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Anti-smoking efforts losing effectiveness amog teens

by Lorna Benson, Minnesota Public Radio

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St. Paul, Minn. — Public health officials are disappointed with new findings that show there has been no significant change in tobacco usage among teenagers during the past few years. The Minnesota Department of Health survey shows that among high schoolers tobacco use remains stagnant, at around 26 percent.

Pete Rode of the Department's Center for Health Statistics said current tobacco trends among teens could be partly related to the lack of new policy initiatives. Messaging could be one factor. Rode said there have been no significant tobacco taxes or anti-smoking ordinances passed in the last few years. Higher tobacco taxes in particular are often associated with a drop in tobacco use.  Minnesota.public radio
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Statewide smoking ban: On October 1, 2007, the Freedom to Breathe Act went into effect, expanding the existing Clean Indoor Air Act of 1975 so as to ban smoking statewide in all enclosed workplaces in Minnesota, including public transportation, bars, and restaurants. The Act exempts designated rooms in nursing homes, designated areas in psychiatric facilities, places where scientific studies related to smoking occur, private homes and residences not in use as a place of employment, designated hotel/motel smoking rooms, retail tobacco shops, heavy commercial vehicles, farm vehicles and construction equipment, buildings on family farms, the Minnesota disabled veterans' rest camp, smoking by Native Americans as part of a traditional spiritual or cultural ceremony, stage performances involving smoking, and outdoor areas. Local governments may regulate smoking more stringently than the state.

Beltrami County, January 1, 2005, banned within 10 feet (3.0 m) of the entrances to restaurants and bars.
10% Off All Natural Flea Control for Dog & Cats at Only Natural Pet StoreBloomington, July 19, 2004, banned within 25 feet (7.6 m) of entrances and in 50% of outdoor eating areas of restaurants.
Carlton County, June 1, 2007, banned on 50% of outdoor patio seating in restaurants and bars.
Cloquet, September 7, 2001, banned within five feet of the entrances to restaurants and bars.
Duluth, March 7, 2010, banned within 15 feet (4.6 m) of a bus shelter or transit center.
Golden Valley, March 31, 2009, banned within 25 feet (7.6 m) of entrances, exits, and ventilation openings of all areas of restaurants and bars; also in public parks and recreational facilities.
McLeod County, August 1, 2006, banned within 10 feet (3.0 m) of the entrances to restaurants and bars.
Rochester, June, 2010 Downtown smoke free 
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Second year of the 2011-2012 Minnesota Legislature begins

PerfectMatch - Best Online Dating Site for Christian Singles!The Minnesota Legislature has convenved for the second year of the 2011-2012 legislative session. Last year, lawmakers failed to discuss the compassionate, serious, and necessary business of instituting a medical marijuana program in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Although a bipartisan group of lawmakers were able to pass a medical marijuana bill on to the governor in 2009, then-Governor Tim Pawlenty vetoed that bill (more on that later). Given that the new governor’s position is no more favorable than Pawlenty’s, there has not been a strong push to pass medical marijuana in the Minnesota Legislature since. However, the recent discovery that a consulting firm recommended that the GOP-controlled legislature support medical marijuana may be enough to spark the debate again.Please email your senator and representative, and ask them to introduce compassionate medical marijuana legislation in St. Paul this session.