Earlier this week on the Senate floor, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, introduced legislation that would raise the minimum purchase age for tobacco from 18 to 21. It’s a bipartisan effort being spearheaded by McConnell and Senator Tim Kaine, a Democrat from Virginia and Hillary Clinton’s former running mate. McConnell first announced his intention […]

KENT, OH (WOIO) – Kent State University will become a smoke-free and tobacco-free campus on July 1. The new policy is part of the university’s healthy campus initiative. KSU provides resources for students, faculty and staff who want to quit smoking. According to anti-smoking.org smoking kills four out of every 10 people who smoke, one […]

CLEVELAND – The law forbidding Cleveland tobacco sales to people younger than 21 years old goes into effect on Thursday. In December 2015, Cleveland City Council passed a measure prohibiting the selling, giving or distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products to anyone who is younger than 21 . Prior to the law, the legal […]

CLEVELAND – A Cleveland council member wants to increase the legal age in which smokers can purchase cigarettes in the city to age 21. That’s among other changes Joe Cimperman is asking city council to implement. Cimperman proposed in a Health and Human Services Committee meeting Monday that Cleveland raise the legal limit of purchasing […]

  (WOIO) – On September 3, 2014 CVS Caremark Corporation announced a corporate name change to Caremark Health, a move the company says reflects their broader health care commitment. Retail outlets will remain CVS/Pharmacy. To further their plan to provide better health services to customers, CVS plans to stop selling cigarettes and tobacco products in […]

  CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland State University started the new school year with a bold health initiative. The campus is going tobacco-free. The new rules for campus take effect Monday, August 26. The new rules prohibit smoking of any kind, anywhere on campus.  This includes dorm rooms, parking lots or even your own car, […]