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Public smoking in Nacogdoches ends Tuesday By MATTHEW STOFF The Daily Sentinel Sunday, June 29, 2008 Effective Tuesday, July 1, smoking in all of Nacogdoches' public buildings, workplaces, offices, bars and restaurants will be prohibited, punishable by a fine up to $2,000 in municipal court. With the new law in place, Nacogdoches joins other East Texas communities like Marshall and Tyler and at least 20 states that have banned public smoking in the name of health. Private ...

Cigarette Use Among High School Students --- United States, 1991--2007 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5725a3.htm?s_cid=mm5725a3_e Cigarette use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States (1). A national health objective for 2010 is to reduce the prevalence of current cigarette use among high school students to 16% or less (27-2b) (1). To examine changes in cigarette use among high school students in the United States during 1991--2007, CDC analyzed data ...

NEW CASA REPORT FINDS HUGE INCREASES IN MARIJUANA POTENCY, TREATMENT ADMISSIONS, MEDICAL DIAGNOSES AND ER MENTIONS

"State Smoking Restrictions for Private-Sector Worksites, Restaurants, and Bars --- United States, 2004 and 2007 MMWR Weekly Report, Volume 57, Number 20 This report summarizes the changes in state smoking restrictions for private-sector worksites, restaurants, and bars that occurred from 2004 to 2007. The findings indicated a substantial increase in the number and restrictiveness of state laws regulating smoking in these three settings, providing nonsmokers with increased ...

Fun at 21? Drinking to excess on one's 21st birthday has become a tradition Tragically, some don't live to regret their binge. Tuesday, May 20, 2008 4:34 AM By Kathy Lynn Gray The Columbus Dispatch According to a 2006 study of 164 students, 34% blacked out on their 21st birthday. The Hot Issue Did you overindulge on your 21st birthday? When a young woman enters a bar wearing a glittery crown and a beauty-queen sash, bartenders know what to do: Pour a free shot; ...

A new study examining emergency department patients finds that those with unmet addiction treatment needs incur higher hospital and emergency department charges than other patients.