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New Front In The War On Tobacco
If you want to learn more about the federal push for new rules requiring cigarette packs to carry large, graphic images depicting the potential health effects of tobacco use, click here. You’ll also...
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Fat Kids, No Toys And Oblivious Smokers
Well, well, well, I hear San Francisco is going to be the first in the nation to ban toys in Happy Meals……if that alleged happy meal has a certain number of calories. Raise your hand if you’re...
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Smokers Need Not Apply
NEWBURYPORT (CBS) — If you smoke, don’t bother applying for a job at Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport. The hospital is requiring job applicants to take nicotine tests. If they test positive, they’ll...
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Hopkinton Looking To Stop Underaged Tobacco Use
HOPKINTON (CBS) – The little town best known as the start of the Boston Marathon, is now trying to run out a problem that doesn’t jibe with its sporty image. “You see kids around town smoking,” says...
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Bridgewater State, Salem State Ban Smoking On Campus
BOSTON (CBS) – It’s back to school for college kids all across New England but this year something new is banned from some campuses. Several state schools are going tobacco-free, campus wide. Salem...
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Boston To Regulate Sales Of Electronic Cigarettes
BOSTON (AP) — Boston city officials are stepping up efforts to regulate electronic cigarettes that deliver nicotine and individual cigars that have become popular with people looking for cheaper...
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Cigarettes For $3 A Pack? Roll Your Own
BOSTON (CBS) – A growing number of smokers have found a way to get cigarettes for a small fraction of what they used to pay because they’re not paying most of the taxes. Is it legal? It depends on who...
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Alternative Tobacco Use Outpaces Cigarette Smoking Among Teens
BOSTON (CBS) – Teenagers are well aware of the dangers of smoking but millions still light up every day. Part of the reason, according to some experts, is tobacco companies are luring them with...
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Cohasset Hopes To Ban Use Of E-Cigarettes
COHASSET (CBS) – The town of Cohasset wants to outlaw electronic cigarettes. WBZ NewsRadio 1030′s Jeff Brown reports. Download: e-cigarette-ban-brown-w1.mp3 Also known as e-cigarettes, the electronic...
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I-Team: Alleged Tobacco Scam Costs Taxpayers Millions
BOSTON (CBS) – Nobody likes paying taxes, but the I-Team found one man who has allegedly made a fortune dodging the tax man. What is more outrageous, he is doing it by moving cancer causing products...
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NH House Considers 20-Cent Cigarette Tax Hike
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s House is considering raising the tobacco tax 20 cents — a dime less than Gov. Maggie Hassan counted on in her budget. The House is scheduled to vote next week...
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Scituate Raises Legal Age To Buy Tobacco Products To 21
SCITUATE (CBS) – Health officials in Scituate have voted to raise the age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21. They hope the new rules will prevent teenagers from lighting up. “If they can’t get...
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Are E-Cigarettes A Safe Alternative?
BOSTON (CBS) – There is growing concern that e-cigarettes are luring teenagers into addiction. E-cigarettes have no odor and what looks like smoke is actually water vapor. There’s no tar or other...
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Arlington Raises Minimum Tobacco Buying Age To 21
ARLINGTON (CBS) – Officials in one Massachusetts town will increase the minimum legal age to buy tobacco to 21 years old. Acting Director of Health and Human Services James Feeney announced on Tuesday...
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Marijuana Now More A Habit For College Students Than Cigarettes, Study Finds
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — More U.S. college students are making a habit of using marijuana, which has supplanted cigarettes as the smoke-able substance of choice among undergraduates who light up...
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FDA Halts Sales Of 4 R.J. Reynolds Cigarette Brands
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday banned sales of four cigarette brands from R.J. Reynolds because they did not meet the agency’s safety review requirements. Under FDA...
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Mayor Walsh Proposes Raising Tobacco Purchase Age In Boston To 21
BOSTON (CBS) — Boston Mayor Marty Walsh proposed changes to the city’s tobacco regulations Wednesday that would raise the minimum age for buying tobacco and nicotine products to 21. “It is our...
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Lawmakers Unveil Bill Raising Age To Buy Cigarettes To 21
BOSTON (AP) — A move to raise the minimum age for purchasing cigarettes and other tobacco products across Massachusetts is gathering steam on Beacon Hill. The Legislature’s Public Health Committee on...
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Cancer Activists Push Bill To Hike Legal Age To Buy Tobacco
BOSTON (AP) — Over 100 cancer patients, survivors and their families from across Massachusetts are planning to gather at the Statehouse to press lawmakers to support efforts to protect young people...
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Sen. Markey Calls For Ban On Menthol Cigarettes
BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Edward Markey is calling for a ban on menthol cigarettes, arguing that tobacco companies disproportionately target African-Americans when they market and promote the cigarettes....
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