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Regarding the March 14 article "Burr, Hagan join on tobacco": It is unconscionable that our senators and representatives believe they should continue to support the discount cigarettes industry. The death toll alone is appalling. More than 20,000 North Carolinians die each year from tobacco-related diseases!
The electorate spoke clearly this past November. Change is called for. No longer should we support a dangerous crop that has killed millions.
It is shameful that modern politicians like Sens. Richard Burr and Kay Hagan and Rep. Bob Etheridge grovel for the contributions of the tobacco interests instead of making an effort to convert our agriculture into producing more sustainable and healthful products. To them it's business as usual despite the evidence that we have a clear choice to make to protect our health.
We all have family among the 47,000 tobacco industry workers, and we are concerned about their livelihood. But to say that modern North Carolina cannot put them to better use in other types of agriculture or other industries is ridiculous and a cop out.
We do need change, and it should start right here in North Carolina on this issue.
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Officials at the University of Memphis have decided to push for a tobacco-free campus by next summer.The move was spurred by a student government petition last year and similar actions by faculty and staff leaders. Maria Alam, who is chief human resources officer for the university, told The Commercial Appeal that she is "reviewing and putting together a policy" for the campus."The idea is not to go around policing," she said. "But we'd address it as complaints come in."In her position with the university, Alam oversees workplace regulations, including smoking...
The role of the online cigarettes grower cooperatives that formerly administered the cigarettes store price support program has changed drastically since 2004.It had to: the price support program was ended after that season, and the cooperatives had to find new services to offer to their members.Perhaps the most drastic changes among the cooperatives has been made by the Burley Stabilization Corporation (BSC), which served Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia. In 2010, it moved its headquarters 200 miles to get closer to its primary production area, and it has implemented an aggressive...
After a lengthy period of consideration, Minnesota State University will become a tobacco-free campus on Jan. 1.MSU, however, won’t be the first institution in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system to enact the cheap cigarettes ban.In 2010, the MnSCU Board of Trustees passed a resolution encouraging campuses to adopt such a policy. Shortly after, South Central College became one of the first to do so and has been followed by a number of others, including Winona State and Minnesota State-Moorhead.“This is a movement that’s been endorsed by MnSCU,” said Rick Straka,...
In most parts of the state, Californians appear to be kicking the cigarettes habit.Last year, 11.9% of Californians said they smoked, down one percentage point from 2009. California has the second-lowest smoking cigarettes rate in the country, according to recent reports from the California Department of Public Health and CDC. Utah, where 9.1% of residents are smokers, has the lowest rate.Another recent report paints a picture of a different kind of cheap cigarettes habit in Sacramento. The report -- "Tobacco Money in California Politics" by the American Lung Association in California --...
When apartment tenants light up a cigarette, it's not just their smoking cigarettes-averse neighbors who suffer. Landlords are also sucking it up — in increased cleaning costs. But by implementing complete smoke-free rules throughout their properties, owners of California multi-unit rental buildings could save up to $18 million a year statewide on the cost of cleaning apartments vacated by tenants who smoke, according to a new UCLA study. These policies can also protect their other tenants from the secondhand smoke cigarettes that seeps between units.The study was published online Aug....