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NEWS: Tobacco Industry Interferes in Public Health Policy
Tobacco Industry Interferes in Public Health Policy This month the World Health Organization is holding the fourth meeting for the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), in Punta del Este, Uruguay. This will be...
TALK: Good news! Minnesota high school smoking rates on the decline (at...
Here's the latest news on teen smoking in MN from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) in a news release they sent out yesterday, December 10, 2008. You can check out today's article in...
TALK: Smoking Rates Dropping in Minnesota
Some excellent news for Minnesotans, Since 2003, the smoking rate among young adults dropped a whopping 8.4 points to 28.4 percent. This is amazing news! Our work is not done yet, but this is...
TALK: Loophole in Smoking Ban leads to "plays" in bars.
So, an interesting wrinkle in the Minnesota smoking ban. So there is a part of the Statewide smoking ban that lets actors in theaters able to smoke on stage as long as there are warnings....
TALK: 76% of Minnesotas support the smoking ban.
So a few months after our great home state has gone smokefree it sounds like people are actually liking it. I completely understand why people wouldn't like, it's a huge change. People have been able...