"Generally, the Commonwealth's high tax ratesrelative to other states provide smugglers an incentive to import such products from low-tax states and sell them to in-state buyers willing to illegally evade payment of the applicable Massachusetts tobacco excise," conceded the report's authors
According to Michle Rivasi, while they are the first responsible for environmental pollution by cigarette butts, cigarette manufacturers only participate in the decontamination effort, without participating in the prevention effort (collection, treatment)
So, it would just take a sip to kill a kid, and yet we don't really have child-proofing on these
Several mechanisms may help explain this phenomenon: reduced oxygen supply to the brain, blood pressure fluctuations caused by nicotine, dehydration associated with tobacco use, rapid changes within the nervous system
Manny: Listen, children