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[Pennsylvania] Erie Housing Authority asks residents whether homes should go smoke-free
Should smoking be prohibited or limited on Housing Authority property? The question is included in an annual survey the authority distributes to the families and individuals who have lived in public housing for at least six months, 1,862 surveys in all.
Dec 1, 2012
Erie (PA) Times-News
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Dec 1, 2012 11:45
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[Pennsylvania] Home: Last bastion for secondhand smoke
The home is now becoming the predominant location in the United States where children as well as adults are exposed to secondhand smoke
Nov 28, 2012
Philly blogs
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Nov 28, 2012 13:58
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[Pennsylvania] Woman Suffers Burns When Her Cigarette Ignites Oxygen Tank
WINSLOW TOWNSHIP, NJ (CBS) – A 61-year-old woman suffered burns to the face when the cigarette she was smoking triggered a flash fire and explosion in a medical oxygen tank she was hooked up to.
Nov 26, 2012
KYW Newsradio-1060 KYW-TV CBS 3 (Philadelphia, PA)
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Nov 27, 2012 12:54
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[Pennsylvania] Inquirer Editorial: On smoking, you've come a long way, Philly
The news that smoking rates in Philadelphia have fallen an impressive amount over the last few years offers new evidence that public-health initiatives to limit smoking aren't only about chasing away smokers who try to light up. . . . the best strategy i
Nov 27, 2012
Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer
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Nov 27, 2012 06:46
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[California, Pennsylvania] ZIMMERMAN: Soda tax foes reek of tobacco
Consider Philadelphia's recent good news on smoking, which has plummeted . . . Listen closely to the soda companies, and you'll hear the same arguments that the cigarette industry made: a tax wouldn't reduce consumption; it would infringe on individual
Nov 23, 2012
Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer
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Nov 23, 2012 17:43
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[Pennsylvania] Editorial: As culture changes, Great American Smokeout still critical
Unfortunately sales of little cigars that contain many of the same cancer-causing substances as cigarettes increased 240 percent between 1997 and 2007. Because they can be candy or fruit-flavored and usually cost a lot less than cigarettes, little cigars
Nov 19, 2012
Delaware County (PA) Daily Times
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Nov 19, 2012 15:45
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[Pennsylvania] HENRY: Young lungs at play: Outdoor tobacco-free play spaces
We invite all Erie County communities to join the Young Lungs at Play Program. Please contact the Northwest Pennsylvania Tobacco Control Program at (814) 451-7857 for more information.
Nov 19, 2012
Erie (PA) Times-News
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Nov 19, 2012 04:51
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[Pennsylvania] Smokers burned by Internet cigarette sales
Pennsylvania’s Department of Revenue says Funfar and at least 23,000 other residents cheated the state by not paying state and local taxes on more than 1.9 million cartons of cigarettes they bought online or through the mail. Some owe tens of thousands o
Nov 13, 2012
Pittsburgh (PA) Tribune-Review
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Nov 13, 2012 04:23
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[Pennsylvania] Judge grants new trial in med-mal case after expert's smoking reference ($$)
A Philadelphia judge has granted a new trial in a medical malpractice case over an alleged delayed diagnosis of lung cancer after a defense expert testified in violation of the court's order that the plaintiff was a smoker.
Nov 2, 2012
Law.com
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Nov 2, 2012 15:11
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[Pennsylvania] Hooked on Hookah: Inside the hottest trend in smoking
Check out the Hookah Cafe on West 14th Street in Erie. . . . But studies on hookah smoking indicate it is not safer than cigarette smoking. Nearly one-third of U.S. college students have smoked tobacco from a hookah, according to a recent national stud
Oct 13, 2012
Erie (PA) Times-News
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Oct 23, 2012 15:42