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Wisconsin Receives Mostly Failing Grades for Policies to Prevent and Reduce Tobacco Use - The Madison Times

By Karen Stokes The 2023 released “State of Tobacco Control” evaluates state and federal policies on actions taken to eliminate tobacco use and recommends proven-effective tobacco control laws and policies to save lives. Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death and disease in America and takes the lives of 7,850 Wisconsin residents each […]

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Activists Say: Banning Newport, Other Flavored Cigarettes Puts Black Lives in Danger — The Sacramento Observer

(CBM) - Eric Garner’s mother Gwendolyn Carr says, for Black Men, selling a single cigarette, known as “loosey,” can lead to an arrest, a prison sentence or even death. Six years ago, a police officer put her son in a chokehold and strangled him to death for allegedly selling illegal cigarettes on

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Dr. Jill Biden Visits Milwaukee - The Madison Times

By Karen Stokes Educator and First Lady, Dr Jill Biden touched down in Milwaukee late Wednesday afternoon to speak to the Representative Assembly of the Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association (MTEA), and later visited Westside Academy. Members of the MTEA filled the Washington Park Senior Center

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Wisconsin Seeing Mild to Moderate Increase in Covid-19 Cases | The Madison Times

By Karen Stokes Dr. Ryan Westergaard, infectious disease specialist in Madison, Wisconsin, said during a news conference on Tuesday that the state was seeing mild to moderate increases in case activity level. “The seven day average is just over 1000. In the context of where we were in January with

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