Tobacco News
Nov 22, 2011
Samaritan Hospital and Pioneer Medical Center's ban on cigarettes for sale use goes into effect Nov. 17Tobacco use is already prohibited within the medical facilities themselves, but the new ban...
Cigarettes-use Prevention Program
Nov 20, 2011
Tobacco-use prevention programs have been cut and positions at the Whatcom County Health Department will be eliminated largely because of reductions in state grant funding.The County Council on...
Local NAACP Chapter Backs Cigarette Tax Increase
Oct 18, 2011
A grass-roots push for a $1 cigarette tax increase has won the endorsement of the Wicomico County NAACP — needed support in a region where the rate of youth smoking cigarettes is higher than the...
Sep 10, 2011
It appears Betty Bullock may finally receive the justice she so richly deserves. Unfortunately, she’s dead and won’t be able to enjoy it. Betty started smoking cigarettes buy cigarettes during...
UCSD Researchers Alarmed At Rise In Hookah Use Among California Youth
Sep 9, 2011
Hookah use among California youth ages 18 to 24 is rising rapidly according to a study conducted by researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. The study appears in the...
State Awarded $8.1M In Cigarettes Money
Aug 29, 2011
Chancery Judge Jaye Bradley on Wednesday ordered Brown & Williamson to pay the state $8.1 million in cigarettes online settlement money owed for the sale of more than 600 million Star cigarettes...
Jackson Co. Judge Rules In Cigarettes Settlement
Aug 28, 2011
A Mississippi judge has ruled that R.J. Reynolds shortchanged the state of Mississippi millions of dollars when it failed to report profits from the sale of 7.8 billion cheap cigarette online made...
Gov. Cuomo Enforces Taxes On Cigarette Sales
Jul 22, 2011
Gov. Cuomo has launched his long-awaited crackdown on cigarette tax evasion on the state's Indian reservations."It has been our consistent position that cigarettes store should be taxed under the...
Cuomo Signs Law To Ban Hookah From Kids
Jul 21, 2011
New York State’s anti-smoking cigarettes laws just got a lot tougher. Teenagers, who are already prohibited from buying cigarettes, will now find non-tobacco items unavailable to them,...
Smoking Cited In Two Fatal Ken-Ton Fires
Jul 20, 2011
For the second time in 10 days, a disabled individual in Ken-Ton has perished in a fire, and discount cigarette online may have caused both blazes, authorities said Wednesday.Donald Dake, 62, of...
NY Cancer Plan Notes More Diagnoses, Fewer Deaths
Jul 19, 2011
Nearly 3,000 fewer New Yorkers died of cancer last year compared to a decade ago, according to the state's new draft cancer plan.The draft report obtained by the Associated Press also shows nearly...
Benefits Of Statewide Ban Are Obvious
Jul 18, 2011
Take a deep breath, Wisconsin. Notice anything? You're breathing air that has been free of smoke cigarettes for one year.The statewide workplace smoking cigarettes ban was signed May 18, 2009, by...
Mixed Reaction To Year-old Smoking Ban
Jul 16, 2011
John Belsky has been smoking cigarettes since he was 18.So the 70-year-old Janesville man wasn’t happy when Wisconsin’s smoke-free law went into effect a year ago today and he had to start...
Smoking Ban Reaches One Year Anniversary
Jul 15, 2011
Even though some bars are marking the state’s smoking cigarettes ban one-year anniversary with a party, the Tavern League of Wisconsin is still fighting against it.“We have people who have lost...
County Health Agency Funding Anti-Cigarettes Youth Groups
Jul 14, 2011
Over the past few years, teenagers from across the San Gabriel Valley have been lobbying their cities for tougher regulations on tobacco sales.They've formed groups such as Azusa Youth Against...
Text Messages May Help Smokers Kick Butts
Jul 13, 2011
The U.S. Food Drug and Administration plans to use cigarette labels showing diseased lungs and tracheotomy holes to help people quit smoking cigarettes. British researchers suggest another...
Redding Motel Fire Started By Cigarette Butt
Jul 12, 2011
A fire that destroyed part of a north Redding motel Sunday afternoon was caused by a cigarette butt, fire officials said.The fire at America’s Best Value Inn & Suites on North Market Street...
Only 53 Took County’s Free Quit-smoking Drugs
Jul 11, 2011
Smoking really isn’t that big a problem in Orange County. Less than 11 percent of adults in the county smoke, well below the state average of 13.1 percent, which is an all-time low. The national...
