Sentences with phrase «deadly addiction»

Convening his task force on the heroin epidemic, Cuomo told Staten Islanders that he expects to get laws passed this session to address the deadly addiction that many New Yorkers have become all too familiar with.

Large, brightly lit shop displays of tobacco act like big adverts for cigarette brands and, placed next to the sweets and crisps in shops, make smoking seem like an invitingly normal, everyday activity rather than a deadly addiction.

«The harsh reality is that half of all long term smokers will die from this deadly addiction,» she said.

«After a rigorous review of similar efforts across the world, and after careful consideration of public health and safety expert views, we believe overdose prevention centers will save lives and get more New Yorkers into the treatment they need to beat this deadly addiction,» de Blasio said in a statement.

This study shows the positive impact they've had on helping people give up the deadly addiction.

Naylor is a spokesman for the fictional Academy of Tobacco Studies, a role in which he has the remunerative but unenviable task of promoting a deadly addiction to a vehemently hostile public.

But the job is far from done when we still have more than eight million smokers in Britain and tens of thousands of children taking up the deadly addiction every year.

Our deadly addiction to fossil fuels is wreaking havoc on our waterways and communities.