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[Georgia] More non-smoking, young women developing lung cancer

Samantha Mixon looks and feels great, but she is fighting stage four lung cancer and all the assumptions that people make about her disease. "The first thing they ask is, 'Did you smoke?' It's annoying at this point," Mixon told 11Alive's Jennifer Leslie
WXIA TV NBC 11 (Atlanta, GA)
added May 24, 2013 11:51
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Using Current Smoking Prevalence to Project Lung Cancer Morbidity and Mortality in Georgia by 2020 [FREE FULL TEXT]

The lung cancer mortality rates projected in this study are far from meeting the Healthy People 2020 goal (46 per 100,000 population). Full implementation of comprehensive tobacco-use control programs would significantly reduce tobacco-use–related morbid
Preventing Chronic Disease (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC)
added May 17, 2013 13:10
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[Georgia] Smoking ordinance going back to Augusta Commission

Advocates for a smoke-free environment for all workers are once again pushing for an ordinance that would ban smoking in public places in Augusta.
Augusta (GA) Chronicle
added May 17, 2013 10:35
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[Georgia] DeKalb County used tax funds to question strippers about a smoking ban

investigation of money handed out by a Centers for Disease Control program called Communities Putting Prevention to Work. Cause of Action says documents indicate that DeKalb County used funds it received “to support the adoption of a strengthened count
Atlanta (GA) Journal-Constitution
added May 16, 2013 16:43
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[Georgia] KSU Considers Banning Smoking on Campus

The A.L. Burruss Institute of Public Service and Research sent out voluntary email surveys to Kennesaw State students, faculty and staff to determine whether the KSU community supports a campus-wide ban on smoking.
The Sentinel (Kennesaw State University)
added Apr 17, 2013 08:30
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[Georgia] Midtown Gay Bars Make Moves to Become Smoke-Free - Midtown, GA Patch

Heretic, Jungle, My Sister's Room and Mary's in East Atlanta have all gone non-smoking at least part-time. On April 7, Burkhart's announced that it was smoke-free indoors. Atlanta Eagle is considering also becoming smoke-free in May, according to GA Voic
Patch.org
added Apr 15, 2013 16:41
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[Georgia] MASTERS NOTEBOOK: Tournament co-leader Angel Cabrera still smoking

The Argentinian, who won here four years ago, uses a translator, but when a reporter asked if he quit smoking since he's not been seen with cigarettes on the golf course, Cabrera pulled a pack of cigarettes from his pocket before his interpreter could re
Los Angeles Daily News
added Apr 14, 2013 12:27
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[Georgia] RAYTCHEV: Smoking keeps its cool

Recently, I was under the impression that smoking was making a comeback. I began to notice smoking in films ... The movie that most comes to mind is "Skyfall," ... I found Emma Stone lighting up in the trailer for "Gangster Squad." "Rango," too, has had
Red and Black (University of Georgia)
added Apr 8, 2013 09:21
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[Georgia] More Atlanta Bars Go Smoke Free, Cite Business Pressures

Maloof says there’s been a shift. Business is suffering because of Manuel’s smoking policy. “I know definitely in January of 2014, we’ll be 100% smoke-free,” he says. Maloof says fewer people were booking events, and he noticed fewer families coming i
WABE 90.1 FM - Public Broadcasting Atlanta
added Apr 1, 2013 08:58
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[Georgia] Smoking causes fire that kills one at Tucker nursing home

A fire killed a woman in her room at a nursing home in Tucker early Tuesday. According to the DeKalb County Medical Examiner's Office, the deceased has been identified as Laura Barrett, 64. Barrett was a resident of the Meadowbrook Nursing Home on Lawre
WGCL-TV CBS 46 (Atlanta, GA)
added Mar 26, 2013 14:05
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