On Aug. 15, 2020, Georgetown University’s tobacco-free campus policy will take effect, banning all students, staff members and visitors from using tobacco products on university grounds.
The...
Georgetown University Medical Center researchers found that viewing graphic anti-smoking warning labels on cigarette packages stimulates activity in brain areas linked to emotion, decision-making and...
Washington, D.C., is the second-best place in the country at combatting the costs of lung cancer, according to the financial website Wallethub.
Wallethub ranked all 50 states and the District of Columbia...
Students have created a petition to make the main campus of the university tobacco smoke free, coinciding with the convening of a nonsmoking campus working group March 25 regarding the university’s...
The decision of CVS Caremark to stop selling tobacco products in its stores, announced Wednesday, has been touted as an example of corporate responsibility. The choice, which surprised both business executives...
With CVS Caremark’s recent announcement that it would discontinue the sale of tobacco products from its stores by Oct. 1, 2014, student smokers may find themselves with fewer options outside the Hilltop,...
Fifty cartons of cigarettes were stolen from Vital Vittles at 3:37 p.m. Monday, according to the Department of Public Safety.
The incident was the fourth in a string of robberies at the on-campus convenience...
More than $1,500 in cigarettes was stolen from Vital Vittles Dec. 6, according to a Metropolitan Police Department preliminary incident report.
The theft was reported to MPD by The Corp's Chief Executive...
The Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center announced its support last week for the new, more graphic warning labels for cigarette packaging required by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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