By Friday April 28th, 2017, Congress must vote on a spending bill to keep the government open. Tobacco companies are working to insert two provisions that would make it much harder for the FDA to protect kids from candy-flavored e-cigarettes and cigars. One provision exempts existing e-cigarettes and cigars from … Continue reading
Not that I needed another reason to stay away from tobacco here’s some one more. Back in January it was reported that U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co, had recalled some of its smokeless tobacco products after consumers found metal objects in some cans. Thanks to KillTheCan.org Facebook fan and fellow quitter Bud we … Continue reading
I’m not much of a gamer these days. I’m pretty sure the last time I sat down for some serious screen time (outside of a few minutes here and there on my iPhone) was before my first son was born… he’s 9 now. So I think it’s fair to say … Continue reading
Adam Schefter, NFL Insider at ESPN took to social media the other night to tell us what we already know… baseball has a dipping problem. Schefter posted the following picture to his Facebook, Instagram and Twitter account with this statement: “Walked into ESPN green room to work and spotted the … Continue reading
I recently returned from a trip to Cabo San Lucas with my wife to celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary. It was the first real vacation we’d been on since before our oldest son was born so it was really my first true dip free vacation in 7 years! I’m thrilled … Continue reading
The sad reality of the world we live in is that there is BIG money in Big Tobacco. They’ve got billions of dollars to throw around in the form of advertising. Over the last few years I think it’s safe to say that the general population is getting more in … Continue reading
Yesterday, KillTheCan.org celebrated it’s 6 year anniversary of helping people quit chewing tobacco. As part of that celebration, we had a one-day, site-wide roll call where folks put their name on a line and promised to be quit from chewing tobacco for that day. We’ve done this in the past … Continue reading
I received an interesting email the other day. The author of the infographic below who’s name is Camille reached out to me through the contact form and asked if I thought this might be interesting to the KillTheCan.org members. To be honest, I get requests like this pretty often and … Continue reading
I ran across this in the forums the other day in the General Discussion thread. It was posted by forum member Frazzled. I thought it was simply brilliant and I wanted to share it here with everyone: Something I posted today on Facebook. I already linked to KTC, but for … Continue reading
I received an email from a user the other day inquiring about nicotine levels in Skoal Xtra. After doing some Googling of my own, I found out that it’s very difficult to find specific information. I told the user that I’d do some additional research for and get back to … Continue reading
