Tag: cigarettes

Biden greenlighting menthol cigarettes for Black smokers

OPINION: The innocent citizen has long speculated about what it takes for a politician to get fired from politics. Where is the line? Molesting a young intern in the Oval Office, apparently, is not over the line. Not if you are a Democrat, at least. Nor is lying your way into a war, general thievery […]

Minneapolis sets $15 per-pack minimum for cigarettes

MINNEAPOLIS — Smokers in Minneapolis will pay some of the highest cigarette prices in the country after the City Council voted unanimously Thursday to impose a minimum retail price of $15 per pack to promote public health. The ordinance not only sets a floor price. It prevents smokers and retailers from getting around it by […]