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November 2007

Tucker, Andrew. "Six more NC Hospitals will go tobacco-free campus wide today." Nov. 15 2007.

WRAL-FM Radio Clips on the Great American Smoke Out and UNC-CH as a tobacco-free campus.

  • Clip 1 (6 hospitals become tobacco-free campus wide today)
  • Clip 2 (UNC-CH to protect students, staff and visitors from secondhand smoke)

    Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital. "Pardee recognized as first hospital in the state to become tobacco-free." Nov. 7 2007.

    September 2007
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "State-Specific Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking Among Adults and Quitting Among Persons Aged 18--35 Years--United States, 2006." Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports 28, September 2007.

    August 2007

    Bakalar, Nicholas. "Hazards: Smokeless Tobacco on Par With Cigarettes" The New York Times 21 Aug. 2007.

    March 2007

    Moore, Rochelle. "Hospital Considers Going Smoke-Free" Wilson Times 29 Mar. 2007.

    January 2007

    "Shelby, KM Hospitals Now Smoke-Free" 1 Jan. 2007. www.carolinashealthcare.org.

    December 2006

    Pippin, Jannette. "Hospital Going Totally Smoke-Free" The Daily News 30 Dec. 2006. 

    November 2006

    Eric, Frazier. "TMC Making Entire Campus Tobacco-Free" The Lexington Dispatch 28 Nov. 2006. 

    "Carolinas Medical Center Bans Smoking Throughout Campus" The Herald Sun 17 Nov. 2006. 

    Garloch, Karen. "Tobacco-Free Hospital Campuses Catching On" The News and Observer 17 Nov. 2006. 

    Garloch, Karen. "Tobacco Ban Kicks in At CMC" The Charlotte Observer 16 Nov. 2006. 

    Hastings, Jennifer. "Six N.C. Hospitals to Go Tobacco-Free Campus Wide on the Great American Smokeout" 14 Nov. 2006.

    "More Hospitals in the Carolinas Going Smokefree" The New Observer 18 Nov. 2006.

    "No Smoking At Carolinas HealthCare" The Charlotte Observer 16 Nov. 2006. 

    "Mission Hospitals Go Smoke-Free" 18 Nov. 2006.

    October 2006

    "Duke Medicine Will Ban Tobacco" The Herald Sun 3 Oct. 06. 

    Gartner, Erin. "Poll: 65% of N.C. Residents Support Ban on Smoking." The Herald Sun 4 Oct. 2006. 

    Giovanelli, Laura. "Medical Centers to Ban Tobacco" Journal Now 19 Oct. 2006. 

    "Hospitals Put Out 'No Smoking' Sign" The Chapel Hill Herald 5 Oct. 2006. 

    Krishnan, Anne. "Hospitals to Banish Smoking" The News and Observer 4 Oct. 2006. 

    "Time to Go Smoke-Free" The Herald Sun 5 Oct. 06. 

    September 2006

    Dominello, Amy. "Cone Nursing Home Cited Over Smoking Ban" News-Record.Com 6 Sept. 2006.

    "Grant Aids Hospitals in Snuffing Smoking" The News and Observer 1 Sept. 2006. 

    McRae, Dave, and Jack Sackrison. "The Time is Right for Chowan Hospital to Go Tobacco-Free" 14 Sept. 2006.

    August 2006

    "Durham Reads Titles Sought" The Herald Sun 31 Aug. 2006. 

    Hastings, Jennifer. "The Duke Endowment Awards Three-Year Grant to Tobacco-Free Hospital Campus Initiative" 31 Aug. 2006. (NCHA??)

    July 2006

    Rohilly, Jonna. "Bertie and Chowan Kick Off New Policy as a Team" July-Aug. 2006.

    June 2006

    "Leading the Way" 14 June 2006.

    White, Earline. "Smoking's Last Stand" Chowan Herald 7 June 2006.

    Daughtrey, Jennifer. "BMH is Now a Smoke-Free Zone" Bertie-Ledger Advance.

    May 2006

    Hale, Christina. "Hospital, Others Going Tobacco-Free" Washington Daily News 15 May 2006. 

    Hale, Christina. "Hospital, Others Going Tobacco-Free" Washington Daily News 15 May 2006. 

    Ryals, Jimmy. "Hospital Complex Officially Smoke-Free" The Daily Reflector 31 May 2006. 

    April 2006

    Garloch, Karen. "Presbyterian Healthcare to Ban Tobacco on Its Campuses" The Charlotte Observer 2 Apr. 2006.

    February 2006 

    "Eight More N.C. Hospitals Enacting" 14 Feb. 2006.

    "Eight NC Hospitals Do More to Protect Hearts on Valentine's Day" PNN Online 14 Feb. 2006. 

    January 2006

    Williams, Mary. "Tobacco-Free 2007 Goal At CMC - Lincoln Campus." Lincoln Times News 1 Jan. 2006.

    Eason, Jeff. "Local Smokers Finding Fewer Places to Light Up: New Policies At Watauga Medical Center and Golden Corral Part of Regional Trend." The Mountain Times 5 Jan. 2006. 

    "Hospital Will Ban Tobacco Use on Campus." The Dispatch 16 Jan. 2006. 

    McNair, Victoria. "Hospitals Take Active Initiative." Kinston Free Press 25 Jan. 2006. 

    "New Year Brings More Smoking Bans At N.C. Hospitals." The News and Observer 1 Jan. 2006. 

    November 2005

    Garloch, Karen. "Hospital No-Smoking Zones." The Charlotte Observer 29 Nov. 2005.

    Other

    Hagel, Jack. "More Hotels are Going Smoke Free." The News and Observer, sec. D. 

    Reed, George. "Faith Calls for Smoke-Free N.C. Workplaces." The News and Observer

    "Tobacco-Free Hosptials are a Growing Trend." Secondhand Smoke News 2 (2006).