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NYC tobacco policy would most curb youngest teens: researcher
New York City officials, with the blessing of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, announced Monday that they will seek to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products in the city’s five boroughs from 18 to 21 years of age. Although the proposed rule...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Health, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, University of California, Irvine
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Smoking and the right to dumb choices
As thoroughly awful as everyone knows cigarettes to be — still the No. 1 cause of premature death in this country — public officials walk a blurry line when they try to reduce smoking's terrible toll. As long as they lack the will to ban...
Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Tobacco Products, OxyContin (drug), Marketing, Advertising
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NY proposal would make 21 minimum age for tobacco
No one under 21 would be able to buy cigarettes in New York City, under a new proposal announced Monday that marks the latest in a decade of moves to crack down on smoking in the nation's largest city. New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn...Tags: Lung Cancer, Food and Drug Administration, Health, Grocery Coupons, Services and Shopping
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EMILY's List creates independent group to boost Greuel candidacy
EMILY’s List, a political organization dedicated to electing pro-choice Democratic women, has created an independent expenditure committee and seeded it with $400,000 to buoy Wendy Greuel’s bid for Los Angeles mayor, according to documents...
Tags: Annise Parker, Local Elections, Elections, Government, Eric Garcetti
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Bills spark debate over paid sick time in Michigan
Bills spark debate over paid sick time in Michigan ALANNA DURKIN,Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Some Michigan Republicans are pushing to ban local governments from requiring employers to provide paid sick leave as cities in other...
Tags: Business, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace, Employees, Labor Legislation
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6 New York officials charged in political corruption scandal
A lawmaker was so eager to be New York City’s next mayor that he tried to buy his way into the election, prosecutors alleged on Tuesday, as they announced charges of bribery, extortion and fraud against the legislator as well as a New York City...
Tags: Trials, Lawyers, FBI, Malcolm Smith, Real Estate Sellers
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L.A. mayoral hopeful Wendy Greuel wins backing of Emily's List
L.A. NOWLos Angeles mayoral hopeful Wendy Greuel announced the backing of Emily's List.... -
Unemployed complain they need a job to find a job
NEW YORK (AP) — Help wanted. Qualifications: Must already have a job. It's a frustrating catch for those out of work in an era of high unemployment: looking for a job, only to find that some employers don't want anyone who doesn't already have...
Tags: Trials, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace, Justice System, Government
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Governor's brother disagrees on some election issues
Gov. Martin O'Malley's brother has apparently split with the governor on two election issues, backing a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate and signing a petition to put the state's same-sex marriage law on the November ballot. Patrick O'Malley...Tags: Primaries, U.S. Senate, Martin O'Malley, Parties and Movements, Government
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An NYC-style sugary-soda ban in D.C.?
Several Washington, D.C., lawmakers say they're considering a ban on large sugary drinks mirroring the one recently approved by the New York City Board of Health. District of Columbia Councilwoman Mary M. Cheh said on Twitter that she is "open to...
Tags: Children's Health, Obesity, New York City, Vincent Gray, Radio Industry
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The sugar battle: Cereal companies cut sweets; soda industry sues
The food and beverage industry has made some major moves in recent days in the struggle over super-sweet products. Major cereal-makers Nestle and General Mills pledged to cut sugar and salt content in children's breakfast cereals abroad, while soda and...
Tags: Beverage Industry, Business, Obesity, Starbucks Corp., Weight
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Slashing At McDonald's May Be Hate Crime
pix11.com | @jaydownyc | @pix11marioThis man is not just another man waiting on line for his food at McDonalds. Police say he’s a homophobic criminal, who’s accused of getting into an argument with a gay couple while standing on line at the chain’s Greenwich Village...Tags: Greenwich Village, Anthony Rodriguez, New York City Police Department, Crime, Law and Justice, Hate Crimes
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