California May Shut Down Baseball’s Tobacco Habit
The familiar image of baseball players chewing tobacco may soon be history in California, where state lawmakers are considering outlawing tobacco use in all baseball parks to set a better…
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Marijuana May Be The Least Dangerous Recreational Drug, Study Shows
Marijuana is far safer than alcohol, tobacco and multiple other illicit substances, researchers say, and strict, legal regulation of cannabis might be a more reasonable approach than current prohibitions. Those…
States Smoking The Most Smuggled Cigarettes
Tobacco consumption in America has declined consistently since the surgeon general’s office published its first report in 1965. However, more than 18% of adults still identified as smokers in 2013,…
States Smoking The Most Smuggled Cigarettes
Tobacco consumption in America has declined consistently since the surgeon general’s office published its first report in 1965. However, more than 18% of adults still identified as smokers in 2013,…
Don’t ban e-cigarettes on airplanes
These are good times for anti-smoking campaigners. But you wouldn’t know it from listening to their rhetoric. At the urging of anti-tobacco activists, the Department of Transportation is proposing to…
Don’t ban e-cigarettes on airplanes
These are good times for anti-smoking campaigners. But you wouldn’t know it from listening to their rhetoric. At the urging of anti-tobacco activists, the Department of Transportation is proposing to…
Here’s What’s Being Done To Get Child Laborers Working 16-Hour Days Off Of U.S. Tobacco Fields
Advocates are speaking out on behalf of child workers’ health and well-being after a bill that would have regulated Virginia’s tobacco farming industry failed to pass last week. Minors would…
E-Cigarettes Could Face Major Bans In California
On the heels of a study that found electronic cigarettes may expose users to high levels of formaldehyde, the California senate has introduced a bill that would define the controversial…
Search for 6 missing after Annapolis mansion fire could take days
The 16,000-square-foot waterfront mansion house belonged to executive Don Pyle, chief operating officer for ScienceLogic, company spokesman Antonio Piraino said. Pyle was believed to have been at home with his…