City
Weekly news briefs: Nov. 16
Local Hit and run leaves woman on the scene Tracy Mitchell, owner of a DeKalb County taqueria, was arrested Nov. 11 on charges of vehicular homicide, reckless driving and hit and run, according to Atlanta […]
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Campus News
College smoking ban not up to snuff
Three years after Georgia State’s campus wide smoking ban and a year since the University System of Georgia’s (USG) tobacco free policy, cigarette smoke and vape clouds are still being puffed out in smoky laughs […]
City
Georgia laws haven’t stopped an increase in smoking in bars and eateries
Georgia’s smoking law isn’t doing its job, according to Michael Eriksen, dean of Georgia State’s School of Public Health. “The issue for Georgia State students is that the law isn’t…protecting nonsmokers from being exposed to […]
News
School of Public Health partners with cities in China to lower tobacco use
Georgia State School of Public Health is combining its global impact to fight against tobacco use, according to administrative director of Georgia State’s Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science and executive director of the Global Health […]
News
Georgia State School of Public Health dean authors book on tobacco’s harms
Smoking cigarettes damages more than just the smoker’s lungs, according to The Tobacco Atlas, a new book lead authored by Georgia State University’s Dean of the School of Public Health Michael Eriksen. Eriksen said tobacco […]
Features
USG backs smoke-free campus with new smoking ban
With campus policy and new USG ban, campus officials hope to eliminate smoking for good […]
Arts & Living
Cigarette culture changing in America and on campus
The Easter Sunday Parade in New York City was typically a tame event, yet the 1929 parade saw a drastic change as women boldly marched down the avenues of New York City with cigarettes in […]
