(Rant Warning!) If you want to raise revenue, tax a addictive product. I get it, as a “business model,” it’s a winner. Folks will fill your tax coffers, because they have a hard time not buying the thing you’re taxing. When you tax tobacco, you can pretty much count on the coughers to fill your […]
Legality & Lethality NPR, on the first day of Black History Month 2024, posted this timely story about the proposed Federal ban of menthol as a tobacco flavoring. You can listen to it by clicking the arrow below. Some of the glaring health disparities evident today are directly and indirectly a result of the prevalence
There are plenty of things in life that aren’t fair. Sometimes, some people are motivated to try to address disparities. For starters, we need to see the unfairness. If it’s something that doesn’t impact us personally, we may be completely unaware of glaring inequity. So, here it is – a brief and informative video that
While Black history should be accurately taught and celebrated every day, Black History Month is a perfect time to spotlight the fact that smoking is a social justice issue as well as a global health concern. The Tobacco industry has a well-documented record of target marketing to marginalized communities. “These tactics have serious consequences. African
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No matter what journey you are on today, this quote holds meaning: If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. -Martin Luther King Jr. On 7/29/15 in Columbia SC, James Taylor was joined onstage by
