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 2008

 Two-thirds of Oregon liquor establishments are smokefree

• Fewer moms smoke while pregnant
• Oregonians support tobacco prevention and expanded smokefree laws
• Oregon retailer sales checks aim at curbing teen tobacco use
• Oregon adult, youth smoking drops 41 percent in decade

 2007

• Partnership seeks to protect children from secondhand smoke
• Study shows nonsmokers immediately absorb potent carcinogen found in secondhand smoke
• Oregon records its lowest rate of tobacco sales to minors

2006

• Oregon tobacco Quit Line offers free assistance 

• Retail tobacco inspections help reduce sales to underage buyers
• Random retailer inspection visits target underage tobacco sales

2005

• New statewide school policy protects kids from health risks of tobacco; helps reduce number of new youth smokers
• Funding for Oregon's tobacco prevention efforts is stalled
• Retail tobacco inspections to begin 11th year in early January

2004

• State program, partners take aim at reducing dangers of tobacco smoke to babies and children -- A pilot project to raise public awareness of secondhand smoke's dangers to babies and children is being launched in the Portland, Bend and Medford areas

2003

• Use principles of Kwanzaa to quit smoking
• Free Quit Line helps make New Year's resolutions real -- Trained specialists await phone calls from callers who want to call it quits on tobacco and smoke no more in 2004
• Oregon welcomes return of tobacco prevention program -- Successful toll-free Quit Line resumes after an eight-month hiatus.
• Oregon suspends successful tobacco prevention program this month -- Quit Line closes April 7, paid advertising suspended, staff laid off statewide.
• Report shows Oregonians' tobacco use declining faster than the rest of the nation -- New tobacco prevention report shows big drops in tobacco use; especially among Oregon's youth and pregnant women.

2002

• New second-hand smoke law marks successful first year -- Poll shows most Oregonians support Smokefree Workplace Law.
• Oregonians Smoking Less -- Calls to Oregon Tobacco Quit Line Go Up; Sales of Cigarettes Statewide Shows Steady Decline.
• Oregon Tobacco Quit Line logs 60,000 calls -- More calls to come as New Year's resolutions bring record number.

2001

• Grant Will Help Pregnant Smokers Quit Tobacco -- A new grant will help the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) assist pregnant smokers in their efforts to quit, thus decreasing the number of infants harmed by tobacco.
• Oregon's Workplaces Go Smokefree in 2002 -- All Oregonians to Benefit from Reduced Secondhand Smoke Exposure-- On January 1, 500,000 more Oregonians will be protected from secondhand smoke on the job as a result of Oregon's new Smokefree Workplace Law.
• Data Show Fewer Women Smoke During Pregnancy -- Oregon is making headway in reducing tobacco use among expectant mothers, according to data that appear in the Oregon Vital Statistics Annual Report for 1999.
• School-based Tobacco Prevention Programs Reduce Student Smoking -- A new study shows that the school-based component of Oregon's tobacco prevention program is making a significant difference among eighth graders.
• Oregon Woman Featured in Anti-chewing Tobacco Ad -- Television ads will feature Tina Cary, from the eastern Oregon town of Prairie City, who lost her husband four years ago to cancer caused by chewing tobacco.
• Tobacco quit line to help teen tobacco users kick the habit -- Many of the nearly 20 percent of Oregon high-school juniors who smoke say they want to quit. Now they can get help from the newly trained staff and the more youth-oriented quit packets available at the Oregon Tobacco Quit Line.