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Archived News April 2008 Salvia Banned In Kansas Dallas: Parents Concerned About Alcoholic Energy Drinks Maryland: Governor Delays Alcopops Bill Children Encouraged To Cut Screen Time, Increase Physical Activity During Turnoff Week MADD President: More To Be Done To Prevent Deaths Europe: EU Says Alcohol Industry Must Not Target Youth Austin: Fraternity Agrees To Prohibit Hazing, Underage Drinking Maryland: Advocates Urge Governor To Veto Alcopops Bill Nebraska: U.S. Surgeon General Visits State To Talk About Underage Drinking Study Connects Bedroom TVs To Unhealthy Eating And Exercise Habits In Teens College Presidents Urge Elimination Of Alcohol Advertising On NCAA Sports Risky 21st-Birthday Booze Ritual Gains Popularity Midland: Regional Forum Addresses Underage Alcohol, Drug Use Utah: Outraged Teens Mobilize To Fight Smoking March 2008 Tyler: Hotel Managers Have Mixed Feelings About Smoking Ban El Paso: Underage Drinking In The Spotlight States Weigh In On Lowering Drinking Age Liquor-License Violations Are Now Available Online Policy Forum On Underage Drinking Set For Next Month WHO Slams Tobacco Industry's Youth Focus Louisiana: Meetings Discuss Underage Drinking Utah Limits Alcopop Sales Students In Garfield County Reveal Underage Drinking, Drug Use Realities Massachusetts: Teen Drinking Issues Resurface Warning Over Celebrity Drug Use February 2008 Alcoholic Energy Drinks: Texans Standing Tall News Coverage with CBS 11 Dallas Teens - Especially Girls - Drinking Alcohol Marketed Toward Them Binge Drinking In College Is A National Problem Parkland Smoking May Be Costly Habit For Taxpayers January 2008 Study Explains Why Smoking Ups SIDS Risk Underage Drinking And Driving In East Texas Kansas Communities Get Help To Prevent Underage Drinking Marin County: 11% Of Teens Got Booze From Parents Underage Drinking Isn't A Rite Of Passage Can Parents Stop Youthful Drinking? Almost Half Of 10-Year-Olds Have Tasted Alcohol Texas Doubling Funding For Tobacco Quitline Fort Worth Smoking Ban In Effect Today, While McKinney Offers A Little More Time New Alcohol Ordinance Targets Sellers December 2007 Babies Exposed To Smoke At Higher Risk Of Allergies Gambling: No Longer An Adult Hobby Mother, Teen To Face Charges For Underage Drinking Parties Colleges Move Boldly On Student Drinking Campaign To Fight Underage Drinking MADD Urges Responsible Drinking At Candlelight Vigil November 2007 One Meth Problem Leads To Another States Get Bad Grades For School Food Plans "Healing Field" to Memorialize Texas Victims of Drunk Driving Crash Survivor Living Proof Of Underage Drinking Dangers NY: End Of The Line For Alcohol Advertising On Public Transit Restaurateurs Statewide Say Smoking Bans Didn't Snuff Business To Curb College Drinking, Parents Must Reach Kids In High School October 2007 Study Links Hypertension In Obese Children To Television Watching UK: Secondhand Smoke Rates Drop By 95% Among Hospitality Workers Proposal Would Slow L.A. Fast-Food Biz Schools Using Breathalyzers To Fight Teen Drinking Pennsylvania Smoking Ban Rises From Ashes September 2007 Fresh Air Is Coming To More Minnesotans Texas Tech: Alcohol Citations Concern Administrators Colorado Smoking Rate Declines; Tax Hike Credited Project Targets Teen Drinking California City Bans Smoking in Public Spaces Employers Estimate Big Losses From Workers' Drinking Alcohol Spending On Radio Falls But Ads Still Reaching Youth Advocates Say Tennessee's Smoking Ban Should Boost State's Health Rankings Some Colleges Take Tougher Line On Underage Drinking, Including Calls Home Scots Smoke Ban "Improved Health" SAMHSA Survey Shows Prescription Drug Abuse Up Among Young Adults Irish Smoking Ban Credited With Cutting Heart Attacks August 2007 Study Says Young Drinking Underestimated State, Local Authorities Plan On DWI Crackdown Over Holiday Weekend British Smokers To Face Graphic Picture Warnings Heavy Drinking Forces Move To Poor Neighborhoods Report Asserts That Obesity's Toll On Americans' Health Rivals That Of Tobacco Smoking Bans Cut Smoking Rates, Canadian Study Finds Attorneys