"Sweet Deception"
DCHD Tobacco Prevention Manager Stephen McCloskey discusses in a local TV interview the marketing practices of the tobacco industry targeting smokeless, candy-flavored products towards children. From First Coast Living, 6/17/2011. Watch video.
Hooked on hookah: same as smoking 100 cigarettes?
Medical experts are now comparing the dangers of cigarette smoke to that of hookah, saying smoking hookah for an hour is the equivalent of smoking 100 cigarettes. Dr. Lynnette Kennison says there are very valid reasons for hookah smokers to be concerned.
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The president has quit smoking, Mrs. Obama says
The First Lady said Obama's chief motivation for quitting was because he wanted to be able to look daughters Malia, 12, and Sasha, 9, in the face and say "No" if they ever asked him about his not-so-secret vice. For Obama, quitting was a "personal challenge," she said.
TFJC march at Martin Luther King Day Parade 2011
A parade of thousands including SWAT and TFJC turned out for the annual Martin Luther King Celebration held in downtown Jacksonville. The rain and cool weather did not stop the parade participants from making the march from the Prime Osborn Convention Center to Ever Bank Field.
Florida sees success in tobacco control policies
The American Lung Association released its annual State of Tobacco Control Report which tracks progress on key tobacco control policies at the federal and state level, assigning grades based on whether laws are adequately protecting citizens from tobacco-caused disease.
