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MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Moving Forward to Prevent Gun Violence
Every two hours and 48 minutes we fail to act, a child or teen is killed with a gun. We…
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FDA Cracking Down on Menthol, Electronic Cigarettes
The Food and Drug Administration released a plan this month to ban menthol and flavored e-cigarettes in an effort to…
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Police Seek Answers for Handling Mentally Ill
Increasingly, police are finding a large part of their job is dealing with the mentally ill, something for which they…
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American Cancer Society Applauds D.C. for Tobacco Laws
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed three critical tobacco control bills that will essentially make the District a smoke-free city.
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A Year Later, CVS Says Stopping Tobacco Sales Made a Big Difference
(USA Today) – The decision to stop tobacco sales at all of its drugstores a year ago caused people to buy 95…
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WHO Says Too Few Countries Taxing Tobacco Products Enough
TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Taxing cigarettes up to 75 percent of their retail price is among…
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The San Francisco Giants Could Become the First MLB Team to Ban Chewing Tobacco
(Time) – A San Francisco city ordinance could make the Giants the first team in Major League Baseball to ban chewing…
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Tobacco Company Lawsuit Alleges FDA Overstepping Authority
MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s largest tobacco companies are suing the Food and Drug Administration…
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Health Campaigners: Industry Makes $7,000 for Each Tobacco Death
(Reuters) – The tobacco industry makes $7,000 for each of the more than 6 million people who die each…
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Is World Without Tobacco By 2040 a Pipe Dream?
(Capital OTC) – Tobacco sales should be drastically downsized by 2040 under strict recommendations from several public health researchers.…
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