Tag: tobacco
Cancer remains a dreaded diagnosis, but theres heartening news. America is showing great progress against some of the most deadly forms of the disease, particularly lung cancer and the aggressive skin cancer melanoma. Researchers have…
BOSTON (AP) Massachusetts governor signed into law today a groundbreaking ban on the sale of flavored tobacco and vaping products, including menthol cigarettes. Republican Gov. Charlie Bakers signature makes Massachusetts the first to enact…
I stopped for a few days and then I ended up buying new pods. The withdrawals got to me. My friends are the ones who got me into vaping. And they think I shouldnt stop,…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A national outbreak of a vaping-related lung illness is increasing pressure in Kansas to consider new regulations for vaping and tobacco products. One of the suggestions getting attention is raising the…
So now that its been documented that vaping is dangerous to your health, the next step to follow is for health insurance companies to charge more for those who take up the nasty habit. …
In 1998 tobacco manufacturers reached an unprecedented agreement with 46 states, which had sued the companies for engaging in decades of deceptive marketing practices that contributed to an epidemic of tobacco-related illness and death. Over…
KANSAS CITY, Kansas Many people figure vaping spares their health because it lets them inhale nicotine in aerosols instead of sucking in smoke from burning cigarettes. New research from the University of Kansas casts…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas officials want to put the brakes on vaping in public schools. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the Kansas State Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday to launch an anti-vaping campaign.…
WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday introduced a bill to raise the federal age for purchasing tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to 21, increasing the chances that Congress will clear a significant smoking-related…
Dear editor, I read with interest Virginia Machas comments Wednesday in the Register about the impact of the Tobacco 21 policy on her business. Macha said raising the legal age to purchase tobacco products from…
