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Convenience Store Group Slams City’s Move to Raise Smoking Age
(Photo: Getty) Earlier today, Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Health Commissioner Tom Farley unveiled new legislation to raise the city's minimum age threshold for tobacco purchases from 18 to 21...
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Bloomberg Credits Britain for Inspiring Him to Raise Smoking Age
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he was also skeptical about raising the age on cigarette sales. (Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Conde Nast) Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that he, too, had his...
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Tobacco Retailers Rage Against ‘Houdini’ Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Robert Bookman, attorney for the NYC Newsstand Operators Association, denounces Mayor Bloomberg's bills. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been accused of many things over the years, but at a press...
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City Pols Celebrate CVS Plan to Stop Tobacco Sales
A CVS. (Photo: KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images) Smoking is out at City Hall. City politicians took to Twitter today to applaud CVS’s announcement that its stores will no longer sell tobacco after Oct. 1....
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