Tobacco Education & Prevention Coalition for Porter County (TEPC) will recognize coalition members, who in the past year, took the lead to reduce tobacco use and improve the health of Porter County residence. The meeting will be on Tuesday,...
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Each year, tobacco use results in 5.4 million deaths worldwide. Indiana joins the rest of the world in celebrating World No Tobacco Day on May 31. This global health observation was created to teach people about the dangers of tobacco use; to...
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This Fall, the local tobacco control coalition for Porter is promoting a statewide stop smoking contest known as “Quit Now Indiana” - www.QuitNowIndiana.com. This year’s theme seeks to encourage tobacco users to use the summer months to...
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The Indiana Smoke Free Air Law will be going into effect July 1, 2012. This law states that all public places, with the exemption of casinos/racino's, stand alone bars and private clubs that vote to continue to allow smoking, must adopt a smoke free...
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The Indiana Smoke Free Air Law will be going into effect July 1, 2012. This law states that all public places, with the exemption of casinos/racino's, stand alone bars and private clubs that vote to continue to allow smoking, must adopt a smoke free...
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Coalition members & families are invited Free of Charge to a volunteer appreciation event celebrating 10 years of success for the Tobacco Education & Prevention Coalition for Porter County. In addition, we are celebrating that our efforts are...
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Coalition members & families are invited Free of Charge to a volunteer appreciation event celebrating 10 years of success for the Tobacco Education & Prevention Coalition for Porter County. In addition, we are celebrating that our efforts are...
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Rep. Charlie Brown of Gary will join Porter and LaPorte County expert panelists at a December 9 Town Hall meeting to support upcoming comprehensive smoke-free air legislation. As a member of the state Health Finance Committee, Rep Brown, D-Gary, has...
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Rep. Charlie Brown of Gary will join Porter and LaPorte County expert panelists at a December 9 Town Hall meeting to support upcoming comprehensive smoke-free air legislation. As a member of the state Health Finance Committee, Rep Brown, D-Gary, has...
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66% of rural Hoosiers support making all workplaces smoke-free; message to policymakers clear Two-thirds of residents in rural communities in Indiana support a comprehensive smoke-free workplace law that eliminates secondhand smoke in all workplaces,...
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