Cancer Council NSW
Tackling Tobacco assists Neami National in helping people with mental illness to quit smoking.
Although less and less Australians smoke tobacco each year, cigarettes continue to disproportionately impact some of the most vulnerable members of our society.
Australians living with mental illness are twice as likely to smoke cigarettes than the general population, and that rate increases dramatically among people with schizophrenia.
In addition to the health impacts and increased cancer risk, smoking can also lead to financial stress, contribute to cycles of poverty, and make it more difficult to treat existing mental health issues among these groups.
USDA expanding cotton classing automation, maintaining standards
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The specialized facility serves as the Program’s field headquarters and includes one of the program’s 10 cotton classification offices located across the United States. (Agricultural Marketing Service) has leased and occupied the building since 1995, she said in an email.
The nine other classification offices are located in Texas, Arkansas, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana and California. The Cotton & Tobacco Program Grading Division grades (classes) every bale of cotton produced in the United States, according to the program.
The 7 acres are located north of Bartlett Business Park on the west side of Appling Road. The Business Park is home to multiple retail stores, Malco Stage Cinema and Grill and St. Francis Hospital-Bartlett.
Jan 21, 2021
Topics of discussion include:
Georgia Cotton Commission Update – Lee Cromley, Director – Taylor Sills, Executive Director
2020 Season-in-Review & Discussion on Seed Coat Fragments (SCF) – Darryl Earnest, Deputy Administrator, USDA AMS Cotton & Tobacco Program – Dr. Ed Barnes, Senior Director of Agricultural & Environmental Research, Cotton Incorporated
Boll Weevil Eradication in Georgia & the United States Status – Bart Davis, Chairman, BWEF of Georgia, Inc. – Alan Lowman, Executive Director, BWEF of Georgia, Inc. – Dr. Phillip Roberts, Extension Entomologist, University of Georgia
U.S. House Committee on Agriculture Update – Congressman David Scott, Chairman
U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol Update – Matt Coley, Producer Director
Georgia Farm Bureau Update– Tom McCall, President