Jul 10, 2011
With Father's Day approaching, it might be a good time to help dad indulge in the time-honored experience of puffing on an expertly rolled cigar. While popular sentiment and government bans...
Police Won’t Enforce Parks Smoking Ban
Jul 9, 2011
Although Astoria Park lies within the boundaries of the 114th Police Precinct, the NYPD will not butt in on anyone smoking cigarettes in park space.“Just so you know, the police department is not...
Cigar Store Gets Thumbs Down From Team Bloomberg
Jul 8, 2011
Team Bloomberg sees the bill as an attempt to make an end-run around the city's tough indoor smoking cigarettes law.Current law allows smoking cigarettes in tobacco shops, but prohibits it in...
Jul 7, 2011
Now that Seneca entrepreneurs may not be able to sell name-brand cigarettes tax-free, Seneca Nation officials are seeing "a new era" for Seneca businessmen.A state appellate court ruled Tuesday...
Breathing Room For Rail Commuters
Jul 6, 2011
Amid the furious bill-passing last week, the state Legislature voted in favor of strong lungs and passed a smoking cigarettes ban for Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road outdoor...
Millions At Stake In Third Palm Beach County Cigarettes Trial
Jul 5, 2011
Jerry Weingart has been waiting more than a decade for the companies he believes killed his wife to be brought to justice. But at 89, the Boynton Beach man doesn't have the stamina to spend the...
Gov. Walker Criticized Indoor Smoking Ban
Jul 4, 2011
Wisconsin’s public indoor smoking cigarettes ban took effect a year ago on Tuesday.Governor Scott Walker has criticized the ban in the past – but today, he said he won’t try to change it.When...
Legislature Again Flicks Away Smoking Ban
Jul 3, 2011
A sixth attempt to limit secondhand smoke cigarettes in public places died this week in the Texas Legislature, causing disappointment for smoke-free advocates and relief for some business owners...
UT MD Anderson Debuts Lung Cancer Screening Program
Jul 2, 2011
Current and former heavy smokers can now be screened more effectively for lung cancer. Results from the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) revealed that detecting small lung cancers with computed...
Jul 1, 2011
As Middle Tennessee State University continues to position itself for the future and approaches its Centennial celebration, it will join approximately 250 institutions of higher education across...
Drugs Losing Hold On Armstrong Kids, Survey Shows
Jun 30, 2011
Secondary students surveyed in Armstrong County said they used less drugs than their peers across the state.In several categories, the prevalence of drug use among Armstrong County students was...
Ohio's Smoking Rate Increases After Steady Decline
Jun 29, 2011
Ohio's adult smoking cigarettes rate for 2010 has increased 2.2 percent from 2009, according to the Centers for Disease Control.Funding for cigarettes prevention and cessation progragms being cut...
Council At Odds Over Proposed Smoking Ban In Parks
Jun 28, 2011
Council tonight took up the issue of smoking cigarettes and drinking in public parks, and most agreed those behaviors should be banned (Councilpersons Bill Cox and Frank Ferrando were absent this...
New York Cigar Tax Cap Bill Falls Short
Jun 27, 2011
The New York State Assembly closed its 2011 session before it could vote on a bill that called for the state excise tax on a single premium cigar to be capped at one dollar.The bill, which was...
Jun 26, 2011
It's finally come to pass. The Food and Drug Administration released nine gruesome new warning labels for cigarette packs. Hopefully, it signals a healthier horizon for all of us.Those working to...
Cigarette Butts Can Harm Aquatic Life
Jun 25, 2011
Tossing a cigarette butt into the street or onto a sidewalk or curb can earn you a fine for littering, but the consequences are more severe for plant and aquatic life in Memphis-area rivers, lakes...
Riverbend Told Not To Allow Cigarettes Sample Distribution
Jun 24, 2011
The Tennessee Attorney General's Office cautioned Riverbend Festival officials to not allow cigarettes samples to be distributed at the Chattanooga event.The AG's letter wasn't mentioned when...
Why Big Gaming Helped Snuff Out Voter-approved Smoking Ban
Jun 23, 2011
The first time tavern owners tried to overturn the smoking cigarettes ban, during the 2009 Legislature, I was amazed they even got it out of committee, foolishly thinking Democrats in the majority...
Jun 22, 2011
Walking through a smoke-filled bar with a bad ticker wouldn't seem like the best idea. But since the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act took effect, fewer Nevadans have had that unhealthy option.And...
