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CDC Cuts Key Smoking Programs Despite Success in Curbing Smoking Rates
In 2023, the CDC gave more than $84 million to state health departments to run quit lines and help smokers quit. Thirteen ...
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Louisiana clergy may face state obstruction charges under immigration bill
A new bill authored by Sen. Jay Morris, right, could send priests, teachers and others to jail for not cooperating with federal immigration officials. Local officials, teachers, priests and even ...
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The Effects of Smoking on the Body
Withdrawal from tobacco products can cause temporary congestion ... that your respiratory system is recovering. According to the CDC, 1 in 4 deaths in the U.S. result from cardiovascular disease ...
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Measles outbreak is growing. Are there cases in your state? See maps
Outbreaks have occurred primarily in the South Plains and Panhandle regions of Texas and neighboring Lea County, New Mexico, according to the CDC. In 95% of the cases, the vaccination status is ...
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Halfway to the 2030 census, the Supreme Court is still dealing with lawsuits over the last one
The justices on Monday are taking up a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map, which was drawn so that, for the first time, two of its six districts have majority Black populations that ...
The Advocate18d
Supreme Court seems divided in case over Louisiana congressional map with 2 Black majority seats
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed closely divided Monday over a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map, which has two Black majority districts for the first time. Several of the court ...
The Gazette18d
Supreme Court appears divided over Louisiana map with second black-majority district
The Supreme Court on Monday weighed whether a Louisiana congressional map that includes two majority-black districts for the first time in decades is a lawful effort to comply with the Voting ...
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Louisiana is ‘tired’ of fighting over its congressional maps. The Supreme Court will review its districts anyway.
“Midway through this decade, neither Louisiana nor its citizens know what congressional map they can call home.” The case, Louisiana v. Callais, tees up a series of important questions that ...
The Conversation21d
The tobacco lobby claims vaping is displacing youth smoking – a close look at the evidence tells another story
Sam Egger is supported by an Australian government scholarship. Becky Freeman is an expert advisor to the Cancer Council tobacco issues committee and a member of the Cancer Institute vaping ...
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NC House and Senate bills would raise age for tobacco sales to 21, create permitting system for retailers
It was “really horrendous,” Crane said. As a doctor specializing in family medicine, Crane was inspired by that experience to start raising awareness about the effects of tobacco addiction. He founded ...
The Hill23d
Supreme Court wont delay Louisiana execution as Gorsuch, liberal justices dissent
The Supreme Court in a 5-4 vote declined to stop Louisiana from carrying out its first execution in 15 years later Tuesday with Justice Neil Gorsuch joining the court’s three liberal justices in ...