A New Hampshire House Bill scheduled to hit the state Senate floor today could lower tobacco tax rates, and area teens are hoping to see it snuffed out.
"I just honestly don't think it's a good idea," said Dover Youth to Youth teen Maddie Retrosi, 15. "This bill would not be a good thing."
The House Bill in question, HB156, has already passed in the House and plans to decrease the tobacco tax from $1.78 per pack of cigarettes to $1.68. It would also decrease the tobacco tax on other tobacco products from 65.03 percent to 48 percent of the product's wholesale price.
Cigarettes like Marlboro Red brand or Virginia cigarettes are very demanded and their prices are raising.
Although the bill states it will reduce state revenue, it also estimates it will encourage more sales. The Department of Revenue Administration claims lowering the tobacco tax rate could increase sales by 2.7 percent for cigarettes and about 23.02 percent for other tobacco products — a number Youth to Youth teens said they are afraid to see.
"The higher tax rate has been shown to reduce the rates of tobacco use," said Dover sophomore Krystina Gibbons, 17.
Gibbons and her peers said there seems to be a correlation between teen smoking and the tobacco tax.
"Youth rates are higher when the tax rate is lower," she said, adding she sees many Dover teens taking up smoking when the price is right.
Gibbons, and other teens with Youth to Youth, said it's because teens have a "less expendable budget than adults do."
According to a 2000 U.S. Surgeon General's Report called Reducing Tobacco Use, raising tobacco-product prices decreases the prevalence of tobacco use, particularly among adolescents and young adults.
Despite the bill anticipating to ease taxes for state businesses, Youth to Youth teens are hoping their voices are heard. Dover sophomore Kaitlyn Hutchins spoke before the state Senate earlier this month to make sure their beliefs wouldn't be lost in the shuffle.
"Our age group is targeted," she said, adding cigarette advertisements are aimed toward teens.
Hutchins said she hopes the state does not give teens any more incentive to take up smoking.
The proposed bill has already passed the House on a 236-93 vote. The Senate is expected to take up the bill today.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
FDA Says Star Products Not Part Of Tobacco Law
Tobacco maker Star Scientific Inc. said Wednesday that the Food and Drug Administration has informed the company that two of its dissolvable tobacco lozenges aren't covered by the law regulating tobacco, clearing the way for them to be marketed and sold.
The small Virginia company, which has sold tobacco products that dissolve in the user's mouth since 2001, said the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products say that its Ariva-BDL and Stonewall-BDL products aren't subject to regulation.
The news drove Star's stock up 34 cents, or about 9 percent, to close at $3.96 in trading Wednesday.
Star Scientific had asked the FDA to certify the products as "modified risk" tobacco products under a 2009 law, making itself the test case for a big issue of whether the agency would allow certain products to be marketed as less harmful than cigarettes.
The company says the lozenges contain "below detectable levels" of certain cancer-causing chemicals found in tobacco and its smoke. The tablets contain tobacco's addictive component, nicotine. Star Scientific has said its method of tobacco cultivation and preparation creates tobacco leaves with low levels of some carcinogens.
How the FDA handles "modified-risk" products is being closely watched by the public health community and bigger tobacco companies, which are looking for new products to sell as they face declining cigarette demand.
But Star Scientific said the agency's notices from Dr. Lawrence Deyton, the center's director said, "At this time, only cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, smokeless tobacco and roll-your-own tobacco are subject" to the law and that based on the company's submissions, the products are not currently subject to regulation.
In a statement Wednesday, the FDA said it recognizes there are uncertainties whether nicotine-containing products derived from tobacco should be regulated as drugs or tobacco products. The agency added that it is considering its legal and regulatory options regarding these products.
Star Scientific had believed the products fell under the jurisdiction of the Center for Tobacco Products, and the company was somewhat surprised by the agency's determination, spokeswoman Sara Troy Machir said in an interview with The Associated Press.
However, the distinction may come in how the product is made.
"Yes they are absolutely tobacco products under the definition, but when we get into the manufacturing process that's where we are hamstrung because it's absolutely proprietary information," Machir said.
Some public health experts were puzzled by the FDA's move. Matt Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, said the agency unnecessarily created a loophole in the law that opens up a "real threat of significant abuse" by other companies claiming a similar exemption.
