(CNN) – At Tuesday’s All-Star game in Minnesota, it will be hard not to think of Padre great Tony Gwynn. He was an all star 15 times, a man who lived to play and teach and talk baseball, and a man who died way too early because of a habit associated with it – chewing tobacco, a […]
DONNA CASSATA, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – The familiar image of a battle-hardened member of the military smoking a cigarette may become a little less common. The Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee on Tuesday approved a $549.3 billion defense spending bill that would eliminate the 25 percent discount that members of the armed services enjoy when […]
The Washington Post New Jersey’s Senate approved a raise in the legal smoking age from 19 to 21 last week, pushing the groundbreaking experiment in public health one step closer to fruition. The bill, which the General Assembly will consider in the fall, would make New Jersey the first state to prohibit the sale of […]
By SUE MANNING, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ten years ago, Shirley Worthington rushed Tigger to the vet when the dog’s mouth started bleeding. When she was told he had cancer, she knew to blame her heavy smoking, an addiction she couldn’t kick until after her pet died. Secondhand smoke can cause lung and […]
By Jeff Van Wychen, Fellow and Director of Tax Policy & Analysis From Hindsight, Minnesota 2020 Blog One of the reasons for increasing Minnesota’s cigarette tax was to incentivize current smokers to “kick the habit.” It appears that the cigarette tax increase is already having the desired effect. According to information from ClearWay Minnesota, “Quit attempts by Minnesotans have […]
By Amy Dalrymple, Forum Communications ALEXANDER, N.D. – New Yorker Phil Hamda came to North Dakota to scout for real estate opportunities, but his plans changed after paying nearly $8 for a pack of cigarettes in Williston. Hamda, whose father owned tobacco shops in New York City, noticed that tobacco prices in the Bakken varied widely. […]
By Steve Hummer The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Tony Gwynn, hitter nonpareil, died in mid-June of the kind of cancer that should have sent a chill through every clubhouse in baseball. A member of the dip-and-spit set when he played, Gwynn suffered salivary gland cancer. He was only 54 at his death. In a story looking at baseball’s […]
By Jay Taylor, Durbin, ND The state of North Dakota just recently unveiled newly designed license plates that will be used and distributed over the coming months/years. The total cost to the taxpayers of North Dakota for this update was $7 million. The last time the license plate was changed was more than two decades ago. […]
By Amanda Woerner, FoxNews.com Though rates of cigarette smoking in America continue to decline, smokeless tobacco use remains popular, especially among young men — and with potentially dangerous health consequences. A recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that the use of smokeless tobacco among workers in the U.S. has […]
By Amanda Woerner, FOXNews.com Though rates of cigarette smoking in America continue to decline, smokeless tobacco use remains popular, especially among young men — and with potentially dangerous health consequences. A recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that the use of smokeless tobacco among workers in the U.S. has […]