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THE RUN DRUGS OUT OF TOWN
RUN'S PREVENTION NEWS
We aim to bring you the latest information on drug abuse prevention for students, parents and professionals. If you do not find this information useful or your name was entered on our list in error just follow the instructions at the bottom of the newsletter to be taken off this list. If you have a list or an organization feel free to forward this newsletter
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and consider
Quote of the Week: "He that will not apply new remedies
must expect new evils." ~ Francis Bacon
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1. Environmental Changes Can Reduce College Binge Drinking An evaluation of the Foundation's national program, A Matter of Degree,
offers empirical evidence that efforts to change key environmental influences
around campuses can lead to reductions in alcohol consumption and in the
harm associated with binge drinking.
2. Smoking Causes Brain Damage New research finds that cigarette smoking caused damage to multiple
regions of the brain. The study also shows increased brain damage among
smokers who consume alcohol.
3. Quitting Smoking Quickly Benefits Heart Patients The December 28, 2004 Reuters Health reports on a German study which
suggests that smokers with coronary heart diseases who have suffered a
heart attack or severe angina, quickly benefit from quitting smoking.
According to researchers, quitting smoking improves the long-term prognosis
of coronary heart disease.
Each year, 440,000 people die of diseases caused by smoking—that’s about 20% of all deaths in the United States.
******************************* 5. Italy To Prohibit Smoking in Restaurants and Bars Starting January 10, smoking in most public places, including restaurants
and bars, will be prohibited in Italy. Smoking will still be allowed
in separate rooms with continuous floor to ceiling walls and a separate
ventilation system. The law also raises fines by 10 percent for violators
and envisages stiff penalties of up to $2,900 for personnel who do not
report to authorities when a customer is smoking. The law was originally
scheduled to go into effect by the end of December, but was postponed to
allow smoking through the New Year. About 26 percent of the Italian
population smokes. The federation representing bars and restaurants
has threatened to go to court if the law is not changed. (Parts excerpted
from: Alessandra Rizzo, Italy’s Smoking Ban Plan Meets Resistance, the
Associated Press, December 20, 2004.)
6. Companies Adopt Restrictions on Smoking A growing number of U.S. companies are barring new applicants and current employees from smoking in an effort to curb healthcare costs, the Wall Street Journal reported Dec. 21. http://www.jointogether.org/sa/news/summaries/reader/0%2C1854%2C575497%2C00.html
7. FREE: Keeping Your Kids Drug Free: A How-to Guide for Parents and Caregivers http://store.health.org/catalog/productDetails.aspx?ProductID=16061
A special thanks to Join Together Online(jointogether.org), Robert Woods Johnson Foundation and National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion for bringing some of this information to us. For more information on drug abuse prevention be sure to go to our links page at http://rundrugsoutoftownrun.org/Links.htm If your school or organization is interested in staging a Run Drugs Out of Town Run to help raise awareness of and money for drug abuse prevention visit our site at http://rundrugsoutoftownrun.org or send us an email at events@rundrugsoutoutoftownrun.org and we will help you make it happen. If for any reason you want to be removed from this list simply send an email to us at unsubscribe@rundrugsoutoftownrun.org. If you are emailing from an address other than the one we have on file let us know and we will remove your address manually. To subscribe to this newsletter simply send an email to us at subscribe@rundrugsoutoftownrun.org. ©2005, Run Drugs Out of Town Run, Inc. |
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