The White House is considering implementing a measure that would force cigarette companies to adjust nicotine levels in their products to non-addictive or minimally addictive levels. Writes about this Independent. It is also reported that the administration of US President Joe Biden is considering ...
California and New York have filed a lawsuit against the US Postal Service. These states blame the service for shipping tens of thousands of packs of cigarettes from foreign countries, claiming that overseas smugglers are tax evasion and postal workers are oblivious. ...
Beverly Hills became the first US city to almost completely stop selling tobacco products. The city council voted unanimously to stop selling cigarettes, cigars, e-cigarettes and other tobacco products starting in 2021. The ban applies to sales at gas stations and in ...
New Yorkers will no longer be able to buy cigarettes at their local pharmacy. A law banning pharmacies from selling cigarettes and other tobacco products is due to take effect on January 1, 2019. Mayor de Blasio has signed a bill that also prohibits pharmacies from selling electronic cigarettes, more ...
Many smokers believe that smoking is only harmful to their health, but this is not the case. In addition, cigarettes destroy the environment and harm the global economy. Buzzfeed has collected 11 negative effects of smoking you never knew existed. 1. Cigarette butts are not biodegradable ……
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree amending the Fire Regulations in the Russian Federation, prohibiting throwing cigarette butts out of car and train windows. This is stated on the official website of the country's government. The document prohibits throwing away “hot slag, coal and ash,...
American tobacco giants Philip Morris USA (trademarks Marlboro, Parliament), RJ Reynolds Tobacco (Lucky Strike cigarettes), Lorillard (Kent) and Altria (parent company Philip Morris) lost a lawsuit, which lasted since 1999, and are now required to launch an advertising campaign about the dangers of smoking, ...
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has signed a package of bills aimed at reducing the number of smokers to 160 by 000, the mayor's press office said. Despite the fact that the percentage of smokers since 2020 has decreased from 2003% to 21,5%, in the city ...
In New York, cigarettes will now rise in price and will be more difficult to find after the city council passed the corresponding bill. Yesterday, August 9, the New York City Council approved a bill that would raise the minimum price for a pack to $ 13, reduce the number of sellers of tobacco products and ban ...
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Friday signed legislation that raised the legal smoking age from 19 to 21. Note that a similar law has been in force in New York since 2014. “By raising the minimum age for purchasing tobacco products to...