Smoke-free Outdoor Dining
California’s historic smoke-free workplace law provides protections from smoking while dining indoors. Shouldn’t patrons who want to dine outdoor have the same protections? Help make…
Read MoreTobacco Free Communities Coalition
The San Diego Tobacco Free Communities Coalition is composed of agencies and individuals who advocate for health and mobilize the community to bring about change….
Read MoreHooked on Hookah
Hookah use is increasing faster than any other tobacco product. In California 11.2% adult males (24.5%, 18-24 years) and 2.8% adult females (10%, 18-24 year)…
Read MorePreventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General
Today, March 8, 2012, Dr. Regina Benjamin, U.S. Surgeon General, released Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General…
Read MoreNovember is Lung Cancer Awareness Month
No one deserves to bear the burden of lung cancer. This devastating disease is the single leading cancer killer of both men and women in…
Read MorePublic Support for Tobacco Retail Licensing
A poll from The Center for Tobacco Policy & Organizing shows that four out of five California voters would support a local law requiring store…
Read MorePalomar College Joins Smoke-Free Movement
The Palomar College governing board banned tobacco from its properties Tuesday, after years of student efforts to make the campus a smoke-free environment. The ban…
Read MoreCalifornia Adult Smoking Rate Reaches Historic Low
Over the last 22 years, the California adult smoking prevalence has been reduced by 50 percent, from 23.7 percent in 1988 to 11.9 percent in…
Read MoreCigarette Health Warning Lables
Beginning September 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will require larger, more prominent cigarette health warnings on all cigarette packaging and advertisements in the…
Read MoreWhere is SDSU’s Non-Smoking Policy?
San Diego State University is poised to join the growing ranks of smokefree universities, but hasn’t yet taken the leap. A policy restricting smoking to…
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