Gordon Reid, president of Stop & Shop, says: "Our responsibility as a grocer goes far beyond our aisles, and we are committed to taking bold steps to help our associates, customers, and communities work towards better health outcomes." Not only are they halting all tobacco sales, they are doing something extremely unconventional for a grocery store chain
The evaluation is pretty good
According to a pre-print (not yet peer-reviewed) analysis by Reason Foundation Policy Analyst Jacob Rich, one year after the ban, menthol sales within Massachusetts did decline dramatically
Candies that were once popular may be controversial today
| Among the many online condolences to the family of Chad Noel ("Jim and Bonnie, so sorry to hear of the loss of your son...") are glimpses of the boy this young man was, while growing up in the ironic hometown of Laramie, Wyoming (where Matthew Shepard lived and
In the late 1970s, Lorillard Tobacco Co., later absorbed by British American Tobacco, researched marshmallow, cherry, creme de menthe and tutti-frutti flavored cigarettes, concluding some flavors would appeal to consumers who were very young, teenagers and beginner cigarette smokers, records show