ConAm Management, an ASFL smoke-free champion, is in the process of transitioning 17 properties to smoke-free! Congratulations to the team at The Pointe at South Mountain for working hard to make this a reality.
The property will go Silver, meaning all smoking (including electronic smoking devices) is prohibited property-wide, apart from a designated smoking area.
Keep up the great work!
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Tobacco is a social justice issue
Tobacco is not an equal opportunity killer. For decades, African Americans, low-income neighborhoods, LGBTQ communities and those with mental illness have been disproportionately affected by tobacco use—a result of profiling by the tobacco industry.
A new truth® campaign called #STOPPROFILING shines a light on how the tobacco industry deliberately singles out communities that already face adversity and inequality with aggressive marketing tactics that equal profiling. The campaign features television host and comedic actress, Amanda Seales, known for her ability to take serious topics and make them resonate with a youth audience. The #STOPPROFILING campaign underscores that tobacco use is more than a public health issue, it’s a social justice issue.
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E-Cigarettes Revisited
Is vaping the lesser of two evils compared to smoking or just a newer, shinier health threat?
To some public health experts who've seen adult smokers hooked on tobacco despite its death toll from cancer and heart disease, e-cigarettes have the potential to reduce harm by helping them quit. But others who see kids pick up vaping and potentially developing nicotine habits are less hopeful and more concerned.

Students in Mohave County make strides with no-smoking in public parks.
In the decade that followed the approval of the Smoke-Free Arizona Act, the number of smokers in Arizona has dwindled, down to 14
percent of adults in the state according to recent data from The Centers for Disease Control. That data showed about 200,000 people in Arizona had kicked the habit in the last five years. That’s encouraging news, and it’s no doubt thanks to aggressive rules about where smokers are allowed to light up, as well as changing public attitudes toward tobacco use.

Does that mean further restrictions would curtail that number even more? Maybe. But we’re not convinced it’s necessary. Lake Havasu City is considering a well-meaning proposal that would govern smoking in a public park. A group of about 20 high school students has been meeting for more than a year to teach their peers about the dangers of tobacco and second-hand smoke. About a month ago, they pitched a new idea to the Lake Havasu City Parks and Recreation Advisory Board: Eliminate smoking in Rotary Park.
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