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@......
There's a good article in today's (Thursday's) ADN about the Dee Johnson Clean Indoor Air Act: "Anti-smoking scofflaw to appear in court Friday after nearly a...
A new study by the New York State Department of Health shows an 8% decrease in the number of heart attacks after a statewide smoking ban took effect in July...
There's a follow-up article in today's (Saturday's) ADN, "Eatery owner pleads not guilty; Vows to fight efforts to implement smoking law" by Laura London, pp....
Statewide bans on indoor smoking went into effect today in Minnesota and in Tennessee. Tennessee is especially notable because it is the first traditional...
State Rep. Al Park, author of the Dee Johnson Clean Indoor Air Act, is considering running for Congress in the 1st District, according to Heath Haussamen's...
R. J. Reynolds and Philip Morris have set an Oregon record by so far spending $9.2 million in an attempt to defeat Measure 50, an amendment to the Oregon...
Otero County Tobacco Education Coalition will meet this Thursday, October 18, at 5 PM, at CHINS, 501 24th Street. There are several other events that evening,...
On October 10 California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill that prohibits smoking in a vehicle if someone under 18 is present. Violators are subject...
A review of existing evidence on smoking and SIDS carried out by the UK's Bristol University Institute of Child Life and Health found a strong correlation...
Today's (Oct. 25) ADN carries an ad on p. 5A for a rally at the Alamorosa Restaurant on Saturday. This is probably not something we need to attend - Mr. Smith...
A lengthy article in today's Marietta (Ohio) Times looks at a decline in bingo participation since Ohio's indoor smoking law went into effect in May. It is all...
Alamogordo Daily News is reporting in today's issue that 150 people showed up for yeserday's rally at the Grubstake Restaurant in Alamorosa, although several...
Alamogordo Daily News is reporting today that Henry Morgan Smith, owner of Grubstake Restaurant in Alamorosa, has filed a suit against Otero County for $435...
FORCES International has filed a complaint with the Office of Research Integrity against the 2006 Suregon General report "The Health Consequences of...
Alamogordo Daily News is reporting today that Henry Morgan Smith and the Grubstake Restaurant may have been selling liquor without a license. This is becoming...
The Health Happenings column in today's Alamogordo Daily News deals with the Great American Smokeout, which is coming up November 15. The event, sponsored by...
Tobacco companies have now spent $12 million in an attempt to defeat this measure. The election is tomorrow. Voter turnout is low so far. Some see the debate...
OTEC will meet this Friday, November 9, at Noon, at CHINS, 501 24th Street. The agenda is below. Allen Stenger. = = = = = Agenda Greetings and Administrative *...
Voters in Oregon on Tuesday defeated by 60% to 40% Measure 50, an amendment to the state constitution that would have increased tobacco taxes and used the...
ADN ran a front-page feature article on GASO today. The article is "Smokeout Thursday" by Michelle Scharmack, Alamogordo Daily News, Wednesday, November 14,...
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