Tag: Tobacco
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JeffCo Sheriff’s Office demonstrates new forensic ballistics technology
The NIBIN (National Integrated Ballistic Information Network) BrassTrax was installed in June 2024
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Over 20 Denver businesses cited for selling tobacco products without necessary license
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver’s Department of Excise and Licenses on Monday fined 23 businesses that sold tobacco products without the required license. The businesses were fined $150, and each was given information about the license requirement and a warning before the fines were issued, said Eric Escudero, a…
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Bill seeks statewide ban of all flavored tobacco, nicotine products
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Selling flavored tobacco and nicotine products could soon be illegal in Colorado after a bill prohibiting the sale of the products was introduced in the state House of Representatives last week. If passed, House Bill 22-1064 would go into effect on July 1, banning the…
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Mayor Hancock vetoes Denver’s flavored tobacco ban
Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock Friday vetoed the controversial bill that would have outlawed the sale of flavored tobacco products in the city. Hancock’s office issued a release stating the bill was well intentioned, but not the right tool to address the problem of underage tobacco use. “I share with the sponsors of this ordinance…
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‘It’s like having an execution date’: Retailers fear closing amid Denver’s flavored tobacco ban
For the 416 tobacco retailers in Denver, time might be running out. On Monday, the Denver City Council approved a bill to ban the sale of most flavored tobacco products in the city beginning on July 1, 2023. If Mayor Michael Hancock signs off on the ban, flavored menthol cigarettes, chewing tobacco and vaping products cannot…
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Denver to ban sale of most flavored tobacco products in 2023
Beginning on July 1, 2023, the sale of most flavored tobacco products will be banned within Denver after the City Council approved the ban in an 8 to 3 vote on Monday. With this final vote, flavored tobacco products will not be allowed to be sold in any establishments in Denver, with exemptions for Hookah,…
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Mountain States Legal Foundation files comments on ATF pistol-brace ban
A Colorado gun rights organization has filed objections to proposed changes in federal firearms regulations that would bring many currently legal handguns under the same strict regulations that apply to machine guns. In response to an executive order by President Biden, The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Department of Justice have proposed…
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2 dozen stolen vehicles, trailers, ATVs and more recovered in Elbert County
Officials from the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office (ECSO) say they recovered a large amount of big-item stolen property while performing a search warrant last month. Officials say they recovered at least two dozen cars, trucks, trailers, ATVs, a Polaris razor, several snowmobiles, a large gun safe and several hundred thousand dollars of suspected stolen tools…
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Friends and family remember 21-year-old COVID-19 victim
Colorado recently reached — and quickly surpassed — a grim milestone, with more than 2,000 lives now lost to the worst viral outbreak on American soil in a century. As the pandemic continues to infect every aspect of life, and the number of confirmed cases and deaths here and nationwide continues to grow, The Gazette…