurdo)

• 05-16-15:

  University of Texas study finds 25% of college smokers using e-cigarettes

• 05-13-15:

  North Plainfield N.J. considers tobacco 21 ordinance

• 05-01-15:

  Russia offers smoking cessation to combat high smoking rates amongst women and young people

• 04-30-15:

  Montclair residents concerned about paraphernalia shop near a school bus stop and school

• 04-28-15: *

  Surge in Bergen County towns raising age of tobacco and e-cigarette sales to 21 (The Record, Reporter Linda Moss)

• 04-23-15: *

  City raises age to buy tobacco products in Garfield N.J. (Community News, Reporter Kristie Cattafi)

• 04-22-15: *

  Princeton becomes 7th N.J. town prohibiting tobacco sales to customers under 21 (Two Earned Media Stories: Times of Trenton, Reporter Nicole Mulvaney; Associated Press)

• 04-21-15:

  Princeton seeks to prohibit tobacco sales under the age of 21

• 04-16-15:

  CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) releases 2014 National Youth Tobacco Survey results

• 04-16-15:

  Use of E-Cigarettes Rises Sharply Among Teenagers, Report Says

• 04-16-15:

  Highland Parks NJ Adopts 21 Age of Sale for Tobacco Products Including Electronic Smoking Devices

• 04-13-15:

  NY State toddler dies from ingesting liquid nicotine

• 04-09-15:

  Princeton Ordinance Prohibiting Sale of Tobacco Products To Get Public Hearing

• 04-02-15:

  Celebrate National OMMH month and Tobacco-Free Living for the Newark’s Ivy Hill Neighborhood Association

• 04-02-15:

  Celebrate National OMMH month and Tobacco-Free Living in Belleville

• 04-01-15:

  Princeton Considers Raising Legal Age to Buy Tobacco

• 03-31-15:

  Princeton raising the age of tobacco sales to 21 (Times of Trenton and Planet Princeton)

• 03-25-15:

  Advocates push to raise smoking age to 21 in Rhode Island

• 03-19-15:

  The Daily Princetonian Letter to the editor: On Princeton Board of Health’s proposed tobacco sale prohibitions

• 03-18-15: *

  Garfield considers raising the age to be sold tobacco to 21 (Community News, Reporter Kristie Cattafi)

• 03-17-15:

  Approval of Powdered Alcohol Raises Concerns About Use

• 03-12-15:

  IOM concludes raising age of tobacco sales to 21 saves lives

• 03-06-15:

  Highland Park may raise age for buying cigarettes to 21

• 03-02-15:

  OSU Release White Paper on Age of Sale for Tobacco Products to 21

• 03-02-15:

  The New Jersey Poison Information & Education System Issues Media Alerts On Dangers Of Tobacco Products Including E-Cigarettes and Nicotine Liquids

• 02-23-15: *

  The Times of Trenton’s Editorial supports Princeton’s 21 age of tobacco sale ordinance (Times of Trenton Editorial Board)

• 02-19-15: *

  Princeton Board of Health interested in tobacco 21 age of sale (The Princeton Packet, Reporter Philip Sean Curran)

• 02-17-15:

  Trenton NJ Considers Smoking Ban and Enforcement

• 02-15-15:

  Schools Start Treating e-Cigarettes as Drug Paraphernalia

• 02-09-15:

  Increased risk of diabetes to daughters exposed to tobacco smoke in utero

• 01-21-15:

  Washington state’s attorney general proposes bill to lift smoking age to 21

• 01-16-15:

  Hackensack officials torn on raising age to buy tobacco

• 01-07-15: *

  FiOS1 News reports on Hackensack considering a tobacco 21 age of sale ordinance (Verizon FIOS1 News, Reporter Jeff Frankel)

• 01-07-15:

  Hackensack Officials Consider Raising Age For Tobacco Purchases To 21

• 01-01-15:

  Suffolk County bans the sale of tobacco, electronic smoking devices and liquid nicotine to person under age 21

• 12-29-14:

