MTS Bans E-Cigarettes on all Buses, Trolleys, Bus Stops and Transit Centers
San Diego – The Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) Board of Directors voted unanimously Thursday to ban the use of electronic cigarettes in places where it…
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State Health Officer Issues Health Advisory & New E-Cigarette Report
California Department of Public Health (CDPH) director and state health officer Dr. Ron Chapman today issued a Health Advisory and the “State Health Officer’s Report…
Read MoreHaze Over E-cigs
UT San Diego: December 7th 2013- Use of electronic cigarettes — also known as e-cigarettes or e-cigs — doubled among middle school and high schools…
Read MoreSan Diego’s First Smoke-free Apartment Complex
SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) – November 21st, 2013: An apartment complex in Oak Park will soon be the first in San Diego to pledge to be…
Read MoreElectronic Cigarette Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2011–2012
Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, are battery-powered devices that provide doses of nicotine and other additives to the user in an aerosol. Depending on the brand,…
Read MoreThe Danger Next Door: 5 Million Apartment Dwellers in California are Exposed to Secondhand Smoke Despite Having Smoke Free Home Rules!
February 5, 2013 An estimated 27 to 29 million Americans living in multi-unit housing are exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke in their homes, even though…
Read More37th annual Great American Smokeout
By: Nana Kori November 15th is ‘Great American Smokeout Day’! The goal of this day as the title suggests is to get people to stop…
Read MoreGreat news! The San Diego Fair will be going smoke-free
The 22nd District Agricultural Association recently voted to make the San Diego Fair 100% smoke-free starting in 2013. Read: May 17, 2012 article in San…
Read MoreU.S. Judge Strikes Down F.D.A. Cigarette Labels
The New York Times – By: Stephanie Storm February 29, 2012 -A federal judge on Wednesday declared unconstitutional a Food and Drug Administration requirement that…
Read MoreUC Goes SmokeFree!
January 9, 2012 University of California President Mark Yudof announces all UC campuses will go smoke free. Smoke free policies will be implemented over the next…
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