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Alabama joins the nation in taking part in the Great American Spit Out on Thursday, Feb. 22. It's a tobacco-free holiday to help spread awareness about the dangers of using smokeless tobacco like chew, and helping others quit.
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National health experts are raising awareness about a lung disease that’s affecting Alabama. Data shows that the Yellowhammer State has one of the highest prevalence rates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, in the country.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Tobacco shops in Alabama are no longer being able to advertise vaping as a healthy alternative to smoking.A wide-ranging law…
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A recent report shows Alabama is lagging behind much of the country when it comes to tobacco use.The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network…
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A Montgomery judge says extra security is unnecessary in the case against a white police officer charged with fatally shooting a black man.Officer Aaron…
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The Alabama House of Representatives has approved a bare-bones General Fund budget that Gov. Robert Bentley has already threatened to veto over inadequate…
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A group of professors say a policy blocking health systems from hiring smokers may have a disproportionate impact on certain employees.Al.com reported…
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The Alabama Senate has again passed a bill to ban smoking in many work places and in many businesses. Democratic Sen. Vivian Davis Figures guided her bill…