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Labor Leader: Raise WV Cig Tax To Keep Kids Smoke-Free

Labor Leader: Raise WV Cig Tax To Keep Kids Smoke-Free Charleston, WV - With time starting to run short for this legislative session, proposals to boost West Virginia's cigarette tax to $1.20, the...

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Study: Smoking Bans Don't Lead to Layoffs

Study: Smoking Bans Don't Lead to Layoffs Charleston, WV – Stubbing out cigarettes indoors at public places doesn't stub out the bottom-line profits of businesses like bars and restaurants, nor does it...

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West Virginians Smoking Less but Eating More – and It’s Showing

West Virginians Smoking Less but Eating More – and It’s Showing CHARLESTON, W.Va. - West Virginia's efforts to reduce smoking are working. The state health department reports that, since 2000, 10...

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Environmental Health Risks: Not Just Cancer

Environmental Health Risks: Not Just Cancer WASHINGTON, D.C. - A recent report delivered to President Obama by a special panel appointed by President Bush warned that the risk of cancer from...

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Heart Association: Upping WV Cig Tax Good for Kids and the Economy

Heart Association: Upping WV Cig Tax Good for Kids and the Economy CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The state legislature is looking to add a dollar to the tax on a pack of cigarettes. That would bring West...

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Lung Cancer Kills More Than 1000 West Virginians Every Year

Lung Cancer Kills More Than 1000 West Virginians Every Year CHARLESTON, W.Va. - More than 1,000 people die of lung cancer in West Virginia each year, but doctors and health advocates say quitting...

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CDC: Risky Teen Behavior Shifts

CDC: Risky Teen Behavior Shifts CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Less cigarette smoking, soda drinking and physical fighting, but more time at computers and other tech devices. That's the snapshot from the new...

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West Virginia 22nd in Nation for Tobacco-Prevention Spending

West Virginia 22nd in Nation for Tobacco-Prevention Spending CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The latest report on how well states are funding anti-tobacco efforts says West Virginia ranks near the middle, in spite...

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E-cigs, Flavored Tobacco Use Spreads Among Teens, 'Tweens

E-cigs, Flavored Tobacco Use Spreads Among Teens, 'Tweens CHARLESTON, W. Va. - E-cigarettes are increasing in popularity, and new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S....

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Medicaid at 50: New Research Shows Long-Term Benefits for West Virginia Kids

Medicaid at 50: New Research Shows Long-Term Benefits for West Virginia Kids CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Medicaid is 50 years old this week, and the impact it's had on the lives of children is being praised,...

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WV Anti-Smoking Funds Fall, State Tobacco Use High

WV Anti-Smoking Funds Fall, State Tobacco Use High CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The state has cut funds for West Virginia anti-smoking programs by nearly one-fifth - even as West Virginia has become, by some...

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Health Advocates: Small Tobacco Tax Hike May Be "Worse Than None"

Health Advocates: Small Tobacco Tax Hike May Be "Worse Than None" CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's proposed tobacco tax increase is so small that it may be worse than none at all, say...

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Evidence Shows Cig Tax Hike Won't Chase Sales Out of State

Evidence Shows Cig Tax Hike Won't Chase Sales Out of State CHARLESTON, W. Va. - In spite of industry arguments, anti-smoking groups say the evidence shows a sharp boost in the state's tobacco tax won't...

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Kicking Butts Against W.Va. Teen Smoking

Kicking Butts Against W.Va. Teen Smoking CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Wednesday was Kick Butts Day in West Virginia and around the country. The national anti-tobacco campaign aims to stop teen smoking with a...

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Pass the Buck: Pregnancy Care Providers Want WV to Up Tobacco Tax

Pass the Buck: Pregnancy Care Providers Want WV to Up Tobacco Tax CHARLESTON, W.Va. - West Virginia pregnancy-care providers want lawmakers to "pass the buck" by raising the state cigarette tax by $1 a...

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Tobacco Tax Passes, WV Budget Crisis Ending

Tobacco Tax Passes, WV Budget Crisis Ending CHARLESTON, W. Va. - The House of Delegates has approved raising the state tobacco tax, removing the big obstacle to resolving West Virginia's budget...

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WV Kids Count Finds Big Racial Disparities in Child Well-Being

WV Kids Count Finds Big Racial Disparities in Child Well-Being CHARLESTON, W.V. — African-American children in West Virginia aren't faring well compared to their white peers, according to a new report...

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High Smoking Rates Make WV Part of "Tobacco Nation"

High Smoking Rates Make WV Part of "Tobacco Nation" CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia is part of a "Tobacco Nation," a nickname for the dozen states where smoking rates are the highest in the country....

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Teen Poll Reaffirms WV Student Vaping Epidemic

Teen Poll Reaffirms WV Student Vaping Epidemic CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Two West Virginia teens concerned about their peers' use of e-cigarettes conducted a poll that now is helping state lawmakers' push...

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