Tobacco Free Archive
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On Wednesday, March 20th a group of 14 students from EEA Learning Academy participated in “Kick Butts Day” by creating human billboards to display messages about Big Tobacco’s tactics to addict them. “Kick Butts Day” is a national day of…
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One Simple Step For A Healthier Community We hope you can join the Healthy Marathon County Board and Action Teams at our Annual Spring Meeting! Friday, April 19th 7:30am-10am 212 River Drive, Wausau More information is coming soon! RSVP at…
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Press Release: December 10, 2012 For Immediate release Contact: Dot Kalmon, Central WI Tobacco Free Coalition, Coordinator (Wood, Portage, and Marathon Counties) Dorothy.kalmon@co.marathon.wi.us 715/261-1926 or cell 715/370-4420 New Study: Wisconsin Youth Smoking Drops Dramatically (Wausau, WI) — Public health…
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From the Central Wisconsin Tobacco Free Coalition at the November Marathon County Board of Health Meeting: Renee received the Tobacco-Free Award in appreciation for her years of work to encourage smoke-free workplaces and tobacco free living among Marathon County communities.
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Please Join us Tuesday, November 6th as we honor Rene Trowbridge for her efforts in helping to make local and state environments smoke free. See the attached flyer below. Click image for a larger PDF of the flyer
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Action Alert – Let HUD (U.S. Dept. of Urban Development) know your thoughts regarding smoke-free HUD housing by November 5th. Ten minutes of your time now could save years of future effort in trying to protect vulnerable residents from second…
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The 2012 Candidate Forum titled “Living Better Longer: Discussion on critical issues facing Marathon County: Alcohol – Tobacco – Obesity” was a success! On Tuesday, October 9th from 4-6PM (3:30 Reception), Senate and Assembly representatives from Marathon County were invited to…
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Tobacco taxes are health win and revenue win (September 11, 2012) The 2009 increase in the federal cigarette tax achieved the goals of significantly reducing smoking and raising revenue to help fund expansion of children’s health insurance, according to today’s…
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Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable illness and death in the United States. It is the primary cause of many lung diseases including lung cancer (which causes more American deaths than any other cancer) and chronic obstructive pulmonary…
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