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For more than two decades, New York State has greatly restricted the use of tobacco products. The rationale at the campaign’s start – and to this day – is that tobacco smoke can harm both the health of smokers and can harm the health of non-smokers. Experts say that there is no safe exposure to tobacco smoke, either by the smoker or the non-smoker who inhales it.
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The Albany Common Council has unanimously passed an ordinance to set guidelines for new smoke and vape shops.
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New York state’s cigarette excise tax increases today.
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It is well established that tobacco use addicts and kills. For decades, the power of the tobacco industry blocked measures that would have protected the…
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The Vermont House gave final approval Wednesday to a bill that would raise the legal age to purchase and use tobacco products in the state to 21.The bill…
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Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs will become a smoke- and tobacco-free campus. The move also includes the banning of e-cigarettes and vaping…
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The Essex County, New York Board of Supervisors passed a new local law this week that raises the legal age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21.In a…
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The Vermont Senate has voted down a proposal to raise the smoking age in the state to 21.Several Democratic senators had been crafting the proposal…
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The fight against tobacco use is global: approximately 1 person dies from a disease caused by tobacco use every six seconds around the world. New York…
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After two days of floor debate, the Vermont House has sent a bill to the Senate that would raise the smoking age.House bill 93 would increase the age for…