A US District Court has put the brakes on new restrictions in five of the 23 states that would have prevented food benefits distributed under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) from being used on candy, snacks, sugary drinks and other foods deemed unhealthy
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Key points about standardised tobacco packaging It was needed Smoking is a childhood addiction, not an adult choice [1] Hundreds of children start smoking each day [2] Half of all lifelong smokers die from their addiction thats over 100,000 people last year in the UK [3] Cigarette packs are attractive and misleading, especially to children [4, 5] It was wanted The public supported plain, standard packaging [6] The public health community supported plain standard packaging [7] There was, and is, cross party support at Westminster for standard packs
For decades, the tobacco industry has been trying to convince us that smoking is a harmless activity
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