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[Massachusetts] STRAND: Tobacco-Free UMass: It’s about time
But when I’m walking to class, and suddenly a puff of chemicals comes right into my face, I get a little upset. I’m sorry that you have an addiction, but your addiction is neither my fault nor my choice, so why is it fair that I’m paying for it second han
Mar 26, 2013
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian
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Mar 26, 2013 14:40
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[Massachusetts, Minnesota] Is smoking a mental health issue?
But the Boston Globe presents one of the realities of smoking rarely considered in the effort to stamp it out: The mentally ill smoke as a means of controlling the symptoms of their illness. "They rely on the cigarettes to soothe their symptoms -- what
Mar 25, 2013
Minnesota Public Radio (MPR)
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Mar 25, 2013 16:52
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[Massachusetts] Local age limit up to 19 for buying tobacco
Walpole’s Board of Health voted unanimously on March 12 to raise the minimum age for purchasing tobacco products from 18 to 19. The change took effect Thursday. The board had been asked by an area pediatrician to raise the age to 21, but decided on 19 fo
Mar 23, 2013
Boston (MA) Globe
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Mar 24, 2013 18:21
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[Massachusetts] Dangers of smoking near an oxygen tank
“We've had several fires with the people smoking with the oxygen tanks it's a big problem. I know the State Fire Marshal is very concerned with that”, says Springfield Fire Commissioner Joseph Conant The Fire Marshal has started a campaign called "Brea
Mar 18, 2013
WWLP-22News (Springfield, MA)
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Mar 19, 2013 03:25
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[Massachusetts] Arlington eyes raising minimum age to buy cigarettes
Health officials in Arlington are looking to drastically overhaul tobacco sale regulations in the town, including raising the minimum purchasing age to 21 and prohibiting drug stores from selling cigarettes.
Mar 18, 2013
Boston (MA) Globe
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Mar 19, 2013 01:23
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[Massachusetts] Bill would ban smoking in apartments
Mr. Bowen has had state Rep. Jennifer E. Benson, D-Lunenburg, file a bill that would limit smoking to detached single-family homes. The first two bills were recommended to be studied, or to die quietly. This time around, Mr. Bowen said, he hopes anti-smo
Mar 18, 2013
Worcester (MA) Telegram & Gazette
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Mar 18, 2013 09:45
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[Massachusetts] Cigarette causes Ware apartment fire, sends woman to hospital
Three people displaced, one in the hospital ... a woman forgot to put out her cigarette. It started a fire which caused the woman's home oxygen tank to explode.
Mar 17, 2013
WWLP-22News (Springfield, MA)
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Mar 18, 2013 09:28
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[Massachusetts] Helping the mentally ill quit smoking
Genesis Club is part of a network of clubhouses for people with mental illness, funded by the state and with private donations. While they provide some addiction recovery services, the clubhouses have historically operated outside of the health care syst
Mar 18, 2013
Boston (MA) Globe
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Mar 18, 2013 04:43
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[Massachusetts] Board of Health ups Walpole tobacco sale age to 19
The Board of Health voted unanimously Tuesday night to raise the local age of sale for tobacco products from 18 to 19 years old. The change takes effect Thursday, March 21.
Mar 15, 2013
Wicked Local (MA)
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Mar 17, 2013 12:32
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[Massachusetts] Cancer survivors call for tobacco taxes
Cancer survivors gather at the State House Thursday to call on lawmakers to raise tobacco taxes. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network supports legislation to raise the tax on a pack of cigarettes by $1.25 and to apply taxes to other tobacco
Mar 16, 2013
Wicked Local (MA)
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Mar 17, 2013 10:30