Passive Smoking May Make Kids Obese, Hamper their Cognitive Skills

Health Newsline – News Developments in Healthcare, Life Sciences & Medicine ORIGINAL ARTICLE January 29, 2016 By Marco Reina Beware, tobacco users! Passive smoking could jeopardize the health of your children who, when around you, involuntarily inhale smoke from your cigarette. Exposure to secondhand smoke or breathing in someone else’s cigarette smoke may make children […]

Tobacco Prevention Program Raising Awareness on Smoking Trends

ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE Arkansas Democrat Tribune Friday, January 29, 2016 By Corey Clairday, DT News Staff With a smoking rate of 25.9 percent of the adult population, compared to 16.8 percent nationally, Arkansas usually ranks high in tobacco use. The state is currently 49th in the nation in smoking cessation. The rate of high school […]

Article: Measuring Indoor Air Quality and Engaging California Indian Stakeholders at the Win-River Resort and Casino: Collaborative Smoke-Free Policy Development

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Published January 20, 2016 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD ARTICLE Abstract: Most casinos owned by sovereign American Indian nations allow smoking, even in U.S. states such as California where state laws restrict workplace smoking. Collaborations between casinos and public health workers are needed to promote smoke-free policies that protect workers and […]

HPV Vaccine as Cancer Prevention

Today, cancer centers across the U.S. are releasing statements showing their support of HPV vaccine as cancer prevention. FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK HERE. Please see the attached consensus statement, and feel free to share it with your partners, use social media, or other outreach to promote this message. What can you do? Use free CDC […]

Gambling with our Health

The American Journal of Preventive Medicine published an article called Gambling with Our Health in September 2014 Original Article Background Tribal sovereignty exempts tribal casinos from statewide smoking bans. Purpose To conduct a tribally-led assessment to identify the characteristics of casino patrons at Lake of the Torches Resort Casino in Lac du Flambeau WI and […]

Evaluation of Cancer Incidence in the Appalachian Region

An updated evaluation of cancer incidence in the appalachian region was published today in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, & Prevention. For the full article, click here.

Group Ignites Support to Make East Baton Rouge Smoke Free

Original article from KSLA One year after city leaders in New Orleans decided the city would go completely smoke free, a group in Baton Rouge is launching a new effort to make all work environments in the Capital City smoke free as well. sgrib “Basically what we have right now is an unjust policy gap. […]

Proposed BMHA Smoking Ban Would Include Some Zones Where Residents Can Smoke

Original article from Time Warner News The Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority’s proposed smoking ban, which would ban smoking in BMHA housing developments across the city, stood up Monday to public comment. Officials say the change would make for healthier living conditions for up to 10,000 municipal housing residents. People in attendance had mixed views about […]

On Twitter, E-Cigarette Ads Spread like Secondhand Smoke

For Original Article:  Drexel Now Are 500 retweets the modern equivalent of “everyone’s doing it” when it comes to e-cigarette marketing? While the Food and Drug Administration has proposed a ban on the sales of e-cigarettes to people under 18, as we are beginning to understand the health effects of the substitute to smoking, a […]

Survey Respondents Favor a Tobacco-Free U.P. State Fair

Original Article From: The Mining Journal Written by: Isla Matthes, Escanaba Daily Press   Escanaba, Mich (January 26, 2016) – A signifcant portion of Upper Peninsula State Fair attendees support making the event tobacco-free, according to a survey completed at the 2015 fair. The survey was administered by Public Health, Delta and Menominee Counties in […]
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