by Matt Kelley | May 31, 2019 | Health & Medicine, News
The state’s registry of smoke-free rental properties is undating its features to appeal to more users. Emily Vogt, who helps coordinate the Smoke Free Homes Registry for the Iowa Department of Public Health, says the detailed list of more than 1,200 smoke-free...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 16, 2019 | News, Politics & Government
Governor Kim Reynolds says she’s willing to consider a bill that would raise the age for buying tobacco and other nicotine products to 21. “We need to continue to do everything we can to fight addiction in any form,” Reynolds said late this morning....
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 10, 2019 | Health & Medicine, News, Politics & Government
The legal age for buying nicotine-infused merchandise — including cigarettes and “vaping” products — would jump from 18 to 21 under a bill that has cleared its first hurdle in the Iowa Senate. Senate President Charles Schneider of West Des...
by Matt Kelley | Mar 20, 2019 | Health & Medicine, News
Students in several Iowa cities are taking part in anti-smoking campaigns today on this national Kick Butts Day. Sydney Brookman, a seventh grader at Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School in Waverly, says she learned early on that smoking is something you shouldn’t...
by Dar Danielson | Feb 18, 2019 | Crime & Courts, News
A new mobile app created by the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division (ABD) helps retailers determine the age of customers attempting to purchase alcohol, tobacco, and vapor products. ABD spokesman, Jake Holmes, says the app replaces the low-tech device that was once the...