Great American Smokeout Urges Tobacco Abstinence
Government spending and health care costs push lawmakers to seek methods to curb unhealthy habits. Thursday marks the Great American Smokeout, a national call to quit tobacco as it remains the leading preventable cause of death.
Tobacco use harms many lives and costs Kansas
The Garden City Telegram reports on tobacco harms and quitting resources. Kansas faces 3800 adult deaths yearly from smoking with illness risks rising for youth. national costs exceed 193 billion yearly. Local efforts include a tobacco trade for a Wellness Center day pass, college booth, and school surveys.
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Finney County Tourism Bureau independence noted
Finney County commissioners voted to establish the Finney County Convention and Tourism Bureau as an independent entity. The FCEDC board chairwoman Cathy McKinley praised the development and noted a search committee is forming for a replacement president Eric Depperschmidt amid the resignation.
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The Telegram invites signed letters under 500 words and requires writer address and phone. Letters are confirmed before publication and may be edited for libel and length. Note general thank you letters and form letters are not printed. Send to Attn Editor Garden City Kansas address or submit online.
Iran near a nuclear weapon, IAEA warns in report
Cal Thomas argues the IAEA findings show Iran's progress toward a bomb, criticizing Western belief in Iran’s peaceful aims. He likens complacent diplomacy to Munich and urges a redrawn strategy against Islamism, noting Sarkozy and Obama’s Cannes remarks as lacking clarity on the threat.
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Community Mental Health Center calls for support in Kansas
A letter from Area Mental Health Center executive director Ric Dalke urges Kansans to contact state lawmakers about funding cuts to CMHCs. The note frames mental health services as a cost-effective safety net, noting steep Medicaid and state grant reductions, and advocates ongoing community treatment to avoid ERs, jails, or homelessness.
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Useless efforts in Congress and Occupy critique
Tina Dupuy argues that Occupy protesters are justified citing record poverty at 16 percent and 49.1 million Americans, rising wealth gaps, high health costs, and productivity not matching wages. She accuses Congress of symbolic, nonbinding measures and limited work days, urging replacement of Congress with the people.
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