A decision on if Lima will ban smoking and vaping in city owned parks could be reached Monday night. Lima City Council could have their third and final reading of the proposed law. According to the ordinance, any violation would be considered a minor misdemeanor and carries a $150 fine.
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Tonight at Lima City Council, the city administration introduced legislation to designate city owned parks and outdoor recreational venues as tobacco free venues. According to a Lima-Allen County Community Health assessment report, mortality rates for lung and bronchus cancers are higher in Lima than the United States and The Healthy People 2030 target as well as 56% of local youth being exposed to secondhand smoke.
Ohio’s Heartbeat bill took effect on Friday, a day after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade. The state’s abortion ban was passed three years ago, but the federal courts blocked the bill from taking effect in the state. Within hours of the U.S. Supreme Court reversal of the 1973 decision that made abortion access a constitutional right, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a motion to immediately dissolve that court’s injunction.
Republicans in the Ohio House of Representatives have proposed a new bill which would ban all abortions in the State of Ohio.