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.

Where? mid-Atlantic coast of USA: essentially bounded by eastern Maryland and below that northeastern Virginia. Why? Years ago I drove a seemingly endless narrow bridge just above the waterline, then up ahead the bridge disappeared with land nowhere in sight. The highway dropped down below the water into a long tunnel. A couple minutes later it rose back above with land still nowhere in sight. It then again dropped below, and finally once again rose above reaching land after

Movies are one of the main legal avenues remaining for the industry to (indirectly) market to children. Numerous studies have shown that smoking in movies makes teens more likely to try smoking. In fact, a review study suggested that as much as 37 per cent of youth smoking initiation is due to smoking in movies. The U.S. Surgeon General has concluded that this is causal, and that simple ratings changes could reduce the number of teen smokers by nearly one in five (18 per cen

We are on our way back from 3¬+ wks in the mostly the Pyrenees and Basque regions of both France and Spain, with a short trip thru SE England on the way back. The latter was added when the airline prices for the planned Barcelona to Bilbao portion kept escalating, and I came up with the idea of using relatively cheap Air Transat into London (Gatwick) and then super-cheap intra Europe flights

We are on the way back from two great weeks of travel in Poland! Country #90 for me! I had been hesitant to go there before because of the horrible legacy of the holocaust

Our 12d itinerary was Bogota-Zona Cafetera (coffee-producing region)-Cartagena-Medellin. Overall, as always seems to be the case for various reasons, mixed reviews. Before arriving our fears were initially about safety, and then more recently Zika virus. No, we haven't changed our minds about not wanting kids, however more recently Zika has been linked with an at least 10-fold increase in Guillain Barre paralysis, of which I might at increased risk due to a family hx in my Da