Gordon Reid, president of Stop & Shop, says: "Our responsibility as a grocer goes far beyond our aisles, and we are committed to taking bold steps to help our associates, customers, and communities work towards better health outcomes." Not only are they halting all tobacco sales, they are doing something extremely unconventional for a grocery store chain
Millions of Americans experience tinnitus, making it one of the most common health conditions in the country
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Yet many of the same public-health institutions that promote harm-reduction strategies to users of other drugs, are reluctant, if not hostile, to extending the same forbearance to smokers
Besides the direct medical costs of treating tobacco-induced illnesses there are other indirect costs including loss of productivity, fire damage and environmental harm from cigarette litter and destructive farming practices
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