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City stalls in its attempt to close Vancouver hookah lounges

North Shore News 22 Sep 2023
Traditionally, instead of the flavoured molasses, the cups at the tops of the hookah devices contain tobacco ... “The provincial Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act and Regulation, enforced by VCH (Vancouver Coastal Health,) is specific to tobacco and vapour products,” VCH told BIV in an email.
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FDA Must Crack Down on Retailers Selling Tobacco to Teens: Report

Napa Valley Register 21 Sep 2023
“The small number of retailers that repeatedly violate the Tobacco Control Act are often not subjected to more punitive actions. This risks undermining FDA’s efforts to control youth access to ...
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FDA must do more to penalize retailers that illegally sell tobacco to kids, government review finds

CNN 21 Sep 2023
... US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report ... The report says that “responding effectively to serial violators remains a challenge for FDA.” “The small number of retailers that repeatedly violate the Tobacco Control Act are often not subjected to more punitive actions.
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B.C. government urged to tighten regulations on illicit drug use in public spaces

North Shore News 20 Sep 2023
• quickly amending the Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act to enable supervised consumption and other harm-reduction facilities to allow inhalation or smoking of drugs where operations can otherwise be demonstrated as WorkSafeBC-compliant; and,.
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Greater addiction, mental health supports needed, UBCM tells Victoria

North Shore News 20 Sep 2023
Municipalities (UBCM) delegates voted Sept. 20 ... That didn’t happen. The resolution said the province can quickly amend the Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act to enable supervised consumption and other harm reduction facilities to allow inhalation or smoking of drugs where operations can otherwise be demonstrated as WorkSafe compliant ... .
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Lack of tobacco law enforcement attracts more consumers

The Point 19 Sep 2023
The Tobacco Control Act 2016 also prohibited a person from smoking in any public place and within 100 meters of a public place ... of the Tobacco Control Act 2016 ... The police were contacted for comment on the enforcement of the Tobacco Control Act 2016 but efforts proved futile.
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Youth Congress bill seeks 40% excise tax on vapes

Guam Pacific Daily News 19 Sep 2023
Act becomes law, vaping products will finally be regulated in a similar manner to cigarettes and tobacco products,” Toh said ... Act will impose a tax on all vaping products sold in Guam to reduce the usage of nicotine devices among the island’s youth and is modeled on the Tobacco Control Act of 2006.”.
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Gray Labor: The U.S. Cities Where More Seniors Are Working Past Retirement

The Hill 15 Sep 2023
We’re working longer ... You’ll be working in the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products, which is responsible for carrying out the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, passed in 2009. You’ll be providing authoritative advice on potential and emerging tobacco policy and regulatory issues and because it’s remote, you can work from home.
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Hunter Biden indicted on federal gun charges for allegedly lying about drug addiction

News Press 15 Sep 2023
The Gun Control Act prohibits drug users from possessing firearms. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ruled the ban applies to "a conviction for use or possession of a controlled substance within the past year." ... drug, or any other controlled substance.".
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Cigarettes are cool again, thanks to regulators, by Lindsey Stroud

Atlantic City 09 Sep 2023
This is troublesome, but it indicates a more significant problem permeating decades-long tobacco control efforts. This issue dates to the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA), which gave the Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate tobacco products.
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Advocates Want Cannabis Descheduled Not Rescheduled

LA Weekly 07 Sep 2023
Later in the spring, he called for more transparency in the wider Controlled Substances Act scheduling process ... Like Blumenauer, NORML has been calling for cannabis to be removed from the Controlled Substances Act for years.
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Federal prosecutors intend to seek indictment of Hunter Biden by Sept. 29

Recordnet 07 Sep 2023
Under the federal Speedy Trial Act, the clock ... The Gun Control Act prohibits drug users from possessing firearms. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ruled the ban applies to "a conviction for use or possession of a controlled substance within the past year.".
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Walker County Sheriff's Office booking report for Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023

Walker & Catoosa County News 31 Aug 2023
(FVA=Family Violence Act; FTA=Failure to appear; VGCSA=Violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act). WADDLE JACE A W/M 20 MISD POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL UNDER 21, POSSESSION OF TOBACCO RELATED OBJECTS BY A ...
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Children National Assembly Tasks Government to Implement Children’s Act

Foroyaa 14 Aug 2023
... implementation and enforce the Children’s (Amendment) Act 2016 ... “Effectively enforce and implement the Tobacco Control Act and the National Drug Law Enforcement Act to ensure that no child is involved in the buying of tobacco or any other harmful and illegal substances and drugs.
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Public smoking epidemic in Gelephu sparks calls for stricter enforcement

Kuensel 12 Aug 2023
The official said that the police have been empowered under the Tobacco Act to enforce its provisions and monitor the situation accordingly ... The Tobacco Act states that the person in charge who finds a person smoking in places other than the designated area shall request the offender to refrain from smoking.

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