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County adds e-cigs to workplace ban

ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Sean Cameron of Kokomo Herald HERE Advocates for a smoke-free Kokomo celebrated another victory last week as the Howard County Commissioners voted to add e-cigarettes to the county government’s own smoke-free workplace ordinance. It was a move applauded by Shirley Dubois, coordinator for Howard County Tobacco-Free. “Thanks to Commissioners Tyler Moore, Brad […]

At Michigan State, tobacco prohibition nears

ORIGINAL ARTICLE by RJ Wolcott of Lansing State Journal HERE Three Marlboro black cigarettes. That’s enough to get Nicole Cichon, a second-year veterinary medicine student at Michigan State University, through a day of classes. In previous semesters, Cichon could find 10 minutes between classes to get her nicotine fix. When MSU’s ban of tobacco products […]

Indian Country Leads Health Revolution Sweeping U.S.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Tanya H. Lee of IndianCountryTodayMediaNetwork.com HERE A medical revolution that began in Indian country is spreading across the U.S., from Oregon to Vermont, and tens of millions of lives will be better for it. Most recently, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed a law that authorizes mid-level dental health aide therapists (DHATs) to […]

Study: New concerns raised over teen e-cigarette use

ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Karina Shedrofsky of USA Today HERE As e-cigarette use among teens rapidly increases, a national health report suggests adolescents who would not have otherwise used tobacco products are now turning to electronic smoking devices. The report, released Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics, is based on a study that found overall […]

What’s in cigarette smoke? Most people don’t know

ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Kathryn Doyle of Reuters HERE Many people in a recent study said they’d tried to find out what chemicals are in tobacco products or smoke, but most were not familiar with components other than nicotine. Surveyed by phone, more than half the respondents said they’d like to see this information on cigarette […]

Colorado celebrates 10 years of clean indoor air

ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Bev Orrill of Chaffee County Times HERE This month marks the ten-year anniversary of a state law designed to protect Coloradans from exposure to secondhand smoke. With the law’s passing the state has seen a number of improvements in certain health markers including a decrease in the proportion of adults who report […]

NCCCP News, July 8, 2016

CRC News: A new milestone, FIT webinar replay and other news

New milestone in the 80% by 2018 effort: I’m thrilled to share some exciting news about our 80% by 2018 effort, but better yet, Dr. Rich Wender, NCCRT chair, would like to share the news with you himself. Watch this short video to learn what the excitement is all about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKLF09vHLlw If you […]

Ugly Is the New Look for Cigarette Packs

ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Tina Rosenberg of The New York Times HERE When it was introduced in the late 1920s, Marlboro was a woman’s cigarette — “Mild as May,” said the ads. Ads showed glamorous and fashionable young women smoking. Marlboro left the market during the war. But in the 1950s, scientists began associating cigarettes with […]

LGBT community aims to trim its higher tobacco use

ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Sammy Caiola of The Sacramento Bee HERE Link to LGBT HealthLink HERE When Bill Gruenloh moved from Sacramento from St. Louis 10 years ago, he headed to the easiest place to meet people and make friends – the local gay bar. Then 24 and a smoker since his teens, he hoped […]

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