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News

11/19/2010 - Ochsner Health System to become tobacco-free

11/12/2010 - FDA Seeks Comment On Proposed Cigarette Product Warning Labels

11/10/2010 - HHS announces new tobacco strategy

10/28/2010 - Smoking boosts risk for Alzheimer's

10/28/2010 - Zoomerang Success Stories: Louisiana Tobacco Control Program

05/17/2010 - Celebrating Smokefree Voices," a YouTube video contest

05/4/2010 - Smoking While Pregnant May Raise Psychiatric Risks in Kids

04/29/2010 - Louisiana Youth Selected for Youth Activism Fellowship

04/19/2010 - Kids Could Overdose From Nicotine-Laced 'Candy'

04/13/2010 - Smoking Bans May Be Boosting Public Health

04/8/2010 - New Report Finds More Smokers Calling Telephone Quitlines

03/19/2010 - Louisiana Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Aid Tobacco Cessation

03/15/2010 - LTCP team member selected to serve on national activism panel.

02/3/2010 - Smoker's Own Secondhand Smoke Adds to Health Risks

01/29/2010 - 3rd Annual Youth Summit on Tobacco Open

01/26/2010 - Newborns of Smokers Have Abnormal Blood Pressure

01/20/2010 - Current Smoking Can Worsen Lung Cancer

12/18/2009 - Teens Think Smoking More Dangerous Than Drinking, Drugs

11/18/2009 - Statement from DHH Secretary Alan Levine on Louisiana’s Improvement in the America’s Health Rankings

New Rankings boost Louisiana to highest ever, while highlighting remaining challenges

11/13/2009 - Quitting Smoking Simplifies Surgical Recovery

10/26/2009 - New Study: Women more susceptible to dangers of tobacco.

10/19/2009 - Smoking Keeps Its Grip on Urban Poor

09/29/2009 - FDA: Candy and Fruit Flavored Cigarettes Now Illegal in United States

09/10/2009 - Nicotine Plays Tricks on Brain: Study

09/1/2009 - Exposure to Tobacco Smoke Before Birth Affects DNA

08/28/2009 - Cigarettes May Dull Taste Buds

06/23/2009 - Obama Signs Tough New Anti-Smoking Law

05/5/2009 - Smoking Packs a Tougher Wallop for Women

04/20/2009 - Secondhand Smoke Quickly Affects Blood Vessels

04/8/2009 - Smoking Ups Infection Risk for Lung Disease Patients

01/16/2009 - Menthol Cigarettes the Most Addictive

12/22/2008 - Almost Half of Kids Still Exposed to Secondhand Smoke

12/17/2008 - Smoking Ups Colon Cancer Risk

10/29/2008 - Today's Smokers More Addicted to Nicotine

10/21/2008 - Secondhand Smoke Worse for Children

08/27/2008 - Tobacco Control Program Saved Billions in Health Costs

08/21/2008 - Tobacco Marketing Promotes Youth Cigarette Use

07/30/2008 - Secondhand Smoke Raises Stroke Risk for Spouses

07/17/2008 - Study: Big Tobacco Lures Young Smokers With Menthol Cigarettes

07/2/2008 - Smoke-Free Policies Prove Effective

06/11/2008 - Risk-of-death charts show smokers should beware

06/10/2008 - Smoking Tied to Memory Loss in Middle Age

05/20/2008 - Smokeless tobacco ban wins support

05/6/2008 - Study: Restaurant tobacco bans influence teen smoking

04/30/2008 - Secondhand Smoke Blocks Artery Repair

04/25/2008 - Lawmaker’s bill tightens anti-smoking law

04/3/2008 - Genetic Link Tied to Smoking Addiction

03/31/2008 - Smokers at Increased Risk of Aneurysm Recurrence

03/28/2008 - New no-smoking bill targets bars that serve food

03/17/2008 - State to Provide Tobacco-Fighting Funds to Communities

03/13/2008 - Secondhand Smoke Hikes Tots' Risk of Heart Disease

02/29/2008 - Scientists Find Cancer Culprits in Cigarette Smoke

02/11/2008 - Smoky bar triggered fatal asthma attack

02/7/2008 - Tobacco Could Kill 1 Billion by 2100

02/6/2008 - Smokers Sleep Less Soundly

01/30/2008 - Study backs value of U.S. state anti-smoking plans

01/23/2008 - Smoking-ban debate draws a vocal crowd

01/11/2008 - Smoke-Free Workplace Laws, Cigarette Taxes on the Rise

01/9/2008 - Smoking in Movies Linked to Kids Lighting Up

01/7/2008 - Hookah Smoking as Tough on Lungs as Cigarettes

01/5/2008 - 1-800-QUIT-NOW becomes one million strong

03/29/2007 - Radio DJ Vows to Quit Smoking and Encourages Listeners to Join Effort

03/28/2007 - Radio Professional Vows to be “Tobacco Free” for 30 Days

02/13/2007 - Smokers relegated to the outdoors - Seven citations written since law went into effect

01/26/2007 - Chronic Disease Conference to be Held

07/19/2006 - Marriott Goes ‘Smoke-Free’ At All Hotels In North America – More Than 2,300 Properties And 10 Lodging Brands

02/8/2006 - Experts Say Lowe's Has Clear Right to Require Employees to Smoke off Premises

02/8/2006 - Smokers' houses harder to sell

11/3/2005 - Red's Fitness, Southwest Medical Center and DHH Team up to Kick the Smoking Habit

02/10/2005 - Get FREE help to quit smoking!

04/23/2004 - CDC: Heart disease risk rapidly increases upon exposure to secondhand smoke

03/28/2004 - Secondhand smoke risks to fetuses increase in poverty environments

02/8/2004 - Louisiana Smokers Find Help Through 1-800-QUIT-NOW

01/11/2004 - Asthma; Secondhand smoke exposure increases adult asthma risk

01/8/2004 - Lung cancer study: A leading killer among women

01/5/2004 - Secondhand smoke may slow children's ability to heal

12/1/2003 - Give the Gift of Good Health this Holiday Season

09/16/2003 - Breathe Easy Bayou Increases Advertising Visibility

08/15/2003 - Protect the People You Care About: Don't Smoke Around Them

05/6/2003 - Environmental Toxins; Homes should be smokefree zones soon after baby’s birth

01/6/2003 - Report Card Shows Many States Failing to Protect the Public with Proven Tobacco Policies

Smoking Facts

Cigarette smoke contains nearly 5,000 chemical compounds, including arsenic, formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide.

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