Surgeon Says No Escaping Smoke Indoors
Jun 21, 2011
High-tech ventilation systems and distance from a smoker doesn't provide a barrier from secondhand smoke cigarettes and the many health consequences it causes in enclosed places where the public...
Germantown Grad Wins Scholarship For Being Cigarettes-free
Jun 20, 2011
Jessie Nolasco-Sardino, who graduated from Northwest High School on Tuesday, has spent her life telling people about the dangers of smoking cigarettes cigarettes.Finally, someone is...
La. House Revives Cigarette Tax
Jun 19, 2011
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s veto and the House refusal to override the veto did not kill the renewal of a 4-cent-per-pack tax on cigarettes.Rep. Harold Ritchie, D-Bogalusa, the author of the tax renewal...
Tempe Anti-smoking Program For Teens To Kick Off At ASU
Jun 18, 2011
The former Philip Morris researcher who inspired the film "The Insider" kicks off a 24-hour anti-smoking cigarettes program for teens beginning Friday at Old Main at Arizona State University.The...
Glendale Considers Requiring Smoking Areas For Businesses
Jun 17, 2011
Glendale wants businesses to provide designated smoking cigarettes areas for their employees who light up.The Planning Commission voted 6-0 Thursday to recommend that the City Council approve the...
Survey Pinpoints Sources Of Trash In San Francisco Bay
Jun 16, 2011
A first-of-its-kind survey of the kinds of trash that end up in San Francisco Bay points the finger at specific sources: retailers such as McDonald's and 7-Eleven that feed our disposable...
Cuts In Program Funds Blamed For Increase In Smoking Rate
Jun 15, 2011
Ohio’s adult smoking cigarettes rate increased last year over that of 2009, and cigarettes-prevention advocates are not surprised. They say the increase, which follows a long trend of declining...
Great Kills Store Offers Alternative To Cigarette Tax
Jun 14, 2011
Smokers who don't want to buy bootleg discount cigarettes are taking a novel approach to legally avoiding the state's costly cigarette excise tax -- they're shopping at a store in Great Kills that...
Smoking Ban Smells Like A Step Forward
Jun 13, 2011
Take a deep breath.In.Out.Isn't that nice?As the calendar turned from Friday to Saturday, a voter-approved ban on indoor smoking cigarettes in Springfield took effect.And while we're dealing with...
Sounding Off About Possible Smoking Ban
Jun 12, 2011
Students and workers on the WVU campus that MetroNews spoke with Thursday about a proposed campus-wide smoking cigarettes ban appeared split on the issue."I think generally it's a good thing but at...
Senecas Again Granted Reprieve In Cig-tax Battle
Jun 11, 2011
The Seneca Nation of Indians has again received judicial protection from the state’s attempt to collect taxes on Native-sold cigarettes.On Thursday morning, State Supreme Court Appellate Division...
Noted During Obama Visit, Chet's Restaurant To Close
Jun 10, 2011
A small north Toledo eatery whose origins date back to 1923 will close Sunday, just days after being feted in a speech to Chrysler workers by President Obama.New Chet's Restaurant, in the 1000...
Order Banning Collection Of Cigarette Taxes Lifted
Jun 9, 2011
A judge Wednesday lifted a temporary restraining order that had stopped the state from collecting taxes on cigarettes sold on Indian reservations to non-Indians, and state officials vowed to move...
Utah Department Of Health Crafts Anti-hookah Rules
Jun 8, 2011
The Utah Department of Health wants to cork hookah pipes — at least in public places.The health department has crafted new rules under the Utah Indoor Clean Air Act that redefine “lighted...
No Smoking Zone Expanded In Downtown Ithaca
Jun 7, 2011
It’s already illegal to smoke cigarettes outside on the Ithaca Commons, but a new law expands the no smoking cigarettes zone. Ithaca Common Council members say the zone has to expand because more...
Miriam Hospital Studies Offers New Insight
Jun 6, 2011
Latinos looking to quit smoking cigarettes are more successful when they have a significant other and partner support, say researchers from The Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioral and...
Bill Changing Indoor Smoking Bill Passes Assembly Committee
Jun 5, 2011
In a split vote, the Assembly Ways and Means Committee passed legislation that would allow tavern owners to serve food to their smoking cigarettes customers despite a voter-approved indoor smoking...
American Cancer Society Study Says Smoking Ban Not To Blame For Sales Declines At NV Bars
Jun 4, 2011
Nevada's smoking cigarettes laws have not hurt business at restaurants and bars, according to a study by an advocacy group that was released as lawmakers debate a bill that would water down the...
