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Alaska man with ruined lungs now face of CDC's anti-smoking effort
Michael Patterson, a formerly homeless person who started smoking at age 9, has stories of carved-away lungs, battles to breathe, and doctors who tell him he's a walking dead man living on borrowed time. He'll be taking those stories on the road to schoo
Apr 14, 2013
Alaska Dispatch
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Apr 15, 2013 08:24
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Two more tribes go tobacco-free in Southeast Alaska
The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) congratulated the Skagway Tribal Council and the Chilkat Indian Village (Klukwan) last week for recently adopting local, comprehensive tobacco-free workplace resolutions. The tribes join 13 Southe
Nov 19, 2012
Juneau (AK) Empire
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Nov 19, 2012 18:43
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[Alaska] GUSSE: Proposition 3 — smoking really?
There are false arguments presented by the tobacco industry through our city council members . . . Our city council has rejected the idea of an ordinance that’s why it took a petition by local voters to get this on the ballot. I’m not sure why some on
Sep 30, 2012
Wasilla (AK) Frontiersman
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Oct 1, 2012 01:23
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Alaska SC: Amended tobacco statute provides due process
The Alaska Supreme Court ruled last week that a lower court was correct in upholding a decision to fine a tobacco seller and temporarily suspend its state endorsements for illegal sales to minors. At issue is the state's tobacco endorsement statute, whic
Jul 24, 2012
Legal NewsLine
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Jul 24, 2012 17:12
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[Alaska] Supercharged chew is a tradition in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
People of all ages, sometimes entire families, chewing an earthy, super-charged variety of smokeless tobacco. It's called iqmik, or blackbull, and it makes a mule kick of a first impression. . . . A University of Alaska Anchorage researcher is studying
Oct 6, 2012
Anchorage (AK) Daily News
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Oct 12, 2012 07:42
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Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium fighting tobacco use
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium reports that seven tribes have approved resolutions calling for a ban on all tobacco products in the workplace. It notes that three tribes have passed resolutions supporting a statewide smoke-free workplace law.
Oct 14, 2012
Fairbanks (AK) Daily News-Miner
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Oct 15, 2012 14:54
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[Alaska] City of Palmer 2012 Unofficial Election Results (PDF)
Proposition No. 3 Initiative Ordinance No. 12-015: Enacting Palmer Municipal Code Chapter 8.10 Prohibiting Smoking in Places of Employment and Public Places
Oct 5, 2012
City of Palmer (AK)
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Oct 8, 2012 05:08
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[Alaska] Anchorage's Maria Pestrikoff falls off 60-foot cliff while texting and smoking
Maria Pestrikoff fell 60 feet down a rocky beach cliff on Kodiak Island . . . Pestrikoff was walking toward the steep drop to toss a cigarette butt while attempting to send a message when she slipped on wet grass:
Sep 27, 2012
Alaska Dispatch
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Sep 29, 2012 17:17
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Alaska Native groups join forces to fight tobacco use
Now, with that support of the Alaska Federation of Natives, they’re trying to cut into the state’s high rate of tobacco use by Alaska Natives by persuading individual tribes to stop their employees from smoking at work. They’ve been particularly successf
Oct 21, 2012
Fairbanks (AK) Daily News-Miner
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Oct 22, 2012 06:16
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[Alaska] Palmer goes smoke-free, with 61.5 percent voting for ban
A proposed smoking ban in the city was approved by voters on Tuesday, according to Palmer election results, passing with 61.5 percent of voters supporting a ban on smoking in public places.
Oct 3, 2012
Alaska Dispatch
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Oct 8, 2012 05:01