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FDA Fails to Show How Proposed Rule on Smokeless Tobacco Would Improve Safety or Save Lives
The plan would potentially ban an entire category of tobacco products, create a black market to satisfy existing demand for products, and shutter over a thousand centuries-old farms.
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Banning Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Florida Communities Is a Bad Idea
Florida lawmakers are hammering out state rules and regulations for the industry, but most likely local governments will still be making permitting and zoning decisions for dispensaries.
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Surface Transportation News #161
Rights and wrongs of Interstate tolling
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How Trump’s FDA Pick Could Make it Easier for Americans to Quit Smoking
Left unchanged, the FDA's controversial deeming rule could remove up to 99 percent of vapor products from the market giving a major boost to big tobacco companies, according to Wells Fargo analyst Bonnie Herzog.
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Cigarette Taxes Wouldn’t be a Smart or Reliable Way to Fund Education in New Mexico
Proposal to increase taxes is bad for the economy, public health and won’t provide a sustainable revenue stream for public schools.
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New Mexico’s Plan to Raise Taxes on E-Cigarettes Would Hurt Public Health
E-cigarettes aren’t tobacco products and should be viewed as healthier alternative to help reduce smoking.
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The Proposed Tobacco Product Standard for NNN Level in Smokeless Tobacco Should Be Withdrawn
The proposed NNN rule is premised on flawed analysis.
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How the CDC Masks the Truth about Smokeless Tobacco
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is misleading the public about the risks of smokeless tobacco in ways that are unethical and damaging to public health.
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Examining the Claims About America’s Crumbling Infrastructure
Not every infrastructure project is equally important and a focus on highway congestion in major cities should be prioritized.
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Uncertain Funding, Rising Costs and Long Delays–Just Another Day for California High-Speed Rail
While rail proponents grumble about delay in electrification funds, a new report suggests building parts of system will cost 50% more than estimated.
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A Modest Reform Could Mean Life or Death for the Vaping Industry
The e-cigarette industry is on the edge of a cliff, with Food and Drug Administration rules threatening to wipe out 10,000 small businesses and remove 99 percent of vapor products from the market in just 18 months' time.
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Airport Policy and Security News #116
Mass chaos at yet another airport
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Center for Student-Based Budgeting Newsletter, February 2017
"How have we managed to make efficient choices and simultaneously invest in our classrooms?"
