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Improving Health Through the Power of Law
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January 5, 2009
New smoke-free policy set for federal offices
A new federal regulation prohibits smoking in the courtyards of federal buildings, and within 25 feet of doorways and air intake ducts, and also prohibits designated smoking rooms in federal buildings. The policy will be implemented within six months. Read more about the latest smoke-free federal regulation.
The latest issue of the Legal Update, the newsletter of the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium, is now available. This issue highlights last week’s important Supreme Court “light” cigarette ruling, Altria Group, Inc. v. Good, upholding the ability of smokers to sue tobacco manufacturers for deceptive health claims. Also featured are the proceedings of our legal symposium on the merits of outdoor smoking restrictions and employment policies designed to discourage smoking, along with updates on the recent Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control; the appeal of the federal government’s racketeering lawsuit against tobacco manufacturers; and California litigation involving tobacco-free drug stores.
» Read the fall 2008 issue of the Legal Update. PDF, 1.6 Kb
On October 8 and 9, 2008, ClearWay Minnesota hosted a symposium entitled Reducing Tobacco’s Harm: Innovation and Leadership in a Changing Environment at the IDS Center in Minneapolis, celebrating the organization’s successes in reducing the harms of tobacco use and commemorating ClearWay’s ten year anniversary. The event featured Dr. C. Everett Koop, former U.S. Surgeon General, as the keynote speaker and included a panel discussion and breakout sessions on current topics in tobacco control. Other speakers included Dr. Michael Fiore, University of Wisconsin, Center of Tobacco Research and Intervention; Kay Kahler Vose, KKV Marketing and Consulting; Frank Vitale, Pharmacy Partnership for Tobacco Cessation; Rod Lew, Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organization; and Dr. Michael Cummings, Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Over the course of the two days, attendees at the symposium were able to view exhibits and displays by ClearWay grantees providing information about their research projects and tobacco control activities.
Dr. C. Everett Koop with Doug Blanke, recipient of the 2004 American Lung Association’s C. Everett Koop “Unsung Hero” Award, at the ClearWay symposium
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