People in tobacco states die from smoking-related cancers at a higher rate than most of the rest of the country
Veterans More Likely than General Population to Use All Types of Tobacco Products, Including the Most Harmful A new study is the first since 2015 to examine differences in tobacco use by product type among military veterans compared to civilians, finding that veterans disproportionately use all commercial tobacco product types, including cigars and cigarettes, which pose a range of serious health risks
Tung TH, Chiu YH, Chen LS, Wu HM, Boucher BJ, Chen THH
Politico called it a radical idea and a move straight from the playbook of the Big Tobacco takedown of the 1990s. Paul McDonald, a lawyer who led the effort, said the aim wasnt to cast the food industry as villains, but to lighten the economic burden of obesity on states and taxpayers and to negotiate broader public health policy objectives. On the legal front, according to the law firm Perkins Coie, 256 class action lawsuits were filed against the food and beverage industry last year, a 58% increase from 2023