General Urge Federal Crackdown On Energy Drink Claims Study Confirms Importance Of Early Intervention In Establishing Lifelong Healthy Eating Habits For Kids Ignition Locks For First Offenders Proposed Is Alcohol Marketing Creating An "Alcohallucination" For Young People? More Kids Say Drugs A School Problem Debate On Lowering Drinking Age Bubbling Up Federal Agency Proposes Mandatory Alcohol Content Labels Maternal Smoking Causes Blood Pressure Rise Among Babies Preventive Steps Could Save 100,000 U.S. Lives: Study Teens, Others Unite At Underage Drinking Prevention Conference Fewer Youths Exposed To Alcohol Ads, CAMY Reports July 2007 Drinking Age Saves Lives, Is Good Policy Report Shows "Alcopops" Taxation Could Decrease Underage Drinking Senate Committee OKs Tobacco Tax Hike, Bush Vows Veto States Seek Better Ways To Stop Underage Drinking N.Y. Smoking Ban Cuts Nonsmokers' Exposure, Study Finds 70% Of Americans Back FDA Tobacco Regulation, Survey Says Alcohol Emergency Room Visits Triple In U.K. California State University Campuses Report Success In Efforts To Reduce Drinking Convenience Stores Big Offenders In Teen Tobacco Sales Industry Alcohol Warnings Overlooked By Teens Nicotine Addiction Can Happen Quickly, Researchers Say Domestic Meth Production Falls After Crackdown Group Wants Sobriety Checkpoints Back In Texas Cornyn Visits Dallas On Anti-'Cheese' Campaign Disney To Market "Ratatouille" Wine Justice Unequal For Parents Who Host Teen Drinking Parties Kids See More Booze Ads Than "Responsibility" Ads, CAMY June 2007 Kellogg Makes Historic Settlement Agreement, Adopting Nutrition Standards For Marketing Foods To Children Outdoor Alcohol Ads Boost Kids' Urge To Drink Shoulder Tapping: Young Males Are Most Willing To Purchase Alcohol For Underage Youth "Beer Pops" Chilled By Alcohol Laws Steroid Testing Law To Mirror NCAA Candy Cigarettes Desensitize Kids About Smoking, Study Says Casual Smoking Rising Among Young Americans Beer Featuring Baseball Mascot Appeals To Kids, Critics Say Cheap Cheese Heroin A Deadly Snare For Teens Marlboro To Test Market Smokeless Tobacco Product in Texas Lawmakers Call For End to Cigarette Ads In Fashion Mags Addiction Treatment Benefits Fall Short Of Other Health Coverage, Study Says New Report: Tobacco Companies Spend Massive $884.7 Million A Year On Marketing In Texas Powdered Alcohol Marketed to Youth More Natural Radiation In Cigarettes Than Chernobyl Fallout Strict Smoking Bans In Effect For Plano And Southlake Illinois Bans Alcopop Billboards Near Schools, Parks, Churches SMU Under Fire For Student Drug and Alcohol-Related Deaths California Leading the Way with Anti-Alcopops Legislation Anheuser-Busch Seeks to Revive Bud TV Addiction Community's Influence Over Corporate Responsibility Grows May 2007 Many Kids Get Their First Drink From Their Parents, Study Says Confused Retailers Sell Alcoholic Energy Drinks to Kids How Normal is Smoking? A Dangerous Cycle: Adults giving Alcohol to Minors Anheuser-Busch to Stop Selling Spykes Spykes Labels Violate Regs Texas Set to Test Students for Steroids April 2007 The Female Brain Hurt Faster by Alcohol Surgeon General calls for Action on Underage Drinking CSPI Urges Nationwide Recall of Spykes "Liquid Lunchables" MADD President to Testify before Texas Legislature March 2007 Heavy Drinkers More Likely to Get Sex Diseases House Business & Industry Lights into ban on smoking Texas Tobacco-Free Kids Day February 2007 Sunset panel member calls Texas liquor regulation "a corrupt system" January 2007 Cost of Alcohol-Related Crimes Higher Than Drug-Related Crime December 2006 Youth-led implementation model of Protecting You/Protecting Me® TABC blames a rise in citations against minors on private parties Kohls Agrees to quit selling Drinking Games The Prevention Handbook has been approved and published by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP). Visit http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/sa/Prevention/default.shtm to view the new Prevention Handbook. It is a resource tool that addresses comprehensive, evidence-based substance abuse prevention nationwide.