Hazard in plain sight? ‘Crossover products’ may help hook kids on smoking, drugs
Flavored blunt wraps, used to roll tobacco and frequently marijuana, are available at least four Marblehead convenience stores, and are specifically marketed toward teens, Redford says. When North...
View ArticleTobacco companies target kids, Utah health officials say
Don’t tell David Neville that those grape-flavored mini-cigars behind the counter at every local convenience store are aimed at mature smokers. “They’re already hooked,” Neville says of longtime...
View ArticleArk. Law Bans Smoking With Kids In Car
Smoking with young children in the car can be dangerous to their health, and in Arkansas it’s also against the law. The law was passed in 2008, one reason why some smokers 40/29 talked with had no idea...
View ArticleTaxpayer-funded ‘charities’ will soon be in severe financial difficulties.
These days I usually do a double-take if I see someone smoking in a car when there are kids in the back. Something that two decades ago was seen as completely normal is now so weird it sends a signal...
View ArticleNew law closes loopholes on new tobacco products aimed at kids
Minnesota’s tobacco laws are strengthened to reduce youth access to tobacco products under a bill signed into law this week. The measure, known as the Tobacco Modernization and Compliance Act of 2010,...
View ArticleFired Up over New Tobacco Regulations
Harrisburg, Pa. – People who like to light up are fired up over new rules concerning how tobacco can be bought, sold and advertised. Those rules come straight from the federal government. Smokers feel...
View ArticleColorado Ranks 27th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
Colorado ranks 27th in the nation in funding programs to prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, according to a national report released today by a coalition of public health organizations....
View ArticleChewing Tobacco for Kids Spreads Oral Cancer in India
Safiq Shaikh was 13 when he began chewing a blend of tobacco and spices that jolted him awake when his job at a textile loom got too dreary. Five years later, doctors in Mumbai lopped off his tongue to...
View ArticleLawmakers asked to free kids from cigarettes
Six-year-old Alon gets a daily allowance of P20 for food and school supplies. With that she can buy either a stick of banana-cue and one cup of juice, or a small bag of chips and 10 pieces of candy, or...
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