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"IF TAXES ON cigarettes were cut by $1 in Rhode Island, the costs estimated for kids are about $1.8 million in increased health care costs over the next five years, associated with smoking-related pregnancy," said Dr. Tim McAfee, director of the Office on Smoking and Health at the Centers for Disease Control. /

Five Questions With: Dr. Tim McAfee

Government 05/30/2011

In response to a proposed legislation to roll back the state tax on cigarettes by $1, Dr. Tim McAfee, director of the Office on...

RHODE ISLAND was chosen in part because of the high incidence of chronic diseases; it ranks sixth highest in the nation in asthma rates and 13th highest in heart disease rates. /

Providence a pilot city for Script Your Future

Government 05/30/2011

PROVIDENCE – Script Your Future, a national awareness campaign to promote medication adherence, kicked off on May 23, in an effort to improve outcomes...

Six airports a luxury R.I. cannot afford

Government 05/28/2011

The R.I. Airport Corporation’s president and CEO, Kevin Dillon, is trying to make the best of a bad situation. RIAC is responsible for the...

Chafee must change corporate tax plan

Government 05/28/2011

Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee’s fiscal 2012 budget proposal contains a number of ill-considered changes to corporate taxation. The plan would: &#8226 Eliminate the Jobs Development Act...

R.I. House passes bill creating biofuel board

Government 05/28/2011

PROVIDENCE – The House this month approved legislation establishing a commission to study the use of biofuels in the state. The legislation would create a...

Man charged for selling duplicate MBTA passes

Government 05/28/2011

BOSTON – An employee of a Mass. Bay Transit Authority subcontractor was arrested in connection with an alleged scheme to illegally produce millions of...

Mass. unemployment rate drops to 7.8 percent

Government 05/28/2011

BOSTON – Massachusetts’ unemployment rate in April was 7.8 percent, down 0.2 of a percentage point from the 8 percent March rate, according to...

Funding available for growth partnerships

Government 05/28/2011

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration recently announced the $33 million Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge, an initiative aimed at spurring economic growth through public-private...