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Texas failing in its efforts to reduce tobacco use according to new report
On all analyzed levels Texas received Grade F on implementing laws to reduce tobaccos use and save lives though it was not the only state to receive a poor grade. The report shows that most states as well as the federal government are not doing all that
Jan 25, 2017
KCEN TV NBC 6 (Temple, TX)
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Jan 25, 2017 21:33
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Two States Think 21 / Texas, Washington consider raising legal age to purchase tobacco
Texas and Washington state may join California and Hawaii as the only states to raise the legal purchase age of tobacco products from 18 to 21, according to two separate news sources.
Jan 23, 2017
Convenience Store/Petroleum (CSPNet)
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Jan 25, 2017 00:28
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[Texas] Prison chaplain admits taking bribes to smuggle tobacco
BEAUMONT, TEXAS A federal prison chaplain has admitted taking bribes from inmates in return for smuggling cigarettes and tobacco into the Southeast Texas facility. Eric S. Patrick of Nederland, Texas was chaplain at the maximum-security U.S. Penitentia
Jan 19, 2017
AP - Associated Press
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Jan 20, 2017 22:07
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Texas, Washington Mull Statewide Tobacco 21 Laws
If legislation is approved, the two states would follow in the footsteps of Hawaii and California. Hawaii became the first state to set the legal minimum buying age for tobacco products at 21. That law went into effect Jan. 1, 2016, as CSNews Online prev
Jan 20, 2017
Convenience Store News
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Jan 20, 2017 21:54
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Texas, Washington Mull Statewide Tobacco 21 Laws
If legislation is approved, the two states would follow in the footsteps of Hawaii and California. Hawaii became the first state to set the legal minimum buying age for tobacco products at 21. That law went into effect Jan. 1, 2016, as CSNews Online prev
Jan 20, 2017
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Jan 20, 2017 21:54
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Texas may snuff out smoking for anyone younger than 21
But this year it has backing from some powerful Republicans whose support could mean Texas will become just the third state to hike its smoking age above 19. “We can move this bill forward,” said Rep. John Zerwas, a Richmond Republican and physician who w
Jan 16, 2017
Dallas Morning News
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Jan 17, 2017 19:54
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Texas may become third state to raise smoking age to 21 as potential law could prevent 200,000 premature deaths and save $406M in health care
Several state officials, including Rep John Zerwas and Sen Carlos Uresti, have been trying to convince lawmakers to raise the minimum age... The Department of State Health Services (DSHS) published a report that outlines the impacts of the proposed age l
Jan 17, 2017
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
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Jan 17, 2017 19:51
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[Texas] Alumnus earns spot in FDA Center for Tobacco Products
José L. Medina, an alumnus of UTHealth School of Public Health in Austin, recently began working for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP). Previously, Medina was a Tobacco Regulatory Science Fellow at the FDA. The
Jan 4, 2017
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
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Jan 12, 2017 22:02
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[Texas] President Benson: University to Become a Tobacco-Free Campus
Dear members of our UT Dallas community, UT Dallas will be taking action during the Spring 2017 semester to address a major issue of personal and community health, namely the use of tobacco and electronic nicotine delivery products. The impact of smoki
Jan 10, 2017
University of Texas at Dallas
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Jan 11, 2017 13:09
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[Texas] Weslaco, Donna ban smoking
Thanks to the approval of the Weslaco and Donna city commissions on Tuesday, smoking will be prohibited in restaurants and bars — except outdoor seating areas — located in said communities. This extends to public places such as shopping malls, retail sto
Jan 8, 2017
Brownsville (TX) Herald
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Jan 8, 2017 14:36