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Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Honors Tyler Long of Fletcher, NC As National Youth Advocate of the Year

2013-05-01 12:28:22

Leadership in Fight Against Tobacco Recognized Nationally WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tyler Long, 18, of Fletcher, North Carolina, has been named the National Youth Advocate of the Year by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids for his leadership in the fight against tobacco. Tyler will be honored at a gala in the nation's capital on Thursday (May 2) along with four U.S. regional winners, a group winner and a military winner. (Logo:...

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Honors Magi Linscott of Pace, FL As Youth Advocate of the Year

2013-05-01 12:28:20

Leadership in Fight Against Tobacco Recognized Nationally WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Magi Linscott, 16, of Pace, Florida, has been named the Southern Region Youth Advocate of the Year by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids for her leadership in the fight against tobacco. Magi will be honored at a gala in the nation's capital on Thursday (May 2) along with a national winner, three other regional winners, a group winner and a military winner. (Logo:...

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Honors Alexander Higginbotham of Odessa, MO As Youth Advocate of the Year

2013-05-01 12:28:19

Leadership in Fight Against Tobacco Recognized Nationally WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Alexander Higginbotham, 16, of Odessa, Missouri, has been named winner of the 2013 Joining Forces Award for Youth Advocacy by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids for his leadership in the fight against tobacco. Alex will be honored at a gala in the nation's capital on Thursday (May 2) along with a national winner, four regional winners and a group winner. (Logo:...

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Honors Brittani Jones of Dorchester, MA As Youth Advocate of the Year

2013-05-01 12:28:14

Leadership in Fight Against Tobacco Recognized Nationally WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Brittani Jones, 18, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, has been named the Eastern Region Youth Advocate of the Year by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids for her leadership in the fight against tobacco. Brittani will be honored at a gala in the nation's capital on Thursday (May 2) along with a national winner, three other regional winners, a group winner and a military winner....

LOGIC E-Cigs Ranked Number One in US Convenience Stores

2013-05-01 08:32:47

Report Indicates LOGIC Premium E-Cigarettes as Nationwide Category Leader LIVINGSTON, N.J., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LOGIC Technology, makers of premium electronic cigarettes, today announced the results of Nielsen's Brand Rank Report, indicating LOGIC outperformed all e-cigarette brands in Q1 2013 for sales per point of distribution. As more major tobacco companies continue to enter the e-cigarette space, this report shows that LOGIC outsells its competition and remains the...

Poll: Majority of Minnesotans Support Raising the Price of Tobacco

2013-05-01 00:21:55

66 percent support $1.50 increase to reduce smoking MINNEAPOLIS, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A new poll released today by the Raise it for Health coalition shows that 66 percent of Minnesotans support raising the tobacco tax by $1.50 per pack to address Minnesota's budget deficit, help addicted smokers quit and keep kids from starting to smoke. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130501/CG05024-INFO) "This new poll illustrates that support for raising the price of tobacco...

Women Smokers May Have Greater Risk For Colon Cancer Than Men

2013-04-30 23:40:39

Smoking increased the risk for developing colon cancer, and female smokers may have a greater risk than male smokers, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. "Globally, during the last 50 years, the number of new colon cancer cases per year has exploded for both men and women," said Inger Torhild Gram, M.D., Ph.D., professor in the Department of Community Medicine at the University of...

Does Smoking Prevention In Schools Work?

2013-04-30 10:53:54

Smoking prevention in schools reduces the number of young people who will later become smokers, according to a new systematic review published in The Cochrane Library. For young people who have never smoked, these programs appear to be effective at least one year after implementation. Smoking causes five million preventable deaths every year, a number predicted to rise to eight million by 2030. It is thought that around a quarter of young people may smoke by age 13-15. With a history...

NYC Officials Try To Raise Smoking Age To 21

2013-04-23 12:31:12

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Undeterred by his latest loss on a city-wide soda ban, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is forging ahead with his newest health initiative – raising the smoking age from 18 to 21. Bloomberg issued this proposal yesterday as a part of his decade-long campaign against tobacco, which included higher taxes on cigarettes and banning smoking in city parks. Most recently, he proposed a law which would require all vendors who sell cigarettes to...

Speaker Quinn and Council Members Propose Strong Action To Further Reduce Smoking in New York City

2013-04-22 12:31:28

WASHINGTON, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement of Susan M. Liss, Executive Director, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO) New York City has led the nation and the world in fighting tobacco use, the number one cause of preventable death. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Council members today have taken an important step to build on this progress by proposing legislation that...