Hello all, The next OTEC meeting is Thursday, June 21, 5 PM, in the CHINS meeting room (501 24th Street in Alamogordo). Dinner will be served, please RSVP to...
Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez has issued an executive order banning smoking on all city-owned property, including outdoor areas such as city parks, outside...
OTEC has a new web site at http://oterotobacco.org It has a set of useful links, and photos from the Breathe Deep Day celebration. We'll add more material as...
Otero County Tobacco Education Coalition (OTEC) Regular Meeting Thursday, June 21, 2007, 5 PM, at CHINS Agenda Greetings and Administrative * Please sign in on...
Results of OTEC postmortem sessions held April 19 and June 1, 2007 These are the items suggested by the meeting attendees as strong and weak points of OTEC...
... KOB-TV reported yesterday that Mayor Chavez has modified his no-smoking order to allow smoking on city-owned golf courses. "I've retracted that part of the...
Otero County Tobacco Education Coalition met on Thursday, June 21, at 5 PM, at CHINS. We are still waiting for May 18 minutes (Lee Ann thinks she has the notes...
Hello all, KVBA-TV is broadcating a 7-minute segment about Breathe Deep Day and the Dee Johnson Clean Indoor Air Act in its news magazine "The Local 19". The...
Smoking is prohibited in most indoor public places in England, as of July 1. Despite a lot of grumbling and a promised "World Defiance Day", the law came in...
Hello all, Following is the text of a letter to the editor published in Alamogordo Daily News today on p. 5A. This brings up two good points: (1) remember to...
Delegates from 146 countries agreed on July 6 to push for legislation worldwide banning smoking in public places. The delegates are from countries that are...
Dr. Richard Carmona, US Surgeon General from 2002-2006, testified before Congress on July 10 that Bush administration officials repeatedly attempted to weaken...
Dr. James W. Holsinger Jr., President Bush's nominee for Surgeon General, started confirmation hearings before the Senate today. He stated that his top three...
Pennsylvania remains the "ashtray of the northeast", as their House and Senate have been unable to come to agreement on an indoor smoking ban. Both chambers...
Hello all, OTEC will hold its regular monthly meeting Friday (tomorrow) at 12 Noon at CHINS, 501 24th Street in Alamogordo. The agenda is below. See you then! ...
A recent University of Georgia study sheds some light on why anti-smoking ads aimed at teens are effective or ineffective. It finds that teen perception of...
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich today signed the Smoke-Free Illinois Act, which prohibits smoking in public places and workplaces beginning January 1, 2008....
Tonight the Alamogordo City Commission will consider approving for first publication the "Alamogordo Clean Indoor Air Ordinance". This proposed ordinance is...
A new report by the American Lung Association of California shows that during the 2-year period from January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2007 tobacco...
Hello all, Following is the text of a letter to the editor written by me and published in today's Alamogordo Daily News, p. 5A. The letter is also online at ...
Hello all, Twenty of our state Representatives and Senators will be in Alamogordo on Thursday, August 2 for a meeting of the Welfare Reform Oversight ...
Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa today signed a law banning smoking at all Los Angeles city parks. Golf courses are exempted, and some city facilities...
Hello all, The next OTEC meeting will be this Thursday, August 23, at 5 PM, at CHINS (501 24th Street). The agenda is below. Allen Stenger. = = = = = Agenda ...
Hello all, I put up a new page on the web site and posted some photos from the Clean Air Pioneer certificates we gave out in May. Check it out here: ...
A new study from Ireland shows an 11% drop in the number of patients admitted for heart attacks in the year following Ireland's workplace smoking ban. The...
Forwarding the following message from Eddie Reeves. Please RSVP to her at 491-3595 or otec@... if you will attend. At the meeting we will also work on...
(1) Acting Surgeon General Kenneth Moritsugu announced a multipronged initiative to protect children from secondhand smoke. See the announcement here: ...
Remember OTEC meets this Friday, September 21 at Noon at CHINS (501 24th Street). Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to Eddie at 491-3595 or otec@......
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