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Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Tobacco brands target black youth, study finds

April 23, 2012, 12:05 AM
Tobacco marketing is targeting California's low-income and African American youth, according to researchers who examined advertising throughout the state. Academic researchers funded by the state’s Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program found that there was greater... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

As tobacco sales fall, state budget suffers

February 20, 2012, 12:05 AM
Fewer smokers is bad news for California’s budget. A major bond rating agency sounded an alarm this month, saying the state may have borrowed more than $4 billion against settlement money that might never materialize. A little more than a decade ago, 46 state attorneys general reached a... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Fewer Californians smoking cigarettes, but hookah use on the rise

August 23, 2011, 12:05 AM
Cigarette smoking in California has fallen sharply in recent years, but new research finds that hookah use is on the rise, especially among young adults. Between 2005 and 2008, the number of California adults who had ever used a hookah jumped by more than 40 percent, to 11.2 percent among men... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

State's low smoking rate masks ethnic disparities

July 15, 2011, 12:05 AM
California's adult smoking rate hit a record low last year, 11.9 percent, state health officials announced this week. While smoking prevalence has fallen across the board, the number masks big disparities among demographic groups. The state's analysis [PDF] shows smoking... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Heart attacks hospitalizing more minorities, killing patients younger

June 7, 2011, 12:05 AM
The rates of hospitalizations and deaths due to heart attacks are decreasing in California, but a state analysis released yesterday reveals troubling trends: Heart attacks are sending more racial and ethnic minorities to the hospital, and they're killing patients at a younger age. Overall... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

State's smoking rate falls to record low

December 21, 2010, 12:05 AM
About 13 percent of Californians smoked in 2009, marking the lowest rate ever and a 42 percent decline since 1988, state public health officials announced yesterday. The new figures from the California Tobacco Control Program show that smokers are lighting up fewer cigarettes each day, and... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

E-cigarette maker agrees to stop targeting kids

November 1, 2010, 12:05 AM
The largest maker of electronic cigarettes has agreed to stop targeting minors and claiming that its "e-cigarettes" are a safe alternative to smoking. Smoking Everywhere reached a settlement with the state attorney general's office last week and agreed to pay $170,000. The... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

American Indians hit hardest by tobacco costs

October 22, 2010, 12:01 AM
Smoking costs American Indians in California $795 million a year in health care and lost productivity, according to a report released yesterday by researchers at UCLA. By analyzing census figures, government health data and economic consequences of smoking, the UCLA Center for Health... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Declines in tobacco use among youth stall

August 30, 2010, 12:05 AM
Although tobacco use among teens has dropped over the past decade, the trend has slowed in recent years, suggesting a greater need for tobacco prevention efforts, a U.S. government study has found. In 2009, 8.2 percent of middle school students and 23.9 percent of high school students reported... + read more
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