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[Oregon] Rentals may not allow growing, smoking

Public housing caught between state, fed laws
Albany (OR) Democrat-Herald
added Aug 12, 2012 17:41
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[Oregon] Fake cigarettes ouot at Douglas County Fair

Officials with the Douglas County Fair ordered a vendor to stop selling fake cigarettes. Fair officials noticed the phony smokes for sale at a carnival booth on Thursday . . . they were similar to the candy cigarettes of years past that glamorized smok
Klamath Falls (OR) Herald & News
added Aug 12, 2012 17:00
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[Oregon] Editorial: Caesar issues a smoking ban

Think ahead 50 or 100 years. If nobody objects and — like Katniss Everdeen — rebels and fights back, what else will the government have banned in the name of protecting health? Will there still be any little slivers of liberty left?
Albany (OR) Democrat-Herald
added Aug 7, 2012 13:36
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[Oregon] Clatsop County consders tobacco-Free campus plan

To help protect the health and comfort of employees and visitors, the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners is considering making county facilities tobacco-free.
Seaside (OR) Signal
added Aug 6, 2012 18:09
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[Oregon] Bans have been shown to motivate smokers to quit

Cathryn Cushing, who works for the Oregon Health Authority's public health division, said the research is clear: smoke-free laws help tobacco users kick the habit.
Salem (OR) Statesman-Journal
added Aug 6, 2012 12:44
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[Oregon] Kitzhaber issues smoking ban for most state buildings, grounds

Smoking and other tobacco use will be barred at most state buildings and grounds, including prisons, under an executive order issued Thursday by Gov. John Kitzhaber, who is a physician. "Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death and disease in O
Salem (OR) Statesman-Journal
added Aug 5, 2012 03:16
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[Oregon] EXECUTIVE ORDER 12-13 TOBACCO FREE PROPERTIES (PDF)

a. State agency employees are prohibited from using tobacco products made for human consumption (including, but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chew, snuff, electronic cigarettes and smokeless tobacco) inside state agency buildings and on stat
Oregon Governor
added Aug 4, 2012 16:04
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[Oregon] Governor Kitzhaber signs Executive Order for Tobacco-free State Properties

Executive order will create a single, statewide policy requiring state properties to be tobacco-free.
Oregon Governor
added Aug 4, 2012 16:03
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[Oregon] Cigarettes blamed for fire at N Portland senior apartments

Firefighters blame carelessness in putting out cigarettes for a fire at a rental complex for seniors in north Portland.
KPTV Oregon’s 12
added Aug 4, 2012 14:04
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Oregon's governor orders state buildings to go tobacco-free by 2014

Kitzhaber signed an executive order Thursday creating a single no-smoking, no-tobacco policy for state government.
The Oregonian
added Aug 3, 2012 08:43
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