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September 2002

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December 2002
The Montana Facts!
Where We’ve Been, What We’ve Done & Where We’re Going…..

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March 2003
Going Smokeless: Good Food & Good Health
Lake County Smoke Free Dining

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June 2003
Smokeless in Ronan: Good Food & Clean Air
Parents Can Protect their Kids from Addiction

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September 2003
Your Vote Does Make A Difference!
Support Tobacco-Free Sports

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December 2003
4B’s...Smokefree ...7 Days a Week, 24 Hours a Day
The Most Effective strategies for quitting...

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March 2004
Youth Leaders & Tobacco Education
Youth, Media & Tobacco

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September 2004
Tobacco Issues on the November Ballot (I-149)
What Questions Could You Ask Legislative Candidates?

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December 2004
Lake County Health Department Tobacco Prevention Program joined with the Flathead Publishing Group and other Lake County businesses in providing a format for Lake County youth, grades 1- 8, to create Christmas Ads.

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December 2005
How do smoke free measures affect air quality?
Researchers conducted tests before and after a new smoke free measure went into effect in Delaware in the winter of 2002 - 3. They sampled a casino, five restaurants with bars, a stand alone bar and a pool hall.
Result?
After the smoke free measure went into effect workers and patrons were exposed to 95% less carcinogens and 90% fewer fine particle pollutants that lodge in the lungs and also cause irregular heart beats and heart disease.

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June 2007
Montana’s Law Offers Protection from Secondhand Tobacco Smoke… A known public health threat. Potential harmful health effects of secondhand smoke by exposure are dramatically reduced by eliminating smoking in all enclosed public places and workplaces.


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802 Main Street, Polson, Montana 59860
Phone: 406-883-7341
Fax: 406-883-7290
Email: tobaccoed@centurytel.net

       

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