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The latest on the Key Bridge collapse, New York puts forth legislation to get clean energy projects on the grid and Wisconsin and other states join a federal summer food program to help feed kids across the country.

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Republicans float conspiracy theories on the collapse of Baltimore's Key Bridge, South Carolina's congressional elections will use a map ruled unconstitutional, and the Senate schedules an impeachment trial for Homeland Secretary Mayorkas.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

IN: Smoking Prevention

According to the Indiana State Department of Health, about one in two adults who smoke cigarettes want to quit. (Adobe Stock)
Report grades IN on tobacco use rates, public policy

Indiana does not fare well in a new report on what state and federal officials are, or could be, doing to discourage tobacco use. The American Lung …

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Early diagnosis rates in America have increased 17% over the last five years. (Adobe Stock)<br />
State of Lung Cancer Report has Indiana Behind the Curve

The American Lung Association has released its 2022 State of Lung Cancer report, which shows Indiana has some work to do. The leading cause of lung …

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Indiana has an estimated one million smokers. (AdobeStock)
Health Group: Indiana Passes on Another Chance to Reduce Smoking Rates

INDIANAPOLIS -- Health care advocates in Indiana are once again disheartened to see another legislative session pass without action on the state's cig…

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Smoking has increased in Indiana in the past two years, while decreasing in many other states. (Brun-nO/Pixabay)
With Higher Smoking Rates, Indiana Falls in Health Rankings

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana is facing serious health challenges, according to an annual state-by-state ranking of key health indicators. The …

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Advocates say if Hoosiers have to pay more to smoke, they're more likely to quit. (acsan.org)
Hoosier Employers Want to Curb Smoking Rates

INDIANAPOLIS – Lawmakers in Indiana are being asked to bump up the tax on cigarettes by $2 a pack this legislative session. House Bill 1380 …

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Nearly one in four Hoosiers smoke. (in.gov)
Report: Indiana Part of "Tobacco Nation"

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana is part of a "Tobacco Nation," a nickname for the dozen states where smoking rates are the highest in the country…

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Nearly 21 percent of adults in Indiana and 12 percent of high school students smoke. (cdc.gov)
Report: Indiana Needs to Step Up Anti-Tobacco Spending

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana gets millions each year from the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement - and yet it spends just a fraction of what the Cent…

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A new CDC report may help determine where anti-tobacco ads should be placed, as well as suggesting they be targeted to different groups. (CDC)
New Approach Needed for Tribes' Anti-Smoking Efforts

INDIANAPOLIS - A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said some racial and ethnic groups have much higher smoking rates than other…

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The latest report by the Indiana Youth Institute says kids are still smoking and drinking too much, but the teen birth rate continues to decline. (inatashko/morguefile)
Report: Good and Bad News about Indiana's Children

INDIANAPOLIS - More children in Indiana live with adults who are struggling with substance abuse or mental health issues than their peers nationally…

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The cost of smoking exceeds $1 million a year, depending on where you live. (Joseph Morris/Flickr)
Smoking Costs Hoosiers More Than $1 Million a Year

INDIANAPOLIS - The average cost to each of America's 66 million tobacco users is from $24,000 to $50,000 a year, depending on where they live…

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Many popular video games played by children have characters who smoke. (Truth Initiative)
Lighting Up the Screen? Smoking Glamorized in Popular Video Games

INDIANAPOLIS – Before buying a video game for a young person on your holiday list, checking the warning label might be a good idea – and …

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Smoking is the cause of most lung-cancer deaths. Credit: cherlyholt/morguefile
Do You Know the Number One Cancer Killer?

INDIANAPOLIS - Lung cancer is the top cancer killer of both women and men, taking the lives of almost twice as many women as any other form of cancer…

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