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OTHER VIEWS: Minnesota still needs to step up, continue battle against Big Tobacco


OTHER VIEWS: Minnesota still needs to step up, continue battle against Big Tobacco
From the editorial: The money certainly is there to continue the work, even if ClearWay soon won’t be.
Written By:
Duluth News Tribune Editorial Board |
9:00 am, May 10, 2021
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Minnesota Opinion editorial
A “funding cliff” is coming, warn those who’ve been working tirelessly for decades to snuff out smoking in Minnesota and the use of tobacco products.
ClearWay Minnesota is set to disband at the end of this year, in accordance with the same state statute that created the stop-smoking group in 1998. A 3% slice of the $6.1 billion the tobacco industry paid to the state to settle a suit claiming it deceived Minnesotans about the harmful nature of its products was used to make the group a reality. ....

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Minnesota needs to reinvest in tobacco fight


Minnesota needs to reinvest in tobacco fight
Dr. David Lucas Smith
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One of the greatest success stories in public health history is the reduction of cigarette-smoking. Over the past 20 years, smoking rates among adults and youth have fallen dramatically, thanks to free quitting services, advertising campaigns and smart policies like the law prohibiting smoking in indoor public places.
But recent developments threaten to undo that progress. As a physician, I have seen how e-cigarettes went from being a novelty to an epidemic among America’s kids. We got so close to eliminating tobacco from kids’ lives . but the tobacco industry, as usual, was one step ahead. With flavored, easy-to-hide products like e-cigarettes, far too many kids are still attracted to – and become addicted to – these new, dangerous tobacco products. One in five high school students in Minnesota currently vapes, and among youth vapers, most show signs of addiction. ....

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Our View: State still needs to step up, continue battle against Big Tobacco


Our View: State still needs to step up, continue battle against Big Tobacco
From the editorial: The money certainly is there to continue the work, even if ClearWay soon won’t be.
Written By:
News Tribune Editorial Board |
11:00 am, May 7, 2021
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A “funding cliff” is coming, warn those who’ve been working tirelessly for decades to snuff out smoking in Minnesota and the use of tobacco products.
ClearWay Minnesota is set to disband at the end of this year, in accordance with the same state statute that created the stop-smoking group in 1998. A 3% slice of the $6.1 billion the tobacco industry paid to the state to settle a suit claiming it deceived Minnesotans about the harmful nature of its products was used to make the group a reality. ....

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