NH Senate Rejects Bill Cutting Cigarette Tax
Jun 3, 2011
It doesn't look like smokers will be getting a break on New Hampshire's tax on cheap cigarettes anytime soon.The state Senate killed a bill Thursday that would have dropped the tax rate a dime to...
Philadelphia Smoking Ban Extends
Jun 2, 2011
It is a commonly accepted truth that secondhand smoke cigarettes from cigarettes and other discount cigarettes products is hazardous to our health, especially for young children. In Philadelphia,...
Jun 1, 2011
Commissioners voted 3-1 to ban smoking cigarettes on county campuses on Tuesday.The county currently prohibits the use of cheap cigarettes products in vehicles and buildings, but wanted to include...
Lawmakers Want To Outlaw Smoking At State Parks
May 31, 2011
With Memorial Day marking the unofficial start of summer, Central New Yorkers are beginning to flock to State Parks and beaches but state lawmakers are looking to make a change.A proposed law...
Tax Reform May Cut Cigarette Consumption, Improve Public Health
May 30, 2011
Reforming the discount cigarettes tax system may be the key to discouraging cigarette consumption and reduce the growing incidence of cigarettes-related illness such as lung cancer and heart...
Family Loses Cigarettes Lawsuit
May 29, 2011
A jury returned a defendant’s verdict yesterday afternoon in a wrongful death and product liability case brought against Philip Morris Inc. by the family of a Douglas man who died of lung cancer...
Scary Images On Cigarette Packs Found Effective
May 28, 2011
Graphic health warnings on online cigarettes packs caused one-quarter of smokers to consider quitting in 13 of the 14 foreign countries surveyed for a report published by the CDC.Adding graphic...
Two Laws Prohibit Total Ban On Cigarette Ads
May 27, 2011
The Health Ministry said two laws on the press and broadcasting restricted a total ban on cigarette advertising in a cigarettes consumption regulation being that is currently drafted. Budi...
Fatal Fire Blamed On Cigarette
May 26, 2011
The Saturday fire that killed two young children probably was started by a discarded cigarette in or near a trash can on the front porch of their South Side home, Columbus Fire Battalion Chief...
May 25, 2011
I fully support the legislation in the Texas Legislature, which proposes a comprehensive statewide smoke-free indoor workplace law. This legislation would protect all Texans from the harmful and...
Lawsuit Challenges AHCCCS Cuts As Unconstitutional
May 24, 2011
Attorneys for a legal watchdog group are going to the Arizona Supreme Court on behalf of about 150,000 people on the verge of losing their health care.Tim Hogan of the Arizona Center for Law in the...
May 23, 2011
Recent reports show Atlantic City’s 11 casinos often fail to enforce New Jersey’s anti-smoking cigarettes laws. There is no reason for the casino floors in Atlantic City to be exempt from the...
Smoking Ban Inquiries Tackled In City
May 22, 2011
When Springfield's new smoking cigarettes ordinance takes effect in June, patrons will be able to continue smoking cigarettes legally on restaurant patios -- even those with roofs -- as long as the...
Healthcare Providers Ban E-cigarettes
May 21, 2011
The three largest healthcare providers in the state now ban electronic cigarettes.Regional Health changed its no-cigarettes policy on Monday to include electronic cigarettes, Dale Gisi, director of...
Yankton’s Parks Are Cigarettes-Free
May 20, 2011
The City of Yankton and the Yankton cigarettes Education Coalition reminds all citizens that the Yankton Parks are cigarettes-free. In 2006, the Yankton discount cigarettes Education Coalition...
Bill Would Lower RI's Cigarette Tax
May 19, 2011
Rhode Island lawmakers are considering bill that would cut Rhode Island's cigarette tax by $1.The tax is currently $3.46 a pack, the third-highest in the nation.People who back the bill say it's...
Anti-smoking Summit Missing A Couple Of Invitees
May 18, 2011
A summit of area leaders on Tuesday to discuss unifying the region's smoking cigarettes bans did not quite materialize as planned, as representatives from the city of St. Louis and Jefferson County...
Delaware Towns Using Stimulus Money To Establish Smoke-free Zones
May 17, 2011
On May 16, Delaware City will be the first of eight towns in the state to establish smoke-free zones in its parks. The move was made possible through a stimulus mini-grant from the Department of...
May 16, 2011
It’s been more than a year and a half since UNM became a “smoke-free” campus, but so far no one has been punished for smoking cigarettes outside of designated areas.Student Conduct Officer...
