CA: Smoking Prevention
New CA Report Details Tobacco Industry Marketing to Vulnerable Groups
A new report from Stanford University finds tobacco companies continue to directly target African Americans, women, and young people with their …
Tobacco Use in CA: Making Strides, but Room to Improve
LOS ANGELES – In California alone, 40,000 people die every year from tobacco-related illnesses, which also cost the state just over $18 billion …
Report: California Not Spending Enough on Tobacco Prevention
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California gets billions each year from the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, and yet, it spends only 22 percent …
CA Legislature Votes to Raise Smoking Age, Clamp Down on E-Cigarettes
The California state Assembly on Thursday took historic action to curb smoking in the Golden State, overwhelmingly passing a series of bills in a …
Report: California Spending Far Too Little to Combat Smoking
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Anti-smoking advocates are pressing for a $2 a pack tobacco tax in the wake a recent report that says California is …
State to Launch Campaign Against "Vaping"
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The state wants to educate the public about the negative health effects of electronic cigarettes. Public health officials point …
E-Cigarettes Banned from Bars in L.A.
The Los Angeles City Council is outlawing "vaping" in most work sites and many public places, including parks and some beaches. The council on …
Cancer Society: CVS Tobacco-Sale Ban May Help Smokers Quit
Californians who smoke may have an easier time quitting now that CVS Caremark plans to end all tobacco sales at its stores by this fall. Tim Gibbs…
Report: Smoking Affects Women Much More than Men
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A report from the American Lung Association says women are 37 percent more likely to have chronic obstructive pulmonary …
Environmental Health Risks: Not Just Cancer
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A recent report delivered to President Obama by a special panel appointed by President Bush warned that the risk of cancer from …
Resolved to Quit Smoking? If at First You Don’t Succeed…
LOS ANGELES - Nobody likes a quitter - that is, unless you are the American Lung Association. Quitting smoking is at the top of many a New Year's …
Smokeless "E-Cigarettes" Raise New Health Concerns
Sacramento, CA - Health advocates think California should follow its neighbor's lead in stamping out electronic cigarettes. Oregon has banned the …
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