For starters, as might be expected, flavor bans have been associated with reduced sales of flavored tobacco products in Europe and North America.[1] If flavored tobacco is not for sale, fewer people buy flavored tobacco
As we reported in 2010, the minerals trade is not the root cause but one of several factors perpetuating conflict in eastern DRC by providing resources to armed groups.[72] In that report, we noted that some research suggests resource exploitation is a consequence of violent conflict, rather than its cause, and may result from the breakdown of the rule of law
Photos of Obama ripping cigs in the Rose Garden or wherever might also have cut through the right-wing narrative that he was a supercilious operator, too far removed from real American lives
"I haven't been told otherwise [that he can't smoke], but I've been making sure that they [cigarettes] are out," Brown added