Tag: cigarettes
The unseen cost of cigarette pollution: Billions in environmental damage
The yearly economic cost of cigarette plastic waste amounts to approximately $26 billion.
Biden administration plans an immediate ban on menthol cigarettes
Studies prove that such bans will help people quit smoking, especially those disproportionately affected by menthol cigarettes.
Tobacco industry donates millions to try and defeat Medicaid expansion in...
"Voters in Montana have a simple choice: side with companies that kill or with Montanans who need access to healthcare.”
New tobacco filters sprout seeds when littered
“After all, any business that makes only money, we believe, is a bad business.”
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EPA finalizes repeal of power plant carbon standards as environmental groups sue
The sector accounts for nearly one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the agency separately proposed ending its authority to regulate them.
Democratic attorneys general say Education Department is hiding 1,300 documents on its layoffs
A privilege log lists nearly 1,300 records the agency says are too sensitive to hand over.
7,000 Chicago hotel workers vote to authorize strike
A union survey found a third of members cannot cover rent or mortgage payments, and the last hotel strike in the city, in 2018, lasted about a month.
Vance-led task force moves to strip 760,000 people of ACA coverage
Advocates say the crackdown follows 8 million coverage losses already tied to Trump-era health cuts.
Federal judge blocks deportation of man shot by ICE during Austin delivery run
DHS and the man's attorney give conflicting accounts of the medical care he has received since.