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[West Virginia] Despite report, Putnam County smoking rules unchanged
Bar patrons in Putnam County should still be able to smoke, one county commissioner thinks, even though a national tobacco report gives the county a failing grade when it comes to protecting people from secondhand smoke. "Everybody seems to be happy," sa
Feb 23, 2013
Charleston (WV) Gazette
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Feb 23, 2013 21:52
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[West Virginia] Survey: Majority in W.Va. support tobacco tax hike
Sixty percent of adults in the state support raising the tax in order to support public health programs, according to the 2012 West Virginia Adult Tobacco Survey from West Virginia University's School of Public Health.
Feb 22, 2013
Charleston (WV) Gazette
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Feb 23, 2013 19:51
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[West Virginia] B-UHS students plead for tobacco-free policy
Mikenze Poling is one of many Buckhannon-Upshur High School students who participate in Raze, an organization against tobacco use.
Feb 11, 2013
Elkins (WV) Inter-Mountain
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Feb 18, 2013 06:31
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[West Virginia] Increasing cigarette prices may be best way to decrease smoking
Last week, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin rejected recommendations that he source solutions to the state's steadily increasing drug and alcohol crisis via West Virginia's $913 million "rainy day" fund coupled with a tax increase on alcohol and cigarettes. Tombli
Feb 17, 2013
Martinsburg (WV) Journal
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Feb 17, 2013 14:11
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West Virginia Adult Tobacco Survey (WVATS) (PDF)
For the first time there is smoking prevalence data by sexual orientation. Adults who identify as being Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual or Transgender have a very high rate of smoking relative to the heterosexual/straight population. Please note the wide confi
Feb 14, 2013
Prevention Research Center / Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center (West Virginia University)
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Feb 15, 2013 09:26
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[West Virginia] Report: State's LGBT smoking rate higher than general population
Nearly 41 percent of people in the LGBT community smoke, compared to 23.9 percent of the state's general population, according to data from researchers in West Virginia University's School of Public Health and the state Bureau for Public Health's Divisio
Feb 15, 2013
Charleston (WV) Gazette
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Feb 15, 2013 09:03
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[West Virginia] Board of Health Expands Smoking Ban
A newly expanded regulation that bans smoking in outdoor public places is scheduled to be implemented April 1. Marshall County Board of Health members on Friday unanimously approved the regulation, but not before amending one section.
Feb 9, 2013
Wheeling (WV) Intelligencer
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Feb 12, 2013 12:47
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[West Virginia] Some Are Fuming Over Smoking Ban
People shopping at the Moundsville Plaza Saturday either agreed with the expansion of the smoking ban or thought it was too stringent - while others said it should be expanded even further.
Feb 10, 2013
Wheeling (WV) Intelligencer
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Feb 12, 2013 12:43
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[West Virginia] If you smoke 'em he's got 'em
What does Boggs want his customers to remember about his business? “We are a one-stop tobacco shop,” he says. “If you can smoke it or chew it, Tobacco Town has got it.”
Feb 10, 2013
Beckley (WV) Register Herald
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Feb 10, 2013 11:17
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[West Virginia] Some Are Fuming Over Smoking Ban
On Friday, the Marshall County Board of Health unanimously voted to expand its ban to include outdoor public areas such as parks, playgrounds and fairs and festivals. But a section in those areas still could be designated for smokers with health departm
Feb 10, 2013
Wheeling (WV) News-Register
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Feb 10, 2013 10:06