tobacco issues

In Massachusetts of course. The smallish (7,400 population) town of Westminster in the heart of Massachusetts may become the first US town to prohibit the sale of all tobacco products. The town's Board of Health will be holding a public hearing this week on the measure. Links. CBC IBT Boston Globe

CVS has announced they will cease the sale of all tobacco products by October 1st. The company estimates the decision will cause them to lose $2 billion in revenue http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/cvs-caremark-plans-stop-selling-tobacco-products-22371836...

This thread, which seemed to have started simply as a troll, has turned into an interesting stance about smoking regular cigarettes and how strongly people feel about it. http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=205589 It leads me to think: it seems to me that the people...

It is a form of assault through poisons inflicted on your fellow man. It kills others slowly, but still kills them, ad kills the smoker itself. Assualt and suicide are already illegal so the precedent is already there. It's not enough to publicly ban it, it should be probable cause for the law...

While researching third party vote totals for the 2008 election I came across America's oldest third party - The Prohibitionists. They received 648 votes in 2008. The 2012 platform will be written soon, but the 2008 platform is still online...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36564107/ns/health-kids_and_parenting

I just went down to the konbini for lunch and saw the latest effort by JT (Japan Tobacco) to hook young people on the death sticks. They're selling a promotional 5-pack of "Camel Menthol Minis" in 5 different colors with a stylish Zippo lighter or cigarette case thrown in for free. JT is the...

To avoid the high price of tobacco related products some smokers have resorted to growing and curing their own tobacco. Why don't they get the hint and quit smoking?

See this linkhttp://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-052003smoke_lat,1,3941638.story?coll=la%2Dhome%2Dheadlines A global ban on tobacco was stopped partly by the U.S. Thank goodness. People just don't get it. We now only have two drugs that are easily accessible and make us feel...