North Carolina Health News2d
NC House and Senate bills would raise age for tobacco sales to 21, create permitting system for retailers
He founded the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation in 1996 and began to push for state legislatures to raise the tobacco sales age. At first, he had scant success. But in 2003, a town in ...
WUNC2d
NC House, Senate bills would raise age for tobacco sales to 21, create permit system for retailers
He founded the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation in 1996 and began to push for state legislatures to raise the tobacco sales age. At first, he had scant success. But in 2003, a town in ...
Superior High School Pledgemakers want to reinstate random drug testing
Following a successful campaign to restrict the number of smoke shops in Superior, students in the High School Pledgemakers group are seeking to resume random drug testing at the school. Student ...
The tobacco lobby claims vaping is displacing youth smoking – a close look at the evidence tells another story
A 2020 study is frequently cited as evidence that vaping reduces youth smoking rates. But the research is flawed. Vaping ...
WTVD5d
Tobacco Road Marathon runners pound the pavement for NC charities, Helene survivors
CARY, N.C. (WTVD) -- Thousands of runners gathered in Cary Sunday morning for the 15th Tobacco Road Marathon ... with about 20 percent of racers making the cut. The potential for severe weather ...
CSP Daily News2d
Anna Bettencourt, Senior Tobacco Category Manager at Yatco Energy, Talks Navigating Regulations, Challenges
Anna Bettencourt, senior tobacco category manager, at Yatco Energy, Marlborough, Massachusetts, was a finalist for behind the ...
‘Multiple gunshot victims’ at park in New Mexico
EL PASO, Texas ( KTSM) — Multiple people were shot at a park late Friday night in Las Cruces, New Mexico, according to police ...
The Buffalo News6d
No Menthol Buffalo, local grocer say no to selling tobacco products
Youths are most likely to smoke menthol cigarettes, but local grocer Tony Ahmed is pushing back against the trend.
Tobacco Road is front and center of March Madness with 3 women's sites and men's site in area
Tobacco Road is the center of the NCAA Tournament this week with three women’s first-round sites at Duke, North Carolina and N.C. State. There’s also the men’s first-round games being ...