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MARLBORO — There still is time to donate gifts for needy children through Marlborough’s Holiday Helper program run by Marlborough’s Department of Human Services. Dozens of kids still need sponsoring. Gifts such as cars, trucks and dolls are great for young children. Teens would like movie tickets, gift cards,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], McDonald’s coupons and more.
Many youngsters would like a basketball, football or soccer ball. Winter clothes are the request of many local children. If you can help with an item,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], it would be greatly appreciated. Donations of cash would be used to purchase items such as gift cards and toys. A $5 or $10 gift would help as well as any other amount you could give. Donations can be sent to: Holiday Helper, Department of Human Services, 255 Main St., Room 108, Marlborough, MA, 01752. You can also drop off a donation at the Walker Building, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
When it comes to new rules for marketing so-called light cigarettes, tobacco companies plan to honor the letter of the law — but to shade the truth, critics say. Come June, under the new federal tobacco law,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], cigarette companies will no longer be allowed to use words like “light” or “mild” on packages to imply that some cigarettes are safer than others. But in a move that critics say simply skirts the new rules, tobacco companies plan to use packaging to make those same distinctions: light colors for light cigarettes. So Marlboro Lights, the nation’s best-selling brand, from Philip Morris, will be renamed Marlboro Gold, according to a flier the company recently sent to distributors. Likewise,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Marlboro Ultra Lights will change into Marlboro Silver.
And anticipating the new rules,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], R.J. Reynolds has already changed Salem Ultra Lights,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], which are sold in a silver box, to Silver Box. “They’re circumventing the law,” said Gregory N. Connolly, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health. “They’re using color coding to perpetuate one of the biggest public health myths into the next century.” The National Cancer Institute says there are no health benefits from light cigarettes and that they may be more dangerous because some people inhale them more deeply than regular cigarettes. The Food and Drug Administration has begun a federal review of the color-coding approach, a step that could conceivably lead to further actions against products designated as light.