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October 6, 2008 6:01:34 PM CDT


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  • September 2008
    • Boston Bans Drugstore Cigarette Sales

      Boston Bans Drugstore Cigarette Sales

      (Newser) - Boston's health honchos have approved some of the country's toughest anti-tobacco rules by banning sales at some stores, the Boston Globe reports. The new rules forbid pharmacies and campus convenience stores from selling cigarettes. They also ban smoking on bar and restaurant patios. The city's cigar parlors, previously exempt, will also have to stub out after a 5-year grace period expires. More »

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      smoking   Boston   tobacco   cigarette   convenience stores   pharmacy   cigarette sales

  • June 2008
  • February 2008
    • Italian Church Pairs Perfume With Prayer

      Italian Church Pairs Perfume With Prayer

      (Newser) - Florence's Santa Maria Novella church has an intriguing sideline: It's home to one of the world's oldest pharmacies, which today churns out tonics and perfumes made according to medieval recipes. Smithsonian profiles the church, where Dominican monks began concocting herbal remedies and rose water, used to clean plague-touched homes, more than 600 years ago; today their wares are sold from New York to Tokyo. More »

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      church   luxury goods   perfume   Florence   pharmacy   monasteries

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