New Mexico Governor Vetoes Nonparticipating Manufacturer Escrow Bill
May 15, 2011
New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez vetoed a bill that would have imposed additional escrow requirements on nonparticipating manufacturers to the Master Settlement Agreement.Senate Bill 397, which...
Martinez Vetoes Cigarette Tax Bill
May 14, 2011
Gov. Susana Martinez on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have taxed cigarette manufacturers that in certain cases receive exemptions.State Attorney General Gary King pressed for the law to equalize...
Is Smoking Bad For Your Career?
May 13, 2011
Everyone knows that smoking cigarettes is bad for your health, but can lighting up also be bad for your career? Frequent smoke cigarettes breaks can create rifts among employees, with non-smoking...
Most Smoking Fines In Ohio Are Going Unpaid
May 12, 2011
Four years to the month after Ohio began enforcing the voter-approved smoking cigarettes ban, enforcement is plummeting.From May 2007 through the end of April this year, state and local health...
No Smoking Policies May Present Challenges To Treatment Centers
May 11, 2011
When a new cigarettes-free policy was instituted at an Ohio women's substance abuse treatment center, both smokers and non-smokers were more likely to leave treatment early in the first few months...
Mobile Eateries Now Smoke-free
May 10, 2011
Hundreds of local restaurants and other establishments serving food have banned smoking cigarettes in the seven months since Mobile County Health Department cracked down.Last year, about 900...
Nebraska Legislature Considers Expansive Cigarettes Enforcement Measure
May 9, 2011
A bill is currently pending before the Nebraska legislature that would impose significant new requirements for nonparticipating manufacturers to the MSA and relating to tribal sales. Legislative...
Cigarette-making Shops Start Drawing Attention
May 8, 2011
Some states are looking at make-your-own-cigarettes shops and smelling something foul.The Wall Street Journal reported that New Hampshire sued several retailers, contending they act as cigarette...
Cigarettes Smoking War In 4 States
Mar 13, 2011
The smoking cigarettes battle is moving into high gear in South Dakota and Connecticut. The two states have joined, or may soon join, several other states that are debating -- or litigating --...
Mar 12, 2011
Throwing a cigarette butt from a car landed a Mulberry man in the Crawford County Detention Center and facing felony drug charges. Circuit Judge Gary R. Cottrell ruled Monday morning there was...
Jan 4, 2010
TALLAHASSEE -- Smokers in Florida and 11 other states will be lighting -- and relighting -- fire-safe online cigarettes designed to go out when they're not puffed as the result of new laws that...
Smoking Ban Sees Fall In Heart Attacks In Wales
Dec 8, 2009
NEW figures this week are expected to reveal how the first full year of the public smoking cigarettes ban in Wales heralded a steep decline in heart attacks. The findings will be contained in...
Heart Attack Figures After The Ban
Dec 4, 2009
Since the introduction of the smoking cigarettes ban in all enclosed public areas in Britain there have been a few reports claiming it has reduced heart attack admissions in hospitals. In fact,...
French Turn To Belgium For Cheap Cigarettes
Nov 30, 2009
Afew years ago, Adinkerke was a forgotten, dilapidated village of red-brick houses, just inside the Belgian border with France. In the past four years, however, it has been transformed into a...
Smokefree United Helping Football Fans To Quit
Nov 27, 2009
Chelsea fans may be celebrating their team being top of the Premier League but they are struggling off the pitch to give smoking cigarettes the red card. Only 79 Blues fans have signed up for...
Edinburgh University Students Stub Out Plan To Ban Cigarettes Sales On Campus
Nov 24, 2009
STUDENTS at Edinburgh University have voted to keep discount cigarettes on sale on campus. A motion was put before the annual general meeting of Edinburgh University Students Association which...
NHS Trust Removes Anti-smoking Propaganda
Nov 17, 2009
Strong representation was made today by Dave Atherton of Freedom2Choose and freelance journalist Pat Nurse who objected against the material on the grounds of incitement to hatred towards smokers,...
ICS Seeks €1 Hike For Cigarettes
Nov 13, 2009
The Irish Cancer Society is urging the Government to increase the tax on cheap smokes by €1 in the forthcoming budget in order to fund the fight against online cigarettes smuggling. The...
Tobacco Czar Maps New Agency's Path
Nov 10, 2009
ROCKVILLE, Md. — When “Bopper” Deyton was a student at the University of Kansas in the 1970s, he grew a ponytail. His mother hated it. “I'd do anything if you will cut your hair,”...
