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Second Hand Smoke a Huge Issue for Residents in Building that Accounts For 22% of Brooklyn’s Smoke Complaints

270 Pulaski St. in Bed Stuy. Ben Brachfeld/BklynerResidents of one building in Bed-Stuy have had it with the smoke wafting through their home – they logged 22% of Brooklyn’s residential smoking complaints over the past year, according to an analysis by apartment search engine and data aggregator Localize.city

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Bath Beach Man Busted With 3,236 Cartons Of Black Market Cigarettes

The cigarettes seized as part of the bust. (Source: Dept. of Taxation and Finance)A Bath Beach man was one of two people arrested yesterday after authorities seized 3,236 cartons of contraband cigarettes from his home and a Borough Park stash house, the New York State Department of Taxation

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City Agency Confirms Small Business Fines A Revenue Ploy

DCA Commissioner Jonathan Mintz (Source: NYC.gov)The Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) has admitted to hiring extra staff to dole out more fines on small businesses to make up for a budget shortage. The New York Post is reporting [http://nypost.com/2013/10/07/dca-hired-extra-staff-to-fine-small-businesses/] that DCA Commissioner

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Savino Supports Increasing The Smoking Age To 21

Source: Thomas Good via Wikimedia CommonsPoliticians in New York are looking to break ground by making New York the first state to raise the smoking age from 18 to 21. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2013/04/state-pols-join-christine-quinn-in-push-to-raise-smoking-age-to-21-statewide] that State Senator Diane

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Running Low On Cigarettes

Cigarettes are starting to run low at Salahi’s this afternoon. Supplier is in NJ … Stressful times.

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No Ifs, Ands Or Butts In Anti-Smoking Crusade

If Neil Friedman had his druthers, “cancer sticks” would go the way of the Dodo bird. Source: SuperFantastic / FlickrBETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: The place: Times Square, New York City. The time: High Noon, the present. The scene: Two men slowly walk towards each other. A few passersby anticipate a

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Should We Ban Smoking In Parks, Beaches?

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/neilbetter/2641654718/]Photo by neilbetter via FlickrBy now, most have probably heard about Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s ambitious new anti-smoking proposal. Hizzonah is pushing to extend the city’s smoking ban to 1,700 parks and 14 miles of public beaches, plus boardwalks, marinas and