http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/state/UT.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700244015,00.html http://tobacco.org/news/268898.html If the equivalent of $10 a person was put into programs to promote healthy behaviors and prevention, Utahns would save more than $89 million within five years, according to a national report on disease prevention. The Trust for America's Health released its "Prevention for a Healthier America" report Thursday morning, including a state-by-state look at cost savings that could top $16 billion nationally through community-based efforts including smoking prevention, nutrition improvement and activity-friendly environments. Deseret News lois@desnews.com (Lois M. Collins Deseret News) Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_9884284 http://tobacco.org/news/268748.html You can't smoke 'em even if you've got 'em in Springville and Orem city parks. The two Utah County cities are banning outdoor smoking on public property, and Jen Tischler hopes others do the same. "We're just excited that it's going forward," said Tischler, the Utah County Health Department's education specialist. She and a teen anti-tobacco group called Outrage are leading the charge to make parks in the county smoke-free. Similar bans have been approved farther north by, among others, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, West Valley City, Holladay and Draper. Salt Lake Tribune dmeyers@sltrib.com (Donald W. Meyers The Salt Lake Tribune) Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/health/article-1034234/Scientists-uncover-genes-lead-life-long-smoking-addiction.html?ITO=1490 http://tobacco.org/news/268666.html A particular set of genes can turn a teenager who experiments with tobacco into a life-long addicted smoker, research shows. Around 40 per cent of people with European origins have 'high-risk' versions of the genes, which affect the brain's sensitivity to nicotine. They are in danger of getting hooked if they start smoking before 17, scientists found. . . . Scientists at the University of Utah studied 2,827 smokers, taking DNA samples. They looked for changes in the genetic code, known as single nucleotide polymorphisms, linked to nicotine addiction. The Mail Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_9847140?source=rss http://tobacco.org/news/268541.html Researchers identified a high-risk "haplotype," or linked, small variations in a single unit of DNA, that affects nicotine receptors in the nervous system. Smokers who began before 17 and had two copies of the haplotype had from a 1.6-fold to almost 5-fold increase in risk of heavy smoking as an adult. Salt Lake Tribune Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/tobacco/youth/prweb1072174.htm http://tobacco.org/news/268374.html Pop culture, anti-tobacco awareness and physical endurance merged last Friday in The TRUTH's 'Miley Mania Adventure' in Salt Lake City. Utah's smoking rates are the lowest in the nation, thirty-eight percent fewer high school students smoke today than they did in the early days of the state-wide The TRUTH campaign in 1999. The campaign's youth-focused efforts continue to help drive smoking rates down in Utah thanks, in part, to events like last week's "Miley Mania Adventure" in Salt Lake City. PR Web Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://hjnews.townnews.com/articles/2008/07/07/news/news03.txt http://tobacco.org/news/268373.html Bear River Health Department is hailing stores in Cache, Box Elder and Rich counties for not selling tobacco to minors. Cooperating with law enforcement from the counties, the agency recently conducted a series of tobacco compliance checks within the Bear River Health District and found that the majority of stores checked weren't selling tobacco to underage consumers Logan Herald-Journal cgeraci@hjnews.com (Charles Geraci) Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/272344/ http://tobacco.org/news/268201.html Springville City joined other Utah cities this week in banning tobacco use in its public parks and playground areas. City Attorney John Penrod said the city moved quickly to enact the ordinance after a presentation from the Utah County Health Department in June. The anti-smoking measure prohibits smoking in public parks, within 25 feet of bus stops and within 50 feet of mass gatherings Provo Daily Herald Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://hjnews.townnews.com/articles/2008/06/21/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/letter01.txt http://tobacco.org/news/267428.html Lately I can't for the life of me figure out why Macey's has taken part of Associated Foods' discontinuation of the selling of cigarettes without also halting the sales of beer. My guess is that it's mostly centered around profit, not the franchise concerned about health, because if they were really concerned about health they would have also stopped selling beer . . . So try this one on for size: Nearly 50 percent or more of all fatalities in the U.S. every year since 1982 have been from alcohol related fatalities Logan Herald-Journal cmccollum@hjnews.com (Gary R. Olsen ) Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700235324,00.html