The Shreveport Council today passed an amendment to undermine the effective and popular smoke-free ordinance to once again allow smoking in casinos, being the first municipality in Louisiana, and in the U.S., to withdraw smoke-free workplace protections from their hardworking constituents. With this move, Louisiana is once again first in the worst of ways and rankings.
El consumo de cigarrillos disminuyó del 12.5% en 2020 al 11.5% en 2021; sin embargo, uno de cada cinco, o 46 millones, de adultos en los EE. UU. continúa consumiendo productos de tabaco en 2021, según nuevos datos que publicaron hoy los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC).
Hoy, un grupo bipartidista y bicameral de legisladores del Congreso presentó una legislación que prohibiría el uso de todos los productos de tabaco combustible y el uso de cigarrillos electrónicos en los centros de atención médica administrados por el Departamento de Asuntos de Veteranos de EE. UU.
TRENTON, NJ – FEBRUARY 12, 2023 – Tomorrow, February 13 the General Assembly will host its first-ever hearing on legislation to close the loophole for casinos in New Jersey’s Smoke-Free Air Act.
KNOXVILLE, TN – November 17, 2022 – Cancer patients and survivors are marking the American Cancer Society's 47th annual Great American Smokeout® today by shining a spotlight on the dangers of secondhand smoke and the importance of smoke-free laws in protecting the health of Knox
GREER, SC– November 16, 2022 – Cancer patients and survivors are marking the American Cancer Society's 47th annual Great American Smokeout® tomorrow by calling on elected officials to protect the health of all Greer residents by enacting a strong smoke-free law that protects res
New data from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) finds more than 3 million youth report current use (past 30 days) of any tobacco product in 2022.
This Sunday, November 6th, the City of Dayton is officially smoke-free
With the highest proportion of smoking-related cancer cases and deaths in the country, Kentucky lawmakers can and must do better to prevent tobacco use.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a study today showing youth e-cigarette use remains high in 2022.