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A new University at Albany-led study finds that while local regulation helps reduce tobacco availability, there is increased concern about the rise of…
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Another upstate New York locality is considering banning the sale of tobacco products to people under the age of 21.The U.S. Surgeon General has…
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A legislative task force is expected to decide whether to recommend that Connecticut lawmakers vote to ban smoking in vehicles when a child is inside.The…
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Seventeen years after the 1998 Tobacco Settlement, a new report says many states are not spending their shares of the money on programs to stop smoking…
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The smoking rate in New York state has dropped to its lowest level since public health officials began tracking the number.Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the…
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Albany County Executive Dan McCoy has vetoed a proposed law that would have prohibited the sale of tobacco products in licensed health care institutions,…
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A national coalition of anti-smoking advocates has ranked New York 21st among states in funding for smoking cessation programs.The Campaign for…
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Today is the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout, an effort begun by anti-cancer groups nearly four decades ago to help people quit smoking.…
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Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, in partnership with Albany Law School, have implemented a 100% tobacco-free campus policy, now in place. A…
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Leading state and national healthcare advocates gathered today with public officials and others at the Gateway Diner on Albany's Central Avenue to mark…