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Alcohol advertising would be banned and sales limited by location and time of day under a plan endorsed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, CBC News reported Sept. 11. Medvedev called alcoholism in Russia a “national disaster” in unveiling plans that …
Budget Rent-a-Car and Avis are prohibiting smoking in their rental vehicles as of Oct. 1, the Los Angeles Times reported Sept. 13. The agencies announced that all rental vehicles will now have a sticker warning drivers and passengers not to …
Breast-cancer survivors have a 120-percent greater risk of suffering a second breast cancer if they continue to smoke, while daily drinkers face a 90-percent increase in risk of cancer returning, according to researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center …
In the United States, 23.2 million persons aged 12 or older need treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol use problem, yet only one in ten receive treatment.* Substance abuse treatment agencies struggle to improve access to the growing need …
Six million people worldwide will die from smoking-related illnesses next year, according to the annual Tobacco Atlas report from the American Cancer Society. “Tobacco accounts for one out of every 10 deaths worldwide and will claim 5.5 million lives this …
The Obama administration is implementing a new $300-million program to discourage Afghan farmers from growing poppies by providing them with incentives to start growing other crops, such as wheat and corn, the Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 14. The U.S. …
The vast majority of U.S. paper money in circulation contains traces of cocaine, a new study finds. CNN reported Aug. 18 that researchers found that 90 percent of $1, $5, $10, $20 and $50 bills tested had detectable cocaine residue. …
A new law that gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) power to regulate tobacco products could have the paradoxical effects of cutting smoking and helping the nation’s largest tobacco companies, some observers say. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported Aug. …
A combination of the plaintiff’s behavior and employment-law technicalities has sunk a lawsuit against a Massachusetts company that fired an employee for smoking, the Boston Globe reported Aug. 8. Scott Rodrigues was fired by The Scott’s Co. for violating company …
None of the leading candidates for governor of California have embraced marijuana legalization despite polls showing majority support for the concept and predictions that legalizing and taxing the drug could generate $1.4 billion in annual revenues for the state, the …
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