March 8, 2018
The Christian Science Monitor, Peter Grier, March 6, 2018- A big industry defended by powerful lobbyists. A product popular with grassroots supporters but reviled by critics as lethal. A nationwide debate that touches on deep aspects of American culture. Guns in 2018? No, tobacco in 1998. Twenty years ago, a …
December 28, 2017
Lawrence Journal-World, Peter Hancock, December 24, 2017- As a group in Lawrence prepares a strong push for local regulations that would raise the minimum age for buying tobacco to 21, efforts may be underway at the state level to push for a law that would pre-empt the ability of local …
May 18, 2016
Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights: Anatomy of Successful Grassroots Umbrella Group Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights (ANR) and the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation have been leading the charge to protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke since 1976. They started out as a small group of concerned citizens who were tired of breathing other people’s …
May 17, 2016
Imagine boarding a plane after a week away from home at meetings in another city. You’re looking forward to getting home to your family and sleeping in your own bed. You settle into your seat and close your eyes, happy to take a long-delayed nap. You sigh and breathe in …
December 8, 2015
Ames Tribune December 5, 2015 By Austin Harrington A letter being circulated by members of Healthiest Ames is asking the Ames City Council to revisit the issue of banning electronic smoking devices in all places that other forms of tobacco use are currently not allowed. The letter, written by Brian …