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Grass Valley park tobacco-free
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Grass Valley park tobacco-free

  • By Martha McInnes North Central Public Health District
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GRASS VALLEY — Grass Valley has adopted a smoke/vape-free parks policy, and four new signs promoting the policy — and offering free cessation …

Wasco City Parks go tobacco/vape-free
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Wasco City Parks go tobacco/vape-free

  • Shellie Campbell, director North Central Public Health District
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North Central Public Health District extends its appreciation to the city of Wasco in Sherman County for approving a policy making its two cit…

A smoker’s boot camp
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A smoker’s boot camp

  • RaeLynn Ricarte
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Elise Bailey started smoking at the age of 18 and tried for years without success to conquer the addiction. “Nothing worked — I even chewed (cessation) gum while I smoked, and I thought, ‘That can’t be good for me,’” she said. Lung diseases ran in her family, so Bailey knew it was vital to her health that she stop puffing a pack of cigarettes every day.

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Smoke ban is proposed for beaches in Oregon

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BANDON — Proposed rules that would restrict smoking of tobacco products on the ocean shore recreation area will be open for public comment through Aug. 29. Comments will be taken by email and through a series of four public hearings in August.