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August 2021 Newsletter
LCRC PROGRAM CLEARS THE AIR WITH SMOKE-FREE ADVOCACY
Raising Awareness & Preventing Lung Cancer
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Smoking is now banned in public places in Louisiana's third-largest city thanks in large part to the efforts of The Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living, a program funded by the LCRC. The Shreveport no-smoking ordinance went into effect August 1.
LCRC Welcomes New Director of LA Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living
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Please join us in welcoming Earl Benjamin-Robinson, DrHSc, the new director of The Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living. Click here to learn about his vision for educating Louisianians about the ills of tobacco products.
Support Cancer Prevention at LCRC Today!
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WVUE-TV Fox 8 New Orleans examined the fruit fly as a model for cancer research and the work of Tulane's new Drosophila researchers, the newest members of Louisiana's growing fruit fly research community. Watch the segment.