Other Opinion: Fight against tobacco needs better funding
A $1 per pack increase would mean 8,800 fewer kids becoming adult smokers, 16,200 adult smokers quitting and $533 million in long-term health savings.
Written By:
Rochester Post Bulletin | 6:00 am, Feb. 3, 2021 ×
For the past 20 years, ClearWay Minnesota has led the fight against the state s top preventable cause of death and disease, tobacco.
ClearWay, a foundation created in 1998 using 3 percent of the state s court settlement with big tobacco, has addressed tobacco control in myriad ways: Cessation programs, research, community development, public affairs and education. But the best tool in their arsenal can be found in smokers wallets.
Letter: Urge legislators to uphold smoke-free workplace laws in North Dakota
I am very concerned to learn that the ND Legislature is considering House Bill 1152 to exempt cigar lounges and bars that sell cigars from our statewide smoke-free law.
Written By:
Kelly Buettner-Schmidt | ×
Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death and disability in this country. Additionally, smoking may increase a person’s risk for serious complications from COVID-19. There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. In 2012, North Dakotans voted overwhelmingly in support of a statewide smoke-free workplace law. This was after multiple local ND communities pass laws on the local level requiring smoke-free workplaces.
Nonprofits Urge Targeted Executive, Legislative Policies
February 1, 2021
While nonprofits were included in coronavirus relief legislation, a group of 75 charitable organizations has sent a letter to President Joseph R. Biden and top Congressional leaders, urging them to enact provisions that specifically address their needs.
Within the letter, the group acknowledged the Families First Act, the CARES Act and the COVID relief law contain provisions that help charitable nonprofits.
“However, we note that those Acts often did so by inserting nonprofits into existing or predetermined programs designed for for-profit businesses that face very different challenges,” the signators asserted in their Jan. 22 letter, which was sent to President Biden, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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Our View: Fight against tobacco needs better funding
A $1 per pack increase would mean 8,800 fewer kids becoming adult smokers, 16,200 adult smokers quitting and $533 million in long-term health savings
Written By:
Post Bulletin Editorial Board | 7:00 am, Jan. 30, 2021 ×
For the past 20 years, ClearWay Minnesota has led the fight against the state s top preventable cause of death and disease, tobacco.
ClearWay, a foundation created in 1998 using 3 percent of the state s court settlement with big tobacco, has addressed tobacco control in myriad ways: Cessation programs, research, community development, public affairs and education. But the best tool in their arsenal can be found in smokers wallets.