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Tobacco Report: Idaho fares badly

Idaho's tobacco control report card isn't looking too good. According to the American Lung Association's 14th annual State of Tobacco Control report released Feb. 3, the Gem State had mixed results on tobacco control policies, earning about the equivalent of a 1.0 GPA. "This has been historically an issue in Idaho," Panhandle Health District public information officer Melanie Collett said Wednesday. ... Idaho scored a D in "access to cessation services" and Fs in "tobacco taxes" and "tobacco prevention and control program funding." In contrast, the state received a B in "smoke-free air." Along with the mixed grades, the report found that Idaho's youths are increasingly using tobacco products such as e-cigarettes and little cigars/Devin Heilman, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

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D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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