The war on tobacco continues with CVS firing the latest salvo. The drug store chain has decided to stop selling cigarettes and tobacco products earning high praise from former smoker and current President Barrack Obama and first lady Michelle.
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Fifteen years after the United States reached a $246 billion settlement with the tobacco industry, a report finds most states have broken their promises to significantly fund smoking prevention and cessation programs -- and New Jersey ranks dead last in spending.
Another New Jersey town may ban smoking in it’s parks. Jersey City Councilman Roland Lavarro, himself a smoker, is sponsoring a measure to ban smoking at the city’s 67 parks and recreational areas.