We are please to feature Edward Waters College better known as EWC in this quarter's Partner Spotlight. Located in Jacksonville, Florida, it is a private, historically black college and is distinctively, the state's oldest independent institution of higher learning as well as the state's first institution established for the education of African Americans. NAATPN is proud that it has been a tobacco-free campus since 2008. To learn more about this great college, please visit www.ewc.edu

Brazil ban on flavored cigarettes sets precedent. The FDA should take note to protect the American youth from menthol cigarettes. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/weird-wide-web/brazil-bans-flavored-cigarettes

Herman Cain's viral web-ad ends with his campaign manager, Mark Block, taking a deep drag off a cigarette is irresponsible and dangerous.

State Tobacco Control Program:
North Carolina Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch
1932 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1932
Phone: (919) 707-5400
Fax: (919) 870-4844
www.tobaccopreventionandcontrol.ncdhhs.gov

Adult Smoking Prevalence: 20%

African American Population: 21%

Policy:
On May 19, 2009, Governor Bev Perdue signed legislation that protected people from secondhand smoke in many workplaces and public places.  Effective January 2, 2010, the new law prohibited smoking in restaurants and bars in North Carolina.

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NAATPN logo = AA population above 20%