Simply telling people to eat less and exercise more is not enough. Decades of tobacco prevention efforts have taught us that focusing on an individual’s behavior ignores the fact that we all make choices within...

In fact, many school districts are working to adopt policies that go beyond the statewide rule, such as implementing curriculum on avoiding tobacco use, banning all tobacco advertising, tobacco-related clothing, gear and paraphernalia in school...

DHS’ role is that of a steward of data about the use of the law. This is a law, not a DHS program, and our only legal role is to report accurate aggregate data about...

This is something we need to do a lot more talking about.

So think about that as an opportunity for intervention. Perhaps there were some cues that were missed.