by LLCHD Tobacco Team | May 2, 2019 | Tobacco Issues
How did we get to this point? Information sourced from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tobacco use has been part of American culture since the colonial era. By the mid-twentieth century, Americans began recognizing the potential harms caused by using...
by Christina Hitz | August 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
With school starting up again, Tobacco Free Lancaster County Coalition encourages parents to make sure their children ride in smoke-free vehicles. Children who breathe secondhand smoke are more likely to get sick and have trouble learning in school. According to the...
by Christina Hitz | May 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
In May 2017, teams of youth from Boys and Girls Club, Salvation Army and the Malone Center will be visiting 77 different retail locations throughout Lincoln to observe and document tobacco advertising on the inside and the outside of retail locations. According to the...
by Christina Hitz | May 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
According to the most recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 23.8% of youth in Lincoln-Lancaster County reported using E.N.D.S. in the past 30 days and 39.1% of youth reported they have “ever used” electronic cigarettes (Centers for Disease Control, 2015). This translates...
by Angelina Stovall-Amos | January 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
The 2016 Surgeon General’s report comprehensively reviews the public health issue of e-cigarettes and their impact on U.S. youth and young adults. Studies highlighted in the report cover young adolescents (11-14 years of age); adolescents (15-17 years of age); and/or...
by Angelina Stovall-Amos | November 22, 2016 | Tobacco Issues
In 2014 Nebraska made changes to the tobacco and vapor product (e-cigarettes) sales and use statutes. Read more about e-cigarettes.
