Even if children do not exhibit health symptoms directly, he says, their overall health and sense of well-being may continue to be impacted on a long-term basis.
But he added that "while demand in emerging markets remains solid, established markets such as the United States and Europe continue to be impacted" by weak technology spending.
Micropolitan residents, who enjoy a compromise between rural living and urban living, will continue to be impacted by these twin processes.
"State and local government revenues continue to be impacted by capital market fluctuations, especially employee retirement revenues," Kevin Deardorff, chief of the Census Bureau's Economy-Wide Statintics Division, said in a statement.
David Sutton, a spokesman for Altria, the parent company of the country's largest cigarette maker, Philip Morris, said, "All cigarettes sold to non-Native American New Yorkers need to be tax-paid — regardless of who manufactures them — or New York State will continue to lose legitimate and significant tax revenue, and law-abiding retailers will continue to be impacted by cigarette tax evasion".
Lives and livelihoods continue to be impacted, and that's a shame.
Morrison (-3%) continues to be impacted by the non-repeat of summer vouchering while share loss at Asda (-4.6%) persisted.
Performance at Madrid continues to be impacted by weak economic conditions, with short haul traffic particularly affected.
McDonald's said the improving economic outlook in the UK in 2014 resulted in increased sales and margins but added that its high street estate continued to be impacted by declining retail footfall.
The unit "continues to be impacted by oversupply in Australia, subdued consumer demand in key international markets and a strong Australian dollar during the 2010 financial year," Ian Johnston, chief executive of Foster's Group, said in May.