http://tobacco.org/news/267084.html the Utah County Health Department wants smoking and other tobacco use to be banned from public parks. Jen Tischler, a tobacco prevention and control health educator for the Utah County Health Department, spoke to members of the Council of Governments about banning tobacco products in parks. Members of Outrage, an anti-tobacco youth group, along with Tischler discussed the dangers of secondhand smoke and provided the findings of a survey to the council. The county collected 5,112 surveys Deseret News csmith@desnews.com (Catherine Smith Deseret News) Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_9405174?source=rss http://tobacco.org/news/266084.html Cottonwood Heights is the latest city to prohibit puffing in parks. The City Council voted this week to ban smoking in outdoor public places, including parks, playgrounds, city property and within 25 feet of a transit stop. "This is kind of a wave that has been passing all over the county and we're sort of on the tail end," Mayor Kelvyn Cullimore said during a recent public hearing. The east-side suburb joins several other cities - including Salt Lake City, Holladay, Draper and West Valley City - as well as Salt Lake County in banning cigarettes from public areas due to the health hazards of secondhand smoke. Salt Lake Tribune mariav@sltrib.com (María Villaseñor The Salt Lake Tribune) Thu, 29 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_9411520 http://tobacco.org/news/266067.html Cottonwood Heights is the latest city to prohibit puffing in parks. The City Council voted this week to ban smoking in outdoor public places, including parks, playgrounds, city property and within 25 feet of a transit stop. "This is kind of a wave that has been passing all over the county and we're sort of on the tail end," Mayor Kelvyn Cullimore said during a recent public hearing. The east-side suburb joins several other cities - including Salt Lake City, Holladay, Draper and West Valley City - as well as Salt Lake County in banning cigarettes from public areas due to the health hazards of secondhand smoke. Salt Lake Tribune Thu, 29 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/68622 http://tobacco.org/news/265786.html The Utah County Board of Health voted unanimously Monday to begin working with cities to ban or at least limit smoking in parks across the county. Board members concluded that limiting smoking in parks was a good idea but were not sure how to go about instituting it. Despite having the power and authority to prohibit smoking in parks, they did not want to force a rule onto cities. The board's decision followed a presentation by Jen Tischler, who works with tobacco prevention and control in the Utah County Health Department. Members of OUTRAGE, a local youth anti-tobacco group, joined Tischler. Brigham Young University Newsnet Fri, 23 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://nn.byu.edu/story.cfm/68622 http://tobacco.org/news/265688.html The Utah County Board of Health voted unanimously Monday to begin working with cities to ban or at least limit smoking in parks across the county. Board members concluded that limiting smoking in parks was a good idea but were not sure how to go about instituting it. Despite having the power and authority to prohibit smoking in parks, they did not want to force a rule onto cities. The board's decision followed a presentation by Jen Tischler, who works with tobacco prevention and control in the Utah County Health Department. Members of OUTRAGE, a local youth anti-tobacco group, joined Tischler. Brigham Young University Newsnet Tue, 20 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/266929/17/ http://tobacco.org/news/265592.html The Utah County Board of Health is getting behind an effort to limit or ban smoking in the county's public parks, joining a growing state trend. Board members voted unanimously Monday to begin working with city governments to curb smoking in parks. Statewide, cities including Salt Lake, Sandy, Logan, Spanish Fork and West Jordan have already implemented similar rules. Orem is set to discuss the issue at an upcoming City Council meeting, said Mayor Jerry Washburn, who is also a health board member. Provo Daily Herald Tue, 20 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_9317678 http://tobacco.org/news/265581.html The county Board of Health voted Monday to draft an ordinance that would ban smoking in public parks, but not until it has presented the idea to the county Council of Governments in June. The council is made up of mayors of cities and towns in the county. Board member and Orem Mayor Jerry Washburn said cities would be supportive of a county mandate "if they feel they're part of the decision." The board voted unanimously after a presentation from Jen Tischler, a health department education specialist and adviser to the Outrage anti-smoking youth group. TischÂler said her group surveyed 5,112 people - roughly 1 percent of Utah County's population - and found that 58 percent favored an outright ban on smoking in public parks. Salt Lake Tribune dmeyers@sltrib.com (Donald W. Meyers The Salt Lake Tribune) Tue, 20 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT