Licensing and Zoning as Tobacco Control Policies
The webinar will feature local case studies about the effectiveness of licensing strategies for tobacco control and how licensing can be used broadly to enforce all tobacco-related laws. Participants will learn about the traditional uses of licensing and zoning as a tobacco control strategy and understand the legal differences and similarities between licensing and zoning as regulatory systems. Participants also will hear about how to build a campaign for a licensing (or zoning law) and how community organizing strategies can help in a local licensing campaign.
Diabetes and Tobacco: A Dangerous Combination
Cigarette smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States. It is responsible for 440,000 deaths each year in the U.S., which is 1 of every 5 deaths. An additional 50,000 deaths in the U.S. are attributable to second-hand smoke exposure. For people with diabetes who smoke, there is an 11 fold increase in risk of heart attack or stroke. Smoking triples the risk of kidney disease. People with diabetes are 3 times more likely to die of cardiovascular disease. Smoking can cause cancer of mouth, throat, lung and bladder. Smoking raises blood sugar by increasing insulin resistance and making it harder to control. In addition to the ways that smoking can worsen diabetes control, smoking may be an independent risk factor for type 2 diabetes.
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