  Child Labor on U.S. Tobacco Farms (NY Times)

• 12-29-14:

  NY State Bans Sale of Liquid Nicotine to Minors, Requires Child Tamper-Proof Containers

• 12-17-14: *

  Smoking Down, Vaping Up Among U.S. Teens, Studies show (The Star-Ledger, Reporter Tim Darragh; U.S. Finance Post, Reporter Zachary Harris)

• 12-16-14:

  Columbia Missouri bans tobacco and e-cigarette sales to persons under age 21, bans e-cigarette use inside public places and workplaces

• 12-16-14:

  National Institutes of Health (NIH) Survey Shows Increase in E-Cig Use Among Youth

• 12-15-14:

  Connecticut and Hawaiian teens use e-cigarettes at alarming rates

• 12-15-14:

  E-Cigarettes May Lure Teens into Traditional Smoking

• 12-14-14:

  Macomb, Michigan bans new hookah lounges and minors from possessing hookah paraphernalia

• 11-24-14:

  Hookah health warning: Researchers say fumes contain killer chemical benzene

• 11-22-14:

  Parsippany NJ student suspended for 4 days from possessing electronic vaporizer

• 11-13-14:

  NJ Seeks Chewing Tobacco Ban in Schools

• 11-13-14: *

  Teaneck N.J. Bans Tobacco Sales to People Under 21 (The Record, Reporter Aaron Morrison)

• 11-01-14:

  No retail impact if tobacco sale age raised to 21, as per American Journal of Public Health

• 10-28-14:

  Wall Street Journal on Cities Increasing the Tobacco Age of Sale to 21

• 10-15-14:

  Hunterdon County NJ school districts ban students from possessing electronic smoking devices.

• 10-15-14:

  NJ high school student suspended for possessing electronic smoking device paraphernalia

• 10-07-14: *

  N.Y.C. Councilman Constantinides Introduces Bill to Prevent Nicotine Addiction (NYC City Council Website)

• 10-01-14:

  Buffalo Moves to Regulate E-Cigarette Stores

• 09-17-14: *

  Montville, N.J. to Introduce Ordinance on Smokefree Parks (Neighbor News, Reporter Gail Bottone)

• 09-16-14: *

  WMBC-TV reports on smoking rates in N.J. and N.Y. (TV, WMBC-TV, Reporter Lisa Voyticki)

• 09-13-14:

  Phillipsburg NJ to do 100% smokefree parks

• 09-12-14:

  Sayreville, NJ Increasing Age of Sale for Cigarettes to 21

• 09-06-14:

  Just 13, and Working Risky 12-Hour Shifts in the Tobacco Fields

• 09-02-14:

  CDC Reports Quarter-Million Youth Who Had Never Smoked used E-Cigs in 2013

• 08-29-14:

  Medway Massachusetts Board of Health Passes Increase to Age of Sale

• 08-13-14:

  JAMA Article Explores FDA Regulation of E-Cigs, Vaping Culture, and Youth Usage

• 08-11-14:

  Englewood’s Age 21 Smoking Limit Upsetting Retailers

• 08-10-14:

  Nassau NY Lawmaker Judy Jacobs Continues To Increase Age to Buy Tobacco

• 08-08-14: *

  Englewood N.J. Passes Law Requiring Age 21 To Be Sold Tobacco (The Record, Reporter Kim Lueddeke; The Star-Ledger, Reporter Kathryn Brenzel)

• 08-07-14:

  Rodeo Cowboy Speaks Out Against Chewing Tobacco Use (Parade, Lindsay Lowe)

• 08-07-14: *

  Englewood N.J. bans tobacco sales to persons under age 21 (Northern Valley Suburbanite, reporter Stephanie Noda)

• 08-07-14: *

  Fox News reports on N.J. bill to raise the age of tobacco sales to 21 (Fox News)

• 08-07-14:

  Senator Turner Proposes Legislation to Prohibit The Advertising of Products to Minors on Websites Including Cigarettes

