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...
A report in American Journal of Public Health looks at the effect of demographics on adult smoking rate in California. The researchers estimate that if the...
Henry Morgan Smith, operator of the former Grubstake Steakhouse, was convicted today of 15 violations of the Dee Johnson Clean Indoor Air Act. The violations...
OTEC meets this Thursday, March 20, at 5 PM at CHINS, 501 24th Street. The agenda is below. Allen Stenger. Greetings and Administrative * Please sign in on the...
New Mexico rodeo promoter Casper Baca has signed the "Bucking Tobacco Sponsorship" policy, agreeing to ban advertising, sponsorship, and distribution of free...
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin report a 12% increase in fatal accidents involving alcohol in the US after smoking is banned in bars. The data is...
Three recent studies show some genetic links to smoking and to lung cancer. Some overexcited commentators have stated that these studies prove that lung cancer...
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver signed into law a strong statewide smoking law today, making Iowa the 28th state with such a law. The law takes effect July 1 and bans...
OTEC will meet this Friday, April 18, at Noon at CHINS. Lunch this time will be a potluck - please bring a favorite dish to share. The agenda is below. Hope to...
A new study in Massachusetts finds that teenagers who live in towns that ban smoking in restaurants are 40 percent less likely to become regular smokers than...
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