Our kids deserve a vaping-free future
No parent or teacher can single-handedly fight the millions of dollars the tobacco industry is spending to hook young people.
Youth vaping rates keep rising in Hawaiʻi
The rise of vaping and use of e-cigarette among Hawaiʻi’s youth has erased decades of tobacco prevention and control progress.
Ige’s plan to tax sugary drinks is viable and smart
The bill to add a 2-cent-per-ounce fee on sugary drinks is a much needed response to a billion-dollar industry that has wreaked havoc on our communities’ health for decades.
Gov. David Ige ponders higher fuel and wealth taxes
But tax increases are likely going to be considered by state lawmakers regardless of whether Ige includes such proposals in his detailed budget plan.