• 08-07-14: *

  The Washington Times Reports On N.J. Bill To Raise The Age Of Tobacco Sales To 21

• 08-06-14:

  E-cigarettes banned from Glen Rock, NJ school property

• 07-30-14:

  New Study Examines Teen Use of Flavored Tobacco Products in New York City

• 07-29-14:

  Children’s cancer risk increases if live with a smoker (IrishHealth.com)

• 07-29-14:

  Increased Tobacco Ban Impending in Turkey

• 07-28-14:

  Little Falls NJ Police Crackdown on Underage Tobacco Sales

• 07-23-14:

  Vermont Police Issued First Ticket Banning Smoking In Cars With Children (CT Post)

• 07-23-14:

  U.S. News & World Report Examines How Unhealthy Hookah is For Users

• 07-03-14: *

  Englewood N.J. taking steps to raise age limit to buy tobacco products (Northern Valley Suburbanite, Reporter Stephanie Noda)

• 06-30-14:

  Celebrity endorsement of e-cigarettes pose grave health concern (Bloomberg Businessweek)

• 06-24-14:

  The Case for Banning Cigarettes Entirely, Forever, This Time I Mean It (Bloomberg Businessweek)

• 06-18-14:

  Millburn Township Committee Considers Smoking Ban for Parks

• 05-24-14:

  Vermont bans sale of e- cigarette liquids if container is not child-proof, effective January 1, 2015.

• 05-14-14:

  Rutgers Study on Flavored Cigars Luring Teens and Young Adults

• 04-02-14:

  World No Tobacco Day on May 31, 2014

• 03-17-14: *

  RI Senate Passes Bill Allowing Police To Give Verbal Warning to Those Smoking with Child in Car (2 Earned Media: Rhode Island General Assembly Press Release; Patch.Com)

• 02-11-14:

  United Kingdom agrees to ban smoking in cars when children are present (World Bulletin, Shields Gazette)

• 01-23-14:

  Tobacco 21 — An Idea Whose Time Has Come

• 12-20-13:

  New law signed: No tobacco sales under 21 in Hawaii County

• 11-22-13:

  BarZapp app verifies age of tobacco buyers

• 11-01-13:

  New Jersey school districts add ban on electronic smoking devices to school policies

• 10-26-13:

  Ban smoking with kids in the car in N.J.: Editorial

• 10-23-13:

  Association of Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy With Infant Hospitalization and Mortality Due to Infectious Diseases

• 10-22-13:

  More than 40 percent of middle and high schoolers who smoke use flavored little cigars or flavored cigarettes (CDC Journal of Adolescent Health, CNN, The Boston Globe, The Star Ledger)

• 04-10-13: *

  Illinois explores legislation to protect young children from secondhand smoke in cars

• 02-22-13:

  British study finds drivers’ smoking give passengers high levels of secondhand smoke (Consumer Reports Health)

• 02-20-13:

  Connecticut explores legislation to protect young children from secondhand smoke in cars (WTNH)

• 11-28-12:

  Study supports need for smokefree vehicles to protect children (Science Daily)

• 11-16-12:

  Research shows children exposed to secondhand smoke in cars (Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, MedPage.com)

• 03-14-12:

  U.S. Surgeon General’s Report emphasizes the prevention of youth smoking

• 11-18-11:

  Ocean County YMCA becomes a complete tobacco free facility

• 10-04-11:

  England and Northern Ireland ban vending machine cigarette sales (Irish Dentist)

• 05-10-11:

  Secondhand smoke exposure increases risk of mental health disorders in children (Los Angeles Times)

• 11-02-10:

  School administrators can register by November 23 to attend a workshop for developing a comprehensive tobacco-free school policy

• 06-08-10:

  Secondhand smoke exposure reduced for children living with smokefree air laws (Harvard School of Public Health)

• 03-10-10:

  Children regularly exposed to tobacco smoke face a higher risk of developing early signs of clogged arteries (Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes)

• 12-30-09:

  Children regularly exposed to tobacco smoke are more likely to develop early emphysema in adulthood (Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health)