RJ Reynolds Can’t Make Up Its Mind Arendtm October 31, 2016 Blog, Featured News & Events, Related News, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates In California, RJ Reynolds is spending millions to prevent a new tax on cigarettes. But in Missouri, RJ Reynolds is spending millions to promote a new tax on cigarettes. Tobacco taxes are proven to prevent kid...
California Lawmakers Vote to Raise Smoking, Vaping Age to 21 Arendtm March 11, 2016 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News California lawmakers voted Thursday to raise the legal age for purchasing and using tobacco and e-cigarettes from 18 to 21, putting the nation's most populous state on the brink of becoming only the second afte...
Hollywood and Tobacco: New Spotlight on Smoking At The Movies Arendtm March 25, 2015 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 24, 2015 Hollywood and Tobacco: New Spotlight on Smoking At The Movies Launch of Revamped UCSF Website Ranks Actors, Directors, Top 10 Movies by Their Use of Tobacco ...
Increasing the Minimum Age Arendtm February 5, 2015 Blog, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates In the past few years, several localities have increased the minimum age to buy tobacco products to 21. The first to increase the minimum sales age to 21 was Needham, MA, a suburb of Boston, in 2005. Following ...
California declares electronic cigarettes a health threat Arendtm January 30, 2015 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California health officials Wednesday declared electronic cigarettes a health threat that should be strictly regulated like tobacco products, joining other states and health advocates ...
Tobacco sale ban for US campus shops Arendtm January 29, 2015 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News One of the world's top universities is taking a smoking ban a step further this week, as Stanford University prohibits the sale of tobacco as well as smoking on campus. Campus shops at the Californian universi...
Education before Tobacco Profits Arendtm November 4, 2014 Blog, Smoke Alarms The most recent data shows that the tobacco industry spent more than $1 million a day sponsoring events and giveaways that target college students. Tobacco companies heavily target young adults (ages 18 to 21) ...
