Articles tagged: smoking ban
Michigan Daily: Majority on University of Michigan's campus support smoking ban
Posted: May 09, 2013Two years after banning smoking on campus, cigarettes are apparently losing their popularity on University of Michigan's campus. Read more »
New U-M study finds smoking ban has not killed the bottom line of bars, restaurants
Posted: Sep 17, 2012More than two years after it went into effect, Michigan’s indoor smoking ban at businesses has had no significant negative impact on bars and restaurants, concludes a state-commissioned study conducted by University of Michigan researchers ... Read more »
EDITORIAL: Efforts to roll back Michigan's smoking ban should be soundly rejected
Posted: May 06, 2012In the two years since the smoking ban went into effect in Michigan, a couple of things have become abundantly clear. The first is that the ban enjoys widespread popular support. The second is that ... Read more »
Debate still lights up over Michigan smoking ban
Posted: Apr 29, 2012This story has been removed from our site after 30 days as required by our digital use agreement with the Associated Press. Read more »
Opinion: Praising the virtues of passing special education millage, smoking ban. Questioning the logic of children hunting
Posted: May 08, 2011Musings on the news of the past week: Read more »
With poll: Restaurant air quality improves, but debate continues a year after the smoking ban
Posted: May 01, 2011Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com It's been a year today since the workplace smoking ban took effect in Michigan, but the debate about whether the ban stomps on personal freedoms or protects the public health ... Read more »
University of Michigan smoke-free policy bans smoking in parking lots, but not cars
Posted: Jan 24, 2011The University of Michigan has fine-tuned its smoke-free policy to allow individuals to light up in their vehicles and sidewalks adjacent to main public roads — but not anywhere else. While people can smoke in ... Read more »
Hooray for the smoking ban!
Posted: Jun 15, 2010I am a longtime supporter of non-smoking venues, so you can imagine my immense glee when the smoking ban was recently enacted for Michigan restaurants! I worked with the American Lung Association of Michigan in ... Read more »
Ann Arbor bars report no loss of business one month after Michigan's smoking ban
Posted: Jun 01, 2010One month after state law barred smoking in their establishments, tavern and restaurant owners around Ann Arbor are not reporting any dramatic downturn in their business. And the reaction among patrons -- while still going ... Read more »
Adapting to smoking ban's rules isn't crystal clear for Ann Arbor bars, restaurants
Posted: May 02, 2010Downtown Ann Arbor restaurants and bars found themselves under a cloud of uncertainty in the first hours of the statewide smoking ban on Saturday. Michigan’s Smoke-Free Air Law went into effect at 6 a.m. At ... Read more »
Opinion: Michiganders given the gift of smoke-free air
Posted: May 02, 2010At 6 a.m. on Saturday, Michigan became the 38th state to become smoke free; protecting its workers and citizens alike from the dangers of secondhand smoke. Much time and effort has been devoted to urging ... Read more »
Hours to go: Washtenaw County bars brace for Michigan smoking ban that starts at 6 a.m. Saturday
Posted: Apr 30, 2010The clock is ticking for smokers who want to light a cigarette in one of Michigan’s bars, restaurants and most other public spaces. Michigan's Smoke-Free Air Law takes effect at 6 a.m. Saturday. And with ... Read more »
Many Ann Arbor restaurant, bar owners eager to snuff out smoking as ban approaches
Posted: Apr 18, 2010The statewide smoking ban may be heralding big changes for Michigan’s hospitality industry, but Ann Arbor bar and restaurant owners largely aren’t sweating the switch to smoke free. Read more »
Smoking ban will improve health, increase revenues
Posted: Jan 17, 2010Michigan will join 37 other states in adopting a smoke-free law. This law will enhance the quality of indoor air and protect workers from the damaging effects that secondhand smoke has on health. Smoking is ... Read more »
Smoking ban is another blow to our freedom to make our own choices
Posted: Dec 27, 2009Hail, all hail, to the State. The State has banned smoking. Don’t you feel safer? The State has banned cancer. Don’t you feel healthier? You no longer live in a country where people choose their ... Read more »
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