Posts Tagged ‘tobacco’
Tobacco: Poisoning our planet
The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday revealed new information on the extent to which tobacco damages both the environment and human health, calling for steps to make the industry more accountable for the destruction it is causing. Every year the tobacco industry costs the world more than 8 million human lives, 600 million trees, 200,000…
Read MoreAge 21 is the law of the land – to buy tobacco products
Rhode Island and New Hampshire were the New England outliers in raising the legal age for purchase of tobacco products to 21. Year after year, Rep. Tanzi in Rhode Island, and others, including advocates of the American Lung Association, had submitted bills trying to accomplish the change, but they were repeatedly defeated. President Trump, by…
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Apple Reflecting the growing concern about vaping and e-cigarettes, Apple has now removed all 181 vaping-related apps from its App store. It did so “to “reflect that apps encouraging or facilitating the use of these products are not permitted.” To date, 2,172 people have gotten sick in documenting cases due to vaping, and 42 people…
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