Showing posts with label tobacco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tobacco. Show all posts
January 13, 2010
Tobacco tax increase urged in the Year of the Lung
A good story in scoop regarding the need to raise taxes on tobacco. Scoop: Tobacco tax increase urged in the Year of the Lung . It's not often that you get a policy decision which can be both popular, improve the health of citizens and boost the government's tax revenues.
January 2, 2010
Living with a smoker puts kids at risk for emphysema - USATODAY.com
Living with a smoker puts kids at risk for emphysema - USATODAY.com
Further evidence of the damage done by passive tobacco smoke inhalation. Because the full costs of choosing to smoke are not borne by the smoker it is impossible to treat this as purely private choice analagous to buying a tin of baked beans. Control and reduction of tobacco use is one of the areas where strong and effective regulation is required.
Further evidence of the damage done by passive tobacco smoke inhalation. Because the full costs of choosing to smoke are not borne by the smoker it is impossible to treat this as purely private choice analagous to buying a tin of baked beans. Control and reduction of tobacco use is one of the areas where strong and effective regulation is required.
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