Tag: Tobacco industry regulation

Senate leader lends clout to marijuana legalization push

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WASHINGTON — The Senate's top Democrat is backing a bill that would strike down a longstanding federal prohibition on marijuana, embracing a proposal that...

FDA revives federal effort to ban menthol cigarettes

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WASHINGTON — U.S. health regulators are going to try again to ban menthol cigarettes, this time under pressure from African American groups to remove...

Proposed new Indiana vaping products tax blasted as ‘measly’

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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana lawmakers are close to approving a new state tax on vaping products even as a proposed increase in the state’s cigarette...

Critics of federal ban on firearms device win key decision

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DETROIT — A federal judge in Michigan should have blocked a Trump administration ban on bump stocks, a device that allows semiautomatic firearms to...