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Report shows teen tobacco use on the decline
While tobacco use among U.S. middle and high school students showed a slow decline from 2000 to 2011, health officials say more focus needs to be spent on preventing youth from becoming addicted to tobacco products. A report, released Friday by the...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Organizations, Schools, High Schools
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Australia upholds world's toughest anti-cigarette law
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's highest court upheld the world's toughest law on cigarette promotion Wednesday, prohibiting tobacco company logos on cigarette packs that will instead show cancer-riddled mouths, blinded eyeballs and sickly...
Tags: Cancer, Crime, Law and Justice, Economy, Business and Finance, Organized Crime, Laws
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May 31, 2012, declared World No Tobacco Day in Washington County
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comWashington County Commissioner Jeff Cline issued a proclamation, and a panel of experts discussed the dangers of tobacco and how the tobacco industry operates during World No Tobacco Day Thursday afternoon. “I’ve seen family members and...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Lung Cancer, Lungs and Airways, Quitting Smoking, Health
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Primary 2012: California voters OK changes to term limits for state legislators, appear reluctant to raise tobacco tax
Californians approved a change to term limits for state lawmakers, but a measure to raise tobacco taxes for the first time in nearly two decades was in trouble, voting returns showed late Tuesday. In Southern California contests, the nonpartisan race for...
Tags: Republican Party, Los Angeles Times, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Brad Sherman, Voting
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Tax hike on miniature cigars among host of new Maryland laws
At a corner store in Pigtown, the bad news spread that taxes on mini-cigars will jump more than four-fold, to 70 cents on the dollar. "Oh, man, you know they're about to go up on cigarillos?" Shawn Mason, 32, told others lounging at the corner of...Tags: Mount Vernon, Cancer, Pigtown, Anne Arundel County
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Colleges move toward absolute bans on smoking
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — As a political science major at Ohio State University, Ida Seitter says, she lit up many a cigarette to help her through the stress of exam season. Right or wrong, they were her security blanket as she toiled through college....
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Health and Safety at School, City University of New York, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Philip Morris USA
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Time for the feds to raise the cigarette tax
At $2 per pack, Maryland has one of the highest cigarette taxes in the nation — and has reaped considerable benefits from it. With every tobacco tax increase over the last 13 years, smoking rates in the state have declined, not only among children...
Tags: Government Health Care, Politics, Cancer, Human Rights, Quitting Smoking
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Prop. 29 Vote Still Too Close to Call
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES, Calif. (KTLA) -- By about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday night, the vote for Prop. 29 -- the state's proposed tobacco tax -- was still too close to call. Those against smoking are calling for higher taxes and it's also why Big Tobacco has chosen...Tags: Medical Research, Research, Politics, Cancer, Lance Armstrong
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Primary Election Night: Winners and Losers at a Glance
Los Angeles TimesCalifornia’s electoral experiment, the first test of independently drawn district maps and new election rules, led to the most unpredictable state election in years. Below is a list of some of the winners and losers from Tuesday's contests. WINNERS...Tags: Republican Party, Los Angeles Times, Allan R. Mansoor, Nathan Fletcher, Jeff Miller
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Lessons for California in Tuesday's vote
Ah, the smart money. It said Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich might walk away with a win in the district attorney's race Tuesday, even without a November runoff. Turns out the smart money was just big money and not all that smart after all....
Tags: Janice Hahn, Republican Party, Laura Richardson, Cancer, Alan Jackson
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Yes on 29 campaign refuses to concede on tobacco tax initiative
PolitiCalProponents of the tobacco tax initiative on Tuesday’s state ballot refused to concede Thursday, saying they still hope to overcome the current 1.4% margin of defeat as elections officials across California tally an estimated 1 million uncounted... -
Margin on tobacco tax measure continues to narrow
PolitiCalThe margin of loss for the tobacco tax on Tuesday’s primary ballot continued to narrow Friday as elections officials across California tallied hundreds of thousands of uncounted ballots. Proposition 29 was losing by just over 45,000 votes Friday...
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