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Surgeon General Richard Carmona wants to inform the public about the
dangers of secondhand smoke but strangely shies away from the most
obvious, simple, cost-effective and evidence based way to do so:
propose new, updated, improved (enlarged and graphic) warnings on
cigarette packs.
The warnings set on the side of cigarette packs sold in the US have basically remained unchanged for 20+ years.
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This was posted downtown this morning. Are condos the only culprit? I don't think so. The rules of the game are biased against making downtown both dense and environment/people friendly with parks, trails, limits on car/parking invasion. As for the rest of the island I don't think the growth there is linked to condos. There have been no vision, no political will and no organization among the would be advocates (look at the no website, no blog, 19th century communication policy of the Scotch Broom) even if they do/did spend hours/years fighting and mitigating what could have been much worse. Still...
As a 19-year resident of Grow between Wallace and Ihland, I continue to
have strong feelings that regular, daytime parking by students at BHS should be
banned on Grow Avenue, Nakata and Lovell. I support a "2-Hour" parking limit,
which allows local residents to entertain guests or business associates, but
places the responsibility for high school parking with the school
district.
A report by the Union of Concerned Scientists.
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