Lawmaking After a Massacre
In the year after the slaughter that killed 58 people on the Las Vegas strip, state lawmakers have had mixed success in passing new gun control measures.
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Tag: Smoking and Tobacco Industry
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Feds Pressure E-cigarette Makers, Blasting ‘Epidemic of Addiction’ Among Teens
Authorities told JUUL and four other makers of e-cigarettes that they have 60 days to submit a plan addressing the problem, while also sending more than 1,300 warning letters to retailers that it said illegally sold e-cigarette products to teens.
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Trump Administration Granting Wish Lists for Coal, Oil and Gas
A hat-trick for the energy industry: The Trump administration is once again turning energy industry hopes into reality, with a plan to make it easier for oil and gas wells to leak methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases. Coral Davenport of The New York Times reports that the [...]
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Social Media Campaigns by Big Tobacco Spur Call for Investigation
There's a new Marlboro Man, and she's an Instagram influencer: Actually, there are many, according to a petition filed by public health advocacy groups asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate tobacco companies' use of social media campaigns to lure young customers. "The tobacco companies are engaging in the same marketing [...]
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EPA Promotes Asbestos Rules Changes Despite Objections From Its Own Scientists and Lawyers
Internal emails reveal concerns raised by agency experts about the Trump administration's ideas for regulating the carcinogen.
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Audit Finds NHTSA Sluggish in Handling Vehicle Recalls
For the fourth time since 2011, a government audit has found that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is failing in key oversight roles meant to reduce injuries and deaths on the nation's roads. The new audit criticized the agency's handling of the massive recall of faulty Takata air bag inflators.
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Mystery Solved? Ozone-Destroying Gas Wafting from Plants in China
Outlawed emissions: A mysterious increase in emissions of a banned industrial gas that destroys the atmosphere's protective ozone layer has been traced to a province in China where manufacturers have kept using it to make foam insulation. According to The New York Times, the spike in emissions of CFC-11 is [...]
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The NRA’s Dinner Dates with Prominent Russians
Vodka toasts for gun rights group: Several prominent Russians, including people said to be in Putin's inner circle or powerful within the Russian Orthodox Church, met with officials of the National Rifle Association in Moscow and elsewhere during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to a McClatchy report.
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FDA Playing Catch-Up as JUUL and Imitators Give Nicotine Jolt to E-Cig Business
An ad promoting the JUUL device. Note the warning in tiny type at the bottom: ''This product contains nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive chemical.'' Teenagers from local high schools flock to Brooklyn Vape in downtown Brooklyn. The store is small – a single room with vape paraphernalia [...]
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San Francisco’s Sweeping Ban on Flavored Tobacco Products Upheld by Voters
In a closely watched election contest, San Francisco voters have upheld a first-in-the-nation ban on the sale of menthol cigarettes and other flavored tobacco products, overwhelmingly rejecting an $11.6 million campaign by R.J. Reynolds to scuttle the law.