New York State Bans Vaping Where Cigarettes Already Prohibited
It will soon be illegal to use electronic cigarettes, the popular vapor substitute to traditional tobacco cigarettes, in public indoor spaces in New York State.
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Big Tobacco Goes Soft
Neuchâtel, Switzerland, is charming in the way all sleepy European cities are charming, only more-so. Even the graffiti is charming—an underpass bears the all-black inscription, “Rock And Roll.” Strict zoning laws, World War II neutrality, and ample limestone quarries preserved its rich architectural heritage, while avoiding modernism’s folly. Neuchâtel (new castle) was the only royalist government when it entered the Swiss confederacy in the 19th century, and the 12th century Romanesque castle, church, and prison parapet still dominate the skyline. A gorgeous Art Nouveau building houses a lady’s shoe store, the Frisbee Nightclub Cabaret, and Le Richelieu Canna-Weed Shop across the street from the Carrara marble Monument de la République 1848. Walk a block northwest and you’ll find the only beautiful Christian Science Reading Room in the world, a tasteful church fashioned in the neoclassical persuasion. It has Corinthian columns, because every building seems to have Corinthian columns.
Feds Spend $373,522 to Put Subliminal Cigarette Warnings in Video Games
The National Institutes of Health is spending nearly $400,000 testing how to insert subliminal messages against cigarette smoking in video games played by teens.
De Blasio Brags About New York Cigarette Price Floor Being Raised to ‘Highest Price in the Country’
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that cigarette prices in the city would go up by $2.50 to $13, bragging it would be “the highest price in the country.”
California Raises Smoking Age to 21
Twenty-year-old Californians will have to join the military if they want to legally smoke a cigarette.
FDA Releases 499 Pages of New Cigar Regulation
New rules passed by the Obama administration will lead to dramatic cuts for cigar manufacturers and cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars, effectively wiping out any small or new business owners.
FDA Spends $36 Million on Anti-Chewing Tobacco Ad Campaign
The Food and Drug Administration is spending $36 million on an anti-chewing tobacco advertising campaign targeted at white male teenagers in the midwest.
Feds Ban E-Cigs on Planes Because They Look Like Cigarettes
The federal government has banned the use of electronic cigarettes on airplanes, saying they took a “practical approach” of banning the legal product because they can look like cigarettes.
A Smoker Confesses His Unpopular Opinion of Paul Ryan
First, Paul Ryan likes Rage Against the Machine, long embroiled in a four-way competition with Creed, Hootie & the Blowfish, and Dave Matthews for the title of “Worst Band of All Time.” Saying that you “like” Rage is tantamount to admitting that you are a total dork; it pretty much confirms that some point in the ’90s your main interests were Surge, Twister, and real-time strategy games.
Feds Spend $224,767 on Anti-Smoking Video Game for Fifth Graders
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is spending over $200,000 on an anti-tobacco video game for fifth graders, where they will navigate through “cancer rooms” to find hidden objects to beat cigarettes with.
