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Activists targeting hookah tobacco

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — They come in brightly colored, shiny packages in fun flavors like chocolate, blueberry, gummy bear, wine and pink berry. But the American Cancer Society says the little cigars and...

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Turns out, menthol cigarettes are no healthier than regular ones

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Food and Drug Administration review concludes that menthol cigarettes likely pose a greater public health risk than regular cigarettes but does not make a recommendation on...

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War on smokers lights up

ATLANTA — First it was bars, restaurants and office buildings. Now the front lines of the “No Smoking” battle have moved outdoors. City parks, public beaches, college campuses and other outdoor venues...

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BUCHANAN: Is America going to pot?

Smoking Marlboros is now forbidden in Irish bars in New York City. But buying, selling, and smoking marijuana is legal in Colorado. It doesn’t take a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing....

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Read the ridiculously scary letter middle school sends warning of the dangers...

In case you haven’t been keeping up with your shock studies, snorting sugary Smarties candies is apparently still all the rage with preteens everywhere. Fortunately, school officials over at Portsmouth...

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CVS to stop selling cigarettes a month early

As CVS sharpens its focus on customer health, the nation’s second-largest drugstore chain will tweak its corporate name and stop the sale of tobacco nearly a month sooner than planned. CVS Caremark...

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Eric Garner and the unintended consequences of high cigarette taxes

Eric Garner’s death is forcing the country to rethink police tactics, but it should also force us to rethink state and local taxes—in this case, cigarette taxes. States love to tax tobacco products,...

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The mayor of Boston has an idea that’s going to piss off a ton of pro athletes

BOSTON — From storied Fenway Park to youth baseball diamonds across the city, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh is calling for a ban on dip, snuff, and chewing tobacco. With former Red Sox pitcher and mouth...

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E-cigarettes have been linked to a pretty gruesome lung condition

Smokers thought e-cigarettes were OK — or at least a lot better than smoking tobacco cigarettes — but new research from Harvard shows that the smoking alternative has a compound that causes a pretty...

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A man ditched a cigarette in a sewer, and it blew up right in his face — the...

A man who got the idea of flicking his smoldering cigarette down a sewer and sticking around to watch it fall had no idea that he was about to cause an explosion that would knock his shoes off....

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This Chicago suburb will increase the purchasing age for buying tobacco to 21

Last Summer Chicago increased the age one can be to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21. Now another Chicago suburb is following suit. The northwest suburb of Elk Grove Village which borders O’Hare airport...

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Malia Obama has some surprising figures in her corner after smoking videos...

Days after photos of her smoking a cigarette and hugging a boy before a football game hit the Internet, some famous daughters have come out to defend Malia Obama. Obama, currently in her freshman year...

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New report says Chicago highschoolers are smoking less

The city announced on Monday that a record low 6 percent of Chicago high schoolers reported smoking cigarettes in 2017. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the rate is down from 13.6 percent in 2011...

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New Bill Would Ban Anyone Under The Age of 100 To Buy Cigarettes!

Sorry smokers, it looks like the bad news just keeps on coming. A few months after Marlboro announced they were thinking about getting rid of their cigarettes and focus on e-cigarettes and safer...

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Woman Finds Tiger in Abandoned Texas House

HOUSTON (AP) — A woman who called Houston’s non-emergency dispatch line after discovering a tiger inside a cage at an abandoned home told the shocked dispatcher: “I’m not lying.” The Houston Chronicle...

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Study Shows Drinking A Bottle of Wine A Week Is The Same As Smoking 5 to 10...

Well, there goes my bottle of wine a week. It looks like wine lovers might want to think twice after a new study shows that drinking a bottle of delicious red wine a week is equivalent to smoking up to...

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Security Footage Shows What Happens When You Smoke at the Gas Pump

An Arkansas fire department has a message for anybody thinking of lighting up while they’re pumping gas: don’t do it. The Stuttgart Fire Department recently shared a video posted by Josh Addison, who...

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Walgreens to Hike Minimum Age for Store Tobacco Sales

Walgreens has decided to raise its minimum age for tobacco sales several weeks after a top federal official chastised the drugstore chain for violating laws restricting access to cigarettes and other...

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This Company Rewards Non-Smokers with an Extra Week of Vacation

Hey non-smokers, congratulations, you get more vacations days! Well, at least in Japan you do. Piala Inc., a company in Japan has decided to do something about smokers after it is deeply ingrained into...

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Heads Up Texas, The Legal Age To Purchase Tobacco Has Changed

Sorry Texas, you will officially become the 15th state to prohibit the sale of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and other tobacco products to anyone younger than 21. So not only will you 18-year-old need a...

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Menthol Cigarettes Could Officially Be Banned For Good

Heads up New York, menthol cigarettes may soon be extinguished and quick. Legislation introduced last week would officially ban the sale and distribution of flavor tobacco products, which include...

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Robert Norris, Original Marlboro Man Who Didn’t Smoke, Dies at Age 90

As we all know, Marlboro started off as a women’s cigarette company. When they quickly made the switch to target towards men, they really went for it, rebranding it with the “Marlboro Man.” The...

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Man ‘Forgets’ He Can’t Smoke on an Airplane and Lights Up a Cigarette Mid-Flight

In today’s ‘what the heck were you thinking’ story, a man apparently forgot that you can’t smoke airplanes after literally lighting a cigarette mid-fight. Despite the practice being banned for the past...

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Disney Has Banned Smoking, Big Strollers, and Ice in All Their Parks

I remember when a ticket to Disney was $45. A 50 dollar bill could get you a full day in the most magical place on earth. Like most kids, I was obsessed with Disney. We lived relatively close to...

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Restaurant Owner Freaks Out, Sprays Fire Extinguisher in Man’s Face for Smoking

A restaurant owner in Salt Lake City, Utah got real high and mighty about a man smoking a cigarette too close to his establishment and decided to do something about it that he immediately regretted....

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