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It’s not a secret, at least not anymore, that tobacco comes with significant health risks, but are there also serious environmental consequences from the production of tobacco products?  While only about 1% of arable land is globally devoted to tobacco growth, much of that growth…

While we are seeing more news about the dangers of e-cigarettes, little has been studied regarding the issue of waste. E-cigarettes create electronic waste and the plastic in them ads to the overall problem of micro plastics in our environment. According to Nick Mallos, Sr.…

Our blogs usually look at the dangers of smoking, vaping and chewing tobacco from the standpoint of how it affects the user or how it affects those close to the user. This week I thought I’d just look at smoking from a slightly different angle.…

On May 16, 2020 Governor Tim Walz signed legislation raising the age to purchase tobacco products in Minnesota to 21. It might not seem like a huge change, but according to an article on the website www.tobaccofreekids.org, increasing the legal age for purchasing tobacco to…

In a recent segment on WESH TV, Orlando Florida, Dr. Stephanie Haridopolos of the Florida Tobacco Advisory Council, discussed the hazards of smoking and vaping and the CORONA-19 virus. It is already well documented that smoking is a health hazard, and a prime factor increasing…

In a 2019 TEDx Talk, Mitch Zeller, director of the Center for Tobacco Products at the FDA, takes us on an informative and fascinating walk through some of the history and statistics of smoking.  Zeller begins by pointing out that tobacco is responsible for more…