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- “Drinksgiving” While Thanksgiving traditionally conjures images of turkey, football, and family, Thanksgiving Eve is giving way to a relatively new phenomenon known as “Drinksgiving.” Also referred to as “Black Out Wednesday,” Thanksgiving Eve has become the busiest night of the year for bars. Largely driven by a rush of college students and young adults who flock home ... Read more
- Why We Should Raise the Tobacco Sale Age in Texas Image Source: Tobacco21.org Tobacco is still the number 1 preventable cause of death in Texas. Annually, 12,300 new Texas youth become daily smokers. A shocking one-third of them will die prematurely as a result. Smokers get hooked at a young age, with about 95% of smokers starting before age 21. In Texas, 10,400 kids under 18 become ... Read more
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- “Drinksgiving” While Thanksgiving traditionally conjures images of turkey, football, and family, Thanksgiving Eve is giving way to a relatively new phenomenon known as “Drinksgiving.” Also referred to as “Black Out Wednesday,” Thanksgiving Eve has become the busiest night of the year for bars. Largely driven by a rush of college students and young adults who flock home ... Read more
- Why We Should Raise the Tobacco Sale Age in Texas Image Source: Tobacco21.org Tobacco is still the number 1 preventable cause of death in Texas. Annually, 12,300 new Texas youth become daily smokers. A shocking one-third of them will die prematurely as a result. Smokers get hooked at a young age, with about 95% of smokers starting before age 21. In Texas, 10,400 kids under 18 become ... Read more
Recent Action Alerts
- Action Alert: Are you concerned about tobacco? Marijuana? Powdered Alcohol? TST’s 2016 Statewide Summit August 3-4. Issues you care about. Action Alert Join us Aug. 3-4, 2016 at TST’s Statewide Summit Dive into… Tobacco -Jennifer Cofer, MD Anderson Cancer Center, will draw on personal experience to teach coalitions how to fight for sustainable funding. -Dr. Phil Gardiner, University of California Office of the President, will speak about the triangulum between tobacco, ... Read more
- Action Alert: Remind Anheuser-Busch InBev America isn’t for sale Action Alert: Remind Anheuser-Busch InBev America isn't for sale Read more
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Facebook Updates:Dementia tied to alcohol use disorder is categorized as alcohol-related brain damage.
Consuming large amounts of alcohol prevents neurons from regenerating, so they die.
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