The FDA still must address the issue of dissolvable tobacco. By next March, its scientific advisory panel must complete a report and recommendations on the products, which are being sold by Star and other tobacco companies. The agency also has expressed concerns that dissolvable products contain a lot of nicotine and could be particularly appealing to kids and young adults.
R.J. Reynolds, maker of Camel Blue cigarettes which is owned by Reynolds American Inc. in Winston-Salem, N.C., is test-marketing dissolvable, finely milled tobacco tablets, strips and a toothpick shape under the names Camel Orbs, Camel Strips and Camel Sticks. Richmond-based Altria Group Inc., owner of the nation's largest tobacco company, Philip Morris USA, is test marketing wooden sticks coated with finely milled tobacco under the top-selling Marlboro brand in Kansas.
The small Virginia company, which has sold tobacco products that dissolve in the user's mouth since 2001, said the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products say that its Ariva-BDL and Stonewall-BDL products aren't subject to regulation.
The news drove Star's stock up 34 cents, or about 9 percent, to close at $3.96 in trading Wednesday.
Star Scientific had asked the FDA to certify the products as "modified risk" tobacco products under a 2009 law, making itself the test case for a big issue of whether the agency would allow certain products to be marketed as less harmful than cigarettes.
The company says the lozenges contain "below detectable levels" of certain cancer-causing chemicals found in tobacco and its smoke. The tablets contain tobacco's addictive component, nicotine. Star Scientific has said its method of tobacco cultivation and preparation creates tobacco leaves with low levels of some carcinogens.
How the FDA handles "modified-risk" products is being closely watched by the public health community and bigger tobacco companies, which are looking for new products to sell as they face declining cigarette demand.
But Star Scientific said the agency's notices from Dr. Lawrence Deyton, the center's director said, "At this time, only cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, smokeless tobacco and roll-your-own tobacco are subject" to the law and that based on the company's submissions, the products are not currently subject to regulation.
In a statement Wednesday, the FDA said it recognizes there are uncertainties whether nicotine-containing products derived from tobacco should be regulated as drugs or tobacco products. The agency added that it is considering its legal and regulatory options regarding these products.
Star Scientific had believed the products fell under the jurisdiction of the Center for Tobacco Products, and the company was somewhat surprised by the agency's determination, spokeswoman Sara Troy Machir said in an interview with The Associated Press.
However, the distinction may come in how the product is made.
"Yes they are absolutely tobacco products under the definition, but when we get into the manufacturing process that's where we are hamstrung because it's absolutely proprietary information," Machir said.
Some public health experts were puzzled by the FDA's move. Matt Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, said the agency unnecessarily created a loophole in the law that opens up a "real threat of significant abuse" by other companies claiming a similar exemption.
The FDA still must address the issue of dissolvable tobacco. By next March, its scientific advisory panel must complete a report and recommendations on the products, which are being sold by Star and other tobacco companies. The agency also has expressed concerns that dissolvable products contain a lot of nicotine and could be particularly appealing to kids and young adults.
R.J. Reynolds, maker of Camel Blue cigarettes which is owned by Reynolds American Inc. in Winston-Salem, N.C., is test-marketing dissolvable, finely milled tobacco tablets, strips and a toothpick shape under the names Camel Orbs, Camel Strips and Camel Sticks. Richmond-based Altria Group Inc., owner of the nation's largest tobacco company, Philip Morris USA, is test marketing wooden sticks coated with finely milled tobacco under the top-selling Marlboro brand in Kansas.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Tobacco products may fool some
They look like mints, chewing gum, a green marking pen and bottled water. They have healthy sounding flavors including peach and apple, and they smell like fruits. They are tobacco products.
“The Washington County Health Partners Inc. created the backpack of non-tobacco items and their tobacco product look-alikes to show schools and legislators what the very ingenious tobacco people are doing to market to our youth,” said Clara Hinton, Somerset County tobacco educator. She is also on the executive coalition of the Washington County Health Partners Inc.
