101.5 KNUE Country Radio » cigarettes http://knue.com Wed, 22 May 2013 00:15:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 NYC Proposes Raising Minimum Age for Cigarette Purchases — Should Texas? [POLL] http://knue.com/nyc-proposes-raising-minimum-age-for-cigarette-purchases-should-texas-poll/ http://knue.com/nyc-proposes-raising-minimum-age-for-cigarette-purchases-should-texas-poll/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:30:05 +0000 Amy Austin http://knue.com/?p=212436 Our friends in the Big Apple, are proposing raising the minimum age for cigarette purchases, from 18 to 21 years of age. So, what do you think? Should Texas do the same, or not?

]]> http://knue.com/nyc-proposes-raising-minimum-age-for-cigarette-purchases-should-texas-poll/feed/ 0 newtoniga, flickr Judge Blocks Law Requiring Graphic Photos on Cigarette Packs http://knue.com/judge-blocks-graphic-photos-cigarette/ http://knue.com/judge-blocks-graphic-photos-cigarette/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:00:43 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=59145 In a 29-page decision on Monday, US District Judge Richard J. Leon blocked the implementation of a law on graphic cigarette photos. It would’ve required tobacco companies to include explicit photos detailing the dangers of smoking on cigarette packages.

The 36 images proposed by the Food and Drug Administration include a picture of diseased lungs next to healthy lungs, a man exhaling smoke through a hole in his throat, and a male cadaver with chest staples down his torso.

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