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New Jersey Bill Would Legalize Pot, Expunge Existing Marijuana Crimes

Should the bill, A4193, pass, convenience stores would be permitted to sell cannabis alongside cigarettes — available to anyone aged 19 and older.

by Claire Bernish

Tobacco Farms Exploit Child Labor In North Carolina

The report did not include the children who were working with their families in tobacco fields.

Tobacco Farms Exploit Child Labor In North Carolina

Various North Carolina farmers partnered with R.J. Reynolds tobacco company illegally hires children under 13 years old to harvest their tobacco crops, report released Wednesday stated. A recent audit commissioned by the tobacco company found that 40 percent of its contractor farms employed under age workers, therefore violating the Federal law

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UK Youth: Cannabis Should Be Legal And Tobacco Illegal

Cannabis should be legal and tobacco should be made illegal, according to a new survey for young people.

Cannabis should be legal and tobacco should be made illegal, according to a new survey for young people. Student Money Saver (SMS) polled 1,000 people under the age of 30 to get their views on alcohol and drug

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The Impact Of Smoking Marijuana Regularly On Your Lungs, According To Science

Why is marijuana still classified as a dangerous drug when study after study shows it to be safer than tobacco?

The Impact Of Smoking Marijuana Regularly On Your Lungs, According To Science

Evolving attitudes about marijuana among the majority of Americans, as well as decriminalization laws starting to sweep the nation, have done little to quell questions about the health effects of longtime use among medical

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Worldwide, Tobacco Regulators Monitoring Philip Morris Lawsuit Against Uruguay

The tobacco giant’s lawsuit against Uruguay is a key example of the growing trend of multinational companies using trade agreements and mechanisms to circumvent national legislation — even legislation meant to protect public health.

Worldwide, Tobacco Regulators Monitoring Philip Morris Lawsuit Against Uruguay

WASHINGTON --- A lawsuit that some say began as an attempt by a multinational company to intimidate a small Latin American country has instead drawn the attention of major players in global health, civil society and philanthropy circles. Further, the legal action – brought by the tobacco giant Philip Morris International against

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Carey L. Biron is Washington correspondent for MintPress and for Inter Press News focusing on issues of equity and accountability, environmental and corporate regulation, and international development and governance from Capitol Hill. Carey spent much of the past 15 years covering South and Southeast Asia as a radio and print reporter and editor.

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Tobacco Growers’ Reform On Child Labor An “Important Step”

In the aftermath of a landmark report on child laborers in the tobacco industry, one tobacco growers’ association in the U.S. has pledged not to hire anyone under 16.

WASHINGTON --- Rights advocates are tentatively cheering new pledges from a major association of U.S. tobacco growers not to employ children under 16 years old, in response to longstanding concerns over the particularly harmful effects of this work on the health of young people. In July, the Council for Burley Tobacco passed a

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Carey L. Biron

Carey L. Biron is Washington correspondent for MintPress and for Inter Press News focusing on issues of equity and accountability, environmental and corporate regulation, and international development and governance from Capitol Hill. Carey spent much of the past 15 years covering South and Southeast Asia as a radio and print reporter and editor.

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Marijuana Legalization May Open Door To “Big Cannabis”

Tobacco giants have been considering the marijuana market since at least the 1960s. After all, who knows how to sell psychoactive smoke-ables better than Big Tobacco?

Marijuana Legalization May Open Door To “Big Cannabis”

LOS ANGELES --- In 1978, two market forecasters with the Brown & Williamson tobacco company wrote a report in which they imagined what might happen if marijuana was legalized. While legalization would cause “a period of difficult reappraisal in tobacco company strategy,” they wrote, “marijuana products seem to be a logical

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