Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science
Arch Surg 2011;146 (03):308314
Cigarette smoking has been linked to countless illnesses, chief among them cancer and cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, and is the single most preventable cause of death worldwide [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ]
Virginia's cigarette tax is among the lowest in the region, and that difference is passed directly to consumers
"We've shared that with Altria
This year, her Astoria, Ore.-based company was overwhelmed by orders from tobacco users slammed by "the market collapse, the recession, then getting hit with exorbitant tobacco taxes." Moore doesn't use tobacco herself but has no misgivings about her business