smoking ban

Several bills would make it illegal for pharmacies to sell tobacco products and packs would cost $13. 

The smoking ban is slated to take effect within the next 18 months.

Smoking tobacco will be outlawed in NYCHA apartments, common areas and offices under a new HUD rule. 

Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez's bill would prevent businesses from selling hookah-related products.

Juan Pablo Duarte Square has seen a growing number of homeless men congregating in the public plaza.

Smoking will soon be banned in Related Companies' 40,000 rental units.

New legislation would ban retailers from displaying cigarettes to try to reduce teen smoking rates.

The owners of La Marina say they're exempt from the smoking ban because they serve herbal shisha.

Uptown's La Marina sells hookah table service despite a ban on smoking in city parks and marinas.

Mayor Bloomberg says people have the right to know if smoking is allowed in their buildings.

Nearly 80 percent of Manhattan voters surveyed said they support a plan to bring a new bike share program to the city.

Governor Cuomo signed a bill into law extending the current smoking ban from subway platforms to to platform of outdoor commuter lines like Metro North and LIRR.

Smoking is banned in city parks, beaches and public plazas as of Monday.

The mayor said that forcing non-smokers to inhale cigarette smoke at bus stops is unfair.

The school will close its two designated smoking areas March 21.