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End Smoking in Cars with Children Present
on November 30, 2020 4:59 pmSecondhand Smoke = Firsthand Consequences In Oklahoma, it’s still legal to smoke inside cars when children are present. Our kids are suffering.... View Article
The Progress of Policy
on November 20, 2020 8:02 pmA 2019 CDC report revealed Oklahoma’s statewide smoking rate stands at 18.9%. Compared with the national average of just 13.7%,... View Article
Big Tobacco’s Target: Women
on October 12, 2020 3:42 pmStarting in the 1920s, tobacco companies set out to reach a massive, yet previously untapped customer base: women. Over the... View Article
Big Tobacco Targets Our Kids
on October 12, 2020 3:38 pmHow can Big Tobacco attract lifelong customers? It’s simple: hook them young. Big Tobacco knows that 9 out of 10... View Article
Signs My Kid is Vaping
on October 6, 2020 6:33 pmYouth vaping is a concern across the nation, but what about here in Oklahoma? In a recent survey by the... View Article
4 Ways To Prevent Your Kids From Vaping
on October 6, 2020 5:56 pmParents: You play a critical role in educating and protecting kids from the dangers of vaping and flavored tobacco. Why?... View Article
Youth Use of Disposable E-Cigarettes Increasing Due to Loophole in Flavored Vape Ban
on September 24, 2020 5:09 pmAs the youth vaping epidemic skyrocketed and EVALI (e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury) surfaced last fall, the FDA... View Article
CDC Best Practices User Guide Features TSET Funded Program at the Oklahoma Hospital Association
on July 22, 2020 6:30 pmThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently published the Best Practices User Guides for Cessation in Tobacco Prevention and... View Article
Myths vs. Facts Quiz
on July 21, 2020 4:31 pmBig Tobacco works hard to blur the line between myth and fact. Why? To hook a new generation on their... View Article
Emerging Tobacco Technology
on June 30, 2020 4:38 pmBig Tobacco has added yet another weapon to its deadly and addictive arsenal — a new technology called “heat-not-burn,” (HNB).... View Article
Big Tobacco Found Guilty Of Lying: 5 Things They Are Forced To Admit Publicly
on January 5, 2018 10:26 pmIn 2006, U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler found tobacco companies guilty of breaking civil racketeering laws. It was found... View Article
The Relationship between Tobacco and Mental Health: It’s Complicated.
on April 27, 2017 11:48 amStudies show that half of all smoking-related deaths occur in people with mental health disorders. People with mental health disorders... View Article