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It will soon cost a bit more to buy a gun in California. Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images
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Starting in July 2024,...
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by: Jennifer Porter Gore
Ethan B. had his first cigarette at age 10. Eight years later, after enlisting in...
In a concerted effort led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, a coalition of 21 attorneys general, including prominent figures such as California Attorney...
After tobacco companies targeted Black communities and enticed Black consumers to smoke menthol cigarettes, i.e., first Kools, then Newports and finally Parliament menthol, congress...
Cannabis smoke shares many of the same toxins and carcinogens as tobacco smoke.
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by Beth Cohen, University of California, San Francisco
Though...
Menthol cigarettes were responsible for an estimated 377,000 premature deaths in the U.S. during the past 40 years.
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by Ashley Gearhardt, University of Michigan
Every year millions of Americans try to cut down on ultra-processed foods – industrial formulations that are...
