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New York Governor Kathy Hochul has proposed legislation prohibiting flavored tobacco products and raising the state's cigarette tax to protect children and promote health equity.

According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office on Smoking and Health, most Americans favor phasing out the sale of all tobacco products. According to data from a 2021 web panel survey of adults in the United States aged 18 and up, 62.3% support a policy prohibiting the sale of menthol cigarettes, and 57.3% support a policy banning the sale of all tobacco products. Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), a global non-profit leading the measure to advance tobacco endgame policies globally, has applauded the findings.

No cigarettes with PayPal(Brandon Stuck/The Modern Times) Earlier this month, PayPal (owners of Venmo) came under fire due to a “misinformation” clause. Stating users of the service could be fined $2500 for each instance of misinformation among other instances of speech deemed unsatisfactory to PayPal. Yet there is another find that hits a little harder in North Carolina, the tobacco manufacturing leader of America, $2500 for cigarette purchases using PayPal. 16.5% of North Carolinian's smoke according to, the American Health Rating.

Earlier, I talked about how tobacco - a product used to make a toxic drug for smoking - can be used with water to make a natural, safe pesticide to help protect your crops and thus has more usage than simply making cigars or cigarettes. However, as a peer-review study shows, you can also use tobacco to create biogas and generate a renewable biofuel! Biogas is a mix of methane and trace amounts of carbon dioxide made by bacterial decomposition of certain forms of organic wastes. This particular gas mixture can then be used as a renewable fuel for specialized vehicles and even for generating electricity.

In one of my earlier articles, I wrote about how you can use peppers and water to create homemade pepper spray, which can then be utilized as a pesticide or a spray for self-defense. Now, I am bringing up tobacco. I can understand why people are not a fan of tobacco since it is many times used for very unhealthy habits. Tobacco is usually smoked which can lead to lung cancer, heart disease, and plenty of other health problems. Back in 2008, tobacco smoking was considered by the World Health Organization named tobacco the single greatest cause of preventable death.

As the November elections draw nearer, a tug-of-war has begun between two radically different propositions, each alleged to have its pros and cons. Proposition 27 is a measure that will appear on November's election ballot. [i]

In what is being heralded by supporters, a move is afoot to save the next generation of potential smokers. This article is based on federal government and accredited media reports. All linked information within this article is fully-attributed to the following outlets: American Lung Association, Wikipedia.org, NPR.org, The Federal Trade Commission, and The New York Times.

"Blowing smoke up someone's arse" is a figure of speech that has its origin in the tobacco smoke enemas that were popular during the 1700s and was used to treat a variety of health problems ranging from headaches to respiratory illness and as a means of resuscitation victims of drowning as it was thought to "dry out" the victim's insides.

(Yaroslav Muzychenko/Unsplash) (DENVER, Colo.) Salutations, top of the morning and a happy Tuesday to you and yours, Denver. Once again, welcome back to yet another Tuesday edition of the Denver Daily Round-Up.