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State Targets Tobacco Marketing

Report suggests licensing tobacco retailers, raising price
Hilary Corrigan

The tobacco industry’s marketing targets young people, communities of color and those with low incomes in Oregon, according to a recent state health report. Oregon Health Authority officials—along with partners from counties, tribes and communities—visited nearly 2,000 grocery stores, pharmacies, gas stations and other tobacco retailers in Oregon to assess the industry’s retail marketing. A resulting […]

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Feds Crack Down on E-Cigs

Local campaigns aim to alert adults about marketing tobacco to youth
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

They’re so small you might mistake them for USB devices—but those small e-cigarette devices are the subject of big discussions with the Food and Drug Administration. In September, the FDA declared that the use of “e-cigs” has reached “an epidemic proportion,” according to a report in The New York Times, saying that more than two […]

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Tobacco 21

Minimum age for tobacco increases, to only slight fanfare
Avatar photo Magdalena Bokowa

Remember the ol’ adage, “Old enough to fight and vote, old enough to drink and smoke?” Nah, not really. As of this year, those under 21 can still make life and death choices or vote for presidents, but they can’t buy smokes. Recent statistics by the Oregon Health Authority and the National Youth Tobacco Survey show […]

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Tobacco 21 Legislation Signed into Law

Law will substantially restrict youth access to tobacco
Hayley Jo Murphy

(Sacramento, CA) –You must now be 21 years of age to purchase tobacco in California. SBX2 7, authored by Senator Ed Hernandez, O.D., was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown on Wednesday. The bill is part of the most expansive tobacco control package passed in decades and makes California a leader in the nation […]

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Better Living Through Music: Tobacco

Dave Cantor

Tobacco, a one-time member of Black Moth Super Rainbow, has been issuing electro-influenced hip-hop albums for the last six years. And his pending release, Ultima II Massage, has been trickling out onto the Internet over the last several weeks, track by track. The latest cut to make it our way, “Father Sister Berzerker,” which was […]

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