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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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Two more tribes go tobacco-free in Southeast Alaska
Momentum for statewide tobacco-free workplaces continues to spread in Alaska as the Skagway Tribal Council and the Chilkat Indian Village (Klukwan) tribes join the growing number of 13 Southeast and 36 statewide Alaska tribes that have already passed loc
Nov 17, 2012
Sitnews (Ketchikan, AK)
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Nov 17, 2012 18:43
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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 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] 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] 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] Ordinance No. 12-015 (PDF)
An Initiative Ordinance Enacting Palmer Municipal Code Chapter 8.10 Prohibiting Smoking in Places of Employment and Public Places
Oct 2, 2012
City of Palmer (AK)
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Oct 8, 2012 05:05
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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
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[Alaska] Bethel smokers pay less for cigarettes than urban dwellers
Bethel smokers are consistently paying anywhere from a few cents to roughly a dollar less than those in Anchorage. That may soon change. The heads of two heavyweight Bethel-based Native organizations are pushing city leaders to consider a new excise tax
Oct 6, 2012
Anchorage (AK) Daily News
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Oct 8, 2012 04:30
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[Alaska] Bars worry about smoke-free future
Bar owners are worried while clean-air advocates are elated this week after Palmer residents decided to end indoor smoking in public. The rule change means the trio of businesses that still allowed smoking must cease doing so in January 2013 when the law
Oct 7, 2012
Wasilla (AK) Frontiersman
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Oct 7, 2012 22:43