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...
Otero County Tobacco Education Coalition meets tomorrow (Thursday), May 15, at 5 PM at CHINS, 501 24th Street. The agenda is below. Allen Stenger. = = = = = ...
The Office of Research Integrity declined to act on the FORCES complaint, because it did not give any examples of the claimed misconduct. FORCES has now filed...
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell has signed into law a statewide ban on smoking in most workplaces and public places. It has numerous exemptions, including...
Hello all, Otero County Tobacco Education Coalition will meet tomorrow (Friday), June 20, at Noon at CHINS, 501 24th Street. The agenda is below. Everyone is...
A new study of Massachusetts data covering 1993 to 2003 shows a 29% reduction in smoking prevalence and a 31% reduction in coronary heart disease mortality...
Hello all, OTEC will meet this Thursday, July 17, at 5 PM at CHINS, 501 24th Street in Alamogordo. The agenda is below. Allen Stenger. Greetings and...
Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt sent a letter to Congressman Joe L. Barton on July 21 expressing the Bush administration's opposition to...
Billionaire philanthropists Michael Bloomberg and Bill Gates are donating a total of $375 million to cut smoking globally. This is in addition to a $125...
There's a new conspiracy theory making the rounds, namely that smoking bans are being passed because of lobbying by pharmaceutical companies who sell smoking...
The Navajo Nation Council has voted to ban all use of commercial tobacco in public places on the reservation. This includes outdoor public places, and includes...
The ban is not a done deal yet, as it still needs to be signed by Navajo President Joe Shirley, Jr. He has 10 days to decide. More press coverage is here: ...
The House voted 326-102 on Wednesday to give the FDA power to regulate tobacco. The bill still has to get through the Senate, and President Bush has signalled...
The New Mexico Department of Health is now accepting applications to be certified as a cigar bar under the Dee Johnson Clean Indoor Air Act. The Act provides...
Navaho President Joe Shirley, Jr. has vetoed the Navajo smoking ban, according to the Associated Press. He cited concerns that it would interfere with...
Otero County Tobacco Education Coalition will meet this Friday, September 19, at Noon, at CHINS, 501 24th Street in Alamogordo. The agenda is below. This is an...
Four anti-anti-smoking groups have filed complaints against the 2006 Surgeon General's report on secondhand smoke with the Office of Research Integrity of the...
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