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Smokers Get A Free Chance To “Kick Some Butts”

Smokers Get A Free Chance To “Kick Some Butts” Los Angeles, CA – Californians wanting to "kick the habit" can take the first step for free. A campaign is underway to help Los Angeles County residents...

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Smokeless "E-Cigarettes" Raise New Health Concerns

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 sale...

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Resolved to Quit Smoking? If at First You Don’t Succeed…

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...

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Environmental Health Risks: Not Just Cancer

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...

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Report: Smoking Affects Women Much More than Men

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 disease, or...

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Smokers Get A Free Chance To “Kick Some Butts”

Smokers Get A Free Chance To “Kick Some Butts” Los Angeles, CA – Californians wanting to "kick the habit" can take the first step for free. A campaign is underway to help Los Angeles County residents...

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Smokeless "E-Cigarettes" Raise New Health Concerns

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 sale...

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Resolved to Quit Smoking? If at First You Don’t Succeed…

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...

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Environmental Health Risks: Not Just Cancer

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...

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Report: Smoking Affects Women Much More than Men

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 disease, or...

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Cancer Society: CVS Tobacco-Sale Ban May Help Smokers Quit

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...

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E-Cigarettes Banned from Bars in L.A.

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 Tuesday also denied...

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State to Launch Campaign Against "Vaping"

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 to recent...

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Report: California Spending Far Too Little to Combat Smoking

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...

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CA Legislature Votes to Raise Smoking Age, Clamp Down on E-Cigarettes

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...

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Report: California Not Spending Enough on Tobacco Prevention

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...

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Tobacco Use in CA: Making Strides, but Room to Improve

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 in...

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Smokers Get A Free Chance To “Kick Some Butts”

Smokers Get A Free Chance To “Kick Some Butts” Los Angeles, CA – Californians wanting to "kick the habit" can take the first step for free. A campaign is underway to help Los Angeles County residents...

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Smokeless "E-Cigarettes" Raise New Health Concerns

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 sale...

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Resolved to Quit Smoking? If at First You Don’t Succeed…

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...

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