But past efforts at restricting smoking have failed to take hold, largely because of lax enforcement.
And while this cutback has prompted many in Alaska to label the industry arrogant, it has spurred merchants to fight future efforts at restricting tourism.
The government has continued to strengthen these tobacco control efforts by restricting advertisements at point-of-sale and increasing the coverage of graphic warnings on packages.
WASHINGTON - A closer look at a House bill marketed to the public as a "common-sense" ban on taxpayer-funded abortions reveals an aggressive, multi-pronged effort to restrict insurance coverage for and reduce access to abortion.
But despite this effort to restrict voting rights, voters and civil rights advocates eventually prevailed.
The final limitation is that although we made an effort to restrict the variables to factors associated with type 2 diabetes, some of the tests performed at the ambulatory care clinics could have been for patients without diabetic complications.
At the same time, data clearly refute Mr. Balko's claim that prescription drug abuse prevention efforts are unduly restricting the availability of opioid pain relievers for legal use.
But Dr. Brian S. Carter, a neonatologist and associate professor at Vanderbilt University, worries that efforts to restrict the drug because it is so expensive threatens to create a two-tier system of health care.
Such legislation would overturn a recent Supreme Court ruling that the agency did not have that authority and would permit the drug agency to proceed with efforts to restrict tobacco advertising aimed at youth.
Lee S. Wolosky, a lawyer who has worked at the National Security Council under Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, said efforts to restrict terrorist financing around the world have not gone nearly far enough.
