Mission: To protect the residents of Wichita/Sedgwick County from the adverse effects of tobacco.
In the early to mid-1960’s (both before and after the Surgeon General issued his famous report on the dangers of tobacco) Mad magazine, a long-running satirical magazine prone to poking fun at political figures and big companies, took on the tobacco industry more than any “respectable” magazine. Free from any dependency on advertising, Mad could be fearless, and it was. Its campaign
Read moreWe need your help! On April 24, 2014 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took the first small steps toward regulating other tobacco products by proposing a new rule. This new rule would include e-cigarettes, cigars, “little cigars” or cigarillos, pipe tobacco, hookah tobacco, nicotine gels, and dissolvables (such as snus). The new rule requires manufacturers to disclose ingredient
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