There is Camel Snus, a spitless tobacco product, that comes in flavors. The package looks like a cell phone or a container of mints. Skoal cut tobacco’s package also looks like mints or beef jerky. Ariva and Stonewall dissolvable tobacco products look like breath mints. White Owl Blunts in flavors including grape and strawberry look like the marking pen. Revved Up, a caffeinated energy dip, looks like mints. NicLite, a nicotine water sold as a homeopathic product, looks like a small bottle of regular water.
“This is one you won’t guess,” Hinton said. “It looks like a single packaged alcohol wipe. It blew me away. It is Nicogel. A kid could sit in class and the teacher would think he’s using a sanitizing gel and he is getting a fix in class.”
The dissolvable tobacco products contain two milligrams of nicotine, which is slightly higher than a cigarette.
“Little kids can overdose on just 10 milligrams,” she said. “This is serious stuff.”
The “What’s in Your Child’s Backpack” educational tool kit was developed as a regional effort across 10 counties.
“Most of these products are under $3, easy to hide, and look, taste and smell like candy,” Lee Rutledge-Falcione, director of Washington County Health Partners Inc., said in a written statement. “Aggressive marketing and development of these new products is promoting the use of smokeless products and putting our youth at risk. It is very important that tobacco use prevention education continues, even in this tight budget year.”
Tobacco companies spend $534 million to market their products in Pennsylvania, according to the Washington County Health Partners. Each year 18,500 Pennsylvania young people become new daily smokers.
Adults are also using the products, which cost much less than cigarettes, Hinton said. She teaches a smoking cessation class at Somerset Hospital and many of the adults in the class had already seen all the tobacco products.
“Pennsylvania is sadly the only state that does not have a tax or user-fee on other tobacco products,” she said. “Thirty percent of all teens who try nicotine products get addicted. It is a drug. It works on the brain. It has a permanent effect on the structure of the brain. We know kids are buying it — it’s affordable and it’s available and more products are coming out. Parents and teachers need to be aware because they may think something’s harmless and it’s not. Young people already know about it.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Clearing The Air On Tobacco Control
Issues relating to the supply of tobacco and the demand for tobacco products are increasingly being made the subject of controversy in sections of the print media. It is against this background, and in direct response to an open letter from the Jamaican Coalition on Tobacco Control, published in The Gleaner, dated March 2, that Carreras seeks to clarify some of the issues raised and to inform the debate.
Carreras would like to refute any argument which questions the long-standing commitment of the company to nation building.
As a legal commercial enterprise and as a company deeply committed to national development, Carreras continues to fulfil its obligations in contributing to both the social and economic development of Jamaica. In fact, our contributions extend beyond our payment of taxes, which for the 2010-2011 fiscal year amounts to more than $10 billion, to our almost 50-year involvement and support to empowering through education, upliftment of civic and community life, Jamaican arts and culture and environmental preservation. It is also reflected in the company's continued willingness to sit down with the Government to discuss how the company can continue aligning its corporate social investments to areas of national priority.
Demand and supply
It is public knowledge that as a company we no longer cultivate tobacco locally or source locally grown tobacco for our production purposes in Jamaica since 2000. The present expansion of tobacco growing in Jamaica is a response to a demand that Jamaicans are acting entirely on their own initiative to supply. It is the market which regulates both demand and supply.
Recently, the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) conducted a study on the level of tobacco cultivation in Jamaica. The results showed the prevalence of tobacco cultivation nationally, where currently there are more than 500 tobacco farmers with approximately 300 acres under tobacco cultivation.
Consequently, our move to partner with the Government, specifically the Ministry of Agriculture, and RADA, reflects our support for the formalisation of the currently unregulated tobacco farming sector. We, therefore, urge all participants in the debate on the expansion of local tobacco farming to make a clear distinction between the responsibilities and functions of the Government of Jamaica and those of Carreras. The Government regulates and controls the use of tobacco products. Carreras is compliant and supports the Government in these efforts.
Treaty not breached
We wish to highlight that the support being placed behind tobacco farming is not a contravention of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). In fact, many countries which are signatories of the FCTC are leading tobacco-growing and leaf-production countries globally. Some of these countries include: Brazil, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Argentina.
Carreras would like to unequivocally state that we support the need for tobacco control legislation in Jamaica, and we support balanced and sensible legislation as one part of the policy mix to reduce the health impact of tobacco use and to address our stakeholders' concerns about tobacco products. In fact, the company has for several years been voluntarily observing codes of conduct related to many of the areas that are to be formally addressed by the enactment of the proposed tobacco-control regulations.
