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Articles and Interviews

UNC Lineberger Spotlight on TTP JAMA Editorial (News from Lineberger 10/13/20)
Look out for flavored tobacco. Teens think it has a lower health risk, (News & Observer, 12/21/18)
This Is Exactly What Happens to Your Body Once You Stop Smoking, 24/7 Wall St. (11/12/18)
The Truth About Vaping, UNC Health Podcast, (9/21/18)
Some Cancer Patients Still Smoke. UNC is trying to change that, The Herald Sun (1/22/18)
NCI Grant to Help More Cancer Patients Become Tobacco-Free, UNC Health-Care (12/5/17)
UNC Scientists: E-cigarettes not best way to stop smoking, The News & Observer (8/15/16)
E-cigarette use rising among non-smoking teens, Medpage Today (8/4/16)
Letter to the Editor: Ban on e-cigs is just in protecting people, The Daily Tarheel (3/27/16)
Studies Suggest E-Cigarettes Don’t Aid Long Term Cessation, American Academy of Family Physicians (2015)
Exposing Children to secondhand smoke is CHILD ABUSE: Doctor speaks out after caring for ‘too many children hospitalised with breathing problems’ (3/27/15)
Secondhand smoke is child abuse, says expert (3/12/15)
Focus groups identify support needs of patients who smoke (3/4/15)
Patients who smoke want respect from physicians (3/4/15)
Smokers Want More Respect from Doctors (3/3/15)
Report: NC Public Health Lags Behind (2/24/15)
Study looks at needs of patients who smoke (2/24/15)
Many Doctors Recommend E-Cigarettes as Anti-Smoking Aid, Survey Finds (7/29/2014)
TOWNTalk Chapel Hill (May/June 2014)
TOWNTalk Chapel Hill (July/August 2013)
Breathe Easy, Live Well promotes smoking cessation and wellness among people living with severe and persistent mental illness. (11/7/2011
Wrong Way to Go Smoke-Free (2/3/2011)
Smokers asked to quit habit for one day (11/17/2010)
N.C. leads nation in tobacco-free campus policies (6/23/2010)
North Carolina leads nation in number of tobacco-free campus policies (7/7/2010)
Sweeping tobacco regulatory bill goes to Obama: The president, still struggling with his own habit, saluted the legislation (6/12/2009)
Congress Passes Historic Tobacco Bill (6/12/2009)
Gays and lesbians more likely to smoke (by quite a bit), study shows (7/24/2009)
Gays Disproportionately Light Up (7/24/2009)
Smoking rates higher among gays (8/8/2009)
Breathe equality: how the fight for equality requires a smoke-free policy (4/2009)
Study: Teenage smoking down in North Carolina (12/28/2009)
Teenagers enlisted to persuade teens to stop smoking (12/28/2009)
Study: Teenage smoking down in North Carolina (from AP) (12/28/2009)
Stamp of approval: Gay researcher questions Human Rights Campaign’s perfect rating of Reynolds Tobacco Co. (3/21/2009)
Teen smoking down in N.C., study finds (1/2/2009)
So not cool (1/5/2009)
No smoking: Teen smoking rates drop. Time for legislation to help more quit (1/2/2009)
Health sign for teens (12/30/2008)
Lower Still (1/6/2009)
Youth Anti-Smoking Groups (1/2/2009)
Drive cuts teens’ smoking in N.C (12/28/2008)
Student smoking rate drops, but a third of young adults smoke (12/17/2008)
Study: Anti-tobacco campaign is working (12/18/2008)
Study shows tobacco programs working (12/16/2008)
N.C. Tobacco Cessation Efforts are Working (12/17/2008)–fix this link, change to PDF
Taking cigarettes out of the mental health equation (9/30/2008)
Back smoking after birthing (9/02/2008)
Newly defined factors may prevent post-partum smoking relapse (August 2008)
Anti-Smoking Drug Linked to Behavior Problems (2/4/2008)
Join the march to fire safe cigarettes (3/4/2007)
Parents back stepping up anti- smoking efforts for kids (2/14/2008)
Poll finds support for smoking curbs (6/8/2007)
Tobacco free initiative called a success (8/12/2007)
State’s anti-tobacco efforts for youth making strides (1/19/2006)

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