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Company Town: State parks are the next battlefield for tobacco bans in Oregon

No smoking outside state buildings. And now state parks, including the park land that surrounds the state Capitol in Salem, could become the next place where tobacco use is prohibited. Lighting up a cigar or dipping snuff at the Oregon State Fairground
Salem (OR) Statesman-Journal
added Jan 15, 2013 14:14
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[Oregon] Editorial: Laws restricting smoking make a matchless blessing ($$)

Given that history, there’s a certain satisfaction to be derived from a city of Winston policy set to go into to effect Jan. 17. The City Council last month agreed to restrict smoking in each of Winston’s three parks. The …
Roseburg (OR) News-Review
added Jan 6, 2013 14:09
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[Oregon] Tobacco ban on state property in effect

State says ban is long-term effort to save on worker health care costs
Salem (OR) Statesman-Journal
added Jan 3, 2013 21:23
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[Oregon] Pack up your smokes: Wilsonville parks going tobacco-free ($$)

Wilsonville’s city leaders gave non-smoking families a holiday gift this year: A ban on all tobacco products in the city’s 12 public parks and related recreation buildings.
Wilsonville (OR) Spokesman
added Jan 3, 2013 04:47
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[Oregon] New smoking rules, among others, set to take effect in new year

Starting Jan. 1, tobacco use won't be allowed on state property, including parking lots, porches and other outdoor areas.
The Oregonian
added Dec 31, 2012 11:22
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[Oregon] A healthy life up in smoke: Habit makes Klamath one of unhealthiest counties in state

Statewide, 16.3 percent of Oregon adults smoke cigarettes. In Klamath County, 24 percent of adults smoke. All this smoking has helped make Klamath County one of the most unhealthy counties in the state. In 2012, Klamath County ranked 31 out of 33 count
Klamath Falls (OR) Herald & News
added Dec 28, 2012 05:43
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Consequences of clean indoor air exemptions in Oregon: the hookah story -- Maher et al.

In this letter, we describe the exemptions in Oregon's Indoor Clean Air Act (ICAA), subsequent proliferation of hookah lounges and associated monetary costs, as well as patterns in youth hookah use. To our knowledge, this is the first such published study
Tobacco Control
added Dec 13, 2012 01:54
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[New York, Oregon, Texas, Washington] Take Action

New York Advocates to Legislators: Show us the money! The 2012 "Broken Promise to Our Children" report shows that New York spends less than 1% of the $2.3 billion in revenue New York is projected to receive from tobacco taxes and the tobacco settlement
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Dec 6, 2012 11:45
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[Oregon] Helix 4-H'ers ask for tobacco-free fair ($$)

The Helix Heart of the Country 4-H Club spends a big chunk of the Umatilla County Fair at their campers near the carnival, which is also a popular spot for smoke breaks by carnival workers.
East Oregonian
added Nov 21, 2012 13:15
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[Oregon] Smokers are 40 times more likely to develop cancers in head and neck

The level of concern you should have for contracting cancer of the head and neck can be gauged by the answer to one simple question: Do you smoke?
Klamath Falls (OR) Herald & News
added Oct 21, 2012 16:50
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