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Bloomberg's new plan: hide cigarettes
NEW YORK (AP) — Anti-smoking advocates and health experts hailed proposals from Mayor Michael Bloomberg that would keep cigarettes out of sight in New York City stores, while tobacco companies and smokers called it an overreach. The ban, which...
Tags: Health Organizations, Public Officials, Michael Bloomberg, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants
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Harford fifth-graders pledge never to try smoking
Thousands of fifth-graders around Harford County have pledged never to try tobacco by signing their names on banners that will be exhibited on National Kick Butts Day March 20. Harford County Health Department's Cigarette Restitution Fund Tobacco Program...Tags: Education, Harford County, Health and Safety at School, Woodbridge, Teaching and Learning
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Initiative would increase student aid with a dollar-a-pack tobacco tax
California college students who smoke may be conflicted if asked to sign the petition for one proposed initiative. The measure, which has been cleared by the state for signature gathering, would increase funding for student financial aid but do so by...
Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, Students, Colleges and Universities
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Fight tobacco marketing, boost vaccinations to curb cancer, says report
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Fighting the tobacco industry's tactics in the world's poorest countries and ensuring the best vaccines get to those most in need are key to cutting the number of cancer deaths worldwide, according to a report by specialists in the...Tags: Chemical Industry, Health Organizations, Pharmaceuticals, Diseases and Illnesses, Preventative Medicine
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Ban intended for hookah lounges backfires
PIERRE — An attempt by Rapid City officials to have the Legislature make hookah lounges comply with the state’s smoking ban backfired Thursday. A House panel reversed the legislation, so that hookah lounges would be exempt if they were...Tags: Investments, Human Rights, Career and Workplace, Mike Rounds, Politics
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Debi Austin, featured in anti-smoking 'Voicebox' ad, dies
L.A. NOWDeborah "Debi" Austin, a Californian who became a symbol of the anti-smoking movement for her powerful role in advocacy and education, died last week. She was 62. Austin, of Canoga Park, is perhaps best known for her role in a...... -
C. Everett Koop, 'rock star' surgeon general, dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. C. Everett Koop has long been regarded as the nation's doctor— even though it has been nearly a quarter-century since he was surgeon general. Koop, who died Monday at his home in Hanover, N.H., at age 96, was by far the...
Tags: AIDS, Health and Safety at School, Quitting Smoking, Tobacco Addiction, Dartmouth College
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U.S. tobacco control efforts lagging, American Lung Assn. says
Every year since 2002, the American Lung Assn. has issued a report on the state of tobacco control in the U.S. and its member states. The report looks at what the federal government, states and cities are doing to prevent tobacco use, help people quit and...
Tags: Health Organizations, Science and Technology, Food and Drug Administration, National Government, Human Rights
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Hampton settlement close over $80,690 seized by police
HAMPTON — Hampton prosecutors are working to settle a forfeiture case involving $80,690 that was confiscated from a New Jersey truck driver on the Eastern Shore in January. According to three separate sources with knowledge of the case, Hampton...
Tags: Lawyers, Organized Crime, Spotsylvania County, Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, Crime, Law and Justice
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Liability, guns and the law
Last summer, David Garcia was sentenced to life in prison for the 2003 murder of rookie Burbank Police Officer Matthew Pavelka. Pavelka and another officer, Gregory Campbell, had approached two men sitting in a car without a license plate in an area...
Tags: Lawyers, National Rifle Association of America, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Criminals
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NAACP catches heat for opposing New York large-soda ban
There's new fireworks exploding around the plan by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg — a.k.a. “Nanny Bloomberg” — to ban the sale of sugar-sweetened soft drinks larger than 16 ounces from a broad array of eateries in the...Tags: Beverage Industry, Food Industry, Coca-Cola Co., High Blood Pressure, Crime, Law and Justice
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U.S. states need to do more to reduce smoking: study
Reuters(Reuters) - Many U.S. state governments use little of the money they receive each year from tobacco taxes or legal settlements with cigarette makers to fund programs that could help people kick the habit or prevent them from becoming smokers, according to...Tags: Human Rights, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Politics, Disease Prevention, American Lung Association
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