We would also like to highlight that our implementation of a Youth Smoking Prevention Campaign is another reflection of our deep-seated and core belief that underage persons should not consume tobacco products. Carreras makes explicit its policy and principle of no sales to minors and our business partners are aware of the penalties thereof, which include our discontinuing the business relationship.
Christopher Brown is corporate and regulatory affairs manager of Carreras Limited.
Carreras would like to refute any argument which questions the long-standing commitment of the company to nation building.
As a legal commercial enterprise and as a company deeply committed to national development, Carreras continues to fulfil its obligations in contributing to both the social and economic development of Jamaica. In fact, our contributions extend beyond our payment of taxes, which for the 2010-2011 fiscal year amounts to more than $10 billion, to our almost 50-year involvement and support to empowering through education, upliftment of civic and community life, Jamaican arts and culture and environmental preservation. It is also reflected in the company's continued willingness to sit down with the Government to discuss how the company can continue aligning its corporate social investments to areas of national priority.
Demand and supply
It is public knowledge that as a company we no longer cultivate tobacco locally or source locally grown tobacco for our production purposes in Jamaica since 2000. The present expansion of tobacco growing in Jamaica is a response to a demand that Jamaicans are acting entirely on their own initiative to supply. It is the market which regulates both demand and supply.
Recently, the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) conducted a study on the level of tobacco cultivation in Jamaica. The results showed the prevalence of tobacco cultivation nationally, where currently there are more than 500 tobacco farmers with approximately 300 acres under tobacco cultivation.
Consequently, our move to partner with the Government, specifically the Ministry of Agriculture, and RADA, reflects our support for the formalisation of the currently unregulated tobacco farming sector. We, therefore, urge all participants in the debate on the expansion of local tobacco farming to make a clear distinction between the responsibilities and functions of the Government of Jamaica and those of Carreras. The Government regulates and controls the use of tobacco products. Carreras is compliant and supports the Government in these efforts.
Treaty not breached
We wish to highlight that the support being placed behind tobacco farming is not a contravention of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). In fact, many countries which are signatories of the FCTC are leading tobacco-growing and leaf-production countries globally. Some of these countries include: Brazil, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Argentina.
Carreras would like to unequivocally state that we support the need for tobacco control legislation in Jamaica, and we support balanced and sensible legislation as one part of the policy mix to reduce the health impact of tobacco use and to address our stakeholders' concerns about tobacco products. In fact, the company has for several years been voluntarily observing codes of conduct related to many of the areas that are to be formally addressed by the enactment of the proposed tobacco-control regulations.
We would also like to highlight that our implementation of a Youth Smoking Prevention Campaign is another reflection of our deep-seated and core belief that underage persons should not consume tobacco products. Carreras makes explicit its policy and principle of no sales to minors and our business partners are aware of the penalties thereof, which include our discontinuing the business relationship.
Christopher Brown is corporate and regulatory affairs manager of Carreras Limited.
Iowa Bill Seeks To Restrict Candy-Like Tobacco Products
Iowa legislators are considering restricting the availability of dissolvable tobacco products that look and taste like candy, The Daily Iowan reports.
Addressing the concern that the products target minors, the proposal seeks to allow only businesses with 90 percent of gross sales coming from tobacco products and that allow customers 18 and older to enter the store to sell the products.
The Iowa Senate could vote on the bill as early as next week. State Sen. Rob Hogg said the increased presence of the products influenced the Senate’s Human Resource Committee to approve a bill February 22 limiting locations of sale.
“They’re highly addictive products and have a lot of nicotine in them, and they’re being sold as something they really aren’t,” he said.
R.J. Reynolds, producer of Camel cigarettes addressed the issue last June in a press release, emphasizing the distinction between its tobacco products and mints or candy, saying the dissolvable products are produced for and marketed to adults.
State Sen. Robert Bacon voted against the bill, which he characterized as unnecessary, saying that the product’s packaging is distinct from candy and mints.
“It looks like a Tic-Tac, but it isn’t packaged like a Tic-Tac,” he said. “It has warnings on it, and it’ll be behind the counter."
