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,...
The current issue of "CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians" has an article surveying the spread of clean indoor air laws, the effect on public health, and the...
A new study performed at Indiana University claims a 70% drop in the rate of heart attacks among non-smokers with no history of heart disease after a smoking...
I didn't realize until today that we have a new Acting Surgeon General. Here's the recent history: The most recent Surgeon General, Dr. Richard Carmona,...
A new Australian study by Access Economics shows that 38.8% of smokers are mentally ill, and persons with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder are 3 times more...
A recent poll of pub owners in England and Wales shows that they think sales are down a lot since an indoor smoking ban went into effect. The survey was made...
A circuit judge has struck down the Louisville (KY) strong indoor smoking ban because it exempted the Churchill Downs racetrack. The equal protection clause of...
A recent study by Michael R. Pakko of the Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis claims that restaurant revenues are down 5% in Columbia (MO) since a smoke-free...
The Associated Press editors and news directors voted New Mexico's statewide smoking ban #5 of New Mexico's top ten stories of 2007. Read the AP article about...
There's an article in today's ADN that Henry Morgan Smith, famous for his restaurant Grubstake Steakhouse in Alamorosa being cited numerous times for allowing...
A December 12 report ranks New Mexico 15th in funding for tobacco prevention and cessation efforts, measured as a percentage of the Centers for Disease Control...
The smoking ban is one of 2007's top local stories according to Alamogordo Daily News. They have a special feature section today covering all the top stories....
Neil Klepeis, a Stanford University scientist, did a demonstration with the California Department of Public Health, measuring the amount of particulate...
As expected, the Louisville Metro Council today passed and the mayor signed a revised law that bans smoking in nearly all indoor public places, ending the...
There's an article in today's Alamogordo Daily News about spit tobacco and Thru With Chew Week coming up February 17-23. The article is "'Spit It Out' for Thru...
Remember that OTEC meets this Thursday, January 17, at 5 PM, at CHINS, 501 24th Street in Alamogordo. The agenda is below. Allen Stenger. = = = = = Otero...
Brown Ribbon Day, memorializing those who have lost their health or their lives to tobacco, is January 28 at 10 am in the State Capitol Rotunda. More...
A new study from New Zealand shows that smoking a single marijuana joint may be as likely to cause lung cancer as smoking 20 cigarettes. The study was...
A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and RTI International concludes that state-funded tobacco prevention programs are effective, and...
The US Food and Drug Administration has asked Pfizer to elevate the prominence of the warnings and precautions sections of the prescribing information for...
A team of Italian researchers studied heart attack rates in Rome in 2000-2004 (before an indoor smoking ban for public places went into effect) and in 2005...
Otero County Tobacco Education Coalition (OTEC) will meet this Friday, February 15, 2008, 12 Noon, at CHINS (501 24th Street in Alamogordo). Please RSVP to...
A survey by Research & Polling, Inc. of 600 New Mexico adults released last month shows: - 90 percent of those polled were aware of the Dee Johnson Clean ...
These Paso del Norte Health Foundation reports came out some months ago and cover a survey performed in 2006. They are especially interesting to us because...
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