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Recently the Albany County Legislature passed a law banning the sale of cigarettes at pharmacies. Keep in mind that this law does not ban the sale of cigarettes throughout Albany County, but instead takes aim at a specific retailers. The sponsors of the bill feel that it is hypocritical for pharmacies, and markets that have pharmacies like Price Chopper, ShopRite and Hannaford, to sell these products. Many pharmacies have already made the decision to not sell cigarettes. Many grocery stores with pharmacies have already eliminated cigarette displays. If a smoker wants to buy cigarettes and is unable to do so while shopping at a supermarket or pharmacy, he or she will simply go to a convenience store where selling of tobacco products is legal. Legislators once again believe they can make better choices than you, by restricting the sale of legal products.

This article helps expand options for smokers who very much want to quit smoking and by doing so they can inhale a e-cigarette. Also, step-by-step on how to make your own home-made e-cigarette, either by website or by business.

This article is about the recent smoking bans implemented, specifically in universities, and whether this ban infringes on our freedom to choose. I think this is a very relevant topic as over the past few there have been more restrictions on where one is allowed to smoke and in some states even e-cigarettes are being banned.

Cigarette smoke is harmful to smokers but also those who are inhaling the smoke. Many arguments arise about if it should be illegal to smoke publicly.

Rules and laws in specific states regarding cigarette smoke. Also, the effects and news of the fight to ban tobacco.

This article introduces many facts about how harmful smoking can be but it also provides facts that its not easy to quit. The website includes both points of views about how smoking has been banned in certain places and nowadays it is questionable of whether Americans have freedom to smoke or if smoking is slowly becoming extinct.

HOW SOCIABLE, EVEN GLAMOROUS, it all once seemed. Today, the lighting of a cigarette is commonly regarded as the epitome of antisocial behavior. Leading men and women of the silver screen once puffed away before audiences of all ages, but today the New York State Department of Health announces in full-page ads that cigarettes "don't belong in youth-rated movies, period."

Anti-smoking is always advertised. Smokers claim they have the freedom to smoke as long as they know the affects that it can cause them in the future.

Anti-smoking is always advertised. Smokers claim they have the freedom to smoke as long as they know the affects that it can cause them in the future.

This article helps us understand how wrong our perception of teens can be. These facts of a decline in teen's use over the past 2 decades, is a promising reaffirmation of the education provided to them about the dangers of cigarettes, alcohol and illicit drugs.

This article speaks about how it is widely accepted to use cigarettes and alcohol. However, the use of medical marijuana is still unaccepted. It goes into detail about the approval in various states.

This article weighs the pros and cons of smoking outdoors and how its changed over the years.