Take A Stand Against Physically-Harmful Tobacco - And Reply posted May 26, 2007 In several states, politicians, the concerned media, health-related agencies, and citizen/voters are stepping up and taking a stand against the physically harmful use of tobacco. Somehow this type of action needs to be exercised throughout Southeast Tennessee. Take A Stand Against Physically-Harmful Tobacco - And Reply posted May 26, 2007 In several states, politicians, the concerned media, health-related...

These classrooms have been teaching children about alcohol, tobacco and drug awareness for over three months, hoping to get them in a mindset to resist peer pressure. Here is some history on the program and where it has gone since 1983: -The DARE program was founded in 1983 in Los Angeles to provide students the skills they need to avoid involvement in drugs, gangs and violence. Before they can teach a class, the officers perform 80 hours of special training in child development, classroom...

But the 2007 world of Big Tobacco - cohabited by aggressive action against it and aggressive investment in it-- merits that description. Despite lawsuits, health warnings, special funds for corrective advertising, and the imposition of taxes and bans on smoking in public buildings, Big Tobacco rolls on. That has meant some degree of personal disconnect in years of reporting on an industry that remains such a prominent Wall Street investment and mutual fund holding. Encouraging his behavior...

LSA Director Dennis Prouty said much of the increase was due to capital gains taxes that were paid on state personal income tax returns that were due by April 30. Gazette Online: State sets tax revenue record in May Cedar Rapids - Iowa City - Eastern Iowa. Receipts for sales, use and corporate income taxes also were up last month and the state took in an extra $11. Prouty said this month's positive growth brought the year-to-date increase in state tax receipts to 6.8 percent over the same...

Preliminary data show, among other things, a rise in tobacco, pot use among youths and young adults More Oregon youth in eighth through 11th grade smoke marijuana than tobacco cigarettes, according to new information released today by the Oregon Department of Human Services. Subscribe . Contact Us . Calendar . Obituaries . Archives . Public Notices . Business Directory . Blogs . Multimedia. Preliminary data show, among other things, a rise in tobacco, pot use among youths and young adults...

There was speculation that Michigan's lawmakers might stay in session all weekend and come up with a comprehensive program that would involve some new revenue. The "Social Security money in question is actually the money the state gets every year from the 1998 settlement of a multi-state lawsuit against the big tobacco companies. Lawmakers reduced both state income taxes and business taxes in the 1990s without cutting programs or getting money elsewhere. As a result, the budget never...