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28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Lung Association released its 24th annual "State of Tobacco Control" report today, warning that the largest federal rollback of tobacco prevention efforts in decades is putting hard-won progress at risk

What a host of colloquial designations this fascinating plant has including great and common Mullein, velvet plant, candlewick (its hairs were used by peasants to make candlewicks), flannel-leaf, Aarons rod, Adams flannel, feltwort, Bullocks lungwort, velvet dock, shepherds club, torchwort, hedge taper, and blanket leaf

He was considered by those who knew him to be a generous, graceful, compassionate man

Called mountain laurel, it was used for pipes during WWII when briar supplies disappeared, but once Mediterranean briar was again available, those pipes were no longer sought