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[Minnesota] EDITORIAL: Our View: Smoke-free policy cuts risks, costs

The St. Cloud HRA's vote to do that as of Oct. 1 puts it ahead of most of its peers, which is good. Now, as the ban takes effect, the HRA should track changes to see if they do add up to healthier residents and savings for taxpayers.
St. Cloud (MN) Times
added May 8, 2013 06:51
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[Illinois] EDITORIAL: Society's views of tobacco and marijuana are headed in opposite directions

So an addictive behavior that hurts your health is a bad thing. But an addictive behavior that inhibits reason is fine. It explains, perhaps, where society is going.
Kankakee (IL) Journal
added May 7, 2013 07:26
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[UK] EDITORIAL: Smoking: the government's cowardly surrender to the tobacco lobby

inspection of tobacco industry documents released as a result of lawsuits reveals that the industry has been preparing for the battle for at least a quarter of a century. It will deny it, but the tobacco industry understands how brands lure in young smoke
The Observer (uk)
added May 6, 2013 12:54
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[Asia, Australia, Europe, UK] Tobacco control - political will needed

All countries should now implement and enforce FCTC smoke-free policies, close exemptions and concessions that many countries provide, and explore extensions that will reduce exposure to children, as seen in New York where smoking is prohibited in parks
The Lancet (uk)
added May 7, 2013 08:32
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[Minnesota] Our View: State colleges, universities should be smoke-free

it's puzzling that the University of Minnesota, the state's largest institute of higher learning, lags behind other state schools and does not have a completely smoke-free campus. Smoking is prohibited in all buildings owned or leased by the university at
Rochester (MN) Post-Bulletin
added May 4, 2013 11:27
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[UK] EDITORIAL: Smokers must stub them out in bins or face instant fines

why not send a couple of environmental health officers round every couple of hours for a month to dish out those fixed penalty fines for those caught flicking a butt to the ground? That would soon sort them out. Mr Brown is right to highlight the problem
Portsmouth News (uk)
added May 3, 2013 15:34
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[Utah] EDITORIAL: No smoking at DSU

This decision to rid the campus of cigarette smoke is a good one. But Dixie State doesn't want to be caught off guard. The best thing to do now is to consider how it will enforce the policy and what the ramifications are for people who don't follow the r
St. George (UT) Spectrum
added May 3, 2013 02:59
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[UK] Editorial: Tobacco is a problem to be tackled, not dodged

Neither commercial interests nor institutional inertia should be allowed to trump the interests of public health. And when it comes to plain packaging, the Prime Minister should think again.
The Independent (uk)
added May 2, 2013 16:56
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[Pennsylvania] EDITORIAL: Smoke alarms sound on e-cigarettes

We urge them to follow Conemaugh's lead and we urge our readers to encourage businesses to say no to e-cigarette use in their establishments. In its role as the community's leading health care provider, Conemaugh sent a clear message last year by bannin
Johnstown (PA) Tribune-Democrat
added Apr 30, 2013 16:40
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[New York] EDITORIAL: Raise the legal age for buying tobacco products

Two thousand high-school students on Staten Island have already begun to smoke. And about one third of them are destined to die prematurely as a direct result of smoking. That's what the experts report about the dire and potentially lethal threat to our
Staten Island (NY) Advance
added Apr 30, 2013 16:12
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