Tobacco

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January 19, 2023
For decades, health advocates have chided the tobacco industry for marketing harmful nicotine products to children, resulting in more...
April 29, 2022
While the proposed ban is years in the making, some expressed concerns it could negatively impact Black people through policing.
February 5, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is praising CVS Caremark for its decision to stop selling tobacco products at its…
February 5, 2014
(AP) - CVS Caremark, America's second-largest drugstore chain, is quitting selling tobacco products at its more than 7,600 U.S. drugstores…
January 21, 2014
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Black media outlets want the nation's tobacco companies to run court-ordered advertisements in their publications as…
October 24, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - KT&G, South Korea's largest tobacco company, is pulling a line of 'This Africa' cigarettes after complaints about…
October 31, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is in excellent health and tobacco free, his doctor said Monday in the results…
June 21, 2011
RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) - The labels, which show rotting teeth, diseased lungs, and a smoker's corpse, cover the top half…
May 12, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - A third of those deaths are among African-Americans, who predominately smoke cigarettes with menthol flavoring...