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Walmart raises minimum smoking age to 21

Walmart raises minimum smoking age to 21

Heydi Ortiz, News Editor • May 13, 2019

If you’re 18 and planning on buying tobacco related products, then Walmart and Sam’s Club aren't the places to go. Starting July 1, the company will no longer sell tobacco products or e-cigarettes...

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Photo by Morgan Purvis.

Tobacco to 21 Act Receives Support to Raise National Smoking Age

Lexi Suda • Oct 22, 2015
The Tobacco to 21 act was recently reviewed by the US senate and would prohibit the national sale and distribution of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21. Students speak out on what they think about the Tobacco to 21 act.
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Smokers have one more year to smoke freely before UNF goes smoke-free

Jake Stofan • Jul 24, 2014
Starting August 2015, UNF will begin the Smoke-Free Campus Initiative to help promote healthier living for students, faculty, and staff. Ash receptacles and designated smoking areas will be removed as a result of the university's transition to being a smoke-free environment.
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Inhaling the unknown

Noor Ashouri • Sep 13, 2013
E-cigarettes may seem like a better alternative than traditional cigarettes due to the absence of tobacco, but we shouldn’t rush to them just yet.
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Tobacco ban proposed for UNF

Gordon Rhyne • Mar 14, 2013

UNF students’ right to light up on campus may go up in smoke. Healthy Osprey and the Safety Council are proposing a tobacco ban on campus, which would take effect Aug. 2014. According to the policy...

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UNF Health Promotions proposes smoke-free campus

Ava Rivera • Apr 9, 2012

By: Ava Rivera, Contributing Writer The Health Promotions Department held a tobacco attitude survey during the Fall 2011 semester. According to Mike Kennedy, assistant director of the Health Promotions...

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Stick it to the man

Spinnaker • Sep 28, 2010
Poke, Jab and Bleed: Stick and poke permanent ink into your skin in the comfort of you own home. Learn how its done and get the inside scoop from two guys from the Spinnaker staff who tried it out, just for you.
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Letter to the Editor

Spinnaker • Aug 17, 2010
Do you feel like you have something to say to the editor of the Spinnaker? Well, speak your mind and send us a letter of your own!
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