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Tag: youth tobacco use

map shows rates of smoking in colors, North Carolina is in the second highest group of rates
Posted inSubstance Use

Who’s Lighting Up?

by Rose Hoban January 18, 2017January 18, 2017
Kids sliding down a tube slide
Posted inChildren's Health, Featured, Health Inequities, Health Insurance, Public Health

More N.C. Kids Die Before Reaching 17

by Rose Hoban November 16, 2016December 20, 2016
House lawmakers come back for one more budget vote and are likely to wrap up work for the year Friday or Saturday.
Posted inFeatured, Medicaid, Mental Health, Public Health, State Health Policy

State Budget, with Several Mental Health Provisions, Nears Approval as House Gives First OK

by Thomas Goldsmith July 1, 2016April 16, 2021
A man smokes an e-cigarette. Often the devices are made to look like traditional cigarettes. Photo by Taylor Dahlin, flickr creative commons
Posted inChildren's Health, Featured, Public Health, Research News, Substance Use

Study: North Carolina Minors Have Easy Online Access to E-Cigs

by Editor June 22, 2016October 30, 2019
Four students from Voyager Academy in Durham met with Durham Sen. Floyd McKissick. Photo credit: Rose Hoban
Posted inChildren's Health, Featured, State Health Policy, Substance Use

Durham Teens Get Education on Health Advocacy

by Rose Hoban May 12, 2016November 12, 2018
In this commercial, actress Jenny McCarthy says, "I get to have a blu without the guilt, because there's only vapor, not tobacco smoke."
Posted inState Health Policy

Orange County Health Officials Punt on E-cigarette Decision

by Rose Hoban May 3, 2016April 16, 2021

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