Monthly Archive: September 2009

Tobacco Mints a Lot Like Candy?: Columbus Dispatch

September 25, 2009  

By James Nash and Kathy Lynn Gray THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Camel Mints The "mints" in your child's pocket might give much more than a sugar high, the Federal Drug Administration is warning. They might provide a jolt of nicotine. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. is test-marketing tobacco-infused mints in Columbus and two other markets. The company ... Read More

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State May Stub Out Anti-Smoking Funds: Columbus Dispatch

September 24, 2009  

Thursday,  September 24, 2009 3:29 AM By James Nash THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Ohio is poised to reduce its spending on anti-tobacco programs from $40 million a year early this decade to nothing by the beginning of the next decade, anti-tobacco activists said yesterday while calling for cigarette taxes to be applied to other ... Read More

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An FDA Official Says 90 Percent of Smokers Start as Teens: Youngstown Vindicator

September 24, 2009  

Published: Thu, September 24, 2009 @ 12:00 a.m. By Marc Kovac Youngstown Vindicator COLUMBUS - An anti- smoking group said FDA restrictions instituted this week against flavored cigarettes do not apply to cigars, snuff and related tobacco products. And the Investing in Tobacco-Free Youth Coalition is continuing its call on state lawmakers to ... Read More

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Youth Tobacco Prevention Coalition Warns of New Threats to Kids

September 23, 2009  

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Shelly Kiser, director of advocacy for American Lung Association® in Ohio 800-231-5864; cell: 740-739-0187; skiser@ohiolung.org Cresha Auck-Foley, advocacy director for American Heart Association® Great Rivers Affiliate 614-396-4357; cell: 614-296-1665; cresha.auck@heart.org Youth Tobacco Prevention Coalition Warns of New Threats to Kids No ... Read More

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