but who’s to say that if anti-smoking fervor continues down this path, that a kid pulled into the system couldn’t be denied federal aid for a college loan,
If this is what is supposed to happen "down the road", what is happening now in Hawaii as a result of this?
"Like all things that come from good intentions, if they are conscripted into law, they have to be enforced at the barrel of a gun
Smoking a cigarette should not be considered an unlawful act because it has been accepted by society for so long and the government should not have a say in that choice.
"We know that 95 percent of adult smokers begin smoking before they turn 21. I think the governor in Hawaii said it very well when he was signing the bill. 'Raising the minimum age as part of our comprehensive tobacco control efforts will help reduce tobacco use among our youth and increase the likelihood that our keiki will grow up to be tobacco-free,'" May said, quoting Governor Ige. Keiki is the Hawaiian word for children.
While it can show that 95% of people begin smoking before they turn 21, does that mean that it will change even after this law happens?
According to some critics of the move, raising the age to 21 makes no sense when 18-year-olds can serve in the military, get married and enter into legal contracts. Concerns have also been raised about how it could be enforced and at what cost to taxpayers.
It is a very logical approach that if a person could die for this company, then they should have the right to smoke a cigarette.
Over time, however, tolerance to nicotine develops and it takes more nicotine to achieve the same effects. Once this cycle has been established, argues Windle, heavy smokers who try to quit are all the more likely to experience depressed mood--and thus to relapse to smoking. That "negative spiral," he suggests, has important implications for smoking-cessation treatment--for adolescents or adults.
This loop happens because when a heavy smoker tries to quit and their tolerance level lowers, the first time they come back to smoking it feels great again and then the cycle continues.
The cycle of depressed effect and smoking behavior may be especially pronounced in young people, Michael Windle maintains, because as a group they are more likely than adults to experience depressive symptoms and to take up smoking as a way to "self-medicate."
In college, students would much rather figure out a solution themselves than to have to pay to go to the doctors.
he results, published in the April Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (Vol. 69, No. 2), revealed that teen-agers who were heavy smokers at the beginning of the study were more likely to grow more depressed over time than were those who smoked less heavily or not at all. This relationship held even when other factors that could potentially explain the connection were accounted for.
Smoking can make people feel slower and more relaxed, but during this time, they begin to choose smoking over friends, which can result in depression.
"Treatment programs need to take into account the associated depressed effect that's likely to occur with smoking cessation and take steps to help people cope with it."
Physicians must understand the mental aspects of quitting smoking and need to take proper precaution to help the former user feel calm. Failure to help can result in relapse and depression.
Likewise, the researchers found, teens who had persistent depressive symptoms at the beginning of the study were more likely to increase smoking than were students who were not depressed--again, even when other factors were taken into consideration.
When someone gets depressed, their thoughts can seem to loop and only a certain few things can make life manageable. So when these already depressed students continued to feel depressed, they resort to smoking.
Hey, Dick's Sporting Goods. You have 255 stores. How about you kick in a dime every time you sell a net? Hey, NBA players, hockey stars and tennis pros, how about you donate $20 every time one of your shots hits the net? Maria Sharapova, you don't think this applies to you just because you're Russian? Nyet!
I like how Reilly is calling out the rich to do something about it, but this also makes his article biased and could also not share the point of view of how it would financially affect these players and businesses.
The votes are in, America, and the best country in the world is ... (Drum roll, please.)
This intro was a good attention grabber. I was sucked into reading and hearing the authors opinions on what qualifications we are lacking to be number one.
Germany secured its top spot for a number of reasons, its economy key among them. The country is also, as U.S. News notes in a country profile, home to low unemployment, popular around the world, known for its high-quality brands and adept at using soft power abroad. And U.S. News credits Germany's leadership for its global rise.
Since this article was posted, unemployment rates have dropped in the United States. Have they moved up on the charts because of it?
Each respondent was asked to share his or her perceptions on a random selection of 65 attributes for a random selection of countries.
I feel as if responders would become bored throughout this survey and try to finish it fast writing answers that they, themselves, do not believe.
The United States ranked first in power and influence.
What do we have power and influence on? Music? Business? Art? I wish this would elaborate more.
It's Germany. Sorry, United States, you're fourth — right behind third-ranked Britain and second-ranked Canada. But, hey, America beat Sweden!
I find this funny because Americans usually brag to Canadians about how their country is better.
Trump has repeatedly stressed that he's a billionaire who is self-funding his campaign and doesn't need outsider's money. But he has also made it clear that he knows how to build a brand. He's made a lot of money licensing the Trump name on everything from hotels to ties.
Shutting down many other operations just to show that he knows how to run a company shouldn't be an option. He should make a statement asking them to be removed but nothing else. He has too much other politics to be worrying about other than these hats.
To clear up any confusion, Trump applied for another trademark on August 13. This one spells out that the trademark covers bumper sticks, T-shirts, tank tops, campaign buttons, caps and hats, baby clothing, blogs. The list goes on. It could take months, if not years, for that trademark to be approved.
Do campaigns always have to plan multiple years ahead for their slogan to be trademarked?
CafePress is hardly the only site with copycat Trump gear. There are over 200 items for sale with Trump's campaign slogan on Etsy, (ETSY) over 2,000 on Amazon (AMZN, Tech30) and over 4,000 on eBay. (EBAY)
Will Trump attempt to pursue all of the people selling merchandise with his slogan on it?
Supporters can buy the hat -- in numerous different colors -- for $25 directly from Trump's campaign merchandise website. Or they can get a ripoff version from thousands of other sellers for as little as $4.99
Why would anybody buy the hat for twenty five dollars if they could get it for 20% of the price?
Trump applied for a trademark for "Make America Great Again" in November 2012 -- mere days after the last presidential election.
Did he plan to run for presidency all the way back in 2012? If so, what other actions did he take at that time?