BLUM: One of the reasons I got into this issue in the 1970s, I wrote my first editorial though when I was a high school senior in 1964, which gives you the idea I'm one of the longest running acts in this whole field, is that there were billboards disproportionately in African American neighborhoods
The process was labor-intensive, and the initial profits were not stellar
North Carolina has made some important progress towards implementing some of these levers, but there is still room to go
And I cant lie to you, Celso
and in 2005, Needham, Mass., became the first and -- until New York passed its regulation last week -- the only municipality to approve a "21 law." Needham has reported that since 2005, it has seen a drop of more than 50 percent in its youth smoking rate