PRESS ADVISORY: ALA, TFND partner with Country House Deli to encourage tobacco users to “Quit Cold Turkey (With Help)” In celebration of “Great American Smokeout” Day, Thursday, November 20, 2014, the American Lung Association in North Dakota (ALA) and Tobacco Free North Dakota (TFND) is partnering with a Bismarck business, Country House Deli, in support of the […]
BISMARCK (UTN) – When the national day to quit smoking comes up next week, United Tribes Technical College will fortify its ban on commercial tobacco use and emphasize the college’s cultural heritage. UTTC President Leander “Russ” McDonald will proclaim November 20 as “Honoring Tobacco Day” on campus, the same day as the American Cancer Society’s […]
FARGO (KFGO-AM) — Investigators say a patient who was smoking while using oxygen caused a fire that injured both the patient and a staff member at Sanford Medical Center in downtown Fargo last week. Fire chief Steve Dirksen says the combination of pure oxygen and open flame is extremely volatile. He says it was quick […]
By Forum staff reports FARGO – Fargo fire investigators say the fire that injured two people and caused the evacuation of several patients at Fargo’s downtown Sanford Medical Center on Thursday was caused by someone smoking while using oxygen. Sanford officials said the fire originated in a patient room early Thursday morning and was extinguished […]
Kim Painter, Special for USA TODAY It’s always a good time to quit smoking. But if smoking cessation has a season, it’s about to begin. Thursday is the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout, a day on which all smokers will be encouraged to abstain or start making a plan to quit. In coming weeks, […]
The Times Editorial Board, SC Times Surveys of Minnesota and U.S. youth show alarming increase in e-cigarette use. Lawmakers can slow this increase by immediately acting to limit access. Two surveys released the past week — one state and one national — deliver a powerful message about the most pressing issue regarding e-cigarettes: Government needs […]
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer Use of electronic cigarettes by high school students tripled over three years, according to a new government report released Thursday. In a large national survey last year, 4.5 percent of high school students said they had used e-cigarettes in the previous month. That’s up from 1.5 percent in 2011 […]
New CDC Youth Tobacco Survey Should Spur FDA to Finalize Rule Regulating All Tobacco Products, Including E-Cigarettes and Cigars Teen E-Cigarette Use Triples, Cigar Use Stays Steady Even While Cigarette Smoking Continues to Drop WASHINGTON, DC – The 2013 National Youth Tobacco Survey released today by the CDC shows that while youth cigarette smoking continues […]
Posted by: Colleen Stoxen In the steepest decline ever found in Minnesota, the percent of high school students who smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days dropped from 18.1 percent in 2011 to 10.6 percent in 2014. The 2014 Minnesota Youth Tobacco Survey also found fewer young people used used chewing tobacco and cigars between […]
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Raise it for Health coalition praised the results of a study today released by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), showing a dramatic drop in the number ofMinnesota kids smoking cigarettes. Specifically, the smoking rate among Minnesota students grades six through 12 decreased from 18.1 percent in 2011 […]