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COPD Awareness: How Smoking Can Kill

November 19, 2016

By Mrinal Gokhale We have been taught that smoking is harmful for health since childhood, but Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), makes it clear just how harmful tobacco can … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Asthma, COPD, Dorian James, Mrinal Gokhale, Tarvus Hawthorne, Tobacco Prevention, Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network

Black Lives/Black Lungs Clears Smoke on Menthol

August 20, 2016

By Dylan Deprey Back in the 1920’s, Lloyd “Spud” Hughes was just a normal resident of Mingo Junction, OH. Little did he know that stashing his tobacco in the same tin as his cold relieving … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Lives Black Lungs, Dylan Deprey, Lincoln Mondy, Truth Initiative, Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network

Local Teens Celebrate Fifth Anniversary of Wisconsin Law Barring Indoor Smoking

August 1, 2015

By Edgar Mendez With the sun shining down on their smiling faces and a gentle breeze keeping them cool, members of FACT, Wisconsin’s youth-led tobacco prevention movement, gathered recently in … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: E-Cigarettes, Edgar Mendez, Smoke-Free, Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network, Wisconsin Tobacco Prevention and Poverty Network

Sometimes, It’s Good to Be a Quitter

June 6, 2015

By Ariele Vaccaro Though it’s been half a century since the Surgeon General first released reports on the dangers of smoking cigarettes, the threat of tobacco-related illnesses hasn’t … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ariele Vaccaro, E-Cigarettes, Quitting Smoking, Tobacco Prevention, Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network

Take tobacco out of our movies

March 9, 2014

This past Sunday, the greatest movies of 2013 were celebrated at the Academy Awards. Unfortunately, one thing teens like me see way too often in the movies is tobacco use. Showing smoking and … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Shemaiah Campbell, Tobacco Prevention, Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network

Sixth Senate District Candidate Forum set

July 21, 2012

Two community agencies partner to host legislative forum The Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network (WAATPN) is partnering with the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce to host a … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Coffee Makes U Black, Eric Von, Legislative Forum, Lorraine Lathen, Sixth District Senate, WAATPN, WBCC, Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network, Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce

Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network team up with Milwaukee youth to fight tobacco use in honor of National Kick Butts Day

March 31, 2012

Youth-led advocacy day is nationally coordinated by Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Milwaukee youth last week joined thousands of kids across the country who took part in Kick Butts Day, a … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, Kick Butts Day, Michael Campbell, Robert Bell Photography, Tobacco Prevention, WAATPN, Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network

Tobacco is NOT an equal opportunity addictor OR killer

February 3, 2012

By Lorraine Lathen Tobacco related disparities are no accident. Armed with targeted marketing strategies, cigarettes and a whole line of addictive OTPs (other tobacco products), the tobacco … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, CTFK, Dual Users, Lorraine Lathen, OTPs, Quitting Smoking, WAATPN, Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network

The gift of smoke-free living spaces

December 23, 2011

By Lorraine Lathen During the holiday season, many of us look forward to giving something special to those we love and even to help out a stranger. We take time to find out what’s on our loved … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Lorraine Lathen, Quitting Smoking, Secondhand Smoke, Smokefree, Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network

Youth access to tobacco products in the City of Milwaukee on the rise

September 24, 2011

The Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network and the City of Milwaukee Tobacco-Free Alliance joined forces with the community to conduct compliance checks across five police … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Milwaukee Police Department, Tobacco-Free Alliance, WAATPN, WI Wins, Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network, Wisconsin Wins

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