Hothead Grabba, LLC and 3 men were indicted in Brooklyn for wage theft and labor law violations after cheating workers out of $310K in pay.
The number of different electronic cigarette devices sold in the U.S. has nearly tripled to over 9,000 since 2020, driven almost entirely by a wave
When New York’s first licensed recreational marijuana outlet opened last month, the chief of the state’s Office of Cannabis Management, Chris Alexander, proudly hoisted a
When cancer patients stop smoking, they heal faster, experience fewer side effects from treatment and lower their chances of tumors returning. Now, top cancer hospitals
New legislation introduced this morning would address a major “elephant in the room” when it comes to hookah, says one local pol. Councilmember Vincent Gentile
BY KATHLEEN SEBELIUS Fifty years ago on January 10, Dr. Luther Terry released the landmark Surgeon General’s Report – the first of its kind on
BY KATHLEEN SEBELIUS Fifty years ago on January 10, Dr. Luther Terry released the landmark Surgeon General’s Report – the first of its kind on smoking and health – concluding
BY ROBERT NOONAN Cigarettes, when used as directed, addict and kill their users. That’s a bad rap to beat. So the tobacco industry spends billions on marketing, about $196 million
BY RACHELLE ROCHELLE How on earth had I missed it? After a week at the Brooklyn Smoke-Free Partnership, I seemed to have entered a world in which the tobacco industry
It’s a relative humid, yet cloudy and windy day today. According to Weather.com, “a stray shower or thunderstorm is possible” and temperatures in Brooklyn will reach a high of 68
In Brooklyn, nearly 5,000 public high school students currently smoke cigarettes. Thats a staggering and unfortunately ascending statistic compared to the 35 percent drop in New York City adult smokers since 2002.
While New York has made notable strides toward becoming a more smoke-free …
Happy New Year, teens!
As of January 1, 2012, New Yorkers below the age of 18 will not beable to purchase hookahs, water pipes or shisha, the fruit-flavoredtobacco mixture smoked in a hookah, at stores in New YorkState.The new law, signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo on July 15, expandsu …