Addressing the concern that the products target minors, the proposal seeks to allow only businesses with 90 percent of gross sales coming from tobacco products and that allow customers 18 and older to enter the store to sell the products.
The Iowa Senate could vote on the bill as early as next week. State Sen. Rob Hogg said the increased presence of the products influenced the Senate’s Human Resource Committee to approve a bill February 22 limiting locations of sale.
“They’re highly addictive products and have a lot of nicotine in them, and they’re being sold as something they really aren’t,” he said.
R.J. Reynolds, producer of Camel cigarettes addressed the issue last June in a press release, emphasizing the distinction between its tobacco products and mints or candy, saying the dissolvable products are produced for and marketed to adults.
State Sen. Robert Bacon voted against the bill, which he characterized as unnecessary, saying that the product’s packaging is distinct from candy and mints.
“It looks like a Tic-Tac, but it isn’t packaged like a Tic-Tac,” he said. “It has warnings on it, and it’ll be behind the counter."
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Democratic legislator, anti-tobacco advocates propose tobacco-tax increase
A Democratic lawmaker, backed by anti-tobacco forces, said Tuesday she will introduce a bill to raise cigarette taxes by $1.50 a pack, with commensurate increases for other tobacco products.Cigarettes are the most used tobacco products by people. There can be different brands like : Parliament cigarettes, Dunhill cigarettes or Armada cigarettes.
“I like to call it a tobacco-user fee,” said Rep. Trudi Schmidt, D-Great Falls, who said money raised by the higher tax will fund tobacco-cessation programs and other health-related programs.
Schmidt and members of the Alliance for a Healthy Montana and the American Cancer Society-Cancer Action Network pointed to a poll they commissioned that said 70 percent of Montanans support the higher tobacco tax. The higher tax will discourage people from smoking as well as fund anti-tobacco and health programs, they said.
“This is an addiction that continues to cost us for generations, and it needs to be stopped,” said Richard Sargent, a family physician in Helena and outspoken critic of tobacco.
When asked whether her bill would be supported by a Republican legislative majority that has stated its opposition to any tax increases, Schmidt said the proposal is a “creative solution” to provide revenue for anti-tobacco programs that have been cut from the state’s proposed budget the next two years.
If the bill fails to pass the Legislature, a voter initiative is “always an option,” she said, in response to a question.
Montana taxes cigarettes at $1.70 per pack, the 17th-highest state tobacco tax in the nation. Most of Montana’s tax on cigarettes and tobacco has been approved by voter initiatives. The highest state tobacco tax in the country is New York, at $4.35 per pack.
Money from the increased tax on tobacco would pay for tobacco-prevention programs, aging services programs, scholarships for primary-care physicians in the state, obesity-prevention programs and maternal and child health programs.
Supporters of the tax said the increased tax would not only fund health and anti-tobacco programs, but also increase the price of cigarettes and other products to the point that some people would quit or not start in the first place because of the cost.
“What this tax is, is it gives tobacco addicts another reason to break that addiction,” Sargent said.
“I like to call it a tobacco-user fee,” said Rep. Trudi Schmidt, D-Great Falls, who said money raised by the higher tax will fund tobacco-cessation programs and other health-related programs.
Schmidt and members of the Alliance for a Healthy Montana and the American Cancer Society-Cancer Action Network pointed to a poll they commissioned that said 70 percent of Montanans support the higher tobacco tax. The higher tax will discourage people from smoking as well as fund anti-tobacco and health programs, they said.
“This is an addiction that continues to cost us for generations, and it needs to be stopped,” said Richard Sargent, a family physician in Helena and outspoken critic of tobacco.
When asked whether her bill would be supported by a Republican legislative majority that has stated its opposition to any tax increases, Schmidt said the proposal is a “creative solution” to provide revenue for anti-tobacco programs that have been cut from the state’s proposed budget the next two years.
If the bill fails to pass the Legislature, a voter initiative is “always an option,” she said, in response to a question.
Montana taxes cigarettes at $1.70 per pack, the 17th-highest state tobacco tax in the nation. Most of Montana’s tax on cigarettes and tobacco has been approved by voter initiatives. The highest state tobacco tax in the country is New York, at $4.35 per pack.
