Investigators have nicknamed him the "Newport Bandit." Police say the suspect has targeted about 50 convenience stores, repeatedly taking cartons of Newport cigarettes
Those, like me, that rolled their own tabs, took as much pleasure from the anticipation as the action
When purchasing a pack of cigarettes, the average cigarette smoker currently pays: $1.01 in federal excise tax, $1.91 in state excise tax, $0.66 in master settlement cost, and $0.36 in average state sales tax[17] For a pack-a-day smoker that translates to roughly $1,435 per year in taxes on cigarettes, but the proposal would increase that total to $1,823 per year
Even if alcohol causes cancer and there is no French paradox, what about the famous J-shaped curve, where excessive drinking is bad, but light drinkers appear to have lower mortality than abstainers?