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PATRICK CIRCULATES KIRK TALKING POINTS
... and the Democratic majority in Congress may rely on the interim to give the Democrats a filibuster-proof margin in the Senate for a big-ticket health care reform bill. Kirk, 71, lives on Cape Cod and has extensive corporate ties. He worked for Kennedy from 1969 until 1977, then joined the ...
Massachusetts senator pushes state government to ban flavored nicotine products
... D-Norfolk and Plymouth, sponsored the proposal banning the sale of flavored tobacco and vape products and said he filed the bill with the public health committee where it still needs reviewal. The ban would prohibit the sale of flavors such as mint, menthol, and mango. In an interview with ... Life James Hoppe said the college can only estimate how many students smoke and vape from previously conducted surveys. The American College Health Survey in 2015 found that 11 percent of students at Emerson smoked in the past 30 days while the Healthy Minds study in 2019 found that 15 ... more regulation on who can buy and sell things like that. I think the problem is that the people who are selling these products don’t really care who they’re selling them to.” In Massachusetts, 140 cities and towns—including Boston—already regulate or ban flavored tobacco ...
April 2018 State Update
... House Ways and Means committee released its proposed FY2019 budget last week. Of note to ACS CAN: Funding for the creation of the Office of Health Equity, which ACS CAN has been advocating for since 2007, is included. The office would spearhead efforts to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in Massachusetts. Funding for the Massachusetts Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program is flat funded from the current fiscal ... supporting an amendment to increase funding for this important program from $550,000 to $1.5 million over three years. The Pediatric Palliative Care Program is funded at just over $3 million, $400,000 over the funding in the Governor’s proposed budget. The additional funding would ensure ...
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