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...legislation would earmark money from state tobacco settlements for cities and towns--sending 40 percent of the $280 million received by the state annually to community health programs...
...Cambridge received the money to fund these programs, Duehay said the city would probably first focus on tobacco control and substance abuse treatment programs...
Talk about mixed messages. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Friday approved two new labels that tout the benefits of moderate drinking for use right alongside the current labels warning about the health dangers of alcohol. One of the new, government-approved messages: "The proud people who made this wine encourage you to consult your family doctor about the health effects of wine consumption." Not surprisingly, opponents of the labels -- public health officials, legislators and drunk driving activists -- are coming forward in droves. "The labels are a horrific mistake, " says TIME magazine health reporter Janice Horowitz...
Companies that deal in tobacco, belch sulfur dioxide, support Planned Parenthood, finance risque movies...the verboten list will be endless. Consider how city pension funds and university trust funds are pulled in and out of politically (in)correct investments at the behest of pressure groups--and multiply that by a thousand...
...lost half his herd of 100 Holsteins to a blood disease; four years later, after years of struggling to get loans for feed and basic upkeep of the farm, he had to sell the remaining cows and give up on dairy farming. For a time, Barker grew and sold tobacco to keep the farm and support his family. Even when he lost most of his acreage after the government and other creditors finally forced him into bankruptcy two years ago, he bounced back--putting together a cooperative with other destitute black farmers to grow and process sweet potatoes and other...