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[Alabama] Our View: No tobacco at Snead State an excellent step

Institutes of education are supposed to change lives for the better. This new policy will improve some lives and will likely save others.
Sand Mountain (AL) Reporter
added Jan 1, 2013 13:25
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[Alabama] Snead State starts the new year as a tobacco-free campus

BOAZ – Snead State Community College will be implementing a new tobacco-free campus policy on Jan. 2. “This is something we’ve considered for quite some time at the request of both students and employees. Our student leaders and some faculty members appr
Sand Mountain (AL) Reporter
added Jan 1, 2013 11:18
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[Alabama] EDITORIAL: Fresher air High prevalence of COPD gives smokers ample reason to quit

Added together, Alabama represents a toxic combination of anti-tobacco tax laws, few bans on smoking in public places, high rates of smoking and high incidences of COPD. (And that says nothing about the state’s high rate of cancer.) Alabama is its own w
Anniston (AL) Star
added Dec 28, 2012 05:17
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[Alabama] OUR VIEW: Tobacco money wish list

we'd like to see the bulk of this money be spent the same way as previous tobacco settlement money -- in ways that benefit people, something the payors' product doesn't do.
Gadsden (AL) Times
added Dec 26, 2012 23:11
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Alabama could get more tobacco settlement money

Alabama stands to get more money from arbitration over disputed funds in the national tobacco settlement, and while the amount is a secret there are suggestions how to spend it.
Gadsden (AL) Times
added Dec 23, 2012 14:03
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AG Strange: Tobacco Settlement Good Deal for Alabama

Attorney General Luther Strange today announced a multi-state agreement with the major tobacco companies that settles a 10-year dispute regarding payments under the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). Today's agreement ensures the stability of continu
WTVY Channel 4 (Dothan, AL)
added Dec 20, 2012 00:40
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[Alabama] AG: Tobacco agreement ensures Ala. funding

Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange says a multi-state agreement with major tobacco companies ensures continued funding for public health programs.
AP - Associated Press
added Dec 19, 2012 23:45
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[Alabama] Solutions to Seeping Secondhand Smoke

The Tobacco-Free Partnership of Bay County and Students working Against Tobacco (SWAT) assessed thirty local multi-unit housing sites to determine if any had a smoke-free policy in place, which would not allow smoking in or around living units.
WTVY Channel 4 (Dothan, AL)
added Dec 18, 2012 11:34
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[Alabama] VIDEO: Sheffield considers city smoking ordinance

Sheffield City Council members saw one of the biggest crowds to fill a city council meeting tonight. Everyone there to voice opinions on a city ordinance that would make Sheffield smoke free.
WAAYTV (Huntsville, AL)
added Dec 5, 2012 12:41
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ARCHIBALD: It's time for Alabama to cash in on tobacco

Birmingham (AL) News
added Nov 29, 2012 13:55
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