Some prisons taking pre-orders for cigarettes, in preparation for Feb. 1 lift of smoking ban (Source: KSLA News 12) By Anthony Warren | January 18, 2021 at 6:55 PM CST - Updated January 19 at 2:43 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Inmates are likely counting down the days until they’ll be able to light up again in Mississippi’s prisons.
So many people are expected to begin smoking, in fact, that some facilities began taking pre-orders for cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products earlier this month.
However, the rollout isn’t without its hitches.
Some inmates are complaining of price-gouging, while some nonprofits are saying the change in policy will only hurt inmate health.
Alice Pomponio Named Managing Director of American Cancer Society s BrightEdge
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ATLANTA, Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The American Cancer Society today announced that life sciences industry leader Alice Pomponio has been named managing director of BrightEdge, the ACS philanthropic impact fund that invests in companies to accelerate the Society s mission to fight cancer. Pomponio has served as a member of the board of directors of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the Society s advocacy affiliate, two-time chair of ACS CAN s Boston Research Breakfast, and as chair of the ACS Eastern New England Board of Directors.
Only a smokescreen? Tobacco industry stands down as Colorado, Oregon hike cigarette taxes By Vignesh Ramachandran, Kaiser Health News
Published: January 18, 2021, 6:00am
Share: Colorado and Oregon raised cigarette taxes in 2020 with surprisingly little pushback from the tobacco industry. (Dreamstime/TNS)
Big Tobacco did something unusual in Marlboro Country last fall: It stood aside while Colorado voters approved the state’s first tobacco tax hike in 16 years.
The industry, led by Altria Group, one of the world’s largest tobacco companies, has spent exorbitantly in the past to kill similar state ballot initiatives. In 2018, Altria’s lobbying arm spent more than $17 million to help defeat Montana’s tobacco tax ballot initiative. That same year, it spent around $6 million to help defeat South Dakota’s similar measure.