dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – West Virginia rated three F's and two D's in the American Lung Association’s 24th annual “State of Tobacco Control” report. The report says, “West Virginia’s grades show that the state must step up efforts to reduce tobacco use to protect ...
The Biden administration recently stopped a plan to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes. The excellent arguments for why they are dangerous were overcome by good arguments for why making them illegal didn’t make sense. In a world of optimal health, no one would be smoking menthol ...
CHARLESTON — A bill that would make it illegal for an adult to smoke in a car where kids are passengers remains alive in the final week of the legislative session. The House Finance Committee approved SB 378 in a 9-7 split vote in a Monday morning meeting. There were nine committee ...
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate and House of Delegates plowed through long lists of bills on Tuesday, in preparation for Crossover Day on Wednesday. School sports, smoking and deep fakes were among the topics. Crossover Day is the 50th day of the session, when bills must pass out of their ...
MORGANTOWN – Senate Judiciary cruised through a series of bills on Friday, dealing with churches, sexual assault, and belief-based student organizations, but the one that spurred the most debate was one to raise the legal smoking age. SB 717 raises the age for the legal purchase of ...
Good: SB 159 — “prohibiting smoking in vehicle when minor 16 or under is present.” This bill passed the Senate and was sent to House Finance. It is an indisputable fact that secondhand smoke is dangerous. That’s why smoking is now prohibited in a variety of spaces — ...