Word: tobacco
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...percent of adults who have smoked started before the age of 18; three-quarters of minors buying cigarettes report they are never carded. To reduce those numbers, the new regulations state that retailers must check the ID of anyone under 27. Anyone caught selling cigarettes or chewing tobacco to someone under 18 will be fined at least $250. To ensure compliance, the FDA has unleashed a horde of old-looking children in undercover sting operations in stores across the country. Starting August 28, the agency will also introduce a ban on vending machines in spots where underage teens are allowed...
...sheer enormity of this issue cries out for it to be addressed in a more serious public forum. The second largest contributor to the Republican National Party the past year was Philip Morris, which gave $1.9 million. With the prominence of the nicotine and tobacco debate, and the increasing contentiousness between lawmakers and corporations that produce tobacco, surely the industry shouldn't have that kind of sway over the Republican party. In fact, the practice is so widespread that recently some Republican Congress members made it clear that they would not listen to any contributors to the Democratic party...
Howe has since secluded herself, reportedly at her grandfather's ranch near Austin, Texas (TIME's repeated attempts to speak to her, relayed to her lawyer, have gone unanswered). But in the interim she became an informant for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and is the purported source of contentious variants in the story of the Oklahoma bombing. Last week the McCurtain Daily Gazette, an Oklahoma newspaper, published what it said was an interview with Howe by J.D. Cash, whose work has also appeared in the antigovernment press. In Cash's interview, Howe says she learned that Mahon...
Moreover, Clinton is right to direct funds to curtail marijuana use by suburban youth. Substance abuse--whether involving alcohol, tobacco or pot--is a danger to America's future. Supporting medicinal uses of marijuana does not mean compromising our firm stand against recreational drug...
...YORK CITY: Investors sent tobacco stocks higher Tuesday, on reports that major tobacco companies were close to settling all of the suits brought by 21 states to recover Medicaid costs associated with smoking. But both the companies and the states deny that they are anywhere close to a comprehensive settlement. "There have been discussions about settlements with individual companies, most notably the Liggett Group," said Chris DeWitt, a spokesman for the Michigan attorney general's office. "But I have no information that there is any talk yet about a global settlement." Bloomberg News, quoting sources involved in the negotiations...