Want Quit Smoking Switching Mild Cigarettes NOT Improve Chances
Nov 5, 2009
Smokers who hope to kick the habit by first switching to a low-tar or mild brand of cigarette may actually find it harder to quit, researchers said today. They found that smokers who traded to...
Restaurants Prepare For Smoking Ban
Nov 2, 2009
VIRGINIA BEACH--The state-wide smoking cigarettes ban is just around the corner. On Dec. 1 most bars and restaurants will be required to have a non-smoking cigarettes section, but some restaurant...
£45m Cigarettes Haul Was First Of Five Planned Runs In Audacious Smuggling Scheme
Oct 30, 2009
The cargo ship seized with a record £45m of illegal discount cigarettes on board was on the first in a series of five planned voyages from the Philippines to Ireland, it can be revealed. An...
EU Ruling Will Spark Cigarette Price War
Oct 26, 2009
A NEW court ruling could spark a price war on cigarettes in Ireland with disastrous effects for people's health, anti-smoking cigarettes group Ash Ireland has warned. The European Court of...
UK Wants Smoke-free To Include Sidewalks
Oct 22, 2009
When the University of Kentucky campus goes smoke-free on Nov. 19, there's about a 4-foot wide loophole where people could still smoke. It's the city sidewalks. The university's jurisdiction to...
Electronic Cigarettes Get A Brief From ASH UK
Oct 19, 2009
ASH UK (Action on Smoking and health - ash.org.uk) have finally taken the step of providing a brief in regards to their position on electronic cigarettes and the ecig industry is hailing it as a...
MPs Vote To Ban Cigarette Machines
Oct 14, 2009
Cigarette vending machines could soon be a thing of the past after MPs agreed to ban them. The House of Lords will now consider whether there should be an outright ban on the machines, after an...
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22.11.2011
Samaritan Bans Cigarettes
Samaritan Hospital and Pioneer Medical Center's ban on cigarettes for sale use goes into effect Nov. 17Tobacco use is already prohibited within the medical facilities themselves, but the new ban extends to the entire property at Samaritan and Pioneer, including parked cars in their parking lots, said Dr. James Irwin, a member of the committee that recommended the ban.Samaritan's medical staff has actively encouraged the ban over the past year, he said; adding that most health care facility campuses in Eastern Washington are already buy cigarette online free.The medical executive committee...
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20.11.2011
Cigarettes-use Prevention Program
Tobacco-use prevention programs have been cut and positions at the Whatcom County Health Department will be eliminated largely because of reductions in state grant funding.The County Council on Tuesday, Nov. 22, considered approving an update to the county's budget for 2012. Included in the update was elimination of the tobacco-use prevention programs.The programs, which largely targeted youths, effectively ended midway through 2011, because the state cut all funding, said Regina Delahunt, county health department director.Click here to find out more!"We really are not doing very much in...
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18.10.2011
Local NAACP Chapter Backs Cigarette Tax Increase
A grass-roots push for a $1 cigarette tax increase has won the endorsement of the Wicomico County NAACP — needed support in a region where the rate of youth smoking cigarettes is higher than the statewide average.The Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative addresses the statewide meeting of the NAACP on Saturday in Baltimore to make the case for a $1 per-pack increase that, combined with a tax hike on other online cigarettes products, would generate $100 million in revenue, said coalition President Vincent DeMarco.The coalition has the support of the state NAACP, and hopes the meeting wins...
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10.09.2011
In The Cigarettes Wars
It appears Betty Bullock may finally receive the justice she so richly deserves. Unfortunately, she’s dead and won’t be able to enjoy it. Betty started smoking cigarettes buy cigarettes during smoking cigarettes’s golden years. She took up the habit in 1956 when she was 17. The Philip Morris buy cigarette online she smoked caused her to develop lung cancer at age 59.In 2001 she sued Philip Morris. After hearing about Philip Morris’ decade’s long campaign of deceit, a California jury rendered a 28 billion dollar verdict against Philip Morris in 2002. Unfortunately in 2003 Betty...
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09.09.2011
UCSD Researchers Alarmed At Rise In Hookah Use Among California Youth
Hookah use among California youth ages 18 to 24 is rising rapidly according to a study conducted by researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. The study appears in the "First Look" online version of American Journal of Public Health.Researchers say the increased popularity of the hookah – a water pipe used for smoking cigarettes cheap cigarette online – may be caused by the social nature of the behavior coupled with the misguided belief that it is less harmful than cigarettes."This rise is particularly alarming because it's happening in California, a state...
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