By now most people are familiar with their local fire departments’ reminders to change the batteries in their smoke detectors . . .
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10/1/15
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Quick: What’s the most common form of cancer?
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11/20/14
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Everyone knows that smoking cigarettes is unhealthy. It’s a fact that smoking has immediate negative health consequences and that, over a prolonged period, it causes several different forms of cancer . . .
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8/27/14
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Q. I was told by my village that I need to have smoke detectors in my two-family house in order to renew my application.
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8/9/13
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Every year, hundreds of Long Island homes suffer fires that leave the lives of their occupants in shambles.
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10/18/12
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On my last day of radiation, I drove up to the NYU Women’s Cancer Center and saw a man leaning against the front door, smoking.
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3/8/12
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Smoking is now officially prohibited on Long Island Rail Road platforms.
Citing the dangers of secondhand smoke, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a law on Monday that forbids commuters from smoking on …
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Lee Landor
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8/17/11
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Several Long Island legislators have hopped aboard the no-smoking train, supporting legislation that would ban smoking on all outdoor Long Island Rail Road platforms.
Assembly members Harvey …
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By Lee Landor
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2/2/11
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The Town of Hempstead passed legislation this week banning smoking in its 100 parks, according to Supervisor Kate Murray.
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David Weingrad
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11/26/10
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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray, Receiver of Taxes Donald Clavin and Councilwoman Angie Cullin joined Ilene Robinson’s third-grade class from Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick on Wednesday to announce a proposal to designate the town’s 100 parks “smoke-free.”
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David Weingrad
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11/11/10
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