Money from the increased tax on tobacco would pay for tobacco-prevention programs, aging services programs, scholarships for primary-care physicians in the state, obesity-prevention programs and maternal and child health programs.
Supporters of the tax said the increased tax would not only fund health and anti-tobacco programs, but also increase the price of cigarettes and other products to the point that some people would quit or not start in the first place because of the cost.
“What this tax is, is it gives tobacco addicts another reason to break that addiction,” Sargent said.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
SARASOTA, FLORIDA - BANNED SMOKING IN OVER 500 HOMES FOR THE POOR
Following a national movement to curb secondhand smoke in public housing units, the agency charged with housing Sarasota's poorest families has banned smoking at more than 500 of its homes. The low-income tenants benefiting from assistance from the Sarasota Housing Authority must either quit smoking or smoke only in designated outdoor areas by the time the ban goes into effect July 1, 2011.
But newly arriving residents of some rentals at places like the Janie Poe complex can be evicted now if they are caught smoking under a new Housing Authority lease adopted last month that bans smoking indoors. The ban comes on the heels of directives issued by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, which encourage smoking bans in public housing.
Bill Russell, executive director of the Housing Authority: "The smoke is permeating in the hallways and the air conditioning units. We know this is happening in almost all of our properties. We felt that the second-hand smoke health effects were a significant factor. Russell added that cigarettes are the leading cause of fire fatalities. Plus, the authority must pay more to refurbish units when smoking tenants move and leave odors and smoke residue on the walls.
The authority does not yet have a plan for enforcing the ban, but its attorneys are drafting rules. With help from the county, property managers will also build designated areas for residents to smoke outside, with cigarette disposal systems and signs.
To help with that effort, the Sarasota County Health Department will offer various classes and support such as nicotine patches and gum to tenants who wish to quit.
But newly arriving residents of some rentals at places like the Janie Poe complex can be evicted now if they are caught smoking under a new Housing Authority lease adopted last month that bans smoking indoors. The ban comes on the heels of directives issued by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, which encourage smoking bans in public housing.
Bill Russell, executive director of the Housing Authority: "The smoke is permeating in the hallways and the air conditioning units. We know this is happening in almost all of our properties. We felt that the second-hand smoke health effects were a significant factor. Russell added that cigarettes are the leading cause of fire fatalities. Plus, the authority must pay more to refurbish units when smoking tenants move and leave odors and smoke residue on the walls.
The authority does not yet have a plan for enforcing the ban, but its attorneys are drafting rules. With help from the county, property managers will also build designated areas for residents to smoke outside, with cigarette disposal systems and signs.
To help with that effort, the Sarasota County Health Department will offer various classes and support such as nicotine patches and gum to tenants who wish to quit.
DENMARK - HOUSING ASSOCIATION HAS PLANS TO BUILD 30 SMOKE-FREE UNITS..
No-smoking signs could soon become a fixture of some flats after a housing association announced it has plans to build 30 smoke-free units.
The flats, a part of the Frederikshavn Housing Association would be the first of their kind in the country, but the trend toward non-smoking council housing seems to be spreading.
Two of the country’s largest housing associations, AAB and KAB, say they also expect to provide smoke-free accommodation in the near future.
Although experts pointed out that an increasing focus on public health made the smoking ban a natural development, at least one housing association head said his organisation had no plans to ask people not to smoke in their own home.
“We need to ask ourselves what homes are for,” Palle Adamsen, director of Lejerbo, told Kristeligt Dagblad newspaper. “Is it a place where we can live our live our own lives? I believe that it is.”
The flats, a part of the Frederikshavn Housing Association would be the first of their kind in the country, but the trend toward non-smoking council housing seems to be spreading.
Two of the country’s largest housing associations, AAB and KAB, say they also expect to provide smoke-free accommodation in the near future.
Although experts pointed out that an increasing focus on public health made the smoking ban a natural development, at least one housing association head said his organisation had no plans to ask people not to smoke in their own home.
“We need to ask ourselves what homes are for,” Palle Adamsen, director of Lejerbo, told Kristeligt Dagblad newspaper. “Is it a place where we can live our live our own lives? I believe that it is.”
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