Raising the minimum legal age for sale of tobacco and vaping products to 21 is a smart and needed component of both reinvigorating our longstanding, but stalling, battle against smoking, as well as constructing a defense with any hope of countering the tsunami- like rise in youth vaping currently underway.

Cigarette butts are by far Canada's leading form of litter. Worldwide, trillions are littered annually. Beyond being unsightly, non-biodegradable and toxic to marine and terrestrial life, they are costly to clean up, and a leading cause of both structure and forest fires. Although increasingly getting the attention that they deserve as an environmental concern, little thought has been given to them in the context of Canada's recently-proposed single-use plastics ban.

2019 We got back last weekend from 11 days in Myanmar (country #95!), after a couple of wks in Malaysia, and are both still suffering from considerable jet lag. I didn't send out a trip email after our trip to Sardinia last fall as there was nothing very special to say (beautiful large Mediterranean island, excellent food..., our 2d in the world's oldest republic, tiny cliff-top, tri-towered San Marino, was more exotic), however the country formerly known as Burma is far too

That would be "What is Iceland?", Alex. Hi everyone, Imagine being able to drive from Niagara Falls to Yellowstone's Old Faithful geyser in 10 minutes. Now put both of them within a half hr of historic Jamestown, and only 90min from your nation's capital and largest city- without exaggeration, such is Iceland. We just finished a 2-wk, 2900km drive of Iceland's 1300km Ring Road with side trips to the West Fjords and Snaefellsnes peninsula. Iceland is impossibly beautiful, ev

We are flying back from Hong Kong after 12d in Cambodia- 3 in the bustling capital of Phnom Penh, 3 in the small former French colonial coastal area of Kep and Kampot, 2 in the now southern Chinese investment boom-town port of Sihanoukville, and 4 in the tourist Mecca of Siem Reap with its nearby innumerable staggering temple complexes of the former city of Angkor. Earlier we spent 2wks back in Malaysia with a side-trip to the quiet but impressive regional/royal capital of Al

On Nov. 1, the minimum legal age for purchasing cigarettes in the state of New Jersey was raised to 21. Hawaii and California already have “Tobacco 21” laws in effect, while Oregon and Maine have recently passed laws that will come into force next year.