EDITORIAL: State must ramp up anti-tobacco efforts |
It’s easy to get overconfident in the wake of past success. And we’re not talking about Olympic figure skating.
Over the past couple of decades, this country and this state have witnessed a significant reduction in tobacco use, by both adults and kids.
Years of public education, tougher new laws on age limits and advertising to minors, the promotion of smoke-free zones, and higher taxes on tobacco products have combined with a generational shift in the public’s attitude toward the usage of tobacco products.
But as reported by Gazette public health reporter Chad Arnold last week, recent significant cuts by the federal government to........