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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
Alaska Dispatch
added 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
Juneau (AK) Empire
added 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
Wasilla (AK) Frontiersman
added 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
Legal NewsLine
added 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
Anchorage (AK) Daily News
added 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.
Fairbanks (AK) Daily News-Miner
added 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
City of Palmer (AK)
added 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:
Alaska Dispatch
added 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
Fairbanks (AK) Daily News-Miner
added 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.
Alaska Dispatch
added Oct 8, 2012 05:01
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