Campus News

Federal court orders big tobacco to tell the truth in new ads

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Cigarettes kill 1,200 Americans a day. That’s more people than HIV/AIDS, car crashes and alcohol combined. Michigan State has banned smoking on campus, but the behavior is still common with young people. Now, a new court order might change that. After nearly a decade of court battles, Big Tobacco companies are being forced to pay for ads that tell consumers just how deadly their products are.

Public Safety

Cigarette smuggling up, Mackinac Center says

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BY EDITH ZHOU
Capital News Service
LANSING –Almost 30 percent of the cigarettes smoked in Michigan are smuggled into the state or bought online, the 10th highest rate in the country, according to a new report. The report came from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Midland. The center is a free market research and think tank. However, the State Police can’t confirm that 29 percent and the department said it has no estimate of its own. “Their report does not indicate how they arrived at this figure,” said Shanon Banner, the manager of public affairs at the Michigan State Police.