Durbin compares Zuckerberg to tobacco execs after ‘outrageous’ statement
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Thursday that meth CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Congress in 1994 that he didn’t believe cigarettes were addictive. He likened it to executives from Japan’s largest tobacco company who testified that they did not. Durbin said in an interview on CNN This Morning that Zuckerberg made “outrageous statements” […]
Baltimore looks to ban MLB players from chewing tobacco
The city of Baltimore wants to work with the Baltimore Orioles baseball team to ban major league players from using tobacco products in stadiums and fields. Tobacco products are already prohibited inside Major League Baseball's Oriole Park stadium at Camden Yards, but this rule does not apply to players. Under a Major League Baseball Players […]
Ohio Legislature puts tobacco control in the state’s hands after governor’s veto
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Local governments in Ohio will be forced to restrict tobacco use in their communities after the Republican Legislature on Wednesday overrode Republican Gov. Mike DeWine's veto of a budget proposal that would have put regulation in the hands of the state. It is no longer possible to regulate it. The bill, […]