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Feds raise the tobacco age to 21

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The executive director of the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) praised a new federal law that will raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21 while also calling for more to be done to protect youth from a lifetime of nicotine addiction. “This action by Congress is a good first step toward…

Bill will extend ban to vaping

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Oklahoma has a ban on tobacco products for public and private school buildings and vehicles.  After conducting an interim study this fall, state Sen. J.J. Dossett has filed legislation for the 2019 session that would extend that ban to vaping. “If you look at the studies coming out from the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and…

Foreign countries should pay fair market values for American drugs

Tulsa Beacon

President Trump recently released an ambitious, 44-page plan to drive down prescription drug prices. The blueprint relies, in part, on negotiating and enforcing trade deals to prevent other countries from freeloading off of American researchers. That’s a smart strategy. Right now, most of our trading partners impose government price controls on drugs. Ensuring that these…